I get why it's beneficial to get rid of the contract. A first just seems a steep price to pay when desperate to acquire cost-controlled talent.

1 hour ago, gotbeer said:

Ok, post lottery draw discussion.

If Kesler is done.  Like hip replacement, retire from the NHL.  Should the Ducks trade the #20 pick to say Ottawa to get rid of Kesler's cap hit?  That would save the Ducks $6.875 million in cap over the next 3 years.  

That seems drastic. I know putting a player on the LTIR(etirement) isn't the equivalent of wiping the contract out completely, but shouldn't it give the team enough flexibility to work around it?

Source close to Todd McLellan says the free-agent coach has not yet made his decision. Remains very much interested in both the L.A. and Buffalo opportunities. McLellan slated to meet with Sabres brass today. Kings, meanwhile, remain hopeful they can get him. We'll see.

— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) April 10, 2019

6 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

I still say it's a mistake.  Especially the 5 year part.  2 + 1, ok, might be worth the gamble.  But 5?  

The team is going to suck for multiple seasons regardless of coaching. You aren't going to get a decent coach without paying in advance for years 3-5. I'm just surprised he didn't take the Buffalo job. They are already well into respectability. 

5 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

I am scared that the NHL rigged the lottery for NY/NJ teams.

Rob Blake will screw up the 5th pick royally!

R.I.P. Kings as an NHL force.

If it makes you feel better, the Kings will have a great chance at the #1 pick again next April.

BREAKING: Barring a last-minute snag, Todd McLellan is on track to become the next coach of the Los Angeles Kings.
Official announcement could come as early as today.

My understanding is McLellan has accepted the role in principle, final touches are being put on a 5-year deal.

— Dennis Bernstein (@DennisTFP) April 10, 2019

3 hours ago, gotbeer said:

Might be a blessing if you don't get Todd Maclellan.  I mean, with all that talent on the Oilers, and they still suck.  Plus a 5 year contract is insane for someone that doesn't have a track record.

3 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

If they hire MacLellan, than Rob Blake is truly not GM material and is then making Dave Taylor look like Dean Lombardi.

I would then be scared at who Blake took with that lottery pick.

3 hours ago, Tank said:

those are exactly the arguments i would have used.

major PASS on this guy. he's done nothing of note.

The Oilers problem isn't with the coaching...  They are just the scapegoats for the bigger issue  Maclellan is a hell of a coach. Got upper management who can't assemble a whole team and players (not name McDavid) who think the league is just a big party.  Maclellan would have been a nice pick up but really the team just needs a teacher without an ego who can teach the kids during this rebuild and keep morale from cratering. 

Just now, gotbeer said:

Look, Chicago, Rangers, and Devils get the top 3.  Imagine that.  Fixed.

Considering the results were leaked twenty minutes ago

LEAKED IMAGE: NJD, NYR AND CHI TOP 3 pic.twitter.com/49qpm9eSHN

— Jeppo (@cloutkaniemi) April 10, 2019

Should we just save this thread for when this becomes actual news?

20 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

I don’t understand why anyone has any faith that if any genuinely damning information exists it will ever come out or matter.  Barr is and has been a Trump surrogate.  He was an unsolicited constant critic of the mueller investigation before he was AG.  And we’re to believe this mans justice department is going to act in any way that will threaten the president ? Moreover, The Republicans in Congress, who control a chamber have shown no willingness to challenge Trump on anything.  Honestly stop it.  It’s all pointless.  The investigation ran its course.  That’s it. 

Trumps disgusting administration is constantly working to immiserate regular people.  Constantly lying about everything.  This new attempt to go after healthcare is a fuc*king gift on a golden platter.  They’re literally trying to funnel nuclear tech to the Saudis.  That’s just in the last week.  And so many of these  idiots just can’t bring themselves to target that shit.  It’s infuriating.  

You're starting to sound as cynical as me. I do worry about some of the good people left at DOE who are being put in uneviable positions.

22 hours ago, Rico said:

 

Money Laundering 

Hard to pin anything specific on Trump since this is going on in so many places. 

Such as

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/may/25/how-britain-let-russia-hide-its-dirty-money

I mean I’d bet on it... but it’s not really that simple.

12 minutes ago, RallyMo said:

Train? YOU HAD ONE JOB, DAMN IT. 

You really want to see Trump running a train?

Just now, calscuf said:

I’ve got a folder of gay black men getting blown I could share and then we’d be so deep inside the inception time would basically stop (or was that Interstellar?)

If I was to be frozen in a quantum rupture of time and space at least I'd have those gifs to consume for eternity.

@calscufI'm have a moment of inception since you post a pic of a guy's mind being blown while my mind is being blown that you posted a gif of a dude that wasn't a Hispanic

8 minutes ago, Taylor said:

True. But we can't discount the fact that there is a systemic unfairness when it comes to African-Americans being tried in our court system.

Yeah. However it's hard to separate how much of it is economic and how much is racial. To compound this we then have to separate how much of the economic aspect is itself racial based.

2 hours ago, gotbeer said:

Trump Administration Says Entire Affordable Care Act Should Be Repealed

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

It's unfortunate that white people are so marginalized in our court system, while African-Americans tend to get off scot-free.

Rich privilege > white privilege.  I mean yeah they damn near overlap but it's still accurate.

2 hours ago, Lhalo said:

Your joke sucked balls anyway.

He has a consistency truly to be admired.

1 minute ago, Rico said:

Trump hasn't tweeted in 24 hours.  

It’s like he doesn’t want to distract the masses for a reason. In the greater scheme of things...that fucking sucks.

15 hours ago, Rico said:

We'll never know because WhatsApp deletes all evidence. That is why mobsters use the app to communicate. 

Telegram would have been a better choice.

1 hour ago, Rico said:

I just want to say I have full faith in Robert Mueller and I will accept whatever his findings are.

Now, lets see the full report. 

I admire your consistency, even if investigation's dubious nature and unlikely independence has been obvious since the beginning. 

4 hours ago, Vegas Halo Fan said:

Because he wouldn't always toe the party line? God forbid that a Senator have independent thought and do what he believes is right rather than what the party bosses want.

You really believe McCain of all people personified that? His "independence" was all hype. 

Though the current perspective of McCain by those that oppose Trump certainly shows Trump's power to manipulate. Anything his opposes they will support. I bet if his said that he hated Arbys, he could make their clientele overnight resemble Starbucks.

58 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Me neither. 

There is just something...unnerving about it. 

I'm not a fan of this thread.

2 minutes ago, True Grich said:

The deal isn't official yet...

Watch the deal fall apart because Trout doesn't get the parking spot he feels he deserves.