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I don’t think so, although it’s always nice to be validated. And he’s not always against the grain, there is just some players he likes more, or less, than others. Some other guys he’s onboard with the majority opinion.

If they do sell assets, I agree.

Not a fan boy but I like to hear his opinion, especially on prospects, he's not afraid to go against consensus, which is refreshing, and he's often right. All others are too afraid to make bold predictions, just so that they can have a safety net if they're wrong.

Which was the right move because they were nowhere near ready.

And somehow i keep hearing that Lane is an average skater nowhere in the same class as Hughes

They won’t jeopardize a potential playoff run (even if just one round) for a couple of picks, unless maybe first rounders. We already have 9 picks in the first 4 rounds this year. We’ll see how the next two months play out.

Not really. Carrier has been complimentary to Savard, allowing a vet on each pairings. Without Savard, it’s Struble and no D depth. Savard was playing 17-18 minutes a game, Struble has been playing like 11. If we’re in a playoff spot or close to one, he stays. Plus he’s been such a warrior for...

We're not going to make any big moves, but we might not be selling much either. We'll see where we are in two months.

Dunno why a 20 years old would pick BCHL over NCAA if it was option.

That's assuming that a NCAA team was interested in his services

Didn't like him in Carolina, don't like him in Seattle, although in both places drafting has been pretty good.

Snake isn't looking too good right now with that comment.

Neither is Hutson.

Northgate Mall was dying already, you're not missing anything. But the rinks there were a huge boom for the local hockey league. There were no rinks in Seattle before that.

First season they were on Roots.

No NBA team meant that there was a pretty big gap to fill. Seattle is a sports city but I don't think it survive a lengthy reconstruction process. People will lose interest if the team is not competitive eventually.

I don't think it's a thing in Canada as much. And let me clarify, it's not old traditional blackouts where it's not on tv at all, but a by-product of teams having local tv deals with specialized cable companies, so those games don't get shown on Centre Ice/ESPN or other services. The problem is...

I can't imagine any scenario where blackout helps.

NHL need to get rid of blackouts like 20 years ago. The fact that people can't watch the local team on their tv (without going through some crazy loops) is absolutely asinine. Hard to get people excited to go to games when they can't watch it at home.

We went from 21 to 30 from 1991 to 2000, then it took us 22 years to add 2 more. I think we're good now, maybe in 25 years we can revisit expansion again but yeah, NHL have not been really good at expanding revenue, especially through terrible TV deals.