Stephen Ball

Former account for The Source podcast, current account of a washed up former podcaster.

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@LukeCerpinTaxt I was actually thinking of the possibility of sending Miro and Lily to Chicago in a deal I get someone like Korchinski, a defenseman who has potential, and could give you some flexibility if you have to move one of our D for cap space next year.

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If you light a candle and say “data center” three times in a dark bathroom, @TaylorLorenz will appear in the mirror and suggest you invest your life savings in an AI scam business.

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@jondelarroz Do you think that you would have liked the movie and felt more represented in it if there was a plot surrounding a man beating his wife?

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@daveanthony Cenk is mad, Ana is furious

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@SaintNick2018 You can’t even make the deal this year, because you don’t have the cap space. Sourdif is still on his sub million dollar contract, you’d have to find a way to also move 7ish million dollars out.

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@MikeBartner Tier list video coming soon?

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@greissisright In a perfect world St Ivany proves more than capable of being relied on as a 7th D, making Liljegren expendable to save cap space next year where things are tight. He’s played well with Hutson, but in reality he’s just Vinny Lite, well he happy to scratch him for Vinny.

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@JLazzy23 I think the Capitals love Strome, and he’s been fantastic. His cap hit and term gives so much flexibility for the future, where they have already signed Sourdif to a long term deal and have Suvanto absolutely killing it in Finland so far.

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@LukeCerpinTaxt I think last game was the best he’s looked all season

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@filmbroski @JackHussey92 Then there’s next season, where they’re already looking to be slightly over the cap once Ovechkin’s bonus kicks in, so that’s another whole can of worms. Nobody is saying Larkin isn’t better than Strome, I just don’t think the difference equals the extra they’d have to give.

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@filmbroski @JackHussey92 You’re taking three people off the roster and replacing with 1 (not to mention if you have to add another young roster player that’s not just a cap dump to the deal), so you have to account for the salary cap of the players that would have to fill out the roster as well

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@kingconnor24 It’s almost definitely Covid or the flu, something that can knock you on your ass and take a bit to fully recover from. Also want to keep away from the rest of the team to not spread it.

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@TheCupitals Honestly I feel like you can put Ovechkin with the Protas bros, and have your pure offensive line be Leonard-Strome-Kyrou. It would let you shelter both Ilya and Ovi. Big Pro gets a lot of extra time on the PK and can double shift in a pinch

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@c19poison @sammisilber He’ll probably play in Hershey on Monday, feels like they like having the Hershey stars play in front of the fans for Caps preseason.

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@MikeBartner Saw it twice today, it slaps

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@Msutt73 @TheFutureCaps Are you factoring in Ovechkin’s bonus pay from his deal this year? If he plays 10 games over 4 million of next years cap goes to him

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@MikeBartner He’s probably playing alongside PLD and one of Kyrou/Tuch/Wilson, and will get regular PP time, so he’s going to have all the opportunity to shine, I think if you wait until next year you’re likely to be over 11 per

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@Rob618625921253 @AvsCanesFan I don’t think Boston is a good team overall, but this is basically the only list I think they could get an S in, because they have one great player at F, D, and G. Outside of those three it’s not too pretty.

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@rnuzzo27 @sammisilber I’d say no chance, he could look fantastic in camp/preseason and still the plan would be for him to be in Hershey. He’ll have his opportunity to shine in Hershey and I could see him and Cristall taking the spots of Ovi and Beau on rookie deals next year.

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@MikeBartner Recently watched the end of season 5 again, I think Pete’s line about realizing “his family is a temporary bandage on a permanent wound” applied so much to Don too. I think him putting Megan in the commercial was his symbolic separation.