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Lewis is quite the penalty killer. Nice add.

Markstrom looks like he hates everyone. I love that.

Who knew Lewis, Ruzicka, Gudbranson and Zadorov change everything that we were tired of getting used to. Well, Sutter, I guess.

High. Glove. He's a good goalie. Go high glove. I love Rozie being a large center. He helps for sure.

Not here. lol 19C yesterday. Currently 0 at 11pm. We need to mow lawns.lol

High. Glove.

Maximum destruction. Let's give them the what for and end this conversation.

Well that was a superfun hockey night. Damn 10pm starts. We were ripped by the end of the 2nd.lol What a game. Big thanks to the Flames for having a team that is a really easy sell to my friends.

Liked wasn’t enough. Great post. Very true. You don’t have to be in the NHL. You need the support system from the org. Bennett is maybe an example of when the player is unhappy with the support system. I’ve wondered if toning down Tkachuk last year weighed into Bennett requesting a trade. Just surmising.

You mean the Hitmen or Oil Kings? Entertaining game, 6-5 OT win for Sarnia. I think Kerins just had the 1st 2 assists. He's actually their 2nd line center which makes the pts he's piling up even more impressive. He is AGGRESSIVE at the dot. lol Got tossed a lot. Any further down the shaft he'd be holding the heel of his stick.

You’re saved td, wing on PP1. Kartye centers. 2-1 SSM, 2a’s for Kerins.

Yes. Beck is a wing. The missed time sucks. An OHL Coronato? Hopefully he responds, long ways to go.

Tonight is finally here. Not going to change my Mony jersey, I've decided that would be full-on cheese to a 19yr old.lol. I'll wear it though. $25. Scandalous.lol

So what, I miss a game and we fall apart? wtf. lol

I was thinking that while typing that it's not just us. Burnout/injuries is definitely a concern that I share. Hopefully Vladar is ready to go hot butter too.

@cross16 Yeah I know that stuff. Plus he's a pita to play against, you can see opponents do not like him. For me, it's cap-related and how to stagger contracts so we avoid the scenario of this year. So does it make more sense to do a 1 year risk that he only gets more expensive, but gives a bit more flexibility?

I think he's always been this player. Consistent high level linemates and him getting far too frustrated far too often have been a problem. For my money, he is still the best skater in the league, sees and thinks the game as well as anybody. I'm not really worried about that.

I'm leaning towards hoping so. Then we free up Mony and Lucic salaries for a bit of breathing room. Then hopefully we can have a prospect or 2 to graduate every year to help negotiate the cap. Sorry to get everyone considering this so early, but the conversation was kind of staggered around in different threads. I would clearly hate to be a GM. I think my head would explode.

I wanted to discuss the sked but I didn't wanna start a new thread. So I thought here would be relevant seeing as we're getting hot and heavy. We have 7 games in the next 11 days starting today. That's messed up. Here's our fun first half of March: 3 - MTL @ home 5 - AVS away 7 - Oilers @ home 8 - WASH @ home 10 - TBay @ home 12 - Wings @ home 13 - AVS @ home Mainly home, but damn. Are we in for a rough ride? Gonna need those spare bodies.

Which is fine, but I'm just trying to put things into perspective. If he scores 35 this year, will he hit 35 every year? I'm just not sure is all I'm saying. Paying for a 35 goal scorer that potentially falls back to 22 goals is worrying. He isn't really a playmaker so I don't see a huge point getter. But yes, finishing is hardest.

I was saying up the thread once he fills out I'd expect about 5'11/200. That's about Backlund's size of 6/200. He's currently listed as 5'11/185.

We are getting ahead of ourselves. Mangiapane is not a bonafide 35-40 goal-scorer atm. Maybe he's just a consistent 20 goal guy having a career year, like half of his teammates are? I'm not against selling high. If he were to get paid based solely on this season, I'd likely prefer it.

Plus how far are you willing to go on Mangiapane? He's a career 0.5ppg player shooting at a 20% clip. Buch just signed the $5.4. No way Mange gets more for 1 flash season.

But Buchnevich is a ppg player regardless.

Yes.