Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw

You don't need to be big to be a good captain. You need to be a good leader to be a good captain. There are many ways to express good leadership - I'm not sure why you're so hooked on size.

From a certain point of view, every D-man on our team has more value than Myers. Name anyone, and worst-case scenario you can give them away for free. With OEL gone, you'd actually have to PAY someone to get Myers.

Alf, everyone here hates Horvat now. Everyone. You don't need to crusade against him anymore. His ability has nothing to do with his attitude or his new contract. And nobody thinks he's an objectively better player than Beauvillier.

We need the first unit to play with some urgency, but they seem comfortable trying to slowly break the PK down and spend 90 seconds attacking. As you said, the second unit only gets a chance when the puck is cleared with no time to set up any play. Maybe get the league to extend minor penalties another 30 seconds and we'd be okay.

Nobody cares what you think about Horvat. We are trying to discuss powerplay tactics and don't need you obsessively hating on him every opportunity.

Successfully playing the bumper in a 1-3-1 obviously demands a lot from all the players, but it's hard to find anyone who did it better than Horvat. TJ Oshie had some success in Washington, and Pavelski gradually drifts up into the high slot for long distance tip-ins. The key is to make quick decisions and plays without ever handling the puck. Horvat wasn't a great passer (unlike RNH) but he was excellent at shooting the puck without time or space. Watch his goals last year. They would come out of nowhere. So if we stick with a 1-3-1, who goes where? Hughes up top, Petey on the strong side... and then what? Miller usually goes weak side, and then.... Kuzmenko at the net... and... we have no bumper. Maybe put Miller there and put Brock/Hronek on the weakside as a shooting option?

We are talking about each player's ability on the powerplay and nothing else. There is a wide chasm between what they bring to the table. Maybe if you actually just tried watching hockey instead of spewing nonsense all the time, you'd be able to recognize who is good and who isn't.

Horvat is the best bumper in the NHL and Beauvillier is a cap dump. We would have to pay money to trade him away. Just because Horvat is overpaid doesn't mean he wasn't a fantastic scoring option.

Because he is solid defensively but doesn't kill penalties much. And he is a black hole offensively.

It's that same shoulder he injured with us, no? I remember him not being very durable in Vancouver, either. At this point he's a very minor downgrade from Archibald. The team will be better with him on it.

Weird how players get serious COVID issues, are out for a while, then make a comeback, only to step away again. Sutter. Toews. Archibald.

My favourite thing last year was waking up early for weekend morning games, watching our starter get pulled in the first period, and me going back to bed.

The problem with Edler is that LA was happy to let him go and there isn't a team that wants to pick him up. I believe his wife is from here, so that rules out Sweden. If not Vancouver, maybe he should just retire.

For sure, but you'd also have to place Edler ahead of all the other LDs to justify signing him.

@Ted Lasso He was good enough to attract my attention and draft him into my fantasy pool.

An improvement? In Edler you'll get a sound defender who can hit, block, and move the puck. You'll also get someone who is slower than your grandma in a wheelchair and will get into penalty trouble because of it.

He has actually upheld decent underlying numbers even this year. But you know how we all complained about how he looked absolutely cooked three years ago? I know that Kings fans had it even worse and were happy to see him go. I just can't see many teams wanting to sign a left-handed D-man as slow as Edler. We certainly don't need him. Imagine waiving Rathbone because we wanted to use Edler instead.

If they've ranked us that high, I'm just going assume we're playing less Eastern Conference teams. We always get obliterated by the East these days.

forget it he's rolling

It's a Friday night cut him some slack

We're blaming the Germans for everything these days

Why are all the Germans so straightforward in their interviews I love it

If I'm you I would definitely wait and see. It's very unclear whether or not he will be sent down to the CHL or the AHL. Elliotte Friedman thinks the CHL will permit Wright to play in the AHL, which is frankly the league he belongs in (where he can play top minutes and not worry about tanking the team). In fantasy terms, you can just bury Wright in the minors and just wait to see what the ruling is.

Oh, it's a gamble for sure, since Sanderson is not yet playing at a $8M level, but he's already close. Based on his playstyle and his emergence as a #1 D-man in his rookie season, I think this is a safe bet that'll pay off pretty quickly. I think Ottawa has done a good job locking enough of its key players down. DeBrincat was never going to sign there, even if they overpaid him. Compare the Senators to imploding teams like Calgary or Winnipeg. Conversely, Peter Chiarelli's only good move in Edmonton was signing Leon Draisaitl to that insane contract (at the time). All it takes are a couple of good gambles and you have a playoff team.

*checks instagram* Yeah, these guys aren't making the team this year... *clears throat* The Pittsburgh Penguins designate the contracts of Dalibor Dvorský and Andrew Cristall for ELC slides. We wish both the best in Oskarshamn and Kelowna!