MB fired yet?
- Mashadar

tomorrow morning.
he'll receive a phone call from Molson, and he'll know exactly what is coming up.

imo, yeah. can't really think of any player who had surgery on their backs/necks and it not affecting their careers. i am sure they may be some but i can't recall any.
- Gramps28

to be fair though, medical procedures are continually evolving and getting better, so if you're talking about athletes that had surgery 5 or 10 years ago it's quite possible things have changed since then.

When I wished for a lottery pick at the beginning of the year never in my wildest dreams did I think it would be so easy. No matter who they play they lose. No matter how bad the other team is they lose. It's a thing of beauty.

Now no stupid attempts to salvage the season, just......shh, shh, shh 21-22 season, go towards the light, dont fight it. Everything will be better soon.

can't wait for Byron to be back
- fidopro

I can think of several candidates to sit for him

to be fair though, medical procedures are continually evolving and getting better, so if you're talking about athletes that had surgery 5 or 10 years ago it's quite possible things have changed since then.
- Pat1993

Eichel at 50% would still be better than anyone else on this lineup

I wouldn’t read too much into this loss… missing 4 key guys, end of a long road trip on a B2B… And the game was still a tossup with 8 minutes left.

I think you guys will be fine, once you get some people back.
- dozerD10

Full healthy team would not look much better.

I wouldn’t read too much into this loss… missing 4 key guys, end of a long road trip on a B2B… And the game was still a tossup with 8 minutes left.

I think you guys will be fine, once you get some people back.
- dozerD10

troll

to be fair though, medical procedures are continually evolving and getting better, so if you're talking about athletes that had surgery 5 or 10 years ago it's quite possible things have changed since then.
- Pat1993

Eichel at 50% would still be better than anyone else on this lineup
- fidopro

Not when you consider the cap hit and all the picks and prospects you have to give up.

Bad trade on any level.

Full healthy team would not look much better.
- Mashadar

said the same thing last night

I wouldn’t read too much into this loss… missing 4 key guys, end of a long road trip on a B2B… And the game was still a tossup with 8 minutes left.

I think you guys will be fine, once you get some people back.
- dozerD10

I consider myself as an optimistic person, generally speaking, but it's getting harder and harder to see anything positive from this group.

Not when you consider the cap hit and all the picks and prospects you have to give up.

Bad trade on any level.
- Mashadar

that remains to be seen. the price may not be that high. of course you don't sell the farm for him.

I consider myself as an optimistic person, generally speaking, but it's getting harder and harder to see anything positive from this group.
- Pat1993

http://www.tankathon.com/nhl

troll
- Gramps28

When I wished for a lottery pick at the beginning of the year never in my wildest dreams did I think it would be so easy. No matter who they play they lose. No matter how bad the other team is they lose. It's a thing of beauty.

Now no stupid attempts to salvage the season, just......shh, shh, shh 21-22 season, go towards the light, dont fight it. Everything will be better soon.
- hunglikeapuck

Agreed

http://www.tankathon.com/nhl
- fidopro

yeah, getting a high draft pick is a very positive thing (potentially at least, lol) but I don't see tanking as being positive at all.

- Takemedrunkimhome

the laffs can have him, he'd be the perfect replacement to Sheldon Keefe after their next 1st round exit.
- Pat1993

rude

When I wished for a lottery pick at the beginning of the year never in my wildest dreams did I think it would be so easy. No matter who they play they lose. No matter how bad the other team is they lose. It's a thing of beauty.

Now no stupid attempts to salvage the season, just......shh, shh, shh 21-22 season, go towards the light, dont fight it. Everything will be better soon.
- hunglikeapuck

there will be tough competition though with Chicago and Arizona

to be fair though, medical procedures are continually evolving and getting better, so if you're talking about athletes that had surgery 5 or 10 years ago it's quite possible things have changed since then.
- Pat1993

only so much they can do for (frank)ed up discs, pat. replacement is fairly new but untested on hockey players.

Not when you consider the cap hit and all the picks and prospects you have to give up.

Bad trade on any level.
- Mashadar

The cap hit is fine for a player of his talent. That’s the going rate for a top tier centre. Who knows what they are expecting in return tho.

I consider myself as an optimistic person, generally speaking, but it's getting harder and harder to see anything positive from this group.
- Pat1993

rude
- mr.peanut

that will be interesting to follow, should be a close race between them and the Bruins.
I don't see more than 3 teams from the Atlantic making it.

that will be interesting to follow, should be a close race between them and the Bruins.
I don't see more than 3 teams from the Atlantic making it.
- fidopro

Yup. And it looks at times like TB doesn't want to be part of that 3

there will be tough competition though with Chicago and Arizona
- Pat1993

depends on whether they change the coach or not. and the jackets have the hawks 1st round pick, btw. unless the hawks win picks 1 or 2. then it moves to 2023.
which just extends the agony of trading for seth (frank)ing jones.