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The Rainman

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  1. One has to admit that Melnyk has done a super job in destroying this franchise! We can drag Dorion into this mess also. You have to think that Melnyk

    and Aquilini attend summer camp together. They both want to make the hockey decisions and use their GM's as puppets!

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  2. I love the guy but I won't be bringing him on board now! Goodbye Tommy write soon! He is worth the money to the Caps but not so much to team Rainman. 

    Hmmm maybe I can still do it. The guy does leave it all out there.

  3. We will never know how much an owner sticks his nose in. I guess they can seeing they foot the bill but how many GM's look like dough heads because the owner 

    over rules and and wants to accept a shitty offer because he wants to run as cheap as possible. Ottawa has that owner. He must have had a big say in the Burrows

    deal. Now what real GM with an once of brains would have made that deal. Melnyk had to be the one who pulled the trigger. Dorion couldn't be that stupid all by himself.Who in their right mind would give up Dahlin who has such a big upside for Burrows who clearly was on his way down the other side of the mountain. We have to remember that these owners have made millions in other business's without someone telling him what's good for him. I'm sure Katz keeps Chiarelli on a very short leash.  

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  4. 3 hours ago, Zipper14 said:

    Here are some more stats to suggest Hamilton is better. In fact, they back up the statement that Hamilton is elite. IMO you don’t trade elite unless you’re getting elite back, but there must be more to the story that we don’t know about.

     

    Apparantly Someone said on the radio that Hamilton went to the museum when the rest of the team went out for dinner together. That doesn’t sound too bad...

     

     

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    Well he did voice displeasure when the Flames traded brother Freddie. He said something along the lines that he deserves to here more than some in this room. Ouch!

  5. 2 hours ago, Zipper14 said:

     

    Ah, the Fox news does help a bit, but it

    still seems like poor asset management. I think some team out there would be willing to pay for him. 

     

    I’m probably harder on Lindholm than most. But I owned him for a year and a half and was pretty disappointed. $5 million a year is steep for a guy who puts up 40 points and doesn’t do much else. If you don’t want Ferland then trade him for a pick - don’t overpay a complimentary middle six winger. Sven Baertchi can be had at the deadline.  

     

    Hanafin doesn’t seem as good defensively as Hamilton, but I don’t have any stats to back that up. I see Hamilton as a top 10 dman in the league, and Hanafin is a second pairing guy right now. 

    Well maybe you do have the stats to back it up. I know you might say it's not a fare stat because the Hurricanes weren't that good a team. Last season he was

    minus 20 and the year before that he was a minus 19 and before that a minus 14. Today some don't put as much faith in plus minus like they once did. Plus they have been trying

    to move him for some time now. For Hamilton this is the 2nd time he's been moved because of the dressing room. I guess time will tell how this plays out.

  6. I think Veleno might be the sleeper in this draft. I think I posted earlier that I thought Montreal might take him but I don't think that they are in a position 

    to gamble. The fans would go nuts on him. He is that big center that they need . And he's born in Montreal. The question is does Montreal have the balls to go off the grid?

     

     

     

     

     

     

  7. Geez it's such a brutal grind to get to the finals!  Damn I now have to admit that they are for real. I waited all year for them to crash and 

    burn and that never happened. Why should it happen in the finals.

  8. Me thinks Tavares will want to go to team that is close to winning now. I'd like to see him in Vancouver but we are too far away but maybe the Leafs. They could move some money around to make it happen. 

     

  9. On 4/28/2018 at 4:56 PM, bill0755 said:

    Buffalo is over due for some good luck. 🍀 

     

    I think Buffalo has had lots of luck. In the last 6 drafts they picked in the top 8 six times! 1st this year two 2nd's and three 8th picks. How many top ten picks does one team need to improve?

  10. 3 hours ago, RegDunlop said:

    Don't take it personally, Rainman! I'm just bitter because the Habs' window is closing this year (while Price is still at 6.5) and our GM seems to be more interested in shopping for tight pants and hair gel than a 1C (or a 2C, or a 3C for that matter).

     

    ...and no, I don't have Demko but I wish I did!

     

    Are those tight pants you are talking about  made by Adidas? :)

  11. 1 hour ago, RegDunlop said:

    Bahaha - someday, Rainman, someday... many years from now. Maybe when Thatcher Demko has a few seasons under his belt. :P

     

    Ouch! Well at least you didn't say the goalie who will take them to the promised land is playing Atom hockey right now. xD 

    Hmmm me wonders if you have Demko on one of your fantasy teams.

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