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tidal timber
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he’s still a quarterback that throws too many risky passes but he has DJ moore to throw to, i dont see him underachieving with moore and CMC

versed forge
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He’s a big halo fan 💀

simple seal
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What a clown lol

tidal timber
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its an advertisement

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doesnt make him a clown

robust grotto
versed forge
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Look at baker man, so inspirational

simple seal
tidal timber
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he should be rehabbing if he was injured at that time

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I forgot when he was

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but late december sounds accurate

simple seal
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He had Covid but still played that game

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Cause by then the minimum days had passed

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I want a whole division over .500 lol

robust grotto
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Best player is now off the market @dim ledge

celest zephyr
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orioles actually being relevant huh

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might be possible tbh since they play enough games to

versed forge
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Sheesh

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W

honest umbra
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W

smoky fable
smoky fable
proud coyote
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here we go again

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  1. reporter asks dame question about loyalty
  2. dame answers
  3. people shit on dame for "constantly bringing up how loyal he is"
smoky fable
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yep

smoky fable
proud coyote
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hopefully

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as long as everyone stays healthy

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sharpe already got injured but thankfully it's a two-week thing

smoky fable
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same with ivey speaking of rookies

proud coyote
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most random rivalry lol

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and what a silly question lol

smoky fable
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it's a very expected answer though

smoky fable
smoky fable
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Still remember Verdugo

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And you might want to look away ComradeSunny

versed forge
short spindle
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We're not making it out the hood

dim kettle
dim kettle
loud forum
celest zephyr
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Mick plan

robust grotto
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Dubas plan?

dim ledge
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I don't get it personally

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Murray is toast

robust grotto
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same and he’s on a big contract so Ottawa would have to eat salary

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This is reclamation project territory. Bet on a guy who has a history of winning but has lost his way. Put him on a good team and who knows. Sorta similar to how Colorado went after Kuemper

dim ledge
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Imo

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Kuempers upside>Murray's

robust grotto
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Agree

dim ledge
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It would be like Man United going after Lloris lmao

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Except Lloris is actually good I guess idk

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Just weird

robust grotto
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There’s two things here too

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1 he’s only 28
2 Murray played for SOO in OHL, Dubas used to be the GM of SOO. Kimmy will vouch, there’s a lot of SOO ties with Toronto. This is Dubas getting someone he’s very comfortable with on a personal level

proven compass
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Rate the fpl squad

dim ledge
proven compass
honest umbra
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zach wilson different

native sonnet
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Bruh that's weird

celest zephyr
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What happens when the leafs can’t develop goalies to save their lives

celest zephyr
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And the fact that kuemper and Campbell would be pricy for what they are worth

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The leafs are a good defense, but they aren’t elite and don’t have the defensive forward depth either

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The leafs biggest strengths are elite talent which can score at a high level and staying in the offensive zone. Getting a mediocre goalie for big bucks which would need a great defense to really work out is just an overpay

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Idk anymore goalies are super hit and miss year to year beyond the beat goalies

robust grotto
sweet tree
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dfkm

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insane clearance icl

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poor lad

smoky fable
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He just barely kept that out as well

rustic ore
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I'm now forced to become a Wilson fan because of this, cause this is hilarious

smoky fable
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Huh

native sonnet
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Ngl thats really weird. Doubly so if that person has been his mom's best friend for a long time

smoky fable
dim ledge
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STREETS WON'T FORGET CUH

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🇲🇦 🇲🇦 🇲🇦

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@honest umbra member? You member

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Nasty little man

celest zephyr
short spindle
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It also says they want a discount because they also want Torreira 😭

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Broke fucks

hasty basin
short spindle
dim ledge
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Torreira

robust grotto
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Big hockey day, should see some trades and signings

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Teams need to qualify their restricted free agents by 5 pm

celest zephyr
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ffs

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leafs have been on a goalie carousel way before i was even born

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how hard is it to develop goalies

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that can be league average

short spindle
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Cheap fucks

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Literally got like 70mil for Vlahovic

robust grotto
celest zephyr
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must be nice to not have to rely on voodoo magic and spinning the wheels on two ahl caliber goalies

robust grotto
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Must be nice to draft and develop forwards

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works both ways 😂

short spindle
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Trust the process 😧💔

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Saliba's agent story

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Less gooo

sweet tree
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what

sweet tree
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get that last bag

celest zephyr
dim ledge
short spindle
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He's going to play fortnite now

robust grotto
dim kettle
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I'd like to believe that the Avs saw how much Sakic gave up for Georgiev and was were like, "Alright, that's enough from you, have a promotion so you can't be GM."

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Although the reality is MacFarland has as much hand with the Avs' success as Sakic.

robust grotto
dim kettle
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Sakic got promoted to President of Hockey Operations. He's pretty much gonna be doing the same thing anyways. lol

celest zephyr
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as a raptors fan really not much difference LOL

dim kettle
celest zephyr
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masai is president of basketball operations but is still the main guy and webster is the actual gm

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look good. don't know if i love the reliance on using gold though

dim kettle
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Look familiar

robust grotto
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These are nice and simple

dim ledge
simple seal
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Comedy Central

dim kettle
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AL Central is such a joke. I hate Jerry Reinsdorf and La Russa so much rn

smoky fable
dim kettle
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Reinsdorf caring about the Sox. HAHAHAHA. Trust me, if he really cared he wouldn't treat his team like a small market one when his team plays in the 3rd largest market in the country

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Also, he's the jackass who hired La Russa. I don't care what Rick Hahn says. Jerry went over his GMs hand to hire him.

smoky fable
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Probably right on that end

honest umbra
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And mariners being on like a 14 game winning streak

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Freaking angels man

simple seal
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And Rangers

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And the A's are basically tanking

honest umbra
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Even rangers have been playing a bit better

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But you expect as and rangers to suck

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Angels have TWO generational players

simple seal
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lol yeah

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Altho Rangers have done a lot of signings, but mostly of dudes who will be past their primes soon most likely

honest umbra
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Nah seager has been AL player of the year week

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And semien is finding his footing

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It’s weird the two signings they made were for some reason both infielders playing the same position

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But I guess when you’re a team that can’t attract much, you do what u can

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I’m more concerned about the blue jays being absolutely awful the last month or so

dim kettle
celest zephyr
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there's a reason very little winning happens here

dim kettle
celest zephyr
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the usual

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consistent choking with occasional moments of not choking

dim kettle
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Hey, you can at least say you have as many WS title wins as the White Sox and Cubs combined in the last 30 years.

dim kettle
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I mean, Seattle's been hot, but yeah, the Rays broke them.

celest zephyr
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the issue is i wasn't born until like 10 years later

dim kettle
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There's Mariner fans in their 20s who never seen them in the playoffs once.

celest zephyr
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heartbreaking to be so close last year

dim kettle
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That's baseball for ya. A lot of heartbreak. They added another WC spot this year, so things could be better.

smoky fable
smoky fable
dim kettle
smoky fable
dim kettle
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Yeah, that sucks. But it is what it is.

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I just find it unreal that the Dodgers had to outbid the Rays for him. Rays don't usually throw money at an all star like that unless they're resigning.

honest umbra
dim ledge
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Even if this is true

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The fact that Madrid fans, of all people, are taking the piss out of it

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Is funny as hell

honest umbra
dim ledge
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Even so

honest umbra
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but tbf, laporta has had to have this mentality building back from everything bartomeu destroyed

dim ledge
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Pot calling the kettle black

honest umbra
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and it sucks seeing it come at the expense of messi, suarez, alves

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i want there to be a documentary released one day on how bartomeu got away with absolutely destroying a club

dim ledge
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How hated is he amongst Barca fans

honest umbra
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um

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you know who the devil is?

sweet tree
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the way suarez left was really bad

honest umbra
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im pretty sure barca fans hate barto more than the devil

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and im not even exaggerating

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like if u held a poll tomorrow, it would prob be 90-10

sweet tree
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no one likes him apart from some people in the press who was friends with him

honest umbra
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yea but lets be honest, they prob arent even too fond of him either

dim ledge
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Worse than United w the glazers?

honest umbra
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way way way worse

dim ledge
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Jeez

sweet tree
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there's some people that critique laporta when he's doing the best he can, yet where were those people saying stuff towards bartomeu when hewas president. There are a few people that defend barto but they're just nuts

honest umbra
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glazers are annoying but they havent been shy of spending money, even if its in the wrong places

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and they have still made good business decisions

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(revenue wise, not club wise)

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barto has put barca 10 years behind

smoky fable
sweet tree
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no idea honestly

honest umbra
sweet tree
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yeah

honest umbra
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im not a laporta fanboy all the way, even i disagree with some stuff

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but i can see and appreciate him doing shiz it should be done

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our deadweight this szn will feel less, mala

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we got rid of lenglet

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sadly, rennes pulled out of umtiti deal and puig hasnt found a suitor yet. neto as well

sweet tree
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yeah he's not perfect but for the most part he's been doing good for the club

honest umbra
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@dim ledge have u seen the trolling barca/man u/chelsea fans have been on this offszn

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eps barca-chelsea fans

sweet tree
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too many people want to be our accountants

honest umbra
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its just funny we've all gotten intermingled becuz of our targets

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and players preferring barca

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and then them retorting by calling us broke

dim ledge
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TBF everyone has a pretty big Achilles heel of criticism rn

honest umbra
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not man city or liverpool

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i think every signing man city has made this szn has been amazing

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and kinda lowkey for some reason

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haaland, alvarez, phillips is insane

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who is this?

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how good he? @burnt cedar

dim kettle
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Yep this season is RIP

smoky fable
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ESPN Sources: NBA’s Board of Governors is expected on Tuesday to approve the Play-In Tournament as a regular part of future league seasons. The Play-In had been voted on a year-to-year basis in past two seasons, but support exists to turn it into annual element of NBA structure.

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Here to stay

robust grotto
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And it’s not a joke either

smoky fable
honest umbra
robust grotto
smoky fable
dim kettle
smoky fable
honest umbra
silk notch
dim kettle
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Getting the 7th or 8th seed in the NBA playoffs is so useless though most years

smoky fable
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It does allow the best teams from the West and East to meet in the Finals though

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No dark horse teams can sneak in

honest umbra
robust grotto
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Woaaaaaaaaah. Unexpected @dim ledge backup option perhaps?

burnt cedar
dim ledge
dim ledge
# honest umbra not man city or liverpool

Liverpool's Achilles is buying Darwin at that price for only "one good season" and also losing out on the quadruple so closely
City's is that they're buying football and letting go of all players of a certain description

robust grotto
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Dominik Kubalik as well, gonna be a UFA

robust grotto
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Malkin free agent whewwwwwwww

dim kettle
robust grotto
dim kettle
robust grotto
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I know money may not work but I can’t shake that idea for some reason

robust grotto
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20 of the first 24 Coyotes games are on the road. Signing for them sure will be fun

dim kettle
robust grotto
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Sam Steel UFA as well

dim kettle
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Not big fan of the fact that the contract ends in his mid 30s though.

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Also the fact that the Avs are signing this guy after one year he spiked in production. Better hope he doesn't go back to averaging 13 goals a season

robust grotto
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Yeaaaah, I can def see what you mean. Ah maybe he fits into PP2 and keeps up

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@celest zephyr

versed forge
dim kettle
rustic ore
# honest umbra whats that?

Heinz and the Steelers have ended their naming partnership, now the Steelers home stadium will be called Acrisure Stadium instead of Heinz Field

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Also means no more giant ketchup bottles on their jumbotron BobbinFeels

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Breaking: Heinz Field is no more. The ketchup giant will not extend its naming rights deal for 2022. Sources say a new name for the stadium could be announced this week.

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robust grotto
dim kettle
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Dubas really loving Goaltenders that can’t play more than 60 games a season

rustic ore
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Marion Barber's COD was released

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Heat stroke

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Texas heat ain't no joke

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RIP to him

dim kettle
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Dry heat in Texas is brutal

smoky fable
smoky fable
simple seal
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This Rays lineup

dim kettle
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“Per the medical report, officers arrived to Barber's apartment to find a bathtub faucet running and the thermostat set to 91 degrees. Police also found workout equipment in the apartment.”

dim kettle
simple seal
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Turns out Jonathan Aranda is the next hitting king

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Sustainable lmao

honest umbra
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dang

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hr derby so far is alonso, soto, acuna, pujols

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pretty good

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basically nl east + pujols so far

sweet tree
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that save at 0:20

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my god

celest zephyr
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this is such a gamble to pay murray 4.7 mill

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kinda out of options though. campbell sucked for months last season

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now that i'm thinking about it, good move to not pay campbell long term. murray has two years at 4.7 mill, so if he sucks still only 2 instead of 4 or 5 years on campbell

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plus his contract expires when matthews and nylander does and one year before marner and tavares. worst case the leafs lose one or both of their key guys and are forced to retool or rebuild. In that scenario, they don't have a potential anchor of a deal for a guy who's pretty much just voodoo magic at this point

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best case matthews and nylander want to re-sign after the 2023-2024 season or extend next offseason and now they have money and flexibility

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marner same case but a year out. in both cases a campbell contract would likely be on the books. tavares could be back after, but the leafs aren't going to pay him close to his current deal at the rate it is going.

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murray could be cut or traded if he isn't good next season, since he'd just have one year left

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looks like the buyout for his contract is fairly cheap. It'd be about 500k cap hit next season then a 2 mill cap hit the year after. In that case sure I guess. It won't cost much if he truly sucks

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i also dont get why ottawa couldn't have just paid him to not play. they don't need cap space and could have saved picks in the process.

dim ledge
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@broken ledge thoughts, comrade?

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I like it alot personally

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Will get it with Tsimi

broken ledge
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Better than last seasons one

dim ledge
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Disagree there

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I loved the cream last season

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But this is solid imo

broken ledge
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The color choice itself wasn’t bad

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I just think this one has a ring to it personally

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To each their own

dim ledge
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That I agree with

robust grotto
dim ledge
short spindle
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solid 7/10

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This is what you see when you stand up too fast

robust grotto
short spindle
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United put out their strongest 11 😭

celest zephyr
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damn paolo getting load management in the summer league

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makes sense since it doesn't mean anything for high level prospects but still lol

silk notch
robust grotto
dim ledge
short spindle
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McMuffin is so out of his depth at this point I just feel bad for him

dim ledge
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Keeping Maguire as captain is kinda chad by ETH if I'm honest

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Equally hilarious

short spindle
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Ok that's 4

dim ledge
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But chad

short spindle
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Ajax are scamming United

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60 mil for a cb under 180cm

dim ledge
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ETH double agent

short spindle
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ETH's transfer plan is just dutch/ajax

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Former ajax

robust grotto
dim ledge
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Yeah you're right our U16s will come into form

robust grotto
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😂😂

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that’s the spirit

dim kettle
robust grotto
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YES !!!!!!

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that looks so much better than the dark blue

celest zephyr
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yeah figured can't afford him

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leafs have to re-sign sandin

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that's the priority. if they need cap space, muzzin probably goes on LTIRetired

robust grotto
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They 100% have to yeah

celest zephyr
robust grotto
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LMAO I can’t even tell you the Ottawa starter and I follow hockey

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Anton Forsberg is it? Idek

celest zephyr
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yeah it'd be forsberg

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one of the weirdest goalie markets i've seen

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so many teams needing goalies and moving them

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yet there's been few to no real options that aren't gambles

robust grotto
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It’s unreal how this man is 28

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He looks exhausted

celest zephyr
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looks done with life

robust grotto
proven compass
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GGMU

sweet tree
proven compass
smoky fable
robust grotto
honest umbra
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we move @sweet tree @dim ledge

sweet tree
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keeping dembouz and getting raphinha is nice, just his price is bit more than I expected but it's not the 75m that was circulating atleast

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wonder what the add ons are

honest umbra
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so we good

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we aint have to pay that

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but really excited about having dembele/raphina on flanks

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but my question is, tf ferran torres for?

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lol

sweet tree
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score goals

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which he's struggling with

honest umbra
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nah i mean

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what we gonna do with torres

sweet tree
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but having more options is nice but looking back idk if it was worth the investment for him

honest umbra
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we spent 65m on torres, 58m for raphinha

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benching either of them is weird

sweet tree
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yeah that's quite true

honest umbra
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and lets be honest, dembele isnt getting benched if hes top form

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i think hes the best of the lot when healthy

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unless u wanna play "false 9" which also makes no sense when you have fati/auba/maybe lewa as strikers?

sweet tree
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I think so too, I guess we'll just see how this plays out. Having a lot of option upfront ain't bad

honest umbra
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agreed it looks a lot now

sweet tree
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Auba, Fati, Torres, Dembouz, Raphinha

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christ

honest umbra
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by winter, we'll be playing someone from barca b

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becuz of injuries

sweet tree
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Memphis staying this season as well

honest umbra
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nah

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he might be gone lol

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hes prob first gone tbh

sweet tree
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unless they make a last min attempt to sell

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yeah he prob won't see mins tbh

honest umbra
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theyre saying, maybe for kounde in a sevilla deal?

sweet tree
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yeah I saw that

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idk if they'd accept thT

honest umbra
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i wouldnt mind that

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one. we have influx of forwards

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two. kounde and araujo is scary times

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if we playing kounde-araujo-christensen 3 back

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but bro, deco is a barca legend for this transfer lol

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fun fact, was my first ever "favorite" player

sweet tree
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I dont think lewa is coming

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yeah honestly, I didn't think we'd sign raphinha tbh lol

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was expecting him to go to one of the london club

honest umbra
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i think raph wanting to come, the fact that a barca legend is his agent

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kind of contributed to it

sweet tree
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😋

honest umbra
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when will this man leave us

sweet tree
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lmao

honest umbra
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everyone warned him this would happen in 2018

sweet tree
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he'll still be here till his contract ends, I've kinda accepted it

honest umbra
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well

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2024ish? we can rid his contract without a big penalty

smoky fable
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Been with you for a while it seems

short spindle
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Barca sold Manaj

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5 extra mil for Raphinha 🥶

sweet tree
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if we get Kounde, that would be brazy icl

short spindle
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GASPARRR

honest umbra
short spindle
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Nah that £380k p/w figure for Koulibaly for 5 years 😭

silk notch
silk notch
short spindle
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Could have gotten him for 75m

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Nah fam throw extra 5 for Maguire

silk notch
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Lmao fr I think it was age thing cause maguire was younger smh

robust grotto
honest umbra
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its done @rustic mountain

rustic mountain
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Ah HELL YEAH DUDE

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This season is already a success

honest umbra
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the nkeal memes will stop

rustic mountain
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Or if they continue

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He aint on my team

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Fucking finally

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What a terrible draft pick

honest umbra
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nah now he'll become a redemption story

smoky fable
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I doubt it

honest umbra
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fields to nkeal

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who doesnt wanna see that

smoky fable
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He might not even make the team

honest umbra
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which WRS do bears have?

smoky fable
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Besides Mooney not much there

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And I still don’t trust Harry to make it

versed forge
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Won that trade easily

honest umbra
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it wasnt rlly a matter

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of winning the trade

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its a 7th round pick and a bust lol

celest zephyr
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Leafs don’t have a goalie to trade though

robust grotto
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Idk what to say about the Leafs

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Tomorrow is really going to be an interesting day. Highly likely boring for you and me but overall, interesting

dim ledge
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@short spindle @burnt cedar thoughts on Odegaard being captain?

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I honestly never would've guessed him

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Outside looking in

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I would make it Gabriel M.

burnt cedar
burnt cedar
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Got no issues with it

dim ledge
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Forgot to consider that for Gabe

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Fair on Odegaard

celest zephyr
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Don’t think the leafs make a splash but they need 6 players and have 6.37 mill to do so

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And well that means a lot of bargain hunting

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Really besides sandin and maybe engvall the rest of their rotation is going to be finding guys or keeping guys like Blackwell and Boosh

robust grotto
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Ahhh okay, yeah I see what you mean! That’s gonna be fun

dim kettle
robust grotto
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I feel bad for flames fans

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Calgary clock is ticking to trade Matthew Tkachuk too. Basically have to start all over

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But that’s sports. NBA fans know it well. Johnny has the right to come home and that’s what’s gonna happen tmw. Devils, Flyers, or Isles will land him, no question about it

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Calgary did nothing wrong though. You have a top ten player in the league while your team playing at a top 5/10 pace. You don’t just trade him. They’ll absolutely have to trade Tkachuk though, this cannot happen to them twice.

Shitty reality for the fans. Small markets are the super important but they’ll always run into these types of issues. For the most part, top players can only play there for so long

celest zephyr
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Yeah it sucks

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Flames also didn’t help themselves with choking so much

robust grotto
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No kidding lmao they really blew it against Edmonton

celest zephyr
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Hockey is a more balanced sport than the nba but still seems uncommon at to not have at least one guy that’s top 5/10 at their position on a cup winning roster

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Yeah that was a hard choke

robust grotto
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I will say though I wouldn’t be bitter at Johnny if I was a flames fan. He didn’t lead people on like Tavares did in NYI

robust grotto
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Another thing that’s obvious but has really been eye opening this summer; goalies. Goalies and NFL QBs are the only two positions in all of sports where it’s like… you either have a guy or you don’t. Practically zero middle ground

dim kettle
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Red Sox always playing like clowns against the Rays it seems. lol

robust grotto
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Family probably sick of the long flights to visit him in pacific Canada in the beautiful month of January. He’ll be in the metro division tmw

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That’s just my opinion though. Tkachuk likely the same

dim kettle
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Probably will be a Flyer or whatever. I do think him living in Calgary is probably a good reason for leaving, but not because it's a small market. Small Market in a hard cap league doesn't matter much along with the fact that playing for a big city in Hockey doesn't have the same impact as a basketball would for example.

robust grotto
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Maybe small market is harsh and the wrong word but I do think places like Calgary, Winnipeg, Edmonton are unattractive to a lot of players

#

I genuinely believe if things were equal with team quality, players would rather play for Arizona than those three I mentioned

dim kettle
#

I would say it's also because Canada money is valued a lot differently than some cities in the US. But you could also say those 3 teams are known for being dumpster fire to mediocre franchises to play for most years.

robust grotto
#

Small markets was the wrong thing to say you’re right about that. It doesn’t impact NHL like the others

celest zephyr
#

Yeah Canada tax is just high

#

And doesn’t help that besides maybe Vancouver there’s real reasons to not want to live in any of the Canadian cities

celest zephyr
dim kettle
#

I know places like Winnipeg is very small compared to other cities. But I definitely think it's because teams like the Jackets in the US and Jets don't have many guys not waning to play for them is because they don't have the best track record for winning and competing for cups. Like, who would actively want to live in cities like Pittsburgh or Detroit? Yet players want to play there.

celest zephyr
#

Yeah for sure

#

Success makes people want to go there

robust grotto
#

True, it’s not all one sided with negatives

#

That’s a good point. Ultimately there’s a lot of factors. Islanders are a NY team but it doesn’t benefit them when it comes to FA, for example

celest zephyr
#

Also happens because there is the rangers

dim kettle
#

They play in Long Island. Fake NY

robust grotto
#

ON long island

dim kettle
#

On. SanjiSmart

robust grotto
#

Fake tri stater over here

celest zephyr
#

The clippers are in la but barely anyone wanted to play for them

robust grotto
#

For the longest time Chicago was a graveyard

celest zephyr
#

Unless a team is like the main team in a place like LA, New York, Miami guys only come for success pretty much

#

Or maybe high end talent

dim kettle
celest zephyr
#

Should have just stayed

#

Barely anyone cares about the rams either

dim kettle
#

Raider country over there.

celest zephyr
#

It’s funny when teams try to move to la because I have no clue how they think they’d beat out established fan bases there

#

Other than just winning a ton

dim kettle
#

They could, but it takes a lot of luck and years to get a fanbase going in a place like LA. Hell, the White Sox have been in Chicago for over 100 years and yet are second to the Cubs by a lot.

robust grotto
#

Grateful the Mets aren’t like that

#

Cult like following

#

A Mets championship parade in this city would only be rivaled by a Knicks parade

dim kettle
#

Well, the Mets were lucky they came shortly after both Dodger and Giant fanbases were broken in NY.

#

Hell, the Mets stole the Giants hat logo.

robust grotto
#

Yeah and they symbolize a lot of the immigrant and even outsider type crowd. Anti establishment

#

Whilst you can’t get more Americana than the Yanks

robust grotto
rustic ore
#

Ouch

dim kettle
#

Yankees really blew a 3-0 lead in the 9th to the Reds

haughty moss
#

Holmes sold in that game

dim kettle
haughty moss
rustic ore
#

Let the malding by Tree commence

smoky fable
rustic ore
#

I mean it's a 4 year deal for a 35 year old

smoky fable
#

ok so that is what it is

dim kettle
smoky fable
#

What the hell is this

short spindle
simple seal
#

It fucking happened

robust grotto
proud coyote
#

do it sharks

#

burn it down

robust grotto
#

They will and it’s totally the right thing to do

#

Happy Hockey Christmas to all

dim ledge
#

I'm sorry but

#

What the fuck

#

Why is this news

#

Wow why did Klopp rotate 3 whole teams in a preseason friendly

#

I really have no idea

robust grotto
#

Claude Giroux likely to go home and sign for Ottawa. Ottawa also very keen on trading for Weegar @dim ledge

robust grotto
dim ledge
#

Like

#

Bro

#

A PRESEASON FRIENDLY

#

You know

#

When lineups and youth are tested

#

Yeah no idea why we rotated 3 full 11s I'm stumped I gotta tell ya

robust grotto
short spindle
#

Fucking hell

keen sparrow
#

@hollow kettle @stuck birch did either of you watch state of origin

hollow kettle
#

No wtf nerd

dim ledge
hollow kettle
#

I only watch the footy

keen sparrow
#

cant help but fall asleep at all the american sports here LuffyZzz

hollow kettle
#

Americans play sports?

keen sparrow
#

i kid i kid

hollow kettle
#

Anyone here play field hockey?

keen sparrow
#

i guess a hipster melbourner like yourself wouldn't understand origin 330

hollow kettle
#

I only care about field hockey

keen sparrow
#

respectable

stuck birch
#

Rugby zzzoro

keen sparrow
#

boooooo

stuck birch
#

Rugby deez nuts tbqh

keen sparrow
celest zephyr
paper spire
#

what is state of origin

stuck birch
#

Ngl macks

keen sparrow
#

omg...

stuck birch
#

This was a catastrophic failure

keen sparrow
#

state of origin is QLD vs NSW rugby

paper spire
#

ah

hollow kettle
#

Lol

#

Are you sure this is an Australian sport?

keen sparrow
#

it's nrl, it's rugby!

hollow kettle
#

Wow good time for a helper to be here

keen sparrow
#

where is the australian spirrt

#

yeah yeah

hollow kettle
#

My Aussie spirit lies in the footy

#

See the bombers fly up, up, to win the premiereship flag

keen sparrow
#

i go for port adelaide for the meme

#

but before that it was essendon

hollow kettle
#

Our boys who play this grand old game are always striving for glory and fame (dah dah dah) see the bombers fly up up, the other teams they don't feeear they all try their best but they can't get near as the bombers fly up

#

Bro port Adelaide doesn't even fuckin exist

keen sparrow
#

:(

hollow kettle
#

Seriously where are they on the ladder

keen sparrow
#

like below 10th i think

hollow kettle
#

Oh above the bombwrs

#

God essendon sucks ass

keen sparrow
#

yeah grubby players as well

#

its why i stopped going for em

hollow kettle
#

Oh come on

#

They stopped doping years ago

keen sparrow
#

yeah i mean, just like the way they play

hollow kettle
#

Wish they didn't stop taking drugs, we'd still be in with a shot

#

But anyway, if you're born into an essendon family you have to stick with them

keen sparrow
#

mutually with the rabbitohs and my family lol

#

even tho they're from south sy*ney 🤮

hollow kettle
#

Idk enough about Sydney to make fun of it

#

Ur stupid though, hick

keen sparrow
#

hipster

hollow kettle
#

What's the south Sydney stereotype?

keen sparrow
#

idk ive never been there lol

#

but NSW in general MoriaDisgust

proud coyote
hollow kettle
#

Huh

#

What a good way to ruin your career

robust grotto
robust grotto
robust grotto
short spindle
#

PARTEY GOING TO USA TOUR

#

"They told me you were in jail"

robust grotto
robust grotto
celest zephyr
#

Murray samsonov???

#

Bruh okay then

#

Is he good?

#

Campbell gets 5x5 from oilers

#

Prepared for bottom 5 goaltending

#

Looks like samsonov is going to be the mrazek experience for half of the price

#

Better than last year at least where at times the leafs should have just started a 6th skater

dim kettle
celest zephyr
#

Shit

dim kettle
#

Chicago being so fucking weird.

dim kettle
#

Oof

#

He get's fired before Tony La Russa. smh

#

4 Million lol

#

Sorry, Rangers.

dim kettle
#

Holy 8 years

dim ledge
#

Honestly

#

May buy an Athanasiou Blackhawks kit

celest zephyr
#

Huge contract

dim kettle
#

Sergachev is getting more money than Heddy BTW.

celest zephyr
#

Not sure why the leafs do

#

3.8 mill left for 4 guys. Think kerfoot gets shown the door

#

He’s good but the leafs can possibly replace him for significantly cheaper

dim kettle
#

They're probably doing what they did a few years ago. Sign a bunch of cheap players and hope some of them shine and build from there. But the goaltending could be a disaster.

#

This black magic the Bolts have, man.

robust grotto
#

I’m so disappointed with Trocheck

#

Class rangers. Buyout candidate in 5 years. Won’t even be the 2C, watch. Won’t work with Panarin. Still don’t have a proper top line winger for Mika and Kreider. No money left in the cap. We stink

dim kettle
robust grotto
#

Free agency is the worst day but also the most fun day

dim kettle
#

You get an 8 year deal. And you get a 8 year deal, everyone get's a 8 year deal.

robust grotto
#

Congrats

#

Must be nice to keep players

dim kettle
#

Jinx

robust grotto
#

Rangers will have to trade Miller, Kakko, Chytil, Laf at some point

#

TB finds a way to keep everyone

dim kettle
robust grotto
#

Highly likely

#

Man this is sad

#

All of our cap is locked up man

dim kettle
#

Called it.

celest zephyr
#

How the hell are the lightning going to field a roster in 2023-2024

celest zephyr
#

They have 10 mill in cap space and 12 guys signed

dim kettle
celest zephyr
#

Cernak also

#

So like 5 mil left with 13 players signed

#

Not even 4.5 mill lol

#

Then about 10 mill with 12 guys still

#

Assuming they take back no salary

#

Lightning have been good for years but this is a massive hole they are digging

dim ledge
#

Out of all the sports hockey has by far the worst terms I swear bro

celest zephyr
#

Leafs have 2 mill left. Maybe sandin extension and then dumping kerfoot

#

Enough for two vet min guys but can’t see them not re-signing sandin

#

This is too risky. Guessing they are trying to see how much they have left for sandin but this risks him getting swiped by another team if they can’t afford to match the offer sheet

dim kettle
#

Hurricanes rn:

dim kettle
#

OMG! 🤣

celest zephyr
#

Lol rangers

dim kettle
#

Wait. 4x4 for Erik Gudbranson?! OMG LUL

dim kettle
robust grotto
robust grotto
dim kettle
celest zephyr
#

Question: Do most people from the US actually know that football/"soccer" is the biggest sport in the world? How popular is it? Is the Champions League for example well known and hyped?

robust grotto
#

How popular it is really boils down to where people live and what their nationality background is. I don’t think too many white Americans from Nebraska care about champions league but there are tons of people in urban centers that do

dim ledge
#

I'm sure there's a fringe minority who don't know the reach of it

#

But yeah most people are just memeing

#

UCL isn't as big here as like the world cup, even non footy fans will be glued to the TV for that, but if you like footy you'll prob follow UCL assuming your club is in it if you're stateside (I'm a stateside Liverpool fan from Greece)

simple seal
#

Last time (and idk if only) time a whole division ended .500 or better was the 2005 NL East

#

AL East rn on pace to more total wins

dim kettle
simple seal
#

Yeah

robust grotto
honest umbra
#
  1. dude was playing for a relegation team as the most talented player so he was heavily focused
#
  1. his team STILL missed sitters he put on a platter for them
#
  1. even then, his numbers was a winger were still decent
#
  1. he has flair for days
smoky fable
honest umbra
#

its not important but its fun to see as a fan

#

partly why neymar was so beloved in barcelona

#

brazilians are amazing

robust grotto
#

He’s a very fun player, don’t stress the stats. The team talent of Barca will help him a lot

honest umbra
#

we about to have some insane wingers lol

celest zephyr
#

Not a fan of the Atlantic division

#

At least the Sabres and habs still suck

smoky fable
#

Figured you’d say that

smoky fable
celest zephyr
#

Didn’t expect the floor to fall off that fast, but they also overperformed and lost key pieces either in free agency or basically retiring

silk notch
honest umbra
#

kessie is gonna be amazing

#

christensen too

#

think hes a bit underrated

dim kettle
silk notch
honest umbra
#

kounde + araujo would actually be the most athletic cb pairing in the world

#

who can dribble

#

though sometimes i feel like one of the two cbs should be a rugged stone

silk notch
#

Yall having a pretty good window while it takes utd a billion years to do any business

celest zephyr
#

Not that worried about the leafs. Pretty much lateral moves so far. D core is looking fine. Free agency in terms of UFAs is basically over since the leafs can’t afford a middle 6 forward. Guessing it’s Robertson right now or maybe kerfoot goes up to the second line and he’s on the third line

dim kettle
#

Goaltending is obviously gonna be the biggest problem here

#

Depends if Murray can stay healthy

celest zephyr
#

Yeah and the 4th line hopefully having some identity

#

And not just rolling guys out

robust grotto
#

Total gem

#

You had a beauty @proud coyote

#

I believe he wanted to be a Flyer but no GM in the league would budge to help PHI. Everyone knew PHI was desperate to free cap and here we are lol

celest zephyr
#

Peak leafs would be to dump a bunch of contracts to get him

robust grotto
#

Lol rangers too. Difference being the rangers and leafs aren’t scared of trading first rounders, clearly Philly is

short spindle
#

Martinez is going to be eaten alive by the likes of Mateta,Toney and DCL

#

Jesus dunkin on Martinez at Old Trafford to make it 4-0 before HT

dim ledge
#

Lol

robust grotto
#

Bro

#

He took less money to leave Calgary and he left money on the tables from the devils oh my god

#

Well Patrik Laine is getting traded

dim kettle
robust grotto
#

Isn’t he afraid of the cannon?? Lmao

dim kettle
#

Funny how I mentioned Columbus as a random example of a place players don't want to go to because they often provide nothing yesterday and then this happens.

#

I have to make sure there isn't a mob of Flame, Devils, and Isles fans at my front lawn. lol

robust grotto
#

My devil fans friends are inconsolable right now

robust grotto
dim kettle
rustic ore
#

It is ridiculous how good that man is at scouting talent

robust grotto
#

When Elmer Soderblom is the best net front presence in the league in a few years you’ll all remember wow Lunik was right

#

But I’m also very pro euro and love seeing that Yzerman trusts kids from Germany and Austria

dim kettle
#

Considering most of the core The Bolts have rn came from 2nd round picks to undrafted players, I honestly wouldn't doubt whatever Yzerman finds in the rough.

robust grotto
#

I’m so sorry @dim kettle

dim kettle
#

WTF

#

5x5 for Ryan Strome?

#

What, did Verbeek see Strome miss a gimmie in the ECF and thought he may get that chance back with the Ducks. Well, knowing how players on the Rangers do and after, it probably will happen. lol

robust grotto
#

It’ll probably work out bc Rangers BUT …. Man that’s rough

#

Free agency day really is the worst day of the year for GMs

dim kettle
#

I'm wondering if players even want to come to the Ducks easily if we had to pay 5 million to get Strome

robust grotto
#

Makes me feel a lot better for paying a few grand more for trocheck

dim kettle
#

At least there's still time for the Rangers to get Dylan Strome

robust grotto
#

and the youngest one who’s name I forget

#

Wonder if Dylan follows to ducks

dim kettle
#

I don't think the Ducks need another center.

#

LOLREDSOX again

robust grotto
#

But two stromes are better than one

dim kettle
#

If that was the case, Bowman would've been excited to have them together in Chicago.

robust grotto
#

Lmfao not wrong

celest zephyr
robust grotto
celest zephyr
#

It’s also desperation maybe since after the first day it’s just scraps left

robust grotto
#

Canadian media, everyone

robust grotto
celest zephyr
#

If I wake up tomorrow and sandin is on another team I am going to riot

#

Yeah true

#

Got to overpay even if no one else will do it

#

Canes have to be metro favourite at least now

#

Besides maybe Tampa favourite of the east

robust grotto
#

I genuinely hope for you guys to keep sandin

#

I was a firm believer it was time for him and Lilly

rustic ore
robust grotto
celest zephyr
#

Yeah it’s looking likely. Leafs have the cap space to. Maybe have to make a move depending on how cap space is calculated for the leafs

robust grotto
#

HES NOT CUT OUT FOR CALGARY!! HES ONLY BEEN THERE 8 YEARS AND WAS A TOP 10 PLAYER IN THE SPORT

celest zephyr
#

Think they do, since even if they bury some guys in the minors, they’d have to get guys making similar money on their active roster

dim kettle
celest zephyr
#

Unless it’s just ahl guys

#

Flames are finished

robust grotto
#

Will be interesting to see if Knies plays this season

celest zephyr
#

Eh really just kubel. Samsonov isn’t bad for what he’s getting paid but it’s still a risk

dim kettle
#

This is why the Flames should've blown it up last year. Instead, they just let Gaudreau walk with no return because the Flames are fucking stupid.

#

Don't care about how much they tried to keep him, they should've known this outcome.

celest zephyr
#

Gaudette is a fringe 4th liner to ahl guy

#

Tkachuk might be gone next year also

robust grotto
#

Nah flames did the right thing imo

#

Tkachuk is def getting traded now

#

But flames were a top team all season. Tough situation but idk, I think they did the right thing by going for it

celest zephyr
#

I mean how do you justify trading a top 5-10 player

#

Like the team trading the player rarely wins that

robust grotto
#

That’s how I feel too. Top goalie, good depth players. Nice C in Tkachuk

#

Idk, I don’t blame them at all

dim kettle
#

I just hate the fact, that I had a soft spot for this Flames core and it's going to shit

robust grotto
#

Only 1 team wins each year. Sports man. They can draft 15 times in the first round before finding a player like Johnny again smh. I’m with you on the core, I was a fan of the flames and made it vocal here

celest zephyr
#

They just shit the bed once they couldn’t stop mcdrai

dim kettle
#

They were shitting the bed against Dallas too. If Dallas had any sort of scoring, they'd be going to the second round instead of Calgary.

robust grotto
#

Speaking of Dallas I don’t think they signed anyone today??

#

Actually, Marchment

#

Islanders didn’t sign anyone of note. They need to fire Lou already ( pls don’t, I like this timeline )

dim kettle
#

Weren't they trying to make Matt Barzal happy or something like that. Oh, I know, HOW ABOUT PK SUBBAN, BECAUSE FORMER NJ DEVIL!

smoky fable
#

@robust grotto

#

there you go

dim kettle
#

5x6 for someone in his 30s. God, dodged a bullet.

#

Nikita Kucherov being the last of the Triplets next season be like:

rustic ore
#

I wish him well though, good dude

smoky fable
rustic ore
#

True

#

I'm not sure how good/bad the Devils have been lately but Palat is a + addition in my books for them

dim kettle
#

Devils are on the rise. It's just last year for them could be easy to explain as shit goaltending. Which the Devils hoped they fixed with getting Vanecek. Palat definitely makes them better. It's just, they better hope Palat doesn't decline in the next few years

simple seal
#

Red alert

#

The Orioles are over .500 lol

#

The duality of man

short spindle
#

PORNYY

#

Edu manning like 5 grills at the one time and not telling anyone what he's cookin

robust grotto
celest zephyr
#

Knicks about to trade 11 firsts for Donovan

robust grotto
#

or maybe that’s good? Idk my basketball knowledge is trash man

celest zephyr
#

its a joke because think they can theoretically do it

#

its tough tbh because with the gobert and murray trades the trade market is super inflated

#

mitchell is also an all star caliber talent, could be an all nba player if he excels with the knicks next season

#

good scorer, bad defender. think he sometimes has tunnel vision. not really much of a passer

#

he's also 25 so still has his prime in front of him, plus a rookie max extension without making an all nba team makes his contract smaller than a regular max player.

#

he'd definitely make the knicks at least a playoff caliber team for the rest of his contract,which is 3 years plus a player option

robust grotto
#

Ty for the analysis man

#

It’s sorta a Carmelo situation ( not comparing the actual player caliber ) where this is a player who WANTS to come here. His dad works for the Mets, he’s from the area, he’s seen in NY literally once a month without fail

celest zephyr
#

he made a backcourt of kemba and fournier into a somehow respectable defense. he definitely will though lol

smoky fable
celest zephyr
#

looks like it

#

burks-quickley or rj-quickley doesn't seem that good either

#

plus still playing fournier at the 3

smoky fable
#

Couldn’t score

celest zephyr
#

knights about to tank

#

canadiens type fall off just in two years not one

robust grotto
dim kettle
celest zephyr
#

leafs join also

#

leafs fanbase is peak misery. just watch some people think the floor is falling out and they'll finish with a top 8 record in the league again

robust grotto
#

I’ve always felt he’s a decent GM tbh

celest zephyr
#

looks like it

#

if only dubas wasn't just sitting there sigh

#

he's supposed to be a genius, yet has just made lateral moves. personally don't care that much about boosh or mihkeyev leaving

#

maybe could have asked them to stay or tried to sign them, but that's all just conjecture and don't really know if other gms were already talking by then

dim kettle
#

I love the fact that the moment Eugene dies, the Sens let the checkbook open. Reminds me when Bill Wirtz dead and the Blackhawks suddenly looked like a different team.

celest zephyr
#

got to try to become competitive. think the team is getting sold soon

#

unless the estate or whoever is running it wants to keep it going

celest zephyr
#

huh kase got signed by the canes

#

ah well leafs couldn't afford to pay him that.

dim kettle
#

Well, the PG Era is over for the WWE.

simple seal
#

14 years, whew

rustic ore
#

Ty God

#

Now you can finally stop hand cuffing your writers and talent with how far they can push the envelope

dim kettle
#

Funny enough, it will end just a few days before it begun.

#

It's gonna be so nice to see blood again on WWE television.

short spindle
rustic ore
haughty moss
honest umbra
#

yea

#

suns aint matching that

celest zephyr
#

yeah they aren't

#

that's one piece out of the way

honest umbra
#

so hows KD gonna go there now?

celest zephyr
#

well they weren't going to be able to take ayton in anyways

#

unless they moved ben

#

his contract really restricts who they can get back

honest umbra
#

yea

#

but 3 team trade i think

#

was possible

celest zephyr
#

it was but idk guess it never worked out

rustic ore
#

Sheesh

celest zephyr
#

plus ayton obviously would have had to agree to be traded to some team

#

which would have had to find a way to afford him

honest umbra
#

this tells me KD isnt out of brooklyn yet

celest zephyr
#

nah he's not getting moved

versed forge
#

Who are the suns getting 👀

#

Is Kd out of the table now

honest umbra
#

yea

#

its over

dim kettle
#

Sun fans rn:

haughty moss
#

lmao

#

ain't looking good rn

smoky fable
#

But yeah, if that goes through, he won’t be in it.

versed forge
#

Rip

#

Cp0 and the suns in shambles

smoky fable
#

It’s pressure

versed forge
#

I see makes sense

silk notch
dim kettle
haughty moss
honest umbra
#

but it is what it is

haughty moss