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Dee Oh Cee
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It is quite amazing how Chicago can of course find the right times to tank a season away. What our division really needs is another top 5 overall pick added to it 
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DeagleJenkins
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as much as it would suck, id like to tank 1 season to get a superstar. just wont be buffalo and cheer about it when the other team scores on us.
Wasn't he fired and replaced by 3 different coaches in yesterday's rumors?
I wonder if he'll call it a career? Spend 10? months recovering from a concussion, only to get another one ~25 games later, ouch.
He's owned the Wild over the years, but hate to see this (possibly) end anyone's career.
AJ Thelen
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Philly young kid, right? Fletcher's probably throwing a Hail Mary before determining whether or not to trade for a goalie.
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DeagleJenkins
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Right now (lots of games still left) Chicago and St. Louis are both bottom 5 teams in the league. Ottawa is 9th worst, but only 2 points ahead of 6th worst.
Can you imagine if Colorado, Chicago and St. Louis all get a top 5 pick this year? I mean, it's perfectly feasible.
EDIT: Didn't even think about Arizona, who is also 4th worst in the league at this time. That's potentially 4/5 central division teams in the top 5 of the draft, or at worst, top 10.
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At least the hockey gods hate AZ, almost to the point of being cruel (2014-15 season and draft).
- Losers at tanking for the worst record in the league by 2p. End up winning in Buffalo with less than 10 games left in the season (the game where the home Buf crowd was cheering for AZ)
- EDM wins the draft so lost out on both McDavid/Eichel
- Matthews (raised in AZ) was born less than 48 hrs too late for him to be eligible for them at 3oa and end up with Strome.
ManwithNoIdentity
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There's an article in the Athletic too talking about it. The CEO actually requested the interview to publicly vent about it. That's pretty crazy. I'm not really sure what to think about it yet.
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ManwithNoIdentity
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Biggest blowup and overreaction ever? They beat the awesome preds 2 - 0, but are struggling in the standings a BIT and even star players have bad stretches so wtf?
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It's a non-hockey guy overreacting cause he's upset about having to pay two guys that much money. You get where he's coming from somewhat, but as the kids say, this ain't it chief. They have no depth, no goaltending, and team D is reliant on a rookie and a guy whose never been known to bring great D. It's more the GM's fault for not building a better roster.
The funny thing is they're still ahead of us in the standings.
His comments certainly won't be a draw for potential free agents.
I have to wonder if this isn't a misguided attempt to get them to waive their clauses and get out from under the contracts. They're both owed a mountain in signing bonuses over the next few years, so maybe the guys in charge of the purse strings are already feeling buyer's remorse.The funny thing is they're still ahead of us in the standings.
His comments certainly won't be a draw for potential free agents.
From a management perspective, publicly torching your own guys doesn't make a lot of sense.
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