It's more what else was available and cost considerably less. Mark Jankowski was acquired for a 5th, is signed at 800k next season, and produced 6.1 GAR this season

Kampf produced 3.0 GAR this season and is already on the team

🎯🎯🎯 the exact problem with the whole video review system.

It's killed goal excitement in soccer. Can't understand why hockey people want to do that to this sport

I'd argue Fedotov has been considerably better than Ersson this season

The 50% number is across the three seasons represented in the card. If you look at the dotted line on the bottom right you'll see that his finishing for *this season* is well higher than 50%tile. He lands in this %tile because his finishing was rancid in 22-23, balancing how good it's been this year

Mercer and Cotter both play wing. Haula has been NJD's 3C. Lazar 4C.

Still good C depth, but Haula is on pace for 24 points and Lazar has a career high of 25

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I think it's Kadri, but I'm not sure it has all that much to do with age/play. Zibanejad is caught up in all of the drama coming out of NYC and is getting blamed (accurately) for the Rangers poor play. Kadri is free from that narrative.

Rangers are selling from a position of weakness, Flames aren't

We've spent centuries lost in the deep dish v new york style argument, when the true, enlightened answer is: detroit style

I would imagine any team in the league has the assets required to acquire one of those players. You're giving up a 1 and some stuff for Nelson, a 2 or thereabouts for Granlund/Gourde, a 3 and some stuff for Bjugstad (which is what he cost the last time he was traded).

Every team has those assets

Friedman keeps incorrectly labeling RHD as LHD on his podcast, and then I keep seeing it in articles a few days later.

He called Benning a LHD either on Monday or Friday