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In the NHL, no. In this tournament? Or any international tournament? Of course it fucking would. This ridiculous thinking is what gets Kris Draper on Canadian Olympic teams. No country is able to match Canada's forward depth.

There'd be a limit due to the salary cap, but yeah you could. And honestly, would that even be a problem? Give teams real options on how to build teams. The best way to make the NHL more interesting overnight is to give the fans what they want: Trades and real free agency for players in their...

Canada's insistence on making their team like an NHL roster will always be hilarious to me. You know three players who might be able to make a difference, but never even got an invitation? Landon Dupont, Carter Yakemchuk and Michael Misa. The five players leading in points totals in the OHL are...

Glad they took Beaudoin over Sennecke for his defensive play & grinding, and... oh.

I'm not for an NFL-style franchise tag. I am, however, for NFL-style unlimited free agency and basically eliminating restricted free agency.

From what I understand, the ban applies to anyone (players, management, coaches, trainers, refs, etc.) that joined after September 30th 2024. So because The Latvijan Goalie Whose Name I Can't Be Assed To Write joined the BCHL in August, he remained eligible to play in the Hockey Canada...

I can't believe I missed this: https://x.com/yyzsportsmedia/status/1865976112742101029

It's a terrible idea and also an impossible one. The relegation model works in Europe because there's such a steep difference between to good teams and the bad teams, and because of that, there isn't much of a difference between the shittiest team in division 1 and the best team in division 2...

The day we drafted him, Lapointe said he was going to Blainville-Boisbriand. Then he got drafted by Acadie-Bathurst, and he opted to go to down the NCAA route instead. Went to the BCHL to keep his eligibility. Now with the change in eligibility rules for the NCAA, no reason for him to play as a...

A late W for Martin Lapointe.

In light of Dobes getting called up, let's continue this meme:

And getting Dickinson at 11 when 4 other d-men were incomprehensibly taken before him. I would really, really like the hear the rationale from the scouts in Calgary for taking Parekh over him. It made no sense. Like, you watched the Memorial Cup when Saginaw and London played, and... it wasn't...

I think it's completely abhorrent that this is not only tolerated and accepted, but openly encouraged. In no world should leagues like the NHL & NBA have close to a quarter of their teams suck on purpose for multiple years in a row just to improve their draft positions.

#abolishthedraft I think some real questions need to be asked to the people running sports league. Starting with, "Why do you think it's conductive for league business to have fans cheering against their own teams in hopes of getting a better draft pick?" Bettman is as incompetent as the...

Yes and no. Yes in the sense that, it's what all teams do. No in the sense that, there's more to it than just ripping everything to shreds. There needs to be a good result because of it. Tear downs just to restart are pointless, see the Buffalo Sabres. At the conclusion of those tear downs, the...

Relying on a formula that cannot be replicated at scale and is much more about luck than the actual talents of the people working for you is the recipe Detroit's followed. ...And unfortunately, I think there's a good chance we're headed down that path too if this administration has their way.

Carter Bear would be the Habs pick with their second first if it was up to Simon Boisvert.

https://x.com/AlBernstein/status/1871634846881394970

I'm on the Caleb Desnoyer train myself.

He'll be playing on Switzerland's U20 team in this year's WJC.