I would rate them like this if I would have a fantasy team and needed a 1C during their career.
Crosby
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McDavid
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Bergeron
Thornton
Malkin
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Getzlaf
Datsyuk
Kopitar
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I might be over rating Bergeron since he is not fancy with many points. But I really like my 1C to do something else than score.

I thought Seattle did a very strange/ bad expansion draft but good for them to be good anyway...

Great players but if you acquire someone with a bad attitude you got to believe that you can change it

I have not followed the SHL very closely to be honest, but you are probably correct. Old players like Jonas Enroth and Joel Lundqvist were major players in the SHL this season. Antti Soumela (around 20 games for Sharks) and Patrik Karlkvist were the only players with more points than games. The Swed...

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Here's a minimal movement situation of some mild reality perhaps... RFAs: Hallander 1x850k DOC 2x1m Poehling 1x825k Puus 1x875k Smith 2x1.1m UFAs: Jarry 2x3.75m Zucker 4x5m Engvall 4x3.5m Nutivaara 1x1m (plus incentives) Bought out: Granlund 833k Traded POJ, Poulin, DeSmith, the rights to Broz, 202...

Someone asked about AGMs, I've had a couple people tell me that Ray Whitney is a name (as mentioned)...he's putting in the work, very connected... I think Pat Verbeek just landed somewhere, right? Anaheim? Probably not for a GM role, but someone told me look out for Sean Burke to transition in that...

I think they read this message board

Yeah, my main beef with Hextall is that he somehow managed to make the team even older. I thought he set out to accomplish the opposite. In hindsight, the Petry deal was a red flag.

I am stupid, but I loved the Petry deal when it was made...

I should have put it in the other thread instead of the GDT, my bad :( I agree that Sullivan managed to enable Sheary, Scott Wilson, Kuhnhackl, Aston-Reese, Murray and Maatta to perform. He turned some of them into NHL'ers. But are the current bottom six players that much worse than S Wilson, Kuhn a...

:( Sullivan is/has been a good coach, but I am a bit concerned that some of our younger players have produced more when we have lost them - Bluegers, Mariono, Kapanen (maybe not), McCann, etc... To be fair, McGinn has not improved since he left I can give Sullivan the benefit of the doubt for the am...

McDavid has more PPP than all players except Pasta, Karlsson, MacKinnon and Tkachuk have EVP. That is a good PP. Drasaitl has 31 PP goals :O

And yes, Karlsson is a very good offensive defenseman =) It took him a few years to come up to speed in the Sharks jersey...

Yeah, if we win the upcoming two games, it doesn't matter what the Islanders do. Only players in contract years for Chicago and Columbus want to play well.

So a Nedeljkovic / Blomqvist tandem next season

I could see a Jarry/Nedeljkovic tandem if we can get them for $7 million combined.

I've been made aware that a "Danton Heinen" has been partaking in Penguins games. Can anyone confirm?

Heinen managed to go -2 in a 4-2 game, so he seems to have been on the ice at least twice...

Edit: It is impressive to do that in 6 minutes of 5 vs 5 playing time

That's very winnable for us...despite adding Ekholm that defense and goaltending is a complete mess...we couldn't out gun them, but we could score enough to D up against them. You match Crosby against McDavid to try to shut him down and see if anyone on their side can handle Malkin... If we had any...

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I will be staying at my relatively safe government job until my children start going to school.

Russian aircraft have taken down a very expensive American UAV over the Black Sea. I wonder the reaction will be...

"Crosby’s 80th point means he’s closing in on locking up his 18th straight season of being a point-per-game or more. Wayne Gretzky holds that record with 19 seasons." https://www.pensburgh.com/2023/3/13/23638236/sidney-crosby-named-nhls-second-star-of-the-week "Crosby is now working on his seventh ...

I looked it up and Esposito has 6 seasons >100 points, then 99, 84, 81, 80, 78, 78. This means the cut off at 80 is a bit unfair for him. This 70-71 season with 76+76 in 78 games is insane. Dionne has 8 100+ seasons, then 94, 94, 92, 90, 79, 78, 77, 74... so close to 15 80+ seasons. Francis only has...

I was a bit surprised to see Rakell on the third line but if that is what it takes to make that line click - Then do it

Otherwise, I loved Rakell on Sids wing

Are the goalis in SHL really that much worse compared to CDS? Jhonas Enroth is ranked 7th in GAA and 8th in Save %. It shouldn't be impossible to sign one of those?

The biggest issue is no reliable backup. I mean I know if Jarry goes down we are boned anyways, but just to have someone better than CDS would be nice. This times 1000. I guess no one was available. I am not a huge fan of the Granlund trade, but he can play in the top six if needed. He is signed fo...

I would like to have Domi in October...

I would rather have taken the same path as the Craps and entertained offers for our UFA's... We will barely make the playoffs as it seems right now and I don't think adding Granlund will take us past the first round :( -Trade UFA's for draft picks and cap space -Perhaps flipping CDS for Quick -Have ...