and YOURE not getting it....

We are NOWHERE NEAR the playoff race NOW...because Skinner...STOPPED DOING HIS job...

your argument: when skinner was doing his job..we were RIGHT IN THE THICK OF THINGS....(correct)

my argument: "as soon as skinner STOPPED doing his job...we fell out of the race...(also correct)
- RippedFuel

So the whole thing falls on Skinner.... Why have anyone else play?

Yep.....if over 7, let him walk. And make a good hockey trade to replace him. Get the NEXT guy looking to be overpaid. Skinner at his current salary is a VERY good deal...at 9...terrible. Bots has made some good hockey trades....Skinner, Montour...Go get the NEXT Skinner at 5 million..rather than paying TWICE that to watch him vanish again in March
- RippedFuel

Trade from a position of strength to replace him? Do we have one of those?

Letting him walk is losing talent in a system that is lacking talent.

want me to go back and reference all the people that agree hes not worth 9 mill??

Its like talk radio...the bigmouth angry people are the most likely to call...

the people that agree....don't bother
- RippedFuel

Please!

Please show me all the posters talking about 7M being his high end value. You said that a few posts ago. Where are those that agree?

*crickets*

want me to go back and reference all the people that agree hes not worth 9 mill??

Its like talk radio...the bigmouth angry people are the most likely to call...

the people that agree....don't bother
- RippedFuel

I don't think anyone is telling you you can't be in the "lane" that doesn't want 9M. I think they're saying your argument about quitting is incorrect, due to a multitude of factors. Goal scorers are streaky, even Kane so that's why he was used as an example, not a comparison. Skinners skid coincided right around the same time he took that nasty fall. Quitting and not producing are not the same thing. Just to clarify, you're ok with 7M if he's not doing his job, but not 7.1M and not doing the job. I'm not ok with either.

yawn........

Please!

Please show me all the posters talking about 7M being his high end value. You said that a few posts ago. Where are those that agree?

*crickets*
- RhinoFan

7 mil, Skinners agent is not even picking up the phone to start a conversation at 7 mil.

I don't want to pay more then 8.5 and I would like that at 4-5 years. Sadly I don't think that is going to happen. Some GM will offer him 7 @ 9 large.

I don't think anyone is telling you you can't be in the "lane" that doesn't want 9M. I think they're saying your argument about quitting is incorrect, due to a multitude of factors. Goal scorers are streaky, even Kane so that's why he was used as an example, not a comparison. Skinners skid coincided right around the same time he took that nasty fall. Quitting and not producing are not the same thing. Just to clarify, you're ok with 7M if he's not doing his job, but not 7.1M and not doing the job. I'm not ok with either.
- SDSabre

Frankly, i couldn't care less about what youre "ok" with...

Frankly, i couldn't care less about what youre "ok" with...
- RippedFuel

Let me know when you are done for the day. I'm getting headache from reading 1000 posts from you

So the whole thing falls on Skinner.... Why have anyone else play?
- hehateme

Hes the most highly paid player, contributing the least. He deserves a lot of the blame for the collapse. Hes the guy that wants 70m

beginning of the year and be honest, hoe many goals are realistic for Skinner?
- hehateme

30-35

Hes the most highly paid player, contributing the least. He deserves a lot of the blame for the collapse. Hes the guy that wants 70m
- RippedFuel

FALSE

He's 3rd. Eichel and Okposo make more and Pominville is just behind.

And contributing the least is laughable, even for you.

FALSE

He's 3rd. Eichel and Okposo make more and Pominville is just behind.

And contributing the least is laughable, even for you.
- Wetbandit1

You missed my point. I wont even try...the adults here understood my point.

You missed my point. I wont even try...the adults here understood my pont.
- RippedFuel

Okposo is the highest paid player contributing the least

want me to go back and reference all the people that agree hes not worth 9 mill??

Its like talk radio...the bigmouth angry people are the most likely to call...

the people that agree....don't bother
- RippedFuel

A lot of those people think he's not worth $9M, myself included, but that doesn't mean that those people think he's all of a sudden "not doing his job" when even the best players have the exact same cold streaks this season. Matthews had one goal in what 13? games earlier this year? What about him? He has no Cups.

You missed my point. I wont even try...the adults here understood my pont.
- RippedFuel

You don't have a point, you're the big mouth drunkard who calls into talk radio blasting Eichel because he hasn't scored in 3 games.

a goal in late October is not as valuable as a goal in Early March
- RippedFuel

holy poop

You don't have a point, you're the big mouth drunkard who calls into talk radio blasting Eichel because he hasn't scored in 3 games.
- Wetbandit1

Wrong. When the season was in balance, Eichel upped his game. 53 vanished.

And i havent bern drunk in 25 years.

Okposo is the highest paid player contributing the least
- Powerslave

No, stupid, it's the guy who has 26 more goals than Okposo that's not contributing.

No, stupid, it's the guy who has 26 more goals than Okposo that's not contributing.


- Wetbandit1

😂😂😂

A lot of those people think he's not worth $9M, myself included, but that doesn't mean that those people think he's all of a sudden "not doing his job" when even the best players have the exact same cold streaks this season. Matthews had one goal in what 13? games earlier this year? What about him? He has no Cups.
- Wetbandit1

Hes scored once in 14 games...what is his job exactly?

Wrong. When the season was in balance, Eichel upped his game. 53 vanished.

And i havent bern drunk in 25 years.
- RippedFuel

When exactly was the season "in the balance"?

No, stupid, it's the guy who has 26 more goals than Okposo that's not contributing.


- Wetbandit1

If we COULD get rid of 21, we would. We dont HAVE to overpay a guy who VANISHED when he was needed most.

When exactly was the season "in the balance"?
- Wetbandit1

Falling out of the playoffs because we couldnt score

Hes scored once in 14 games...what is his job exactly?
- RippedFuel

This is where it gets twisted for you. Even the best goal scorers go cold. It's not that they're "not doing their job" Skinner has hit a ton of posts that should've gone in, not like off the outside and into the crowd. He's been unlucky. The team has absolutely sucked which doesn't help. Streaks are irrelevent it's where you end up that matters. A point missed in October that knocks you out of the playoffs is just as important than a point missed in the 82nd game. They're worth the same amount. If you got that point in October you needn't worry about the 82nd game.

If we COULD get rid of 21, we would. We dont HAVE to overpay a guy who VANISHED when he was needed most.
- RippedFuel

Skinner is the purest goal scorer in the league, 9 million is a steal