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vtaenz

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  1. Nuke should try shooting instead of passing it to the other team
  2. Rumors that we're shopping nuke Ritchie and Janmark. Janmark because he's the only value there. Probably holding onto honka for injury depth. Not sure what we can reasonably expect to get in return though.
  3. That's a weird one. He was a great pick at the time and was shit in the pros. Glad to see him turn it around, except against us.
  4. The biggest problem is two of those have next to zero value right now and were first round picks. You can't miss that badly on relatively high picks and get nothing in return. I really thought honka would improve with ice time but he made sure to prove me wrong as hard as he could. Stars need to overhaul their scouting team because the drafts that found late gems Dallas needs more of. Those drafts also produced some meh first round picks also... Riley Smith, Eriksson, a host of average defenders that are at least full time NHLers. I'd take that drafting over what we've been looking at now. It's not great but at least that drafts gave Dallas trade pieces for some superstars.
  5. I'd like to look at the recent stats to see what we are getting. Cog is though 2021 and Shore is 2020 and an RFA.
  6. Kept Hitch... No. Hanzal was a Hitch request. Spezza's production was a Hitch casualty. This team was not built for Hitch's style and doesn't need to go through a makeover to get there. The stars acquired some good pieces via trades but your most important players are found in the draft. They traded away a lot of these players for some solid acquisitions. They also have drafted terribly in recent years. It's a bit surprising that Nill had success through the draft with the Red Wings org but has been missing more often than not here. Hitch for sure was not an answer. Poor coaching hires have sunk the Stars as much as poor draft analysis. Injuries have also not been kind.
  7. Everyone playing in front of Dobby right now do not deserve him.
  8. I think Nill makes one more big trade before this season is over. My money is Panarin. Don't know what we give up though I don't think we have enough to give up for a rental like Panarin. If he could package Nuke and Honka that would be amazing but realistically it would have to be someone like Lindell, maybe Johns, and someone like Shore and Janmark with a draft pick. Even then we would still have to try to re-sign Panarin long term.
  9. They haven't been good for a while. Granted now they're at the point where they may be leaving Phoenix. I'll blame Steve for that.
  10. USA did a lot of dumb dumps into the zone. I hate dump and chase. If your team is changing or if the other team is changing dumping the puck especially when not pressured is awful. At the very end of the game USA dumped the puck and didn't chase. Finland gets the puck, works it into the zone and eventually scores the game winner. I feel like dump and chase only works on the power play or when the other team is changing and I still think it's a bad idea.
  11. ...IIHF crease rule. allegedly.
  12. Why the fuck is that not a goal?
  13. Nill very well could be terrible and the draft results look like it, but you can't fucking discount the correct pick in Miro. Yakupov was a can't miss top 3 prospect, except to anyone that went beyond the stats and measurables. Gurianov is coming along and it remains to be seen what he can do. Honka seemed promising 2 seasons ago and everyone was crying to get him into games last season. He's pretty awful. Last season Nill wanted Gallant and got overruled by Tom and Lites. Nill has also had to trade away some of the great assets we have to complete deals which sucks for us if we don't hit on high draft picks. I think Monty was a very questionable hire but it will be Nill's ship to sink on.
  14. Terrible start but at least we're even again.
  15. Fromm was what I expected. One read and throw. Good arm, nice touch, accuracy was questionable and seeing the field or moving the safeties was non-existent. If he was at all capable Texas would have been crushed by selling out to stop the run.
  16. It needs to be repeated, the stadium only seats 67,164. aggy travels like shit.
  17. Heard from a friend that has someone on the committee. It's the cotton bowl.
  18. Original tweet he was replying to was deleted.
  19. Benn and Seguin combined for 1 point. Granted we would be bitching about depth scoring if they had scored all the points. Benn plays better when he's pissed off. No Hitch was not the answer. Look at Spezza this season vs last season. Also Hanzal was 100% a Hitch request. It's the giant center he loves and it was a dumb fucking acquisition at the time and it's being proven to be a dumb acquisition now.
  20. Our defense did not do a lot of this against good teams for 4 quarters this year. ISU was the most consistent performance by them.
  21. Maybe... I still think we jumped the gun on the hire and O'Keefe should have been there preferred target. I'd love to be wrong though.
  22. Let's look at it another way. Parents have some a great job providing a great environment for kids to grow up safely and pursue their opportunities. Along the way, they forgot that adversity and competition does more to mold you than practice and repetition.
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