palhal

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Have followed sports most of my 60 years. Long time Toronto resident now retired by the lake, north west of TO
Forum: NHL5 hours ago
Thread: Conspiracy Theory on why the Devils are so Bad
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>AndrewLadd</b></div><div>The Devils locker room made a big group chat of all the players with only one player left out, Taylor Hall. The belief in the locker room is that he will be leaving and they are all mad at him for that. So, they decide they will purposely play awful for 2 things. 1. Taylor Hall doesn't get what he wants, to win and 2. the Devils have a good shot at winning the draft lottery again, to get Lafrienere, who in time will replace Hall. Boom, mind blown.

*DISCLAIMER* I know this isn't what's happeneing (at least probably not) but I'm bored.</div></div>

If you're going to write fiction/fantasy.....go the J.K. Rowling route. Much more financially rewarding:)

No, I don't believe the Devil players are mad at Hall for leaving, I would say it's envy. They wish they were UFAs at the end of the season too.
Forum: NHLThu at 6:22 pm
Thread: If Taylor Hall is Traded, Where Does He Go?
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Brian2016</b></div><div>Here's a bonus question: Who will be the first to go, Hall or Hynes?

If the Devils are still at the bottom of the league standings in late November, I fully expect Shero will make a coaching change. Hynes is actually one of the longest tenured coaches in the league despite missing the playoffs in all but one season. He's overseen the rebuild thus far, but the organization may need to make a change behind the bench to bring the team together. They look very disorganized in all 3 zones. It doesn't look as if the team is buying into the system. I don't think he'll survive the season.</div></div>

Maybe a Hynes for Babcock trade could be made.....Leafs would have to retain.
Forum: Armchair-GMThu at 3:43 pm
Thread: Get Rid of Ceci
[<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Broad93</b></div><div>He hasn't been bad per say, but once Hyman and Dermott come back from LTIR which is most likely sooner than later; the cap crunch is going to become quite difficult to manage. They can either house a 21 man roster with one scratch or they can rid themselves of the 4.5 million dollars belonging to Ceci and allow themselves cap relief of almost 5 million dollars for the rest of the season. Would help them not only play with a full 23 man roster but make moves later on in the year.

If they decide to keep Ceci then Dubas will have to send players down to the minors like Timashov, Gravel, Shore/Spezza and Petan where any of them are likely to be claimed. The more realistic approach in my opinion would be to trade Ceci and his one year contract to a team for maybe a player or picks and free up the space where they won't lose anyone on waivers.</div></div>

I have yet to see a post where Ceci is moved and a competent RHD takes his place. You just wrote that Ceci is worth a player or picks, in that case the Leafs better keep him. What's with this fear mongering about the Leafs losing all those players on waivers? You really think all of them on going to find room on other teams 23 man rosters?