mothballsuitor

By day, computer vision software developer. By night, beer-drinking hockey aficionado hoping to one day set foot inside a New Yorker cartoon.

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@BuenosJoeches92 @SanderGoat85 He just resigned in Ottawa. What are you talking about?

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@My0P1N10N @Don_inFarrhaven Nope. Was always cheap, and especially after he lost big chunks of his net worth.

The point isn’t that he wasn’t being a selfish dick as he was painted at the time. The point is that in retrospect everything that touched Melnyk should be viewed with more nuance.

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@My0P1N10N @Don_inFarrhaven Maybe? But if you had a terrible cheapskate owner your reasons for wanting out don’t really matter. Brady situation is different.

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@My0P1N10N @Don_inFarrhaven By the time he asked for the trade they were clearly on the way down. Missed the playoffs 2 years from the Cup run.

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@ShackTS In his 20s he was an excellent sniper. The cap hit basically means we can’t spend $14M chasing Robertson, which wasn’t happening anyway.

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@NHLRumourReport He also conveniently waited until his NMC kicked (2025-26) in so he could pick his destination.

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@DLee075 Why would he be a healthy scratch in the playoffs?

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@SanderGoat85 @JFreshHockey Let’s say we get Risto and MacTavish and lose Spence. I’m not sure that moves the needle much. Would be just as happy if they extend Spence.

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@SanderGoat85 @JFreshHockey Looks like he's been way better the last 3 years, which is reassuring. Don't love moving Spence for him, though.

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@SanderGoat85 @JFreshHockey Yeah, older ones. '21, '22, '23 all show him with like < 20% WAR. Frequent mocking of any team interested in him. What changed?

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@bigsensfan16 @KadriSens He’d be 8th on their D depth chart. What would they possibly want with him?

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@702Call @politicstcan I have some faith but these reports worry me that he might do something kneejerk and dumb, break up the team’s greatest strength (the D).

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@politicstcan I had the same thought. In truth though, there were 4-5 reasonable choices here. Such a complete team effort that no one player stood out. I’m okay with the sentimental choice in this case.

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@SanderGoat85 @Sherwood_Creek Not even #1 among D on his own team, too.

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@SanderGoat85 @politicstcan FFS, should be disqualifying.

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@SanderGoat85 @politicstcan Who gave Suzuki a first-place vote?

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@themjonz27 @SanderGoat85 He’s one of their best defenders and should be used to kill penalties. The only reason people say he’s not a top-4 D is because he’s 2 inches too short

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@johnkonrad @anna_p_neumann @SarahLarchmont WTF. Completely unrelated to the comments.