I'm happy to see Laine do well. My sympathies lie with small-market Canadian teams (except Edmonton, of course), and I hope Laine helps bring some success to the Jets. I'd far rather cheer for Laine than for the NHL's anointed superstars McDavid and Matthews.
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I'm happy to see Laine do well. My sympathies lie with small-market Canadian teams (except Edmonton, of course), and I hope Laine helps bring some success to the Jets. I'd far rather cheer for Laine than for the NHL's anointed superstars McDavid and Matthews.
I'm bitter the Flames didn't move up in the draft lottery. So no.
IMO this thread isn't needed, if something deserves its own thread then make it. If not, use Out of Town.
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Until Detroit actually doesn't make it, they're going to make it. Never bet against them. Last year they were supposed to miss with their weakest roster in years and a new head coach, still made it.
Detroit is going to have to be a scoring by committee team in order to make it. Vanek is off to a great start and Larkin has proven that he can step up down the stretch. that said, the problem will Detroit is that they do not have a star player who will put the team on his back night in night out.
Detroit's goaltending has some question marks but they should be able to keep their team in games. Jimmy Howard, for example, played excellent last night. He was a big part of that win.
Also it is important to keep in mind that the, Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres
Florida Panthers, Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa Senators, and Toronto Maple Leafs, are not super strong teams themselves.
It might be close like last year, but I still think they make it.
At some point Holland is going to have to bite the bullet and endure a rebuild. It's almost impossible to build a contender without top-5 picks.
His biggest problem has been bad trades and signings over the last five years or so. No GM coasts on reputation the way Holland does. Seriously, name one shrewd move he has pulled off in recent memory. Larkin at the draft was great, but that's probably thanks to the scouts.
Man seeing the canucks and oilers as top two teams in the division makes me wanna puke.
It makes me sick too. But remember, most agreed that the ideal position for the Canucks/Oilers was to be bad enough to not be in last place and not get a good draft pick ,but close enough a playoff spot and just miss out. Ideally 9th-10th place.
This is all just part of the process.
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