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Hes certainly an NHL player, in that he has played a number of games in the NHL

Believing Pezzetta is the missing piece to vancouver winning the stanley cup now makes me understand the Florian Xhekaj can score 30 goals and 60 points in the NHL posts that much more

I was replying to both. You suggested incivility, the poster in question called it bullying. But that's neither here nor there, I merely meant the criticism of MSL should be taken with a grain of salt as its not something new. There seems to be an agenda. That's all.

Yes i can see this as a precusor to an evans trade as they added an experienced centre to play out the string.

I dont see how pointing out that a poster had had a narrative that has been against MSL and Hughes/Gorton since the day they were hired is uncivil and/or bullying. I'm just stating my opinion that there has been plenty of axe grinding at this managemeny and I dont feel its deserved. Thats discussing the hockey team and our opinions on it. And thats what a message board is for IMO.

Maybe they want both Evans and Savard for Holtz. Habs would need to claim some C off waivers just to finish the year but whatever

Why are we using +/- for anything? There are so many better stats available.

Jesus ####ing christ. Pezzetta is barely an NHL player. If our depth wasnt so shif, hed be in the press box or AHL.

Plus chez paree

Devils have a ton of cap room with Hamilton on LTIR. They could take David Savard easily with no retention in this type of a trade. Of course we have Allen if they want a goalie or Armia for forward but neither is worth Holtz. We would have to add to those deals.

Holtz has talent but for whatever reason has no trust from Lindy Ruff. As soon as he makes a mistake, hes on the fourth line again. I havent seen outward signs of bad attitude or anything like that but something is going on with him and Ruff. I wouldnt mind giving him a shot. He can score goals and would fit as a possible 2nd line winger. His play away from the puck is not great, but not as bad as youd think for how often he gets put on the fourth line by Lindy.

Hes making a narrative against the current coach? Shocking.

Yes Wi-Fi's best game this season.

Roy is having his best game in the NHL so far.

Wtf Armia?

Yup... Gallagher and Pearson fell off before MSL came around. Its not a coaching issue with either

Of course you do....

By D+2, the same AGE florian is now under a PPG in the OHL. Tage thompson spent half the season in the AHL and half in the NHL. What you are completely missing is the difference in those leagues Yes Tage, and others need to add strength to play in pro leagues against grown men. But there is a difference between playing in the AHL and NHL against men and in the OHL against 16-19 year olds. Mike McCarron is a fourth line plug, barely in the NHL. He was dominant in his D+2 season in the OHL too... scoring even more than Xhekaj is. You have this weight obsession, but you miss the fact it doesnt matter in junior. Simply because hes 19, hes going to be bigger and stronger than his opponents and should dominate. He will never have the same strength advantages on a night in and night out basis in his career as he has today. He will be playing against men going forward. This is why you need the kid to show skill when playing against teenagers at 17.... not just to break out at 19 when hes literally one of the biggest, strongest players in the league. He will never have the same advantage of strength at the pro level. Yes he will be strong, but not to the point of dominating opponents as he does now. Hes gonna face grown men on defence that he cant push around like a 16 or 17 year old OHLer

Whats the difference between a 1 timer and a slapshot? There is no difference other that one is hitting a moving puck and one is a stationary puck. A onetimer is still a slapshot. You do it exactly the same except you are timing when the puck is in the right spot. Serious question... did you ever actually play hockey at a serious level? These theories are just whacky.

It was a slapshot. It is actually impossible for it to be a 102 MPH wrister. Literally not possible for a human being to get that velocity on a wrist shot with current stick technology.

Age is by far the biggest thing you are missing in comparing 19 year olds to 17 year olds. Its so immense that it makes a dach/Florian comparison meaningless. What Dach was doing at 17 made him a third overall pick. Florian could barely crack juniors, would be passed over in the draft and it would take anothet year to be a 4th rounder. They just arent the same caliber of prospect and pretending they are just says you dont understand prospects.

Exactly. By the time they are 18, and being drafted, take the talent and ignore the name.

I love.sid, but at this stage of the rebuild, you cant give.a top pick for a player who will only be a hab short term due to.age.

Thats where i am too. Dach, if healthy, is 100% a top 6 NHLer. The health concerns me.

1. Hutson 2. Reinbacher 3. Roy 4. Beck 5. Mailloux 6. Fowler 7. Engstrom 8. Mesar 9 Bogdan 10. Heineman For me.