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It's Grrrrrreat! 

& they squandered their 1st on some old token, name-sake who(never once!) got to jump!

Marner for Jones?

Their rookie goalie got hot too....ours hasn't. 

Also that was a very good team (as they went on to prove later in the year) that was at the very bottom of the league... we are right where we are expecting to be.

welcome to the latest rendition of fandom

i watched some online discussion about the nba

you know, the fastest growing league in the world

players making bundles and stacks of cash

they have the "best" fan base

have the most intense and well rounded social media fan base

what is interesting is that the nba is so far unable to monetize

the huge online interest of the huge social media presence of its fan base

and has tinkered with its game a bit to cater to its fan base

a very large part of the fan base does not watch entire games

but focuses just on highlights

and that is what drives their interest

the spectacular plays that they can watch in rerun time

the fundamentals of the nba game are starting to disappear

listen to the so called old timers .. shaq, barkley, thomas, etc complain about the current game.. it is more 1 dimensional.. there is less balanced team play

modern fans seem to want small snippets

and more immediate gratification

there is less patience and attention span

so when you live so much in the moment

everything is life or death i guess

everything is more extreme

nucks have a talented pool of prospects

some are in the nhl

some will be here soon

it takes time for this to mature

that requires patience from fans

and some understanding about what this actually means

a part of the fan base seems to lack this insight

i hope the game does not change to cater to these fans though

i'd miss the game of hockey

good reminder that I need to stop at liquor store  lol

See ya there! 

Too 

Long

Between

Games

these playoffs are going exactly like I had hoped. Calgary crushed like so much cow poop under a boot. Vegas turfed in a painful way. Tampa exposed as too small. And they joy of the Leaves falling in spring. 

If Boston can just get turfed by Torts I'll be happy with whoever wins the cup. 

I think the thing most people are annoyed at is the lack of push from the young players. Let's face it, other than Pettersson, to a man every young guy that we have high hopes for has disappointed so far. Dahlen? Gaudette? Demko? They've all been disappointing, and it's frustrating to see. Add to that the fact that Boeser, our best offensive player, looks like crap, and yeah, it's cause for concern. 

ill panic if we haven't figured **** out by december xD  or ill do what i've done the past 3 seasons- just shut it off if we're still sucking by trade deadline to save the stress. fans shouldn't have to stress over a sports team. thats just silly. just shut it off

We've finally accumulated some decent prospect depth, but prospects are still prospects and prospect depth isn't legit NHL depth. Until some of our prospects take the next step and become legit NHL producers we're gonna struggle because you don't get young players of that ilk via ufa and the producing ufa's don't come cheap and are in high demand.

Boeser and Horvat are something to be excited about but they need help up front. You can't expect Pettersson to roll in and have a season like Boeser did, all you can do is hope. We're gonna need more from Jake and our tweener middle six guys and our defense as a whole.

I would liken it to visiting a playground and watching a horde of youth interact. I mean for that to sound non complimentary.