Speaking about madness.
@reporterchris 51s52 seconds ago
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Mike Streit's salary now being paid like so:
PHI (4.7%)
TB (50%)
PIT (45.3%)

I also told you about Hagelin when he was some unknown 6th round draft pick skating for the University of Michigan. I would trade you if I though it would make the team better, and I like you.

- Pete V

You deserve a single malt for your effort, Pete

Put some respect on that, ok.
- tomburton99

By the way, I understand your point about the money difference between Trouba and Skjei, and it probably wouldn't be and easy call for me, if it ever was a realistic option, which it probably isn't anyway.

go to the oil thread and ask. you wanna bet before you do?
- 21peter

Now no. But after last season everyone was saying it was crazy and McD was worth more.

Madness. This blog is now a nuclear wasteland.
- tomburton99

If we lost PeteV.....there is really no point.....

You deserve a single malt for your effort, Pete
- 21peter

I also told you that I though Nail Yakupov was going to be a star based on what I saw of him in the OHL, so you can have the single malt back.

Speaking about madness.
@reporterchris 51s52 seconds ago
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Mike Streit's salary now being paid like so:
PHI (4.7%)
TB (50%)
PIT (45.3%)
- tomburton99

can't member I've seen that one before...?

By the way, I understand your point about the money difference between Trouba and Skjei, and it probably wouldn't be and easy call for me, if it ever was a realistic option, which it probably isn't anyway.
- Pete V

The way Skjei has played, him being waiver exempt; virtually makes him untouchable.

I also told you about Hagelin when he was some unknown 6th round draft pick skating for the University of Michigan. I would trade you if I though it would make the team better, and I like you.

- Pete V

You couldn't get Mr. Beck's skates for me..

Matt wasn't around the blog then, those were the days.
- tomburton99

I was, I lurked with no pants on

The way Skjei has played, him being waiver exempt; virtually makes him untouchable.
- tomburton99

Yup, that is a huge factor.

If we lost PeteV.....there is really no point.....


- mdw7413

Here you go, you mook.
@BruceLeVinePuck 1m1 minute ago
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Jim Nill says Patrick Sharp will eventually need season ending surgery. That explains the lack of trade possibilities

I was, I lurked with no pants on
- mdw7413

Yeah but you were silent. Go back to that.

I also told you that I though Nail Yakupov was going to be a star based on what I saw of him in the OHL, so you can have the single malt back.

- Pete V

Keep it. I was sure Conor Allen would be a top4 guy for us...

Yeah but you were silent. Go back to that.
- tomburton99

Keep it. I was sure Conor Allen would be a top4 guy for us...
- 21peter

It was crazy how good Yakupov was in the O, and then he has a real good rookie year. I don't know what happened to that guy.

I went to a lot of Plymouth Whaler games the couple of years they were stacked -- Vince Trochek, Tom Wilson, Ricard Rakell, Stephane Noesen, Ryan Hartman, JT Miller (for one of the earlier years), and you always think you can tell who is going to make a good pro.

I.e., I was never a huge Noesen fan, but I thought that Trochek was unbelievable.

Blasphemy...You are our Pierre McGuire on Skjei.
- mdw7413

No, that's me
The most comparable defensemen we have had with his skill in a few years will be Brian Leetch who was my all time favorite Ranger. Skjei has all the tools.
he wont BE Brian Leetch, but he best reminds me of him, he is smooth skating, very gifted offensively and will be a very solid defender. He is going to be better than McD.

Tampa must have really wanted to get rid of Filppula. They sent him packing with a 4th and 7th round 2017 picks for Streit; who they sent to the Pens for 2018 4th round pick.

WTF?!?

So basically, Tampa shipped Filppula and a 2017 4th rounder, plus a 2017 7th round pick for only a 2018 4th round pick.

Is the 2017 draft that bad and/or 2018 draft that fvcking special? Huh?

No, that's me
The most comparable defensemen we have had with his skill in a few years will be Brian Leetch who was my all time favorite Ranger. Skjei has all the tools.
he wont BE Brian Leetch, but he best reminds me of him, he is smooth skating, very gifted offensively and will be a very solid defender. He is going to be better than McD.
- MiloslavHorava

PeteV has been telling us to watch Skjei when he was a mite in his home town of Kalamazoo. Also after he went to Jefferson High, where he played with Tyler Beck and Brendan Smith. He also told us Skjei loves pop tarts

Tampa must have really wanted to get rid of Filppula. They sent him packing with a 4th and 7th round 2017 picks for Streit; who they sent to the Pens for 2018 4th round pick.

WTF?!?

So basically, Tampa shipped Filppula and a 2017 4th rounder, plus a 2017 7th round pick for only a 2018 4th round pick.

Is the 2017 draft that bad and/or 2018 draft that fvcking special? Huh?


- mames11

He had a NMC so they were forced to protect him in the expansion draft AND he cost them $5.5M on the books. They got to dump all that for literally nothing. Masterful work by Stevie Y.

It was crazy how good Yakupov was in the O, and then he has a real good rookie year. I don't know what happened to that guy.

I went to a lot of Plymouth Whaler games the couple of years they were stacked -- Vince Trochek, Tom Wilson, Ricard Rakell, Stephane Noesen, Ryan Hartman, JT Miller (for one of the earlier years), and you always think you can tell who is going to make a good pro.

I.e., I was never a huge Noesen fan, but I thought that Trochek was unbelievable.
- Pete V

No confidence, could be lots of bs in the locker room got to him... A Russian 1st overall came and suddenly was the big star while Taylor Hall was the dominant...

PeteV has been telling us to watch Skjei when he was a mite in his home town of Kalamazoo. Also after he went to Jefferson High, where he played with Tyler Beck and Brendan Smith. He also told us Skjei loves pop tarts
- mdw7413

Columbus got the Korpedo

Columbus got the Korpedo
- mdw7413

Saw that.

PeteV has been telling us to watch Skjei when he was a mite in his home town of Kalamazoo. Also after he went to Jefferson High, where he played with Tyler Beck and Brendan Smith. He also told us Skjei loves pop tarts
- mdw7413

I can also tell you that Sean Day is a good kid, whose teachers really liked him. A buddy of mine, however, knows him personally and said he has mashed potatoes for brains, so take that for whatever its worth.