He’s been a surprise to me, and I had high hopes for him. He has surpassed all those, and I think he could actually be a staple on the top pairing for years to come. His physicality has also been a pleasant surprise.

I also feel you on the jersey end, I got a blue Dowd jersey for my Birthday in early December, but since I had to order from Canada, I won’t be able to get it for at least the next week or two.

I’d rather have Arizona’s system than Seattle’s tbh. For guys 23 and under: Guenther+Soderstrom+Hayton+Chychrun+Keller+19 picks in the first 3 rounds over the next 3 years vs. Beniers+…Geekie?+their picks with the Jets 2023 2nd. No contest imo. And while Seattle does have more useful veteran NHLers (from a trade perspective) they’re also just not gonna trade them all, and are stuck with terrible goaltending for 5 more years (unless Grubauer bounces back), and are locked into way more long term deals (9 players with at least 2 years remaining after this one on their contracts, all with an AAV of at least 3.5mil vs. Arizona only having 3 non-ELC contracts with 2 years after this one [Keller/Chychrun who are young, and Schmaltz who is a center so will likely always be able to be traded]).

And honestly, I think the Habs might be in the least desirable situation. They have Suzuki+Caufield+Romanov+Guhle+Primeau for a young core, which is pretty decent, and I do like a couple of their other prospects (Mysak, Kapanen, Norlinder is okay), but they have so much money committed to so many guys for a long time (after this one, Weber has 4 years left at 7.9mil so they better hope he’s LTIRed, Price has 4 years at 10.5mil, Gallagher has 5 years at 6.5mil, and 8 other players have at least 2 years left with at least 3.4mil AAV, not including Suzuki, plus Byron’s contract is bad and Drouin’s on the books for another year). Plus they have to deal with the Mailloux situation lol

Look if they would’ve called the penalty on Heiskanen it would’ve been a 4 on 4 with the score being 1-0 for the Stars, and since they didn’t call it, it resulted in a 5-4 for the Blues with the game being tied.

That’s a major difference to the outcome of the game.

I'd actually put the King's, Sabres, and Ottowa in the top 10/15.

I deleted my comment lol, I didn't realize they called the Heiskanen penalty after Ryan scored that goal.

I agree. I think mediocre, young teams but with a bright future (like the Sens, Kings, Sabres, Wings, Ducks even though they’re okay this year for some reason) are in a better situation than some teams in the middle that aren’t that great right now and don’t have many prospects (like the Preds, Stars, Flyers, etc.). Also I changed my mind. The Blackhawks have the least desirable situation. They have Dach+DeBrincat and almost no other good young players, no long term goaltending (not a huge Lankinen believer), a bunch of off-ice issues, a bunch of money committed to mediocrity (Seth Jones…), no 1st this year, and they’re not even sort of good right now, they just suck. This looks primed to be a team that will resign its big name stars (Toews and Kane) to too much money when their mega deals are done, and then use the leftovers to try to buy it’s way out of trouble when they get some cap room in a couple years, which never works. Probably gonna be mediocre for the next half decade, especially if they don’t ever commit to a rebuild.

Yea, but when you think asset value if the Hawks decided to trade their team to a ownership willing to rebuild, imagine the value a 50% repainted Kane, Fluery, and Teows could bring.

I mean I guess, but that's not gonna happen. Fleury might get dealt at the TDL (they might even get a 1st from someone like Edmonton), but Toews and Kane are both far more likely to retire as Blackhawks than not.

True, guess I was more thinking if you where to take over a team who would you think was most/least valuable.

well then.

I’m not even all that high on Dach, especially as a 3rd overall pick.

William Nylander steals the puck from Byram and sets Tavares up pic.twitter.com/0zPtEuks6R

— Omar (@TicTacTOmar) January 9, 2022

William Nylander leads the league in takeaways at 5v5 with 30.
He also only has 8 giveaways, which gives him one of the best giveaway/takeaway rations in the league. Only 5 players in the league who have more primary points than William Nylander right now: Draisaitl, McDavid, Ovechkin, Stamkos, Gaudreau


Is honestly playing the best hockey of his career. So how is he not on this image 🤦‍♂️

doesn’t wear a letter, not a good leader, can’t hit, must be bad xd

name value is key here
everyone hated nylander for a long while way back when no one really hated marner or matthews or tavares or campbell or rielly as much

I mean Marner has been hated ever since he signed his deal. I realize it's a popularity contest but it shouldn't be, IMO Nylander is right there with Campbell and Matthews as the team's MVP so far this year.

Zach Fucale is the confirmed starter in net tonight vs Boston. Vanecek will be backing up Fucale. Samsonov is healthy. Laviolette said it was a chance for Vanecek to get back on the ice after being out for awhile (had non-covid illness, before that he was in covid protocols).

— Samantha Pell (@SamanthaJPell) January 10, 2022

THIS IS NOT A DRILL! FUCALE IS STARTING AGAIN!

Im happy to see him get one more start before he likely gets sent back down (unless he’s waiver eligible, then Idfk what DC does)

😂

I’d say a fair trade would be:#LeafsForever Receive:Scott MayfieldAnthony Beauvillier #Isles Receive:Travis DermottNick Ritchie2023 3rdMikhail Abramov2024 5th (if there is retention)

— Leafs Updates (22-8-3) (@UpdateLeafs) January 10, 2022

0-o

You’re a bit nitpicking here, Ref can’t exactly see Schenn holding Heiskanen’s stick, does anyone actually know/enforce the playing the puck with a broken stick rule, I feel like this is more venting than actual criticsm of the reffing

He’s a leafs fan, he probably wants Marner gone and thinks Nylander is a bum

It was ROR’s only penalty the year he won the byng lol, and yeah it’s a reasonable expectation for an NHL ref to know and enforce all the rules, even the ones a casual hockey fan might not be aware of. And if neither ref can see a blatant penalty (especially one literally two feet away), then they’re in the wrong position.

Have you seen this one 🤦‍♂️These articles fuel this Cap Friendly

Maple Leafs and Stars Trade Could Produce Deadline Blockbuster https://t.co/AwGyEuimtU

— The Hockey Writers (@TheHockeyWriter) January 8, 2022

Yeah every teams fanbase comes up with brutal trades. Isles fans still think Bailey has positive value.

#Oilers forward prospect Dylan Holloway has been placed in COVID protocol.

— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) January 10, 2022

Toronto doesn't need Klingberg. Fantastic OFD, but they need to bolster their left wing and maybe add a low pairing shutdown D.