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  1. The LEAGUE will help the 'Yotes every criminal way they can. Recently parachuted in a new, well-heeled owner, didn't they? Similar to the Canes..they'll be able to sell vets for picks & prospects(softball trades)..then pkg those excess assets for talents like Hall. Almost all US markets are revitalized in a jiffy. This IS how this league rolls. Watch how quickly the Rags turnaround will be executed. It's an old boys club. Owners & GM's will cooperate(to varying degrees) & Cdn teams are reduced to a 2nd tier, BS-feeder status.
  2. Yeah..mid-season blahs will challenge the bandwagon-jumpers. Get to gp40, with 44, 45 pts, & we'll be okay.
  3. Agreed..one of the best(ex-player) colour guys I've heard. He's excellent.
  4. Wouldn't do it..but understandable, in terms of valuations.
  5. Prob too true. With all our cap hang-ups, it's prob wasting time, just mulling these hypothetical deals. What's interesting is many teams don't have much space to play with. NJ might get a pretty mediocre return, considering Hall's resume.
  6. I don't think these things are so clear, nowadays. Take the Karlsson deal..everyone initially claimed the Sens got robbed. Now, let the Sharks PAY 92,000,000$$$ smackers to an aging D, with iffy health. Dorion & Melnyk take the 6 cheaper assets, & would do so again, in a heartbeat. ******Is it a new paradigm?***** Can't speak for 31 GM's, but more & more of these swaps are making the "Big Fish" deal, lose it's lustre.
  7. Not even sure I would if I'm JB? What if Hall gets injured? You lose some good future pieces. He hasn't exactly endeared himself to that market. Will anyone cough up blue chip pieces?
  8. additional stuff: Baer & Pearson about 7 mill cap hit, next season. Further incentive to us to dump them two tickets. Hall at 6,000,000 AAV make it almost cap-neutral(w/ Rooney added) edit: about the pick. We keep our 2020 if we miss PO's. Then TBay gets 2021 & NJ gets 2022(IF we signed Hall after season)
  9. Something to blab about..dreamt up, looking at SNet headlines... NJ: Taylor Hall, Rooney, some meh farm C-prospect(the 2 extra bodies is just to balance out team contracts) Van: OJ, Madden, Baer, Pearson, 2021 1st(or 2022, depending if Hall is signed) edit: to clarify, the pick is cond on Hall signing. Maybe guarantee a 2021 2nd, if he doesn't sign? ***************************** Again..just for discussion/opinions. Not sure if I would take this plunge? I could see Madden being quite enticing(to Devs) since his Pa starred there.
  10. Armia's been good for them..Habbys only make this deal if the bloke has been secretly sleeping w/farm animals.
  11. Like watching this team more w/young grinders like Big Mac out there. Sorry, Sutter doesn't do it for me. Really wish we could deal the guy for a 2nd. Too frustrating..only watched about half of this F***ing tilt.
  12. Sometimes these 'late-bloomers' have the wherewithal & wisdom to live this game at their chosen pace. Applies to many facets of life, including sport. I'm very bullish on this kid, & love seeing the early results.
  13. If we & the Habs win our next two, that'd be FIVE Cdn teams hitting 34 games played, at precisely 40 pts. 5 plucky, pretty impressive squads. Prob Winterpeg deserves the most praise(if we're being honest), based on early-season forecasts.. & they've only played 32, in fact. Then you got OTT, who KNOW they need to tank, & grab lots of nice youth(looking fwds, with tonnes of upside). Then you got the much ballyhooed Fleas..who don't know what's what, nor who the heck they are?!
  14. Heading to a Mtn hotel, for 1 night onsen/tasty local cuisine.

     

    The Missus is drivin' with her fam, & I'm cycling up there.

     

    Is it snowy/icy up on top? ..mystery. If I get eaten by an Asian yeti, it's been a slice, folks.

    1. smithers joe

      smithers joe

      just don’t wake them up. they hibernate for the winter. take the hockey cards out of your spokes, rig for silent running. 

  15. WWWIIIIIIIIIIIIIDEEEEEEEEE berth around this clown. very wide..like Grand Canyon wide.
  16. Look at the Disney antics they have to endure after Home W's, Joe..Poor kids are treated like circus monkeys. They're well-drafted youth, who HAVE to go thru the 8,9 yr contract-rigamarole. Rest assured that 80-90% of the league's young stars yearn to reside in a town as lovely as Van(insiders tell me!:^) Over the long haul, true stars will gravitate to our character team/hockey town, & the top-end, team cycle will be sustainable this time(due to JB's June work)
  17. What Hollyweird has done to the hoi polloi? Wouldn't wanna be famous nowadays...
  18. We used to be younger by day, & claim older at night!(Y'got ID kid?!)
  19. Shouldn't hold it against him, but the other guy's rather Chatty.. Well they call him the Brise, Nucks keep rollin', on the road (ol' JJ)
  20. Umm. that would be the (GTT, Gorgeous Tank Thread) & don't open 'til Xmas, eh?
  21. Trade-demands from Buffalo's Bogo News spreading, New York to Togo A sighting so rare It's buyer-beware More common to view Ogopogo!
  22. Whoopsadaisy..umm,err..I was under the influence of rose coloured glasses, sir
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