Gavin

That is insane. Then again players usually ask for the moon in arbitration.

It's the same with AAPL when everyone was clamoring for dividends with all of their extra cash lying around. I own AAPL stock as well, and am a little wary of their earnings next week. Either way, I can't complain too much about a 16% pop from Google. As Ice Cube so eloquently puts it, "today was a good day."

Google, om nom nom nom.

Can you really say this is a bad move? What else were you expecting? With tagging being an issue next year, the Ducks couldn't load up on UFAs. Also this UFA class was rather weak, considering Beleskey was a top UFA.

Has anyone been to Vegas recently? They have nutlike billboards on the 15 saying something like "bring hockey to Vegas". Vegas is putting the full court press on getting a team there.

How sick was that trade for Arizona? They got a first and a somewhat decent D prospect for Vermette who ends up signing back with AZ in the offseason. That's pretty Damon good asset management. Cory, you're right. He never wanted to leave the org, but that's still a fantastic turnaround for the yotes.

Yeah it was brashear. McSorely wasn't a saint, we both know that. Either way it seems more like GB was joking than anything else.

Do you really want to go down that road with someone like McSorely crushing a dudes head with his hockey?

His cap hit is 4.6. He's only owed 2.5M.

Is it the beans or the frank?Apparently I can't post the YouTube vid from "there's something about Mary".

Alexis Andrea

Nando, don't worry about Eklund. He makes up shit all of the time. That being said, I wouldn't mind if he was right. Sekera looked solid with the Kings.

https://mobile.twitter.com/CraigCustance/status/612330029406638080

Good website with a glossary to help with advanced hockey stats: http://war-on-ice.com

Sorry. I didn't see this response. He's 21 so he's bound to make mistakes. Scott Niedermayer didn't break out until his mid 20s. Lindholm was picked at six in 2012, while some have said that he now should've easily been picked in the top five (others have even said first overall). As for that one guy, he isn't alone: http://espn.go.com/blog/nhl/post/_/id/37072/hampus-lindholm-playing-with-veteran-poise-for-ducks From last year: http://articles.latimes.com/2014/mar/22/sports/la-sp-ducks-lindholm-20140323 Dude is a special player. I hope he's here for a long, long time.

If Stoner is traded and Wiz is not then the pairing would have to be shuffled to something like: Lindholm-Beauch(assuming he resigns)/Wiz Fowler-Wiz (I liked Despres here better) Despres-Vatanen That puts Despres back on his natural side. I think the Wiz hate is a little unwarranted. He was hurt coming in and looked slower, even compared to earlier in the season. Stoner isn't good enough to play his off side and it would be dumb to put Wiz on the left considering he has a cannon and is most effective on the right.

Not trying to be the Kings hater as a Ducks fan but two things: 1) they aren't that loaded on the farm http://www.hockeysfuture.com/team-rankings/fall-team-rankings-2014-15/page/2 Yes, I know they just won the Calder cup, but that doesn't mean they have the most talent (particularly young talent). 2) Prospects won't help alleviate the cap crunch unless they're good enough to replace current roster players. Looking at their prospects and roster, I don't see a true impact player that would replace the Kings higher priced players.

http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Azor_Ahai It's not a fact, but it'd be cool.

It's really not. Both teams sucked for a while, drafted well, and managed their assets skillfully (locking up their core while acquiring complimentary players along with a few top talents). Both teams are in a bit of trouble cap-wise. I actually think the Kings are a little worse-off than the Hawks. The Brown and Richards contracts look borderline unmovable. I know Brown is actually contributing, but 5.75 for a 20 point player is pretty ugly. The Hawks can unload Sharp, who was largely unproductive in the playoffs, and Bickell. It'll be interesting to see what happens with the two bigger RFAs for both teams in Toffoli and Saad.

The more I think about the roster the more I think little will change. Beauch might be gone (but really he wasn't bad until the Hawks series), Bels is almost definitely gone, and the former will have a significant bearing on the whole Wiz situation. The biggest move I could see being made is Vats being traded for a top 6 LW, but that's unlikely. That being said they were one win away from the SCF, have a very young D core, and still have a few years of great play from Getz and Perry. I'm more confident about this team going into next season than I was going into this season.

Kbbq is great to consume but not to excrete. Especially when you add beer and crown royal (not at the same time) into the equation.

Be nice guys. His girlfriend might get mad and tell on you. Also, congrats Cory! I heard she just got her drivers license. Now you don't have to pick her up after school anymore.

That's true. But after watching the game again, the Ducks had chances to change it up like the Hawks did. Thay being said the linesmen let the Hawks centers cheat big time on the draw. I've never seen so many false draws without anyone getting thrown out of the face off.

Absolutely agree. Somehow coach Q won the matchup game on the road putting the Toewes line on against Getz. Kesler had shit him down all series. It makes absolutely no sense to me.

https://mobile.twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/608791506653069312 For all who were pissed at Getz... Dude has a sports hernia.