For as much as Lehner gets ragged on over the shootouts, it's also a little bad luck.

What are the odds no one hit a post or fanned on a shot?
- sbroads24

I agree...gave plenty attention to that in a blog during the season...that said to say he looks shaky in the shootout is an understatement

left wing

even strength points 2016-17

marchand 61
pacioretty 54
panarin 53
ehlers 52
arvidsson 52
saad 50
forsberg 49
jt miller 49
skinner 48
sheary 48
zucker 46
zetteberg 46
schwartz 46
gaudreau 45
josh bailey 44
ovechkin 43
benn 43
jvr 43
kreider 40
johansson 39
byron 39
hall 38
lee 38
tatar 38
maroon 38
palat 37
e kane 35
steen 35
hoffman 35
tkachuk 35
panik 35
vanek 35
pearson 34
perron 33
n foligno 30
marleau 30
d sedin 30
parise 30
drouin 27
lucic 25

left wing

even strength points 2016-17

marchand 61
pacioretty 54
panarin 53

- homiedclown

I will never understand why MTL fans hate him so much?

Oh well sure I missed a lot pointing out that he's not a tier 1 player
- GERBE!!!75PTS

I just did the list

e kane is top 30 5 on 5 scorer for lw

left wing

even strength points 2016-17

marchand 61
pacioretty 54
panarin 53
ehlers 52
arvidsson 52
saad 50
forsberg 49
jt miller 49
skinner 48
sheary 48
zucker 46
zetteberg 46
schwartz 46
gaudreau 45
josh bailey 44
ovechkin 43
benn 43
jvr 43
kreider 40
johansson 39
byron 39
hall 38
lee 38
tatar 38
maroon 38
palat 37
e kane 35
steen 35
hoffman 35
tkachuk 35
panik 35
vanek 35
pearson 34
perron 33
n foligno 30
marleau 30
d sedin 30
parise 30
drouin 27
lucic 25
- homiedclown

That one hurts. Still wish we could have traded up for him. very impressive for a rookie

I will never understand why MTL fans hate him so much?
- ImThatGuy

he is one of the few players I would overpay for up front

Stanley cup winning goalie annti niemi has been waived and bought out by dallas...quite the fall from his cup-winning season with Chicago

Stanley cup winning goalie annti niemi has been waived and bought out by dallas...quite the fall from his cup-winning season with Chicago
- Michael Pachla

stars d is brutal


you put him on a decent team, he is fine


if they move on from lehner, I'd kick the tires

Last blog how is Kane a top tier player ?

Tier 1 ..
Ovechkin, Benn, Hall, Pacioretty

Tier 2 ..
Landeskog , Parise , Zetterberg, Chris Kreider , James Neal

Tier 3 ..
Riemsdyk , Kane , Daniel Sedin
- GERBE!!!75PTS

Hall and Patches Tier 1??
More like Tavares, Crosby, Malkin, Stamkos, Teows, Kane, Price, Doughty

Stanley cup winning goalie annti niemi has been waived and bought out by dallas...quite the fall from his cup-winning season with Chicago
- Michael Pachla

they bought out the wrong goalie

stars d is brutal


you put him on a decent team, he is fine


if they move on from lehner, I'd kick the tires
- homiedclown

I was open to the option of.

Trade Lehner
Trade a 7th for Niemi and have Dallas hold 25-30% of salary.
Only signed 1 more year and then Ullmark could take over.

Hall and Patches Tier 1??
More like Tavares, Crosby, Malkin, Stamkos, Teows, Kane, Price, Doughty
- ShayneCorsi

Burns and Karlsson belong there too, IMO.

I will never understand why MTL fans hate him so much?
- ImThatGuy

One dimensional player that disappears a lot. Still a good player but not a tier 1.

they bought out the wrong goalie
- homiedclown

What do the contracts and cap hits for each goalies buyouts look like?

That could be why they bought him out

Burns and Karlsson belong there too, IMO.
- ImThatGuy

Absolutely. Karlsson is becoming my favorite dman and I can't stand the Send lol.

One dimensional player that disappears a lot. Still a good player but not a tier 1.
- ShayneCorsi

Put up 30/30 and I am fine with it.
I would not put him tier 1, but is a guy i'd be more than happy riding wing with Eichel.

Absolutely. Karlsson is becoming my favorite dman and I can't stand the Send lol.
- ShayneCorsi

f@ck the sens

f@ck the sens
- homiedclown

twice

twice
- Stripes77

HARD

Botterill just auditioned for GM for the Red Wings by taking Mittlestadt over Rasmussen! I'm getting flashbacks of Ric Seiling taken by Buffalo instead of Mike Bossy.

(youtube comment)

Nick Foligno was a bit of a late bloomer like Marcus, although Nick's 73 point season looks like a career outlier. I'm not suggesting Marcus could get 25 assists, but his shot looked pretty good this year. I'd offer him a 4 year deal somewhere around 2.5. I know 13 goals is his career high, but he looked good enough last year for me to bite. Even if he regresses back to an average of 9 goals, it's not terrible for his physicality, and i think he could average between 10-15 going forward

Nick Foligno was a bit of a late bloomer like Marcus, although Nick's 73 point season looks like a career outlier. I'm not suggesting Marcus could get 25 assists, but his shot looked pretty good this year. I'd offer him a 4 year deal somewhere around 2.5. I know 13 goals is his career high, but he looked good enough last year for me to bite. Even if he regresses back to an average of 9 goals, it's not terrible for his physicality, and i think he could average between 10-15 going forward
- jcragcrumple

Nick was a 1st rd pick, Marcus a 4th rder. Don't confuse the talent level of the 2

Nick was a 1st rd pick, Marcus a 4th rder. Don't confuse the talent level of the 2
- turbo044

I'm not comparing skill level, just development paths. It makes sense that two brothers may develop around the same time

Yakapov not given qualifying offer to be a UFA...Russia bound indeed

Yakapov not given qualifying offer to be a UFA...Russia bound indeed
- Stripes77

Good place for him