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  1. Rutherford in COVID protocol.  Not good timing unfortunately. 

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    2. Wash

      Wash

      Shouldn’t hinder things too much, but the fatigue could be a factor.  Hard to work long days if recovering.

    3. NewbieCanuckFan

      NewbieCanuckFan

      @CaptKirk888 "hands free phone" man!:P  I still need my hand to do "other things" though.:ph34r:

    4. CaptKirk888

      CaptKirk888

      Newbie, ughh! TMI

      Must admit I am a bit long in the (blue) tooth.

  2. And back to something a little closer to the topic, I found Sutter's recent comments on the Wild Card race in the west amusing. Of course it's easy for him to write off the wild card spot as a waste of time since his team is doing quite well, but how much truth is in his comments? Would he say the same thing if his team was 2pts out of WC position, doubtful. His quote is here: WILD-CARD WOES Calgary Flames head coach Darryl Sutter's team currently occupies first place in the Pacific Division. Good thing, too. Sutter didn't mince words when discussing the playoff chances of the Western Conference's two eventual wild-card seeds, especially as the Colorado Avalanche continue to run away with the Central Division. "If you are a wild-card team I sure as hell don't want to play Colorado in the first round," said one of the Jack Adams Award front-runners for NHL coach of the year. "It's going to be a waste of eight days."
  3. In the next two years Montreal has 22 draft picks stockpiled including four 1st rounders, two second rounders and five 3rd rounders. By contrast in the next two drafts Calgary has 8 total pics with only 1 first rounder while Florida has 11 picks over the next two years with no 1st rounders whatsoever. Maybe Montreal should invest heavily into their amateur scouting dept.?
  4. Some do some don't, Miller wasn't even close to the player he is now at the age you're talking about.
  5. Just a question jm, not a criticism, but what exactly is your definition of a 'window' because I definitely don't see one open with this team unless substantial changes are made. To me, just because Demko is under contract doesn't mean we're in a window.
  6. He's getting garbage assists on the 3rd highest scoring team in the league, not sure I'd use that specific stat as a case for his value, but your point is noted, he's probably not as bad as people think, but I'm still not interested in acquiring him.
  7. On last night's live broadcast Ian Mac said the team believes there may still be a possibility Halak waives, Mac is as close to the team as any supposed 'insider'. Just another reason to take what is reported with a grain of salt.
  8. Where will he be celebrating his next birthday - that's all anyone wants to know ?
  9. Known fact, a lot of tough NHL'ers have come out of Hamilton: Andreychuk, Tonelli, McGrattan, Darnell Nurse, McSorely, and our own Pat Quinn to name a few. Just a trivia bit, that's all.
  10. Pretty much exactly what Hrudey said on the live broadcast. Said he should get 4 or 5 games but because he was a 'star' he may only get 2. Juice said it looked like he was trying for the shoulder but his stick 'rode up' and got his head so I guess people could see it either way.
  11. Actually watched this kid play live several times in the RBC Cup when he was with Brooks. Their team was loaded for their cup run and they were an absolute offensive powerhouse - they destroyed the AJHL that year. Can't say I remember him standing out for any particular reason either + or -. People are going to look at his past numbers and say he had relatively good production, but I highly doubt any of that translates to the pro-level but as a 'free' asset, what's the harm in seeing if he could be coached into being a pro-level player?
  12. As usual, stay out of box, outshoot them, demko plays like demko, best players produce - then we'll be fine. Any one of these doesn't happen and all bets are off.
  13. Is it just me or are Kap/Marino both soft perimeter players? Neither really move the needle much for me.
  14. No argument from me Alf, it's a gamble. But so is waiting it out to see if Miller even wants to re-sign and it's a further gamble if he could play up to any extension without being a negative value contract before all is said and done. No guarantees any which way.
  15. A pkg from NY or Col including Lafrenier or Byram would have my attention right quick.
  16. I definitely hear you, but I'm going on the 'build from net out" model and other than Huggy, we got literally no young roster defense capable of contributing meaningful minutes.
  17. Since this is essentially going to be a pseudo Boeser thread, I've accepted that we need a young, all situation, RHD more than we need Boeser unfortunately. I'm confident that with the proper utilization, Hog, Garland and Pod will be able to fill in most of the lost offence while a young RHD will be critical for the d-group moving forward. Not saying BB alone will get us that but somehow we need to acquire such an asset. Git'er done Allvin.
  18. It's unfortunate you had to mention the Hawks leadership. They've proven they're not good people, good hockey players maybe, but most certainly not good people.
  19. People should take a look at this list and then try to argue that Miller won't be asking for at least what the average of the top 20 guys are making (which is approximately 10mil/season average), when he's outperforming most of these guys and far more valuable to his team than at least half of them: https://www.capfriendly.com/browse/active The thought that he'd sign here for anything less than 9.5-10mil aav is comical.
  20. First pro-contract, hometown team, pretty exciting!
  21. I hear what you're saying. But the argument for your question is that with Miller on the team he's taking upwards of 20+min/night, all first rep PP, all important match-ups,, tons of important draws, all prime offensive zone starts (and even the important d-zone ones I've noticed lately) - all of these opportunities are not given to younger players (or at the very least, less of these opportunities are given to younger guys). This isn't an argument for/against trading Miller, just a reply to your question. I know it's apples to oranges, but at my last workplace my manager told me to find another job at one point - I was shocked - but he actually had my best interests in mind - he said I would never advance in the company with the senior managers I had above me as they would take all prime opportunities and likely be with the company for some time. That's exactly what happened - eventually I moved on and surpassed my previous management position by leaps and bounds with my new company. The poor colleague I had who was doing my equivalent job (different department) 4 years ago at the old company is doing the exact same job with the exact same pay and the exact same benefits. It's not that young guys 'can't' take steps forward with Miller, but nobody can argue he's not going to get all the prime opportunities in all situations before BB goes to a 2nd or 3rd line guy. That said, I've always sided with the managers/coaches in the league who say that the NHL is not a developmental league, so in the big picture, if Miller stays and keeps playing at his present level or close to it, of course he should be getting all the prime opportunities - it's clear he's taking advantage of them.
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