HaloCory22

Lock and load...

Nate said it best. He's pretty much exactly what Simmons is. A great glove (minus some of Simmons' range) and a below average bat.

Dodgers probably have the best to offer. Urias, De Leon, Stripling, Holmes, Bellinger, Barnes, Pederson etc. etc. Obviously you don't trade Trout but damn wouldn't that be quite haul?

This was a nice kick to the balls. Heaney should get it done too. Try and possibly salvage 2017 (then again was it ever salvageable?)

I want him just to see what AO nicknames him.

I just went from 6 to 12.

Its worth a try.

Ramsay is the best. He steps up his game every episode. Its awesome.

Someone brought up the idea of Chris Pronger for head coach. I would entertain that idea.

Bob just finished up the press conference about Bruce. He ripped the Twins and he sounds pissed off about them. I love it! Hope he rips them a new asshole in player meetings on Saturday.

Can't wait to see Yawney or Walrus leading us to the promise land... This is gonna suck. But hey! Rumors of Sutter getting canned are floating around...

Dumbest thing they could've done.

I don't want Getzlaf to be the captain but to say not having a C on his jersey will make him shoot the puck more is silly.

Again, not anywhere near confident that he's much of an improvement though. A team that's this talented shouldn't be left to chance with their coach. Gotta go with the for sure coach.

TC, again... Answer me this. Who takes the job? There's literally no one.

Bruce put the best lineups out on the ice and managed them to the best of his ability with what he was given. How is it his fault this team failed to rally behind Gibby in Games 1 and 2 and in Game 6? You act as if he's just sitting there eating a cheeseburger and not doing anything. Let me ask you this. Who replaces him? There are no available coaches out there with anywhere near the resume of Bruce. Just like earlier in the season when everyone wanted him fired. Guess what? He's the best option. Until the core of this team grows a pair, we aren't going to win a Cup no matter the coach. There's only so much a coach can do. Players have to get it done.

Shaw made $2 this season. Chicago wants to stay there or even lower. They have Panarin coming up on RFA next season and a few others as well. It'll definitely have to be Manson, Montour, Larsson. Fowler makes too much even for his team friendly deal to entice Chicago.

VLL just agreed with me on Getz/Perry. Clearly, I'm wrong on this now. I take back what I said. In all seriousness though, neither of them will ever get traded nor should they. We just gotta hope they somehow find that it factor when it matters.

I posted this on Twitter and I can see this happening. Ducks trading for Andrew Shaw. He would be a HUGE pickup for us. Scores like crazy in the playoffs, he's physical, and plays the game hard. Chicago needs cost controlled Defense. We have Manson, Montour, Larsson available to trade. I'm calling this trade right now.

The thing is, you don't need the best players to win. You just need the ones who will actually show up and do their job. I mean look at the teams left in the playoffs. Some of the depth players are stepping up and going nuts. Scoring goals at will. Some guys just know how to win. IF we had the chance to dump Perry or Getzlaf's contract on a team and get maybe just a pick or a player out of it, I'd consider that a win. Addition by subraction. Build around others. Sign other FAs with the saved money. Easier said than done and a lot has to fall into place for sure though. I do think Fowler gets shipped out though. We can get a pretty damn good deal for him. I've also thought Vatanen would for sure be gone but he played very well. It wouldn't surprise me if he stays.

Hate to say I told you so, Bob... but I ****ing told you so. We will never win a Cup so long as Getzlaf and Perry are the core of this team. Talented as hell but no clutch factor or determination factor when it counts. You can't place this on Bruce entirely. Reading some of the arguments in here calling for his firing is quite laughable. Sure, he's not the best coach in the league and some stuff you can argue is on him but this is all on the players. When you have guys like Despres and Fowler sucking it up game in and game out along with a rookie Theodore, things aren't going to go well. I can't count how many times I saw Fowler fumble a puck at the blue line and have it leave the zone. He was BAD. Not Despres/Theodore bad but ****ing bad. Kesler and Garbutt were honestly the only two damn forwards that showed up in this series. hampus and Sami on the D side were the only consistent blue line pairing. Getzlaf and Perry tho. **** them. They need to go. Like I said, I truly believe we will never get over this hump with those two running the show in Anaheim. Unfortunately, they're 31, have NMCs, and will never waive it most likely. We're screwed with these two.

I'm okay with that. IF they actually pull a rabbit out of their asses I'll spend that money on next round.

They've already done that. This would be #4.

They could be free and I wouldn't go.

Don't blame me. Blame their shit work ethic and inability to win a big game.