Recent content by daveeb

It's $1.5mil per, $3mil overall. Compared to other backup goaltender salaries, that's not too bad. I think you guys will land Ryan Suter and Alex Semin.

In a draft class littered with questionable big men and swing men with character issues, it's tough to find lottery picks who carry less risk than Jared Sullinger. And tomorrow, he's going to show the world why.

This first time I saw Bradley Roby play, I thought he was a Senior who was finally getting his shot to prove something. I found out he was a Freshman by reading the Observations from A-Deck thread. I guess that makes my similar assumption high praise in retrospect, doesn't it? I think he's...

The KHL counts secondary assists if they actually contribute to the goal. Box score evidence: http://www.russianprospects.com/public/league_page.php?tour_id=2008021&anchor=Box 2011 evidence: http://en.khl.ru/report/186/?idgame=30654 Jaromir Jagr with a secondary assist evidence...

At $2.0mil, Jaromir Jagr's talent and size would have been valuable assets. 15-20 goals, 25-30 assists. If he clicked with one of the centers, possibly more. Detroit was probably the best fit for Jagr, though. He would have worked well with Filppula. Although I take umbrage to how he handled the...

Aside from the fact that such deals clearly hurt the reputation of the already-not-so-salient Paul Holmgren, trading the Captain Richards as opposed to the inconsistent walking bad contract known as Daniel Briere was ill-advised. Courtier will fix their issues at Center when he is ready, as will...

I don't think the Senators were ready from such a physical response from the Penguins after the Leopold hit. The rest of this series is going to be extremely rough on the Senators, regardless of the outcome. Philchenkov isn't causing Crosby as many problems as the media had anticipated...

It's a shame that it took the Pens this long to get back into the groove offensively. Did they forget what the playoffs are like or something? They don't look THAT bad.

Crosby and Stamkos are going to share Rocket Richard honors. Good for them. The common denominator? Let's kill the Senators.

It wasn't a dirty hit. That's why he wasn't suspended. I was at the game and the crowd's thoughts and prayers were focused on Savard, but the bottom line is that Cooke's feet didn't leave the ice and he hit Savard with his shoulder. It will be illegal next year.

Trading Luca Caputi became a luxury available to the Penguins after they acquired the similarly talented Eric Tangradi in the Ryan Whitney deal from the previous year. Actually, they STOLE Eric Tangradi and Chris Kunitz for Ryan Whitney. I saw Luca Caputi play in the NHL and I wasn't too...

Would he look better next to Crosby or Malkin? Thinking Malkin. He'd love to have a veteran winger that can hold the puck on the boards for 20 seconds.

Jaromir Jagr could still play in the NHL. Absolutely dominated the Slovaks in an early shift. 1-0 Czech on a goal by Elias.

If anyone has ever watched Evgeni Malkin, they should know that he works best with two types of players: A guy that is great at finding loose pucks, and a guy that is good at making space and finding a good shooting lane. Dupuis can find the loose pucks. A sniper would be ideal next to Malkin...

Niklas Lidstrom is has a career +412 rating and he has never had a - rating. To me, that's elite stuff. I apologize if I offend anyone by stating this, but Detroit will not be the same for a few years once he retires. He is a special player. Of course, I'm sure some people said that about...