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Dowd will bring a nice return. Not sure about a #1 but it's not out of the question. He's one of the best 4th liners in the NHL. Dominant in the D zone, plays C and wins faceoffs, kills penalties, scores every now and then, has another year left on a great contract. 

Definitely need to move Mantha as well. He's never played "bad" imo, but he's not worth anywhere close to the 5.7 million he gets. He makes nearly as much as Oshie and more than Wilson. Even in his wildest dream he's no (healthy) TJ Oshie or Tom Wilson. 

**** Cancer. RIP Tobey Keith. 🙏

Best wishes for Kuzy. Hope he gets the help he needs! 🙏

So, how is he at managing the clock? 

So much for an up and coming offensive mastermind. 🥴 Guess we'll try again in 3 or 4 years. lol

At least Ovi scored. Nice to fight back for OT, but don't think the point will matter much after looking at our upcoming schedule. 

They are definitely trying to gun fight with dull knives. Just something about the whole teams decline in goal production that makes you wonder if something in Carbery's system isn't clicking. I love Carbs btw. 

Nobody on our roster would sniff "top line" minutes (regularly) on a contending team. Just waiting to see if it's Carbery or GMBM who's seat gets hot, faster.  

I think Ovi lost his piss when his pops died. Hasn't been the same since. I also think Carbery's system isn't working for Ovi. He's always been a transition goal scorer 5v5. Now, every time he/they enter the zone they wrap the boards. Not sure if it's lack of speed or lack of a play maker on his line, but wrapping the boards and trying to forecheck their way into goals has rarely been successful. 

Manager: How much should we charge?

Owner: How much will they pay? 

GMBM re-signed  Protas to  $3.4m for 5 years. (was making 789k) Love his improved game, but that's quite a bit of coin on a team with minimal cap space. Wonder what they'll give McMichael? 4-5m?? (He's also a RFA after this year) 

"Alexa, play Country Roads 3x on Country night" 

Kuemper is either fire or ice. Glad he was on fire last night! Somehow, someway the need to figure out the goal scoring. Just too many chances w/nothing to show for it this year. The Pacioretty/Strome/Oshie line was looking real good. Just need 3 goals a night and we'll have a chance!! 

How dem boyz? 🫢

Chuck definitely needs to be G1

Yep, Darcy goes down too early, quite often. Should of made at least 2 of those saves. Then we can't score so it really doesn't matter. Young guys who can skate but have mid skills is what we're stuck with. Carbery can arrange the lines any way he wants, but we can't overcome all the talent and salary we have on the books, who can no longer pull weight. I haven't looked at the stats, but I imagine we're 50ish goals behind what we could/should have? 

Shew, thought they were gonna burn Terry as well. So glad he got his yards!! Even in a bad season, we don't deserve him. 

Is JB even dressed? If so, should bring him in to try and get Terry his 1k. 

I honestly wonder if Sam could pass a concussion test. Boy has been beat up and burned out for 2+ months. He just looks cooked. Pocket awareness, throws, running with the ball, everything. It's a shame really. Hope whoever we bring in next has thick skin and a hard head. 

4 hours ago, PokerPacker said:

Also worth noting that a player must be deemed fit to play in order to qualify for a buyout.  But let's say whomever we want to buy out is deemed fit and we go with the buyout.  It only saves a third of their cost, leaving the remaining 2/3s of the cap hit on the roster, meanwhile LTIR gives you use of their entire cap hit.

Yeah, lots of avenues to navigate. It'd be a real pisser if he did buyout Nicky or Oshie. Save himself a few bucks but screw the team for an extra year. 

Problem with LTIR and cap space is, Ted would have to sign off on spending all that extra money, out of pocket. Maybe if they showed signs of life, but right now I don't see him doing much in that direction. Possibly next year?

Im not even sure what reason there is to not tear it up, since with the current lineup, Ovi isn't doing anything anyway. Soon as Nicky stepped away all bets should of been off about a rebuild. Kuzy playing like dog ass has expedited that, imo. Strome isn't a play maker. They need a true 1c in a big way, or Ovi might as well plan on playing till he's 45. 

I don't care what we do. I can fall in and out of love with a QB like nobody's business! lol 

Not sure how they miss that but.. 

They had the knife in and twisted. Now they pulled it out, just to watch us bleed. lol