GDT: Free Agent Frenzy | 7/13/22 10am MT | C-Mac's Big Debut

[Avs_19]

Louisiana says hi

I haven't seen all of Louisiana and can't even say I know much about most of it but a state that has that kind of food, culture, and flair can't be the worst. I don't think it can even be in the bottom half.

 

[henchman21]

Didn’t realize there were so many Alabama and Mississippi apologists here. As bad as Kentucky is, it isn’t as bad as those two (actually quite like some parts). Louisiana is an awesome state that has had a rough go economically… it wouldn’t approach my bottom 20. West Virginia and Arkansas are beautiful states with fantastic outdoors.

Now if people stated Missouri… well, I may have to reconsider my stance.

 

[Spleenless Wonder21]

Oh goody, we’re back to stereotyping entire states, while white ppl, & ONLY white ppl are capable of racism. Quality hockey talk.

 

[Avaholic29]

Oh goody, we’re back to stereotyping entire states, while white ppl, & ONLY white ppl are capable of racism. Quality hockey talk.

Glad someone said it

 

[Markster]

Q: What's the difference between LDS and LSD?

Wait For it!

A: With LSD the hallucinations wear off.

Q: What's the difference between LDS and LSD?

Wait For it!

A: With LSD the

Thanks for the input, bigot.

P.s. I am not LDS nor have I ever been. But unlike you, I respect other people's beliefs.

 

[Balthazar]

Thanks for the input, bigot.

Well, this is it. Even by offseason standards, this thread needs a cleanup.

 

[CalderKing21]

They also drafted for need at 2OA which historically is a big no-no. That could blow up in their face pretty badly.

Eh, they essentially did the same thing we did with Makar & the Stars did with Heiskanen. Took the top D man on their board and want to develop them.

Wright was still on the board but it wasn't as much of a reach as people like to make it seem.

 

[Markster]

Well, this is it. Even by offseason standards, this thread needs a cleanup.

I was accurate.

 

[CalderKing21]

Wait till you see Byram in a few years.

They'll just want to trade him because he'll make too much money, they won't see the point in tying such a large % of the cap towards the blue line and he shouldn't make more than X.

He's going to get the Landeskog treatment when it's time to sign him to a long term extension.

 

[RockLobster]

Didn’t realize there were so many Alabama and Mississippi apologists here. As bad as Kentucky is, it isn’t as bad as those two (actually quite like some parts). Louisiana is an awesome state that has had a rough go economically… it wouldn’t approach my bottom 20. West Virginia and Arkansas are beautiful states with fantastic outdoors.

Now if people stated Missouri… well, I may have to reconsider my stance.

Missouri does suck though

 

[Hasbro]

Louisiana says hi

New Orleans offsets that, but outside of there…damn!

 

[Spleenless Wonder21]

First... Alabama sucks. Second... not much hockey talk to be had. Third... kill whitey.

I was always partial to the rap of my ill-begotten 90s youth.

 

[Nihiliste]

Wow, that is quite the burn.

It wasn’t meant to be. When I moved to the US I initially confused people from the Midwest as transplants from the Canadian prairie provinces all the time. I would be like, hey are you from Canada and they’d always be like no I’m from Ohio.

 

[shadow1]

Drunk Saturday hockey talk: I seriously question if the Panthers are a playoff team next year.

Tkachuk is great; he's an upgrade from Huberdeau if you consider two-way game, and if he's able to replicate his 104 point performance from this year (and not his 62 point pace from 2021). But the Panthers also lost Weegar, who is a sure fire top pairing defenseman, despite his post-season blips. It would almost be like if Colorado traded Rantanen + Toews + a prospect and a 1st for Tkachuk; short term, it's bad for Florida.

Not to mention Marchment, a good two-way player himself, is out the door. Not to mention the trade deadline adds (Chiarot, Giroux) have been lost, or that Bobrovsky had a bounce back season before struggling down the stretch. If Bob regresses to a .905 level with that cruddy defense in front of him, the Panthers are going to be battling it out for a wild card slot all season.

Oh goody, we’re back to stereotyping entire states, while white ppl, & ONLY white ppl are capable of racism. Quality hockey talk.

I don't know squat about Calgary. But within the context of hockey, if Calgary is seen in a similar light as some of the more rural USA states, I could see why a POC like Kadri - who reportedly received death threats a couple months back - may avoid signing there.

Personally, I think attitudes change the further you go out from major cities, regardless of state. The closer you live to the city, the more likely you are to interact with people of different races, sexual orientations, creeds, etc. As a result, the people who live closer to diverse areas (mostly) realize we're all humans with the same plusses and minuses.

 

[Balthazar]

One league source told The Athletic via text message Friday that he had “heard rumblings” that the Islanders were making a push for Kadri.

Knew it!

Amid 'rumblings,' envisioning how Nazem Kadri might fit with the Islanders

The Stanley Cup-winning center would improve New York's forward group, but he would push someone out of the middle.

theathletic.com

 

[lionsDen]

Keep your partisan polotics to yourself. I don’t care to read that garbage. Ty

 

[Gruyeriev]

Missouri does suck though

Nah actually there are nice parts of Missouri too. Just like Alabama and Mississippi as well. These sweeping generalizations are just ridiculous but everyone thinks their opinion is the one that’s right.

 

[jabubenice]

This is why discussing racism on a sports forum goes to shit very quickly. All I will say in conclusion is this.... I have lived in the USA, Europe, Africa, Australia and now New Zealand (which has serious racial shit going on) and what I have discovered is there is no racial utopia out there were every one is holding hands and f***ing singing kumbaya. Each place has it's racial quirks. You just have to navigate them as best as you can...end of story.

 

[Avaholic29]

This is why discussing racism on a sports forum goes to shit very quickly. All I will say in conclusion is this.... I have lived in the USA, Europe, Africa, Australia and now New Zealand (which has serious racial shit going on) and what I have discovered is there is no racial utopia out there were every one is holding hands and f***ing singing kumbaya. Each place has it's racial quirks. You just have to navigate them as best as you can...end of story.

Bingo!!!

 

[Spleenless Wonder21]

Drunk Saturday hockey talk: I seriously question if the Panthers are a playoff team next year.

Tkachuk is great; he's an upgrade from Huberdeau if you consider two-way game, and if he's able to replicate his 104 point performance from this year (and not his 62 point pace from 2021). But the Panthers also lost Weegar, who is a sure fire top pairing defenseman, despite his post-season blips. It would almost be like if Colorado traded Rantanen + Toews + a prospect and a 1st for Tkachuk; short term, it's bad for Florida.

Not to mention Marchment, a good two-way player himself, is out the door. Not to mention the trade deadline adds (Chiarot, Giroux) have been lost, or that Bobrovsky had a bounce back season before struggling down the stretch. If Bob regresses to a .905 level with that cruddy defense in front of him, the Panthers are going to be battling it out for a wild card slot all season.



I don't know squat about Calgary. But within the context of hockey, if Calgary is seen in a similar light as some of the more rural USA states, I could see why a POC like Kadri - who reportedly received death threats a couple months back - may avoid signing there.

Personally, I think attitudes change the further you go out from major cities, regardless of state. The closer you live to the city, the more likely you are to interact with people of different races, sexual orientations, creeds, etc. As a result, the people who live closer to diverse areas (mostly) realize we're all humans with the same plusses and minuses.

I grew up in podunk, Ohio, where my parents from 2 different podunk, Ohio towns were raised by their podunk, Ohio families to treat everyone equally, & they subsequently raised my siblings & I to do likewise. But, please, paint everywhere not NYC, LA, Boston, Chicago, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, or Europe with the broadest, woke, liberal brush ever. f***ing not from the big city white ppl are the worst! Racists, the lot of them!

 

[avalanche_country]

This still a free agency thread?

 

[Ulic]

I grew up in podunk, Ohio, where my parents from 2 different podunk, Ohio towns were raised by their podunk, Ohio families to treat everyone equally, & they subsequently raised my siblings & I to do likewise. But, please, paint everywhere not NYC, LA, Boston, Chicago, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, or Europe with the broadest, woke, liberal brush ever. f***ing not from the big city white ppl are the worst! Racists, the lot of them!

It's probably uncomfortable to be painted with a broad brush by people different from you.

 

[El Travo]

Ah-ha, you silly Americans with your racism. I live in Canada, where we... well, if you don't count...

F***.

 

[JLo217]

So… Kadri sign yet?

 

[Spleenless Wonder21]

It's probably uncomfortable to be painted with a broad brush by people different from you.

Oh, I grew up bullied by many of my like skinned kin folk, as I was smaller than them. So, get f***ed. I really liked this board when it was centered around hockey & bullshit. But, we’ve got to fundamentally transform everything, & keep everyone divided, so here we are.