I honestly think this team is far better than people think -



Montour was not here all of last year
Colin Miller is an upgrade
Mittelstadt will improve
Olofsson is quite possibly a stud
Thompson could be better
Ullmark and Hutton should be better
Nylander *could* surprise
I believe Risto will be moved for a good player

I truly think that we’re fine and have better organizational depth than people think
- sbroads24

If these are the players that Botterill is depending his employment on then he deserves to be fired. And I honestly think if Risto could bring back a "good" player he would be gone already.

With John Tavares 97% of the time. Kane did it with a revolving cast of characters including Anisimov and still had 16 more points.
- Wetbandit1

Money Mitch is elite

Pat Kane 3 years in league -230 pts
Money Mitch 3 years in league 224 pts

Don’t play games

I'm a huge fan of blue cheese, but I don't like blue cheese dressing/dip unless I'm using it in my buffalo chicken dip (ranch can go straight to hell). I don't like dipping my wings in anything.

This topic got me to thinking about how a hotel I was staying at in San Francisco, of all places, had "Buffalo" wings on the menu with actual blue cheese crumbles semi-melted on top. As is usually the case outside Buffalo, the sauce was not really Buffalo-style (it was still okay), but the blue cheese crumbles on top was revelatory. I can't believe I never thought of trying it before, and I'm definitely going to do it next time I make wings.
- JetpackJesus

I’d give that a try

That poop is disgusting now nothing but all mayonnaise it used to be chunky Sooooooo good
- gerbe75pts

I don't think it was ever chunky. That's why it's a dressing

In a vacuum I agree with all of this. Problem is is that other teams look like they’ve improved relatively more than us. I’m hopeful coaching will be a big factor in the improvement of the team as well.
- IceColdBeer

I don’t think Toronto improved at all.

Kadri>Barrie
Kerfoot is meh so far

I don’t think Tampa improved at all

I think Florida is marginally better and signed an all-time bad contract

I think this past year might have been Boston’s best shot left w/Bergeron and Marchand. They had a 100+ game season and we’re beat up. I could see an incredibly slow start for them

I honestly think this team is far better than people think -



Montour was not here all of last year
Colin Miller is an upgrade
Mittelstadt will improve
Olofsson is quite possibly a stud
Thompson could be better
Ullmark and Hutton should be better
Nylander *could* surprise
I believe Risto will be moved for a good player

I truly think that we’re fine and have better organizational depth than people think
- sbroads24

Sbroads

I was less then impressed with tage at the 3 x 3 tournament. I know they gave him the mvp, but he didnt look any better then the kids. Hope I'm wrong

My opinion anyways

If feels like I went back in time where people say Kucherov is not worth an offer sheet Lol

You offersheet the poop out Marner he’s going to be Collecting those MVP trophys soon

I don't think it was ever chunky. That's why it's a dressing
- jcragcrumple

No it was called Chunky

Sbroads

I was less then impressed with tage at the 3 x 3 tournament. I know they gave him the mvp, but he didnt look any better then the kids. Hope I'm wrong

My opinion anyways
- Boss34

I don’t think he’s a 3 on 3 type of player.

He isn’t a north south agile player

He needs to work on getting in shooting spots

I think it’s easy to say that now that Cozens is a Sabre.

If you asked me that in January I’d take the playoffs
- sbroads24

I would take a scoreless playoff sweep over Lafrenière and never look back

No it was called Chunky
- gerbe75pts

Oh, they had a different one too. Gotcha

Oh, they had a different one too. Gotcha
- jcragcrumple

Now it’s disgusting imo

I don’t think he’s a 3 on 3 type of player.

He isn’t a north south agile player

He needs to work on getting in shooting spots
- sbroads24

That's a good point.

I kinda wrote him off after the scrimmage.

I liked hickeys game alot

He is going to be a solid pro

I prefer it on my salad
- Powerslave

I took another good dump.

Sbroads

I was less then impressed with tage at the 3 x 3 tournament. I know they gave him the mvp, but he didnt look any better then the kids. Hope I'm wrong

My opinion anyways
- Boss34

Trade piece, i hope

I took another good dump.
- Der Kaiser

Did it slide out Or Brick out

Now it’s disgusting imo
- gerbe75pts

Some people like chunky blue, some people like creamy blue.



Blue cheese chunks are too intense for me

His zone starts are so out of whack it's impossible to know.
- Wetbandit1

He’s your whipping boy

And my frustration is that I believe this team is minimum 2-3 years away from doing just that.

Which would mean 2-3 years of crap hockey, after an already 8+ years of crap hockey.
- ImThatGuy

Let's look at it another way.

I believe team chemistry is huge.

A new coach, a couple new assistant coaches, a few new NHL players, a couple promotions from the A perhaps, etc.

This can go a long way.

They have a #1 C (Eichel)
A budding franchise Dman (Dahlin)
(as it stands right now) a few really good top 4 D (Risto, Montour, Miller)
A decent bottom pair D in Jake and Bogo (or if one or more D is traded, Scandella and or Nelson should see a nice reduction in minutes, which can only help)
A #1 LW (Skins)
A #1-2 RW (Sam)
A rookie that has us all salivating (VO)

They have the makings of a really nice 3rd line (Vesey, Mitts, Sheary)

The 4th line has a really great anchor in ERod.

If the team buys into what Ralph is selling (and by ALL accounts, he's a guy that players will go through a brick wall for), and plays the system and for each other, who knows?

They still need a 2C and 2W. Go get Ferland or Johansson and then facilitate a trade for the C.

Meanwhile, Cozens, Samuelsson, Asplund, UPL, Laaksonen, Borgen, Pekar, Ruotsalainen can continue to develop.

(waits for rebuttals 😂)

He’s your whipping boy
- Der Kaiser

Racist

Some people like chunky blue, some people like creamy blue.



Blue cheese chunks are too intense for me
- jcragcrumple

I can’t stand it creamy got to have the blue cheese chunks all over my wings and pizza and chicken fingers

But I’m not going to hate on you for Liking it creamy

I would take a scoreless playoff sweep over Lafrenière and never look back
- jcragcrumple

With how the lottery went this year I would rather make the playoffs

Money Mitch is elite

Pat Kane 3 years in league -230 pts
Money Mitch 3 years in league 224 pts

Don’t play games
- gerbe75pts

Mitch clinched it for me when he was blocking shots at the end of one of those Boston playoff games. You don’t see superstar forwards doing that often/ever

Let's look at it another way.

I believe team chemistry is huge.

A new coach, a couple new assistant coaches, a few new NHL players, a couple promotions from the A perhaps, etc.

This can go a long way.

They have a #1 C (Eichel)
A budding franchise Dman (Dahlin)
(as it stands right now) a few really good top 4 D (Risto, Montour, Miller)
A decent bottom pair D in Jake and Bogo (or if one or more D is traded, Scandella and or Nelson should see a nice reduction in minutes, which can only help)
A #1 LW (Skins)
A #1-2 RW (Sam)
A rookie that has us all salivating (VO)

They have the makings of a really nice 3rd line (Vesey, Mitts, Sheary)

The 4th line has a really great anchor in ERod.

If the team buys into what Ralph is selling (and by ALL accounts, he's a guy that players will go through a brick wall for), and plays the system and for each other, who knows?

They still need a 2C and 2W. Go get Ferland or Johansson and then facilitate a trade for the C.

Meanwhile, Cozens, Samuelsson, Asplund, UPL, Laaksonen, Borgen, Pekar, Ruotsalainen can continue to develop.

(waits for rebuttals 😂)
- Powerslave

I like Asplund
I think he’ll see some games up here this season

With how the lottery went this year I would rather make the playoffs
- gerbe75pts

Yup, we got our lottery win