Recent content by Crosby

I am angry about that. He gave away the puck like he did not care and was actually trying to lose the game. At least try.

Maybe I'm an idiot then because I knew it would be a down year but I didn't think we'd be this bad. We frankly should not be. From a pure talent standpoint, we have way too many draftees to be this non-competitive. I thought the goalies would improve at least a little bit. I thought maybe...

The bolded part is the most concerning thing. Not going to name the players but there are several of them. But I do think part of that regression is being asked to play top end roles when they should be second or third liners. We are missing those 4-5 very top end guys. If we had them, I...

I generally agree with this. I'm not sure if 6 is the number but we need a big overhaul. There is a balance though, as both you and Vanek allude to. I would not be in favor of blowing it completely up, the way Colorado football did a few years ago. That got them a decent season or two but...

Just responded to Bonin on this so I'll be consistent. Nobody here has any real idea how much NIL funding we have.

Stop with the 'We have no NIL funds" thing. You have no idea.

Very discouraging display tonight.

Agree 100% with all of that. Good write-up and especially nice breakdown of the age groups.

Yeah this one was not much to write home about. Boring hockey. Penn State didn't look like world beaters either and they still managed to shut us out. Maybe we can salvage a split tonight but I have to say that I'm not expecting that.

Perfect example of the "I want it now" mentality that seems to drive a lot of this. He would have eventually seen/earned more playing time here. But (oh the horror) he would have had to continue to work and develop to move up the chain. What an unreasonable expectation! Whatever... like I...

Bingo. And if it's "tough look" for me to believe the far majority are inflated, then so be it.

Fair question. Here's my answer... I don't believe them because there is nothing public about any of it, even after NIL deals are done. There is no transparency whatsoever. So "agents" or "advisors" to these kids can throw out or "leak" any number they want, simply to drive up the price...

Thanks. I have to say that I'm one of those who simply don't believe the numbers thrown around.

100% correct. That display of Canadian poor sportsmanship set a new bar.

Rumor leaked by... his "agent?" No way he gets that kind of money.