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  1. I got myself a rockin chair; to watch the church street blues...
  2. Just look for a poor Wayfaring Stranger? Go home to see your Mother, I am going home, no more to roam...
  3. 30 Years later, he's the audience. A 300 year old song Black Jack Davey.
  4. Appalachian Folk Music. Give me a quart or two, of that good ol' Mountain Dew!
  5. Edmonton Recall D Mark Friedman Edmonton Assign F TJ Hughes no waivers required Edmonton Assign D Colin Graff no waivers required @canuck2xtreme with thanx!
  6. Had to get some picks back somehow? Good trade considering...
  7. Ok switching gears; before Bon Scott AC/DC sounded kinda like Marc Bolan & T Rex Song still rocks!
  8. I too, would love Pesce! There is only one way. We have as highly positive a year as possible. Hughes has 80 points, Kuzmenko 90, Petey 115. We outplay expectations. We are seen as a positive destination, and he signs next UFA in the range, perhaps above what other defensive D signed for. Ryan Graves, a 6'3'' lefty signed for 6 x $4.5M in Pitt to play with Crosby, Letang, the likelihood of Karlsson. Being even better, and an in demand righty, that might be $6.5M. Having added only Soucy & Cole, those chances are seen as modest by pundits? In reality we also added Hronek, and a renewed Demko. Demko being big, Hronek a solid chip. As long as Myers is off our PK? I think we're a chance to surprise!
  9. Forget about Pesce. He would cost Willander plus, probably another 1st on the trade market & a 3rd piece. A cost controlled 6'3'' 210lb D capable of top pair minutes & matchups? Is the #1 trade chip in the market as soon as he actually becomes available. It makes zero sense to trade for him in our position. Plus Carolina lost out on the Karlsson sweepstakes. Have no need to clear cap. Plus Plus they are the #1 power ranking rated team by some sources. Trading Pesce is counter productive in terms of them actually winning a cup after not putting enough in the last few years.
  10. I don't disagree, in fact i completely agree! Its just my opinion they are NHL ready, capable & will. But also need the right roles / system. Which was lost in Bruce's game plan. Or lack thereof? At least with his personnel. He let too many guys play a loose, creative game. As soon as opposing coaches caught on; they focussed match ups to create errors from guys not up to it? Among the reasons he was fired. I sense Tochet will have a better idea how to deploy them. All NHL players are good athletes. Hoglander & Podkolzin are more Elite than most in terms of fitness, training, agility, power. Ability to play with energy. Do hold credible hockey skills. The best of which might be to go in to a corner, or on the forecheck & come out with the puck? Based on brute athletic ability. Arguably, not as high on puck smarts? Bruce emphasized creativity more than structure. Coming out of the corner, team mates were not always in set positions or plays. And they made more mistakes trying to go wide, or beat a guy one on one? Than, say, Miller or Petey. Tochet will always have a player in position, a structured cycle game for them to make a play to... Reign creativity, make simpler North / South plays, chip plays, get in deep, win the puck & lock it in. Start that cycle, hold off and beat guys physically. For most pairs and lines. Still leaving a license? More creative rope for key pairs & line combinations of Hughes, Kuzmenko, Petey, the power play. New coaching should help Hoglander & Podkolzin. Also Garland, Mikheyev who compete their asses off. Beauvillier, just my opinion, might be a casualty? Not as much a puck winner. Not quite productive enough. When gifted / given time with our elite guys, Barzal on the Island. Boeser will either have to keep up with the big guns & their puck smarts, or also win pucks. He might, perhaps both? He did when healthy & had young legs. My guys will kill it with Rick behind the bench!
  11. I believe a Hronek / Hughes pair would be dynamite! Not sure it leaves enough strength in moving the puck behind on depth pairs. Cole could be interchanged sometimes, when size could be a key match up. I really, really hope we don't try to acquire an elite defensive D by trade! Even an aging defensive D. I just don't see us close enough to be blathering away assets as free gifts. The time to spend assets on nice things is when we have so many, its possible without damage. Or are one step from a cup. I don't mind a decent to elite defensive D UFA next summer; when Pearson & Myers are off the books. Related we also need to trade a winger. One, even two of Boeser, Garland or Beauvillier. Ideally Beauvillier? In a pinch Mikheyev. A ) To move cap B ) To make space for Podz & Hogz. We need Hoglander & Podkolzin, in our line up! Increased speed, agility and size in Podkolzin's case.
  12. Sh!t, more. This is just great! Please have a listen.
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