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I'll always have time for Torts and people like him. Like many coaches before him, he'll run out his welcome in Philly, but I've always believed he gets the most out of the roster placed in front of him.

Here's a question I've mulled over more times than I'd ever like to admit: How did Al Murray get hired after Timmins, draft those two, but still get fired before Timmins did?

Random thought, I hope Ohio State is able to build up their hockey program and make it respectable in the next decade.

Not just that. Everyone knows the IIHF refs always call the game strictly, something I approve of btw. The game's almost done. What was there to gain by trying that bodycheck?

Not to mention, what was Gibson thinking?

And that's all she wrote, folks. A very symbolic end.

No chemistry, no confidence. Game's halfway done and they have 11 shots. This Chech Republic team won't ever confused with a hockey superpower, either...

Dickinson's confidence is shot. This is as bad as I've ever seen him play.

https://x.com/UMDMensHockey/status/1874896300929614285

The gift that keeps on giving.

Unlikely he gets drafted at all unless he plays better in Sherbrooke. If he gets drafted, 6th or 7th round. More likely than not, doesn't get drafted and doesn't play pro hockey in America. If he goes the NCAA route, then that might make him a more interesting prospect since there will be...

Or maybe you don't realize how much better McDavid, Draisaitl, Bouchard and Hyman are to the guys we have on this team that would allow them to reach a 30% PP.

I have 10. Quinn & Luke Hughes, Makar, Adam Fox, Noah Dobson, Heiskanen, McAvoy, Dahlin, Faber, Jake Sanderson. That's it. (This is not taking into consideration contracts or whether they're willing to play here, just player for player)

The one thing with this exercise is the situation the Habs are in. If the Habs are contenders on the same level as Colorado, there's a few more Yes I would put on that list. Josi & Hedman become a Yes. Forsling might be a Yes. But because the Habs are bad and won't be contenders for a while...

There's a few defensemen in the league I wouldn't trade Hutson to because Hutson's 21 and the other d-man is 28 or older, therefore their age disqualifies them automatically. If, say, Roman Josi was 27 instead of 33? Yeah, I'd trade Hutson in a heartbeat. Looking at every d-man who received a...

Knowing him, he'll sit Gavin McKenna.

Yup. When people think of what a hockey "rat" is, it used to Brad Marchand. But in 2025 and going forward, it's going to be Zachary L'Heureux.

Trotz has gone quite literally in the opposite direction of how modern teams are built. Modern teams are trying to get younger, not older. All of Nashville's top players are in their 30s or just about to turn 30. Not good. Modern teams are trying to get players at under market value. All of...

Yes, but here's the problem: To realistically acquire him, we have to give up assets that would, in theory, "soften" the blow for the large caphit we'd be taking on. The Patrik Laine types, who are disgruntled addicts without a good thing to say about anyone or anything in the organization...

Forgetting JT Miller's contract for just a moment: The price it would cost us just to acquire him would already be significantly steep. As mentioned, he's a premium player coming off three consecutive elite seasons. I'm not sure there's any realistic price I'd be comfortable with to acquire him...