It must have been awful for him to watch as the only premium piece went from a 20% lottery pick to the 31st overall pick. And ROR win the Conn Smythe to boot.
- viper488

Very hard. ROR also won free Tim Hortons for life in St. Louis.

5 premium pieces. A veritable treasure trove of assets. I need the Latvian Locomotive and/or "they call him Snipeshow around these parts" included. It might be the Butterfly Effect or The Marner Effect affecting my brain though.
- gergeswillems

It is the Hockeybuzz effect.

Hockeybuzz is the only place in the known* universe where a bigger pile of poop is more valuable than a smaller pile of poop










*Does not include wherever young David Poile is hiding this time.

Very hard. ROR also won free Tim Hortons for life in St. Louis.
- gergeswillems

I hear he has opened up a couple new Tim Horton's drive-thrus...

It is the Hockeybuzz effect.

Hockeybuzz is the only place in the known* universe where a bigger pile of poop is more valuable than a smaller pile of poop










*Does not include wherever young David Poile is hiding this time.
- Aetherial

Young David Poile from 1967 vs Steroid aided Ben Johnson from 1988. Who wins the 1 lap around the Spectrum race?

I hear he has opened up a couple new Tim Horton's drive-thrus...
- Aetherial

Yep. That's where thin skin Yimmy Tan-Tan works.

Young David Poile from 1967 vs Steroid aided Ben Johnson from 1988. Who wins the 1 lap around the Spectrum race?
- gergeswillems

Poile, easily,

Johnson gets lost. He is not used to running in a circle.

Yep. That's where thin skin Yimmy Tan-Tan works.
- gergeswillems

Poile, easily,

Johnson gets lost. He is not used to running in a circle.
- Aetherial

I was thinking Benny Boy gets roid rage and knocks Poile out. Then again, since Poile played hockey in the 60s then maybe he put on the foil and punched pebble nads Benny Boy in the junk.

Both Point and Rantanen better than Marner...

Uh, What? best american born D-man. . . Leetch. . . Housley . . . Mark Howe . . . Chelios . . . Langway . . .

McAvoy's got a long way to go to catch those guys. Those guys are legends. I wish McAvoy a great career and I cannot deny talent. But there is definitely something fishy/dangerous about the term "Best ever" .

I'd love to think that I am watching the best players in history in this RFA class but...maybe we are but I think that's all rhetoric to continually sell the game and erode and further divide the players union between the haves and have nots.

you will hate Price in 2 years when 10 million doesn't make sense for his performances, oh wait he got paid
- Alexzanki

Not at all, the best goaltender in the league should get paid the most. That's partially why yours left, Jarko didn't want to pay him so he went to a place that would. Now you're (frank)ed, your team is going to look like an expansion team again for years to come meanwhile 10.5 milly will be peanuts compared to what contracts will be coming up. I know the Price contract is your lots go to but opposing fans seem more butthurt about it than Habs fans do and that should tell you everything you need to know about it

I hear he has opened up a couple new Tim Horton's drive-thrus...
- Aetherial

You sure they're drive-thrus, and not drive-ins?

I was thinking Benny Boy gets roid rage and knocks Poile out. Then again, since Poile played hockey in the 60s then maybe he put on the foil and punched pebble nads Benny Boy in the junk.
- gergeswillems

Biggest contract in Minnesota history? No. McAvoy best American born defenseman? No.


Fake news.

McAvoy? Chris Chelios. BRIAN Leetch. Hold my beer

McAvoy? Chris Chelios. BRIAN Leetch. Hold my beer
- BernardShakey

McAvoy isn't even the greatest born American D-man playing right now. I'd take big Buff over him. Maybe even Carlson.

That's only because they were for 13 years Spurgeon average salary per year is a little above those

That's only because they were for 13 years Spurgeon average salary per year is a little above those

Fortunately the league doesn't have those 13 year contracts now a max of 8 years

Best American defenseman of all time? Lol! Saturday night hot take. No one outside of Boston considers him that. Granted, he’s a very good young player but let’s just pump the brakes a little. I think couple of guys named Chelios, Leetch, Howe, and Housley may disagree somewhat.

Uh, What? best american born D-man. . . Leetch. . . Housley . . . Mark Howe . . . Chelios . . . Langway . . .

McAvoy's got a long way to go to catch those guys. Those guys are legends. I wish McAvoy a great career and I cannot deny talent. But there is definitely something fishy/dangerous about the term "Best ever" .

I'd love to think that I am watching the best players in history in this RFA class but...maybe we are but I think that's all rhetoric to continually sell the game and erode and further divide the players union between the haves and have nots.
- Tom Dusome

FYI: Langway was born in Taiwan.

What a joke. Splurgoen is so overrated. A 5’3” defenseman for 7.5 million a year is an idiotic move

Both Point and Rantanen better than Marner...
- kaptaan

oh

Bed-lam! Bed-lam! Bed-lam!


- gergeswillems

What the hell does maldeb mean? I'm so confused!

What a joke. Splurgoen is so overrated. A 5’3” defenseman for 7.5 million a year is an idiotic move
- BringNYIhome

It'll be ok pal. I'd be mad if we lost him for nothing too and our highest paid D was Boychuk