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@LeafsfanEst1991 Buying cable is useless if you're a fan of an out-of-market team. You'd only get to watch a handful of your team's games while also paying for channels you'll never watch

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@AnaheimDucks Greer - 18
Jensen - 23
Malott - 22
Hinds - 55
Brossoit - 39

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@JustinScottx89 If by replicating Kyrou's production, you mean 70-75 points, I think that's a bit ambitious, but I'd certainly expect 55-60 points, exceeding Kyrou's production last season. McMichael and Kyrou aren't 1 for 1. That's why they got two other assets in the trade and added McTavish.

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@NTempy19 @jprutherford 3 team NTC in the last 4 years

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@SensBuzz Yakemchuk - Reimer - Jagr - Coffey - Gretzky

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@JFreshHockey That's not even the best string of late 1sts in 5 years the Blues have made. I'd much rather Fabbri, Thompson, Thomas, Bokk than those four if I had to take 4 late 1sts

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@BluesProspects1 Most of these prospect rankings often overrate the most recent draft class while overlooking older prospects. Belchetz is a great example of that here

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@STLBluesChirp He won’t put up 70-80 pts, but he plays a gritty style of game well suited for the playoffs. Neighbours also resembles the identity of the team and city, and he wants to be here. People will overlook these aspects yet eventually wonder why their team has “locker room” issues

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@JFreshHockey Some of the best scenarios in recent history: Dallas (Harley, Bourque, Johnston, Bichsel). Philly (Sanheim, Konecny, Frost), St. Louis (Fabbri, Thomas, Thompson), Tampa (Namestnikov, Vasi, DeAngelo), Minnesota (Tuch, Ek). You’d need insane scouting and some luck for this result

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@JasonGregor Most of Philly’s core is already locked up, cap will continue to rise, and getting Carlsson means they can afford to move a top-six player or some of their prospects down the road

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@ThomasWalterMc I think it’ll be Suter 3C, Dube 4C. RT was paired with either Bozak or Schenn in his first couple of seasons, so I imagine you’re right with Dvo. He’ll likely be sheltered with another center, but will ve given opportunities to play up the middle as the season progresses

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@TopTierPucks @BlueLinesHQ @SleeperNHL @LoganOil69 @oiltruth29 What have the Habs done to warrant them winners? I get the Demidov signing was great, but they’ve done nothing specific to improve their roster thus far

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@DownToBlack Leafs signed Tanev to a 6x4.5 the year he was turning 35. Don’t see how this is much different

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@mndamico I think it’d be smart for Utah to take the 2nd. Don’t think his value would’ve been much greater on the trade market, and he probably doesn’t resign next offseason with Trocheck practically taking his spot

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@devsfan_92 @jp_gambatese Rodrigues mostly played on the wing in Florida, so I’d assume he’d mostly play there in NJ too

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@STLBluesMuse The franchise isn’t in a bad situation at all. They have a deep prospect pool and all their 1sts, the roster is full of guys in their early to mid 20s, and they’re not stuck with a bunch of bad contracts anymore. They have the assets to get a star when the right one is available

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@sam170552177004 @Connor160379Cr @STLBluesMuse The Blues didn’t want to give Jiricek to San Jose because he was likely going with other firsts just for us to pick one guy in Stenberg. Sure, Stenberg could become a star, but then what’s your succession plan at RD when Parayko isn’t capable of a top-pairing role anymore

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@LeafsRundown This isn’t any different than what they’ve done in the past. Going after the more highly coveted bottom 6 guys, overpaying a couple past their peak, rather than looking within the org or finding underrated players for cheap

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@JFreshHockey Does Drury think he’s playing franchise mode today or something?

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@jprutherford I get the cliche you can never have enough depth, but this is 16 forwards now. Unless there’s other moves, really hope the logjam upfront doesn’t block the development of dvo and Stenberg