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I had a sneaking suspicion the person who told me that was telling a tall tale.

7x8.5m for Ivan Provorov... What a massive overreaction to losing out on Dobson. That is an ABYSMAL contract. They're now paying Provorov and Severson a combined 15.25m to be incredibly average second and third pairing defenders, respectively. I never thought I'd miss Jarmo. And what on earth is Florida doing giving Marchand 6 years?!?! Are they just hoping that he'll be deemed medically unable to continue his career before the 6 years is up?

I had a feeling that was the case. I'd found a fairly lengthy article about him going to Cornell and figured that would have been something they brought up if it were true. Thanks for the top about EliteProspects!

Is he related to The Roadrunner? Google's AI indicates he is Yvan's grandson, but none of the actual search results seem to confirm that.

They didn't even show it on ESPN, lol.

Boy has Zegras' value tanked!

Interesting that Mateychuk's vote didn't even come from a homer in Columbus, but from one from Raleigh (and voted Wolf over Hutson).

I would be shocked if the Jackets don't get something done with him before July 1st. He made such a difference for them.

And boy did Blue Jackets fans get off on Montreal fans falling out of love with Laine.

It takes someone living with a lot of regret to read that much into that comment.

Boy would I love some dog shit players who only put up 18 points in 20 games after being traded unexpectedly twice in one season.

I don't follow this sentiment. How were any of these deals about accelerating the rebuild? Lehkonen was a pending UFA, so they got a pick and a young D for him. Dach was a 21 year old center that they liked better than who was available at the draft. Likewise, Newhook was a 22 year old potential center, with playoff experience, that they liked better than the players in the draft. They've all been misses so far, but I don't undertand how trading for U-23 players would be considered an attempt to accelerate the rebuild. They were simply part of rebuilding.

Thanks, yeah, saw the highlights. Just meant it'd be nice if the Jackets had made arrangements to throw their fans a bone and air the games.

Would have been nice if the Jackets TV affiliate carried these games, but it was only ever the Cleveland-specific channel that ever showed Monsters games and they shut down when they lost the rights to the MLB's Guardians.

Props to St Louis, but crazy to me that Dean Evason doesn't get a nod here. Montreal was about a year ahead in their rebuild and for Columbus to nearly take that last playoff spot when they were looking down the barrel of being bottom 3 again was remarkable. Completely changed the direction of the organization.