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Going to be a bad time in Winnipeg when those shooting percentages start to regress (likely in the playoffs).

Yeah, so do I.

Because he wasn't touching the puck and hadn't really been carrying it for long, the argument was that he was in the process of gaining control rather than being in control. It's one of the grey areas around offsides.

I know. I don't think he did.

I think the Leafs got lucky there. Didn’t look like Nylander got out in time.

Honestly, at this point, both of them can go. I don’t have faith in either of them contributing enough to be worth having in the lineup.

That’s just a GhostBear does.

If anything, they’re more at full speed than the guys who haven’t played in two weeks

Whenever he gets pressed on political stuff, he tends to give a non-answer/shy away from it. He clearly doesn't want to make his positions on things public, which is perfectly fair. But, as you point out, I can't see him being a particularly enthusiastic Trump supporter, given his background.

Yeah. He needs another 5+ WAR season to justify anything near that ask. He has potential for that, but he doesn't have the track record for it.

Well, if Vladdy is asking for near Soto money, turning that down is probably the right call. If he's asking for more along the lines of $35M per for 10-14 years, that's a tougher call - should probably sign him for that, though.

Nope. This is how the Shatkins era went in Cleveland, too. They're very good at building a team up to near the point of contention. They're no good at getting them past that. They should have been sent packing 2 or 3 years ago. The job they were able to do was basically done then. Instead, they...

Thankfully, those kinds of moves seem to the the only ones Shatkins are any good at...

I feel like part of it was the BoSox feeling like they needed to make a splashy signing. On a short-term deal, it's probably not a significant overpay, either. If he's still a 4+ WAR guy for the life of the deal, he's a $30-$35 million player.

I like to think of his request to have Marner on his line at the 4 Nations is him test-driving his future Leafs' linemate.

Just continuing the Islanders tradition.

And much more entertaining.

I'll probably watch some, but my level of commitment/caring about who wins is definitely lower than true best-on-best international tournaments.

The level of importance might be similar, but the calibre of play should be significantly higher. The players actually seem to care about this one. It should be much more entertaining, at the very least.

Tavares for just cash or Cozens for (likely significant) assets? That feels like an easy call. A declining Tavares probably still produces similarly to - if not better than - Cozens.