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Old 05-19-2021, 03:57 PM   #221
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Sure, but then everyone should be putting up numbers. They aren't.

The contract situation is a concern, but only because of $$.

As a player though, he will do what he has always done. for more than the abberation the first half of this season was.

It boggles me how much people have turned on this guy in such a short time.

He is a great NHL player. Top 50 in the entire league offensively since he entered, 6th among LW's and that is with this anchor of a season included.


Then add in all the intangibles. Dude is upper tier.
Sounds like Gaudreau, a guy you want to run out of town.
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Old 05-19-2021, 03:57 PM   #222
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When you say "when they were eliminated from playoff contention", that was about a week ago right? The difference between losing all remaining games and winning them being around 3 spots in a gong show draft?
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Old 05-19-2021, 03:57 PM   #223
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what a great shift. Full credit to Ruzicka and Valimaki for their takeaways at the offensive blue
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Old 05-19-2021, 03:57 PM   #224
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Flames are playing 3 AHL players and a couple clowns are still complaining

how many "kids" do you think they have available to play?
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Old 05-19-2021, 03:58 PM   #225
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Brad is busy in his office shredding documents.
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Old 05-19-2021, 03:58 PM   #226
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Phillips miss a tap in? benched!
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Old 05-19-2021, 03:59 PM   #227
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Brad is busy in his office shredding documents.
nah, he is telling the boss he is close on Eichel
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This would only be acceptable if this were the Bedard draft when you're talking a generational talent available.

No way in hell for this draft, at the risk of further instilling a losing culture here.
Pretty sure the losing culture is already instilled without tanking. What else do you call an organization that never wins when it matters most?

Players are going to play hard, regardless of who is in the lineup, you'd think. I'd like to see the org shift to giving the young guys an opportunity and playing them big minutes, vs. starting your star goalie 3 of the last 4 games, giving Gio and Johnny 20+ minutes of ice, their is a difference between outright tanking and giving minutes to what you hope is the future.

And before anybody says we need our core to put up points to increase value, the padded stats these guys have accumulated amount to very little. We aren't the only people who know our cores tendency to disappear in crunch time and the decline in overall production.
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Old 05-19-2021, 04:00 PM   #229
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Start Ruzicka, Phillips and Mackey on the big club next season.
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Old 05-19-2021, 04:00 PM   #230
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You seem to believe that those who doubt a 150 lb hockey plater can make a difference, particularly on this team, means that they are actively cheering for it to happen.

They aren't. It's just years/decades of watching the game and forming opinions that may differ from yours. That is encouraged here.

Grow up.
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Lol. AC called it!
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Old 05-19-2021, 04:00 PM   #232
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Sounds like Gaudreau, a guy you want to run out of town.
Only if his contract extension isnt done before the draft.

If you are asking which one of the two i would retain if only one can be kept?

Im taking Tkachuk every time.
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Old 05-19-2021, 04:00 PM   #233
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Haha there's Ryan Leslie's Hrudey payback.
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nah, he is telling the boss he is close on Eichel

Everyone thinks we're getting him, but why would he want to come to an organization relatively as crappy as the one he's trying to leave?
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Old 05-19-2021, 04:01 PM   #236
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What a contrast to the playoff games...

Night and day.
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Everyone thinks we're getting him, but why would he want to come to an organization relatively as crappy as the one he's trying to leave?
He doesn't get a choice.
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PP.

Give me the Tkachuk hatty on a Phillips setup.
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What a contrast to the playoff games...

Night and day.
It’s not the same sport.
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