https://www.nhl.com/player/conor-sheary-8477839

Can we see some comparables for that $4? Dude has 63 career NHL points.

I think I'd prefer a shorter term deal there honestly...two years, benefits him to hit UFA right on the dot, benefits us in case it turns out that Sid+Sprong (say...) > Sid+Sheary...he was found money anyhow, anything we get out of him is major bonus bucks for us... I wonder if Sheary has a valuabl...

Caps are kind of irrelevant at this point. They would need a handful of guys on EL contracts to excel and for Ovechkin to be better. I think their forward group is fine, and Holtby will atleast play well in the regular season. They probably need Orpik to get a long term injury and some d-men to come...

Yeah I just hate this time of year. Fireworks suck for dog owners.

Seconded, i hated them before, but my idiot neighbor started setting off some massive roman candle thing that set my dog off last night. He just got neutered on Monday and has to wear the cone so he's already on edge.

Last I checked the only people receiving actual violent reactions are GOP politicians.

Might want to check a little harder.

What is Russia's deal RE North Korea? It seems like China wants status quo (they don't want a failed state because of North Korean refugees and a unified Korea (or a larger South Korea). I'm guessing that Russia is on the same page as China, they don't want any additional US influence in the region.

I think the Pirates are still one of the better organizations at managing guys' health. There was a time that Josh Bell's knee was going to keep him from ever making the majors, and Taillon missed two whole seasons and came back looking better than before. I'd like to think that Meadows is in the sa...

He'll get a cup of coffee in the majors in September, and probably start in AAA again next year.

Troy Loney pivoting hard to protect his sacred network... :pop: No one here disagrees that trump is a over privileged, piece of **** child. The topic was CNN blackmailing someone. Don't give a **** about CNN, i don't have cable. Also not going to shed a tear that some antisemitic dadhole on the int...

But there are people working at CNN that just want to do their jobs, the president should not be endorsing violence. It's mostly just pathetic, and I don't expect the president has the mental capacity to understand that things can be misconstrued. I agree that the problem isn't the GIF maker, it's ...

So the Pirates should move Cutch at this deadline right? They ain't going anywhere this year or next and his value is higher with another year left on his contract for 18. Now is the time and he's hot. What does this thread say? They are certainly not going anywhere this year, and the farm system i...

I suppose we can debate the right course of action for CNN to take, and the problem certainly isn't the gif maker, it's the president. But there are people working at CNN that just want to do their jobs, the president should not be endorsing violence. It's mostly just pathetic, and I don't expect th...

What a different room this is gonna be 2017-18...

I said in another thread it's going to be a real test for our leadership group.

All leadership tests were passed by this team last postseason

Kunitz was a luxury, a playoff performer. They need bodies that can take the punishment of the regular season and stay in the lineup. For the same reason they chose that other dude over Daley. Another guy that has trouble staying healthy.

Hard to imagine the pens not making the playoffs. I think they want someone to play a lot during the season so Murray is fresh for the playoffs. Regular season is as meaningless as can be for this team next year

It definitely doesn't mean anything when I have no clue who a guy is, are any of these cheap Blackhawk players good? What fueled the Pens resurgence has been the play they've been getting out of their young guys. John Hayden RW 925,000 RFA Nick Schmaltz C 925,000 925,000 RFA Ryan Hartman RW 863,333 ...

The pens went from back to back 1st round exits to the conference finals the next season.

But by that logic (Staal and Rask top two centers), wouldn't Lindholm be the odd man out, and in that case, pass.

I assume Staal's contract is unmoveable right?

Rowney killed penalties pretty extensively in the playoffs. He's strong on the puck and is effective along the boards. Definitely provides little offensively though. I'm wondering who we're using as trading assets for a third line center. Outside of Sprong we don't have much in the way of top fligh...

The penalty kill? I also don't think there's anything in Rowney's game that would suggest he could put himself in position to score that GWG Bonino scored G1 vs Washington.

Penguins close to making trade for center “(Coach Mike Sullivan) and I, we've talked about this and we feel changing the roster more this year than last year makes sense,” Rutherford said. “So that's probably what's going to happen.” Rutherford said he expects defensemen Trevor Daley and Ron Hainse...

The Trump administration has not yet sunk to worst-case-scenario levels of awful, but I thought it was going to take at least 18 months or 2 years to get to where we are already. It seems like Trump has as long as the GOP controls congress, and the one thing he could that would most definitely cost...

With the political world distracted by President Trump's media wars, one of the most consequential and contentious internal debates of his presidency unfolded during a tense meeting Monday in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, administration sources tell Axios. The outcome, with a potentially p...

Caps are keeping the band together, that's good.