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When that one dimension is scoring goals and this team needs another game breaker, I'm fine with it. I mean look at how much Cole Caufield's game has rounded out this year.

Iginla doesnt belong in the group. Hes closer to 15-20. Eiserman Lindstrom Helenius Catton Is how id rank it

Of course. I was just saying of all the players who can be mad at gallaghers lack of discipline, hes not at the head of the line. He needs to be disciplined too.

I agree on small sample but you'd think he would be extra careful after just being called up, and MSL is commenting on it.

Yeah sending him to the minors saves just over a million in cap hit. When you add in a league minimum (or slightly more) call up as a replacement, the savings is a few hundred grand at best. And if your replacement is over a million it becomes virtually nothing saved.

The contract just doesnt make buyout feasible. You dont want to double the length remaining, not now anyway. Pay it now, in years you arent competing and then see if you buy it out or trade it with fewer years remaining, but hes here next season too as the value of eating a year is worth more than stretching it out to double the length into years we want to compete.

Ernst and Young supervises business accounts worth way more than the NHL makes in a year. The reason they do so much business is an impeccable reputation in the financial industry. Rigging a draft lottery that they put their name on damages that reputation. No one wants to do financial business with a company that does fraud for bribes. Quite simply the NHL couldnt afford what it would cost to get a bribe to fix this. The league also.releases full video of the lottery after its over. Quite simply, these tinfoil hat conspiracies of rigging the lottery are complete and utter B.S.

Gallaghers penalty was dirty, inexcusable and he deserves a suspension. Id even consider stripping his A for a bit as punishment when he comes back, a leader can't do that. That said, while hes still overpaid Gallagher has been better overall this season than last. On Xhekaj, In two games since being back he has taken 3 minors. St. Louis was asked about this in his presser last night and he wasnt happy with that either. He cant be taking minors every game.

I think that the comment was more about Brett Hull, not Bobby. That said i have no respect for Bobby as he had more than some issues.

This made me legit laugh out loud.

Gallagher owes Monahan, Caufield, Andersson and Montembault a steak dinner and a night at Chez Paree for saving his ass.

Horrible play by gallagher. Dirty as shit and takes a match penalty upn2 goals with 8 minute left. Just dumb all around.

Yup every beer league has guys with toughness, grit, heart, and work ethic... but who lacked the skating and skill to even make junior hockey

Agreed completely.... Messier is third all time in NHL points (1887). He won a Hart Trophy. The guy had skating and skill too. Lots of it. The argument that he didnt must be from someone who didnt watch 80s and early 90s hockey. There is a reason he was the best player on 2 of his 6 cup winning teams. 2 wins without Gretzky.

I never said it was useless. I said you cant have it without other attributes. Perry didnt win a Rocket Richard Trophy and come second in Hart race without Skill. Lucic had a good shot. And Rielly didnt win that conn smythe without scoring points and also having the skating and smarts to keep up with other teams top players. All three things you put as your least three important attributes.

No. He was a Nazi and a wife beater.

Wow... 3-0

Nicest PP goal all year

I always say a mix of the attributes is important and its not a ranking its more about the combination of them and evaluating it. Its never about looking at one thing, its everything put together. Which is why scouting is hard and far from an exact science.

Its also madness to suggest that the Tkachuk's lack skill, smarts and skating. That said, your comparison was to Matthews and lack of playoff success. Brady has never even made the playoffs, and Matthew has had one long playoff run and it ended without a cup. Meanwhile, their Dad never won the cup either. Which isn't to blame them, its to say one player can't win a cup on his own. I don't blame Auston Matthews that his team pays four forwards a huge number on the cap so they have no depth, no defence and no goaltending, no more than I blame Brady Tkachuk for missing the playoffs. Its their teams that get those results, not one player.

With this ranking, you are going to 1) toughness + grit 2) Work ethic/determination/heart 3) Size 4) Smarts 5) Skill 6) Skating LOL, with this ranking your entire team is going to be plugs..... You need everything, but there is tons of players with grit, work ethic, and size, who lack the bottom three, most of them are taken in the late rounds of the NHL draft and never make the league. The last three are the hardest things to find, so yes, you'd like to find someone who has both skill and grit and work ethic ideally, but those things can be developed. You can teach an Yzerman to be tougher and work harder like Scotty Bowman did.... you cant take an ECHL plug and get him to score goals.

I think he's trying to get two lines going. When all three are on the top line, we haven't had much from any other line. Moving Slaf with Monahan is trying to create a second scoring unit.

who is Bobino?

The Habs have a higher waiver priority, so they didn't want Ruzicka if he went to Arizona. That tells me they don't plan on using the contract spot on Bonino either.

I dont want to use a contract spot on a 35 year old washed up guy. Just let Condotta play.