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It sounds like I am in the minority, but I am not a Sherwood fan. Very lukewarm on him at best. I think he's one of the first players I would attempt to upgrade from Milwaukee.
Porter Stoutheart
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Sherwood is ok when you need to fill a roster spot cheaply. We have about 4 such guys right now at that 12-13th forward kind of level... and they've already committed 1-way contract extensions to McCarron, Jankowski, and Smith. With Tomasino and Afanaseyev needing waivers next year, Sherwood may be the odd man out.
The problem I have with this is that Toma doesn't play with a constant motor and will cost more to keep. Afany on the other hand we have not seen enough of and I would like to see him in the lineup. Glad I don't get to make those decisions. Get to be the GOAT or the goat!Sherwood is ok when you need to fill a roster spot cheaply. We have about 4 such guys right now at that 12-13th forward kind of level... and they've already committed 1-way contract extensions to McCarron, Jankowski, and Smith. With Tomasino and Afanaseyev needing waivers next year, Sherwood may be the odd man out.
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Egor replaces Woody. Tomasino probably get traded. LeHruex and Parsnip, possibly Kemmel fighting for spots. Carrier gone, Fabs back with Josi. Molendyk, Schenn and Mc and Lazer Hit. MDG 7-8th .....Crap forgot about Stasney
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Yeah, we haven't seen enough of Afanaseyev (at least, not in a role that isn't just spare-parts minutes) and we haven't seen enough FROM Tomasino. But I think both of them have demonstrated enough upside at other levels, and we have the prospect/draft capital invested in them that we have to give them the spots regardless. They may subsequently not find their way into our final everyday lineup. But we owe it to ourselves to try. We never owe it to the player. But we owe it to ourselves for the investment - given that they have at least passed certain qualifying thresholds, even if not ALL final thresholds.
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Like everyone in the league knows what they are doing, the fans all know what they are doing, but no one seems to think its a problem. Kind of odd too cause they nailed long term contracts to the wall, but this they are letting go and frankly I think its worse than the long term contracts.
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I think they're better than the TBS group though. Not a heavy lift obviously.
101st_fan
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The Canucks used Predators hockey against us last night. They have the size to play at least as physical, if not moreso, and wear down our forwards. They are good the dot. They had the shot volume and forced us to block a ton of shots.
We have to take advantage of Demko out. The more Myers is out, the better for us.
We have to take advantage of Demko out. The more Myers is out, the better for us.
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I get it’s what’s popular now but I’m just not into the Barstool style of sports talk.
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That series is a real struggle because I want them both to lose.
Armourboy
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I haven't looked but I imagine Dallas fans are pretty ticked. Go all season and win the division to end up playing a team that didn't even exist in its current form at no time during the season and came in WC2.
They also have the Matt Duchene playoff curse to deal with
Another thing that has to drive them crazy- in the last game of the year, the Blackhawks led LAK in the final 2 minutes- had they not blown that lead and won the game in regulation, Dallas would be playing the Kings right now.
I don’t mind the TBS guys, at least they played within this century. Bissonette is a goof no doubt, but he can talk intelligently about what is going on in the game. Anson Carter always has good insight. When Lundquist is on, he also able to break things down from a goalie perspective. And he is easy on the eyes, 
While I am irritated and jealous of Vegas’s success, I loathe Dallas and their fans. And I don’t want Suter to come any closer to the Cup than to see it in the HHOF.
While I am irritated and jealous of Vegas’s success, I loathe Dallas and their fans. And I don’t want Suter to come any closer to the Cup than to see it in the HHOF.
Viqsi
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I appreciate him mostly because he's a Predator from the Columbus area. Granted, it's New Albany, but nobody's perfect.Sherwood is ok when you need to fill a roster spot cheaply. We have about 4 such guys right now at that 12-13th forward kind of level... and they've already committed 1-way contract extensions to McCarron, Jankowski, and Smith. With Tomasino and Afanaseyev needing waivers next year, Sherwood may be the odd man out.
I don't think I agree that this is worse than the huge 14 year type deals. Those deals to me provided bigger and easier to navigate cap flexibility and were also harder to pull off for small market teams which had a bigger effect on competitive balance.
Plenty has changed since then in terms of revenue and distribution so it's hard to make a 1:1 comparison, but a 15 year deal could nearly cut an AAV in half for a star player over an entire contract which to me has much more impact than this season-to-season cap jockeying.
