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Skipper

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  1. Helobious, of all people, is not impressed. Classic
  2. Agreed. I mean particularly considering the context of what an absolute shitshow and worldwide embarrassment pretty much the entire Ukraine war has been for the Russian military. Israel with their first strike and then the U.S. with this strike still put the world on notice as to what a competent military can look like.
  3. Seriously. Are people on this board serious trying to downplay an outstanding job by our military because of fucking politics. JFC.
  4. Yep. Nobody is ready to take over Captain role yet. Hopefully can manage his minutes better next year so maybe he has more left in the tank for a playoff run. I think Jamie will be completely content playing whatever role is asked of him.
  5. I don't disagree that this would be a more successful tactic in the age of idiocracy compared to embracing socialism. To the poster above, it has nothing to do with this particular candidate or his particular platform. It's the larger optics of the "center of the universe" and home of Wall St potentially electing a self proclaimed socialist. I'm talking about national perception in this thread. Not local or specific policies. It matters because it is NYC (again, I'm sorry, fucking Vermont is irrelevant in every sense of the word). It's international news because it's NYC. It led the today shows this AM. And "far left socialists taking over America, just look at NYC" is a message that will resonate with swing voters. The entire point is that it's not a great data point when dems will have every opportunity to win back a ton of seats in the midterms.
  6. When did I ever criticize Kamala's campaign or say she was far left. I think she did the best she could under terrible circumstances (i.e., last minute replacement not on a single ballot until the national election).
  7. Yeah, the "Center of the World" is a tad more consequential than Vermont with a state population that is probably less than each borough. Nobody cares about Vermont. This made international news.
  8. They got their asses handed to them (i) replacing an old AF candidate that proved to be outright incompetent at the debate (proving out 2 years of campaigning on the issue by R's better than they could have ever dreamed) and then inserted Kamala without any primary, (ii) with rampant inflation the last 2 years of his term (which in my view was inevitable and not Biden's fault but the President will always get the blame) and (iii) after setting themselves up to be attacked on massive illegal immigration (tried to fix too late and were of course blocked by the R's so it became a campaign issue) . Take away any of those 3 and they likely win (and almost certainly take away either (i) or (ii) and they win). It took a trainwreck for the R's to win the last cycle. And 95% of this board was convinced it could not possibly happen right up until the election. But sure, I'm the irrational with a hot take that socialism is not a winning platform in the year of our lord 2025 LOL. Again, most of this board lives in a fantasy world. But carry on.
  9. I've only voted R for President once post Bush (Romney). I voted straight D last election on anything non-local. But if they want to move far left, that's fine, I'll sit and home and let the nutjobs on both sides fight it out. And I'm fairly confident how that will go. A lot like last cycle.
  10. LOL. Never ceases to amaze me. Anyone that dares to stray from the groupthink on this board is a trumper. I'll leave you all to it but confident that every R (rightfully) worried about midterms views this as an absolute gift from a national messaging standpoint.
  11. Yes to both. And there are a shit ton of like minded people that would never vote for a socialist. I've already seen a few Democrats rejecting this nonsense because they know it is political suicide.
  12. You all live in a fantasy world.
  13. Good luck with that. Kamala trying to appeal to the center right anti-trump is the only thing that kept the election from being a bigger blowout.
  14. This is the biggest gift Dems could possibly give R's heading into midterms with an unpopular president. In NYC of all places. Cue the fear porn about far left muslim socialists taking over the D party and it will be effective. The left on this board can cheer this kind of stuff on all you want but it kills you with the average American that may not like Trump but will never get behind socialism and pronouns. Tidal wave of momentum is laughable.
  15. Thank you to the handful of posters actually contributing with news updates and not Cloak Room bullshit.
  16. Oh it's gross. I mean it all evens out as he was underpaid for a while but tail end of big contracts always suck. I'll say, I'm reasonably impressed how much he has left after major injuries. He came back and played well way ahead of schedule. He's working his ass off at least and not just collecting a paycheck.
  17. Everyone forgets the Benn money was already spent on Mikko. We were WAY over the cap once fully healthy in the playoffs. Benn will be less than 3. Also, I don't see how we sign Granlund at this point. He will want (and likely get) $5MM+. Also, not you but above, anyone complaining about term of the Duchene contract needs to focus on the AAV as it's great value. 82 points last year. He could have probably gotten 13 or 14 for a 2 year deal somewhere else. I bet he could have gotten 5+ AAV on a 4 year deal somewhere else. On a fringe playoff team or a young team that needs a veteran presence to take the next step, he would have been paid accordingly. He wanted to stay in Dallas and compete, so it's a deal that works for both sides. Worst case scenario we can buy him out of year 4 if productivity drops off. Great interview yesterday on the Ticket yesterday FYI. Highly recommend on the Sportsday App. I'm guessing absent some huge move (a Robo offer we can't refuse), next piece of work is trying to see if anyone will take Dumba if we throw in a pick we got for Marchment yesterday, and if not, buying that out. That was a terrible signing last summer (and we all thought that was likely the case at the time). Can't win em all. I think someone asked if any young prospects are expected to make the jump, I think there is chatter Hryckowian might be next man up to take a roster spot.
  18. Yep, had to move salary and get what you can. He hurt his regular season goodwill here for sure with constant bad penalties (and not much production) in the playoffs.
  19. I will be SHOCKED if Benn gets more than $2MM. Again, we have no $$$. I think people are forgetting Mikko is a $12MM cap hit next year and we were well over the cap in the playoffs once Seguin and Heiskanen returned. I think we currently have like $500K of cap space. You basically have to move some portion of Marchment/Robo/Lyubush/Dumba (buyout?). Duchene signing announced today means that Nill has a plan, because otherwise, we don't have cap space to fill a roster.
  20. I would be shocked if Grandlund is retained unless they are moving both Marchment and Robo. There is no $$.
  21. He made $9.5. I fully expect Benn deal to get done last for whatever is left or for just whatever vet minimum is.
  22. Duchene had 82 points last year. He's got a lot more left in the tank compared to Benn.
  23. Solid value for production, at least for probably next 2 years and likely 3. Might be rough by year 4. Despite not really showing up in the playoffs at the level we needed the last 2 years, he took WELL under market to play here (while obviously still getting paid by Nashville). All things being equal, I'm glad that was rewarded that as it's the right way to run a franchise but also glad we didn't pay more than we did. I'm sure someone would have offered 4 at $5MM+. So are we moving Marchment now? Numbers don't really work.
  24. Florida was just on a different level than everyone. When I saw them play Stars live in '24 I thought they were the best team i saw that year. This year they are even better. Damn.
  25. I think he just lost guys in the locker room that have a much longer contract term that Pete did. Will be interesting to hear what else comes out and how much of it was the way the game and post game of game 5 was handled privately and publicly or if there was more to it. But he couldn't really walk back throwing Jake under the bus after game 5 which was total BS.
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