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Forum: NHLSep. 19, 2023 at 2:58 p.m.
Thread: 2023 NHL Offseason Discussion Thread #4 - The quiet period
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>mokumboi</b></div><div>More deflection and projection. You're a one-man echo chamber, nothing gets in. You somehow know everything about the incident(s) without actually knowing anything more than anyone else here does. Oh the horror of those soft crybaby athletes and that evil media!!! How dare they!!!

But noooo, you're totally not defending him.

And I did not once call you any name. That's just pure fiction to sell a fake victim act to avoid every single, unavoidable factual point made. Meanwhile, each of your comments turns into personal commentary, if not starting as that out of the gate.

And capitalizing one word for emphasis is not "speaking in all caps". More deflection.

Babcock bullies employees. Plain and simple. He's done it at every stop. Facts. This is common knowledge. He tucked his tail and ran from this fit of mania because he did that **** again. Duh. You are entirely free to spin it like it's everybody else's fault and everyone else is being overly sensitive. We're all just as free to point out the delirious irony in all that.</div></div>

"Babcock is an old school coach. He was brought in to instill discipline and accountability as much as on the ice as off. Or, at least he thought he was. Who exactly did they think they were hiring when he was given the job in the first place? Unreal. A simple statement of support from the front office early on and this is a non-issue. Instead, they allowed the media to obsess over it at a time when there's nothing else to talk about."

Nothing about that statement is factually inaccurate. It's just an opinion. Facts and opinions are not the same thing.

And for the record, you called me, "Napoleon" and referred to my opinions as, "manufactured, disingenuous, and manipulative." End of story. Move on.
Forum: NHLSep. 19, 2023 at 1:05 p.m.
Thread: 2023 NHL Offseason Discussion Thread #4 - The quiet period
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>mondo</b></div><div><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/16mqptv/paul_bissionette_ryan_whitney_on_babcock/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Notes on the barstool podcast about Babcock,</a> notably these two things here:

Most surprisingly, apparently several of these incidents happened at Babcock’s house. In at least one of the incidents reported to Whitney, a young player was invited for lunch, told to take out his phone, had Babcock flip through his photos and then told him to leave… without lunch. He sounds like a sociopath.

Some other stories about babcock were shared. One older player who hasn’t quite cracked the NHL yet said that he was sitting on the bench in an empty arena taping his stick before the final preseason game in Anaheim. Babcock came and sat next to him, said something along the lines of “this is pretty amazing isn’t it?.” When the player he agreed, Babcock continued; “soak it in, it’s the last time you’ll ever be on an NHL bench.” Serial killer behavior.</div></div>

Sounds like a pretty twisted motivational technique more than serial killer behavior, if it's even true.
Forum: NHLSep. 19, 2023 at 4:15 a.m.
Thread: 2023 NHL Offseason Discussion Thread #4 - The quiet period
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>mokumboi</b></div><div>Ha! The guy talking out his rear like snake oil is on sale wants substance! Amazing.

Let's be perfectly clear: you have no idea what you're on about, either about Babcock's behavior or about me or about setting up an honest premise. And looking to the dumb***es who hired him in the first place to accept the errors of their ways solely out of self-reflection is just pie in the sky (though apparently running cover for him and destroying their team in the process is okay... or something). That's all deflection nonsense. Just like all your little manufactured, disingenuous, manipulative attempts at points... oh, they just have nothing else to write about so they railroad a good man!!! He just did what he thought he was supposed to do!!!

PUH-LEASE.

Also, this is a public forum, so it's cute how you think you're some sort of dictator. NEWSFLASH: Ya ain't. Reel it in, Napoleon.</div></div>

The problem with people like you is that you either forgot how to debate or you never learned. As soon as you're challenged you get defensive and start lashing out, speaking in all caps, and name calling. Your opinions aren't facts and you need to start accepting other peoples' views, regardless of whether or not you agree with them. Hopefully, you'll do better in the future.

Nothing is gained from an echo chamber.
Forum: NHLSep. 18, 2023 at 3:22 p.m.
Forum: NHL SigningsSep. 16, 2023 at 2:51 p.m.
Thread: Colorado Avalanche signed Tomas Tatar (1 Year / $1,500,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>HockeyScotty</b></div><div>I think I'll err on the side of what Nathan MacKinnon and GM Chris MacFarland thinks over your opinion.

“I believe, obviously, that Drouin’s skill set will definitely play well with our other skilled players,” MacFarland said. “So, I can easily envision him getting looks with Nathan, (Ryan) Johansen or whoever (coach Jared Bednar) wants to see in the top six. (Drouin) is going to have to earn that ice time to stay there. … His hands and his ability to make plays is certainly not in question.”</div></div>

What do you expect the GM to say? "He was terrible in MTL and he's gonna stink here, too?"

I'm not even saying that 825k for Drouin was a mistake. But to think that all of the sudden, after years of terrible play, that he's gonna be transformed into a legit top 6 player is unrealistic. He's never even been a legit top 6 forward. I understand that you wanna support your team, but you need to lower your expectations. I was attacked by Habs fans on this forum years ago when I argued against Drouin as a top 6 forward. I was right, but they couldn't look past their own biases. But results, or lack thereof, speak for themselves.
Forum: NHL SigningsSep. 16, 2023 at 2:38 a.m.
Thread: Colorado Avalanche signed Tomas Tatar (1 Year / $1,500,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>HockeyScotty</b></div><div>Any of the several hundred if not thousand players who cleared waivers during the time span you refer to or were 4th liners/healthy scratches.

For just Forwards:
Milan Lucic
Denis Gurianov
Jordan Greenway
Mathieu Joseph
Jeff Carter
Brock McGinn
James Neal
Mikael Granlund
Mike Hoffman
Pius Suter
Anthony Beauvillier
Andreas Athanasiou (probably a push)
Nick Foligno
Corey Perry
Jason Dickinson
Craig Smith
Jakub Vrana
Kasperi Kapanen
Sean Kuraly
Josh Bailey
Anthony Mantha
Robby Fabbri
Joel Armia
I'd say Douin is close to the "assist version" of Victor Olofsson so par with him.</div></div>

Olofsson had more Goals than Drouin had Assists last season! I agree that they're both one-dimensional, but Drouin is bad at his dimension (playmaking) and Olafsson is good. That's a weak comparison. Drouin does nothing well.
Forum: NHL SigningsSep. 13, 2023 at 3:06 a.m.
Thread: Colorado Avalanche signed Tomas Tatar (1 Year / $1,500,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>HockeyScotty</b></div><div>WOW, All I heard was "East coast team" when it came to rumors for Tatar so this came out of left field.

3rd line RW spot is now set with him alongside Wood-Colton it has a Jersey vibe (Either former Devils or local product).

That means training camp is going to be a really tough battle for the 4th line spots (which is fine by me) and when Kovalenko comes over from Russia.

If Tatar is a ghost come playoffs AND Landeskog is healthy (both hypotheticals I know) then it's a perfect match. If Tatar can contribute in a 3rd line role in playoffs then this is all just gravy.

It's also a hedge against Drouin not working out in the top 6.

And the Avs use up their cap space from Landeskog's LTIR which they needed to maximize before the season started to be able to accrue any amount until the deadline.</div></div>

Drouin is one of the worst players in the NHL. He has been for years. The thought of him playing top 6 minutes on an elite team is pretty wild.
Forum: NHL SigningsAug. 26, 2023 at 4:15 a.m.
Thread: Edmonton Oilers signed Evan Bouchard (2 Years / $3,900,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Db1899</b></div><div>Lindholm, miro , mcavoy, and pietrangelo are not better than Bouchard offensively. Idk what you’re basing this on.

Well re-visit at the end of next season when Bouchard is putting up 65-75 pts while driving offense at an elite rate.</div></div>

I didn't see "offensive" in your original post, but I could easily substitute 10 other D's. And Miro is miles above Bouchard offensively. That's based on results. Yes, Bouchard had a great couple months, but he was invisible for the first 2/3 of the season where he put up only 18 points in his first 53 GP. And anything less than 65 points with the league's #1 offense would be a bust. BTW, Bouchard ranked 44th in points per game last season for players with 60+ GP.
Forum: NHL SigningsAug. 25, 2023 at 4:38 p.m.
Forum: NHLAug. 21, 2023 at 12:21 a.m.
Thread: Why Do You Need to "Build Thru the Draft"
It's pretty tough to fill out your roster with the necessary depth when you're paying your best players huge UFA-type salaries. When you lock them up as RFA's, or ideally, before they really break out, you drastically increase your chances of winning. That's why building through the Draft is so important. That's the formula that many teams have used. Teams like PIT, TBL, and BOS were all able to extend their homegrown elite talent at below market value. Had Sid not signed an extension in 2012 or gone UFA the following summer, he would've received $11M+ AAV on the open market. Pretty tough to imagine PIT winning those 2 Cups w/ Sid and Geno making a combined $22M+. Probably no HBK line if that were the case.Even if FLA had won this past season, it's highly unlikely they'd be real contenders for the next 5 years.