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At least you know if they can play. And it's weird that Blashill who coached the kids, isn't getting the kids on the roster and when they are there, aren't just letting them play. I wonder if it's him or if it's management telling him. Maybe both.... The streak is great but the kids need a chance to actually play regular minutes. Last year they seemed so quick to pull the plug when a line was struggling instead of letting them work it out. Like I said, kinda hope Zetterberg and Kronwall are banged up enough at the end of the year to go on LTIR. Frees up the roster and cap space and Zetterberg isn't playing 4 more years past this. They won't be bad enough to pick top 5 but you need to get rid of some of this dying weight like Zetterberg, Kronwall and Ericsson.

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yea the only way to work out some kinks for a line is on the ice. no way around that. and it's amazing how many coaches refuse to let guys play through struggles.

but you really think Zetterberg is dead weight already? is that solely because of his play or his play combined with his salary?

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I said dying because he's not quite dead yet. But staying healthy, dipping numbers and salary all add up. 2015 he had a rough second half and thought his injuries the year before had slowed him and he ran out of gas and thought a full offseason to recover and get in shape would help but it didn't. We'll see how this year goes but would like to get his cap hit off the books sooner rather than later. I'm not one of those fans yelling "Should never have signed him to that 12 year deal!" You got the reigning playoff MVP for a cap hit just over $6mil and there was no cap recapture penalty back then. He would have cost 8.5mil per probably without those last few years at a low salary. Damn you Ken Holland for not knowing the new rules of the CBA 4 years before it was signed!

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maybe they just need better octopodes. feed them some Hot-n-Readys or something

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The Rangers signing Chris Drury.....to be assistant GM. Maybe he'll tell them "Don't sign 2nd line centers for 7mil a year."

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I love Chris Drury so much.

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Frederik Andersen pulled from a game after colliding with a teammate. That could suck for the Leafs.

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me too! me too!

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Chris Drury is someone who I only moderately enjoy. Don't love the guy necessarily, I mean he's no Kessel certainly, but I'm fine with him.

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Drury stinks, very glad he's there with the Rangers to screw them over more.

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You are everything that is wrong with humanity.

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Aka a Flyers fan.

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Why? Because I don't suck up to a mid-level forward who worked well in a Lindy Ruff system that bore zero Stanley Cups, and which allowed him to sign a massively overpaid contract by the Rangers, in which once again, bore zero Stanley Cups?

No thanks.

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Suck up? Oh Matt, you crack me up every day.

You conveniently leave out the Stanley Cup he DID win in Colorado. And yes, I fully expect you to comment on the star power of that team and probably how he rode their coat tails all the way through.

I'm really sorry Chris played his ass off every shift of his entire career but didn't win enough Stanley Cups for you. That really is the true measure of success.

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Even if he rode coattails, he scored some big goals along the way.

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My coworker has just informed me that some Czech jewelry store made a Jaromir Jagr calendar for 2017:

http://www.klenotyaurum.cz/kalendar,...#2031500271841

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http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/2...-hockey-world/

A fun read. I know we were all losing our heads for those 30 minutes.

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:lol:lol will be ordering a few dozen for Christmas gifts. was hoping for more skin though

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:Prays that I'm on hailtopitt's list...

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i'm actually efforting on an Adam Foote calendar for you

Jagr will be a backup plan

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Sorry it took so long to reply, I just needed to compose myself.

I thank you for your well placed efforts.

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:lol:lol

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That calendar is glorious

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If the Caps win the Cup next year, I'll build custom Kessel calendars and send you all one

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Awesome, but still not worth it.

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I mean, it's not like that's a promise I'll ever have to make good on anyway

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Yeah, I mean, we know the caps will never win. ;)

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So you're saying I could have 2017 Foote/Jagr calendar, then a 2018 Phil calendar???

GO CAPS!!!!!!!

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Now I know what it's like to hope for something that will never happen.

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http://deadspin.com/john-tortorella-...t-s-1786323192

I hope the whole team sits for the anthem. Not for any political reasons, which I don't want to touch with a ten-foot pole in this thread, but just to mess with Torts.