Putgolzin

Logan Couture - don't even dislike him, it's just that when you look up the dictionary definition of 'punchable face' it's a picture of him

I'll never forget when Nonis stepped up and said "Patrick...White" with an air of smugness/certainty that everyone was going to be "OOOhhhhhhh!!!!", but there was just silence as people flipped through their charts to wonder who the F that was.

And then there was an article the following year where White said he'd been drafted into the WHL but didn't really know what that was, and he really just wanted to play with his high-school friends anyway.

I think Penis Van Lesbian would be appropriate enough

Looks delicious!

I've smoked a few briskets successfully (and a couple bombs), pork butt, ribs etc but lately I've been getting into stuff that doesn't take the whole day.

Chicken wings are only a couple hours and still bring all that smoky goodness!

No.

But it would be interesting to know how much people might overpay for this much hype.

If you could get five great pieces (like Lindros mentioned above), it would definitely be a lot to put beside Petey.

Right - for example, I kind of think Chase Wouters has the potential to become our 4th line C at some point but he's only an Abby Canuck right now, no contract with the big club.

You're also missing Karlsson from this group - he could potentially factor into it too.

I've looked at it this way and I like the idea of three strong forward groups, but I think it waters down the offense too much as seen at the beginning of last year.

Better to push all the strongest players to the Top 6 and figure out how to add a great 3C to center whoever can't push themselves into that Top 6?

Petey Miller Boeser

Kuzmenko/Podkolzin Horvat Garland

Podkolzin/Kuzmenko/Pearson (Copp) Karlsson/Hoglander

Assumes some injuries and maybe Pearson moved for cap space for Copp

Yup, good for Motter.

I liked the idea of him doing so poorly that we could pick him up for a nice price in the offseason.

But no chance he would play along on that pipedream.

Burns straight up for OEL?

Doesn't help their (or our) cap scenario, but helps out with both teams right-side, left-side issues

I was thinking about this just the other day.

It's an interesting consideration.

We were super excited when a contractor-friend called me to say they'd recommended my firm to design the McDavid's summer place in Collingwood, Ontario.

That contractor eventually built the house, but we never got the call. 

We use too much colour maybe, ha.

I think if we play poorly in the next two games he's finished.

Even if we play great and lose the next four games against good teams - which is pretty likely, I think he'll be done.

@Rubik

@Phil_314

What I love even more is looking at the jump in points between each member of the list.

On these Top 5 you've listed they jump about 30 - 50 points between each spot.

As you look at the list in the Top 50 or Top 100, it averages maybe 5 - 10 points per spot all the way from 100th up to 2nd.

Then the jump from 2nd to 1st is a THOUSAND

Everybody hated Jagr when he was younger and nobody can put a real finger on why.

But I'll tell you why - because Cherry singled him out as Euro, and shield-wearing, arrogant and smug.

I don't know if there is any sports figure anywhere that has had such a dramatic make-over with regard to their public perception.

Everybody loves Jagr now, even though they hated him when they were young. I don't think Jagr changed that much (sure he probably grew up a bit and turned into an old grizzled vet).

I think we changed as hockey fans more than Jagr ever did.

Correction.

1/2 are mad. The other half are mad at the people who are mad.

I would land in the second half - but yesterday on twitter I'm sure I didn't see one person blowing up about Petey's comments, everything I read was just people blowing up on those people (who I assume actually existed but never saw for myself).

From my perspective Rome was part of it, but not Rome the player. Rome, the point of swinging momentum.

In my opinion it had way more to do with AV's stand-back coaching.

We'd come out buzzing, would go up 1-0 and then try to clench our cheeks until the final buzzer sounded. And roast them on the PP, but otherwise play red-rover on our blueline.

Once the media shouted the refs down to the point that they wouldn't call a Sedin getting speed-bagged cause we were 'whiners and divers' (but they would throw Rome out for a legal hit (at that time)) AV's system just wouldn't work anymore, we weren't given the PP's that he relied on.

That system had lost to the Blackhawks both prior years and allllmost lost to them that year, and then eventually failed against the Bruins.

With the above lineup, why wouldn't you just keep Pearson with Bo and have Garland on his natural side?

I've also looked at the option of another Top 6 player, but that would allow a hardcore Top 9 with Miller in the middle

xxxxx Pettersson Boeser

Hoglander Miller Garland

Pearson Horvat Podkolzin

Motte Sutter Highmore

or 

Hoglander Pettersson xxxxx

Garland Miller Boeser

Pearson Horvat Podkolzin

Motte Sutter Highmore

Our one Hughes is better than the other two combined.

And the comment above about Sedins being 'arguably' the best - it's only an argument if you count Brent Gretzky's 13 career games.

ferland would have potentially been nice and you're correct - just didn't work out

it's tough to see virtanen projected with horvat and pearson though when toffoli continues to look the same as he did for us

Hoglander Petey Toffoli

Ferland Miller Boeser

Pearson Horvat Podkolzin

Dang that would be sweet

definitely pull the trigger and start in the fall.

as a mature student, once you start, you will love it sooooo much. the learning part of school is the greatest thing ever once you have the maturity to appreciate it - my second time at school I absolutely loved it, and it led into a fun, rewarding career. the first time I did post-secondary school i loved it too, but just because I was learning a little while goofing off a lot.

Is SHL really considered less skilled? Really?

I think it's perhaps an easier league to play in, but I think it's likely more skilled (Canadian mindset vs Swedish mindset).

Now, based purely on stats he's not as good at 27 as his brother was at 19 - but I would argue that it's still pretty impressive to be essentially a ppg player in one of the best leagues in the world.

That's easy. Pez. Cherry flavoured Pez ... no question about it.

Wow. That's tough. I think I'm still taking Gretzky.

A quick look at stats - I'm giving Lemieux 5 supremely dominant seasons in that span, Jagr 7 or 8 dominant seasons and Gretzky 7. 

Tie goes to my hero.

lego - even when they're little. it's the best toy in the world.

I'm not superstitious....I'm a little stitious - Michael Scott