The Overrated One

[JeffMossDSR @JeffMossDSR]

I will never forget watching Steve Yzerman give the following update on Vlady the day after the limo accident outside Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak.

He was fighting back tears knowing what Konstantinov and Sergei Mnatsakanov were dealing with.

I remember crying like a baby watching that live. Between 19's words and the looks on Shanahan and Draper's face you knew it was very, very bad.

Having that image in the back of my mind, I always wondered what Yzerman REALLY thought when Dylan Larkin CRIED at a press conference because pending UFA Tyler Bertuzzi was TRADED for a first round pick. A trade that Yzerman had to make for the rebuild. (The pick ended up getting the team Alex DeBrincat.)

Tyler Bertuzzi wasn't going to need a wheelchair to walk the rest of his life. Or have severe brain injuries. (Well ...) No. He was going to fucking BOSTON.

I am sure Dylan and Tyler could still FaceTime each other. It wasn't the end of the world. It was the NHL. A business. And the captain of the team blubbered like a child losing his pacifier.

I never got over the feeling that Yzerman lost a lot of respect for Larkin that day. And if Larkin's whiny behavior and trade demand is the reason Yzerman got "fired" today or it caused 19 to step down, I will never forget that.

Dylan Larkin is a FUCKING BITCH and anyone who wants him back at this point is a god damn joke.

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[The Overrated One @TomWaldron3]

@frank_seravalli Hope Stevie lets him watch the next two years from the press box.

[The Overrated One @TomWaldron3]

@FriedgeHNIC Good riddance. He’s collapsed down the stretch last two years and this move tells you a lot. When the going gets tough he’s gonna whine that Stevie didn’t get them help, or quit trying and go ride the Hughes bros coattails.

[The Overrated One @TomWaldron3]

@GoVols1914 @blehayne @Christop4419 @VinnysCorner1 You’re right stats aren’t everything. But anyone who went to games in the 80s knows knows what a bad ass he was. Name a better leadoff hitter. The amount of steroid free pop in his bat with that speed is incomparable. Congrats on finding other idiots who agree

[The Overrated One @TomWaldron3]

@AmericanFTW @VinnysCorner1 Lefty grove over Pedro is an awful take but removing Rickey is by far the worst comment of all the twitter comments on this matter.

[The Overrated One @TomWaldron3]

@J_DriverIII @VinnysCorner1 @td_nash We are not judging QB’s. We’re judging baseball players. How many World Series a guy has won means absolutely nothing.

[The Overrated One @TomWaldron3]

@VinnysCorner1 Also how is ohtani not top 5 already. Garbage list

[The Overrated One @TomWaldron3]

@VinnysCorner1 Griffey ahead of Rickey is insanity. Rickey didn’t have tenure he had 25!

[The Overrated One @TomWaldron3]

@spittinchiclets @BizNasty2point0 @pinkwhitney my best friend owned one of those fight mixtape vhs entitled Bruise Brothers’. It was over 2 hours long and had every probert and kocur professional fight and most of their junior ones as well. Those boys had the Joe rocking nightly no matter the score

[Todd Spence @Todd_Spence]

Phil Hartman's greatest SNL character "UNFROZEN CAVEMAN LAWYER" 😂

[The Overrated One @TomWaldron3]

@ClutchPoints @mindthegamepod Hahaha…no kidding it’s a different game. Jordan literally got tackled anytime he attempted to leave the floor by Mahorn, Rodman, and Lambeer. LeBron’s phony ass whines to the refs when he gets blown on. Put the godfather down and watch some pistons Celtics from 86

[The Overrated One @TomWaldron3]

@ClownWorld Also not real moron

[The Overrated One @TomWaldron3]

@RajOnRadio The Marchments after the game.

[The Overrated One @TomWaldron3]

@spittinchiclets @BizNasty2point0 My opinion after watching hockey every night for the last 38 years are that this top four would rank no higher than low 20s. All four contracts are gonna age horribly as well. Bouchard and Nurse aren’t exactly the best skaters as is

[The Overrated One @TomWaldron3]

@JFreshHockey He was so far out of position on that first goal. Yet, it kept getting worse. Probably most depressing D man performance I can remember. His loved ones need to tell him

[The Overrated One @TomWaldron3]

@pucksanddreams_ @Blashdrill Kids gonna put us in the playoffs and win the Calder.

[The Overrated One @TomWaldron3]

@Megatron_ron I’m

[The Overrated One @TomWaldron3]

@TheSopranosClub George Raft

[The Overrated One @TomWaldron3]

@underbruno @FrediThePizzamn Don’t worry he’s not stupid enough to do something like that.

[The Overrated One @TomWaldron3]

@FrediThePizzamn Next year we will break through. Sandin pelikka gets the Calder, cossa or Augustine in net and Johansson and edvinsson will only get stronger.