Western Red

This. We need a tough Swede ala Peter Forsberg... not another run of the mill type.

Love this breakdown from DownUnder

Yep this was a concern from Day 1 (as Burkie mentioned) It's also why the D is molded around him seemingly. We have to be all about big Defence for the totality of his current contract. Hronek is probably a goner for a project and picks, which I would support for multitudes of reasons.

For a signed BT? Ya, I like it.

We should do with Dak what Vegas did with Tuch. Give him term at 4m per. Been saying it for a couple months.

GAME IS AT 7:30 UPDATE OP

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Whoa! I could live with 6.9 with a generous bonus structure. I like this getting out there very much.

Pleasantly surprised that the feedback has been good. It's not just the narrative either, what Alvin said today makes so much sense. PA cares a lot about his job and will probable be around for a very long time with results like these. Incredibly cerebral man. Lindholm would've gone for a bit more today. Zadorov would've gone for quite a bit more. Podkolzin stayed and impressed him to the point where Phil was an afterthought. I love these managerial decisions so much!!

I think the Podkolzin call up was related to Kessel, I believe management correctly identified Podkolzin as someone more capable than Phil. Either that or $ issues, but either way I'm relieved we didn't jump into anything dumb. Tuch or Kyrou would've been cool though.

I'd say the schedules dispute this hot take assumption.

No.

We have a difference of opinion clearly. I'm fully aware I could be wrong.

I'd consider Kyrou for Podz, Silovs.

I really don't want him to be! Podz can be scrappier and more direct. Buchnevich is too refined and pussified for my preferences.