That hurt to hear last night. Watched the Mayday call last night in his honor

​@@seanragsdale5636I did that today when I heard. Watched the OT goal by Afinogenov on game 5 vs the Rangers in 07 too

AYOOO WHAT

As a lifelong Sabres fan, thank you for this comment. ❤

He was an excellent announcer. I'm sorry to hear that

Definitely a blow to the Leafs' current prospect pool. Hopefully they can replace the void left behind by it.

@@grahamdamberger7130he was their best forward prospect at the time of his diagnosis. Doubt it, he’s the highest pick they’ve had since drafting Matthews.

21 is way too goddamn young. Fuck cancer.

He was born at this century, still hard to believe, I did lose my grandfather early this year due to cancer too, but this is a blow that will be hard to recover for everyone involved, my prayers to them

ME TOO😭😭

He’s a very good GM, has improved immensely since his initial Toronto days. I think he was given the reins a bit too early, but he’s def grown and I think letting him walk is going to be another in a long list of decisions that will haunt the leafs.

His new core 4!

@@amsro9094 ehhh, the core four thing was always overhyped by media. Acting like Rielly wasn’t a core piece of the team is dumb as hell, especially when he’s making more than Willy. I think this past season was the best chance they’ll ever get with this group, with Matthews and Nylander needing new deals, and Marner due the year after (thanks Kyle!). I expected ROR to leave and honestly I’m more upset they didn’t match what Acciari got in PGH. If they’d played the bruins like they planned, or if they’d actually bothered to play in game 3 or gotten competent officiating, who knows what might have happened. As is, I’m expecting a down year compared to the last 3 seasons, but they’ll probably still win the division with how much the teams around them have lost. Fuck I hate this team so much lmao

@@Pikabo0 that is exactly what I liked about dubas. Even tho he made mistakes, it seemed that he learned from them. I could see his improvement as a GM as the seasons went on. I was sad to see him go from the leafs D:

It felt like a fever dream, still havent got a clue how he conned 3 awful contracts, a 10 protected 1st rounder in an average draft class. and a run of the mill average backup into one of the best offensive defensemen of this generation.

RIP to Leafs hero Bobby Baun too, excellent career featuring one of the most legendary goals of the Original Six era

​@@AvsJoeThat's why this offseason is always a fucking disaster when people die.

Very sad nick

@@RJ-ht5jl Who's Nick?

@@dannythomas417 NO ITS.RICK

It's a reload if anything. Pasta, McAvoy, Lindholm, Zacha, and Marchand are all still here, and they have $30mil in cap next year

It should be looked as the biggest choke in NHL history

I wouldn’t use that word until both of their goalies aren’t on the team

Zacha as a 1C. Lol. I can tell you from experience that won’t work.

@@tehbeernerd he didn’t have a player the caliber of David Pastrnak on his line in NJ

Ryan reavas

Or both

knowing tree, it will age horribly.

This is just the free agency recap. How would this age poorly,

@@JarradBruessel32 seriously, why are people so dumb on YT

And Rocky Wirtz

For real damnnnn

Do AI GM's also trade away all the young players that the team sucked for years to get? 🙄

​@unoriginalandrew who did we trade young that we sucked for? The youngish guys that have been traded (Hronek, Lindstrom, Zadina) were not only Holland picks, but either severely underperforming or was on the way out either way

​@@unoriginalandrewzadina wanted out, lindstrom is trash. Hronek wants to be paid more than we wanted to pay him.

Welcome to the EA era, baby, ask FIFA how it is

Sad part is we brought in Fisher and he does everything Zadina does and a bit better then him

Sen vice city too

well rip Rick too died 😭😥

😫😭😭 DUDE ME TOO

Surely, nothing can go wrong for a top flight Russian player once his KHL contract runs out

the pens are where the sharks were when he signed that ridiculous contract. an old team with no prospects aging out of playoff contention and only getting worse. he hasn't played a single playoff game on that contract and might not do so for the rest of it.

​@@doaftheloafgood luck, we all knew that was a bad contract from the gm. Least we still will have a bunch of cap space in coming years.

@@ColonizerChan far as I’m concerned, my team won that deal. I’m a habs fan. we got rid of hoffman and pitlick for actual assets. so far, desmith, lindstrom, a 2nd, and a 4th. each one of those pieces is more than hoffman or pitlick is worth.

Sharks need to trade Couture and Hertl now go full rebuild

No idea what that means but I agree with the conclusion

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@@humblelad In the anime Dragon Ball Z Frieza is the main villain of the Namek Saga and that section has been criticized heavily for being stretched out and taking forever to finish, that's what he's comparing it too.

There's no way... Your mind is right

I love Treeeeeeeee

WELL YEAH IM THE KRAKEN FANS

Yeah me too

The absolute goat

rest in peace rick

She is that what I'm talking about

Habs rebuild is very interesting. I think Dach still has potential… if he can stay healthy. Probably got another 2-3 years in the basement unfortunately:(

In tanking

@@therealjaystone2344so it’s either a cup or 2 1st overall picks? I see that is an absolute win

THE F U C K I N G PENGUINS

​@@NoName-gw9mnI read that in bruce banners voice.

Buckle up, Bitches!@@NoName-gw9mn

Lol

to be fair kane is recovering from surgery and probably wont sign with a team until later this season as a result.

ITS OK GUYS

Holl was inconsistent at best, pretty bad at worst.

I mean Holl was absolutely awful at times, but maybe that was a confidence issue, I still think he's a 7th D man at best though

Seriously, like all we heard was "lol sharks Grier waited too long and is too greedy with the retained salary you're gonna get a 3rd rounder for him and like it." then Grier gets a 1st AND only a fraction retained salary WITH guys that we might be able to flip at the deadline for more assets and now its "lol sharks underwhelmed again." like what more do you want from him? this was EK65's first healthy season in *years* people were leery taking on all that salary on the high likelihood that it's an outlier season. And with the dead cap from burns, Vlasic's dead weight contract, as well as cooch and Tomas taking up a big chunk having that much cap flexibility is huge. Grier's biggest task is fixing our awful cap situation and he's doing a solid job.

no, you ate shit. if you were going to deal away a 100 point dman AND take on all those shit contracts, you needed to talk pittsburgh out of a significant prospect like pickering as well as the 1st. even a 2nd rounder would have been fine. but as the deal stands, grier lost his ass.

@@jameswatson8387To be fair, the Sharks really didn't get a 1st for Karlsson. The first was the price for taking on the bad contracts, not for Karlsson. The trade definitely could've been worse but it's definitely mediocre.

It was the same reaction fans gave Ottawa when that trade happend and look how that played out… I’m a big EK65 fan and Sharks fan but there’s no guarantee that he stays healthy… there’s also a chance the Pens fall off like the Sharks did and it could end up a lottery pick in 2025 as the best outcome…

@@MajinBuu91 ottawa got norris and the pick that became stutzle.

For real

I want to see how Lyon progresses in Grand Rapids, was really hoping Yzerman was going to grab Halleybuck.

​@@JaredLS10Lyon is a 31 year old journeyman lmfao. He is what he is.

@@JarradBruessel32 true, but I feel like Reimer is washed-up. Hopefully he proves me wrong.

@@JaredLS10yeah but either way we r fucked of husso goes down cossa still is at least 2 years out

holl was having trouble keeping his job in toronto. why would he be any better in detroit? 3.4 with a m-ntc. wtf? as for murphy, he was a hall of fame dman. they're not even comparable. they're not even the same kind of player. 5.1x5 for compher? that's 2m more than he's worth. congrats, you got another 3C for your 2C hole. good enough player, but not worth the contract and not a good fit for the role he's being asked to fill. yzerman's very good at the other parts of his job but when it comes to free agency he's jim benning. we'll see if debrincat gives a shit this year. if he doesn't, he's just a defensive liability.

LOVE OF GOD.

happy birthday demonhippo

@@theforbiddensauce Thanks Sauce!

we get a 2nd, a 4th, a young dman, and whatever we get when we trade desmith, all from two players we thought we'd have to pay to jettison.

She did yes sir

if only he were good at it.

Add to that the Giants being good again. One hopes. But thankfully, LOLMETS is eternal, which brings me back to earth.

The Yankees are their own brand of pain too!

All he needed to do was get vaccinated and his career wouldn't have been ruined. Now, he just lost himself a Stanley Cup because of he bought into anti-vax conspiracy theories.

he's rather shit at free agency. chiarot, copp, holl, compher. 18.875m for the next 3 years.

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Its ok were safe its ok

OH SHIT CRAP

So much player movement in the League, anything like this is super-useful to get a few names in the bag offseason; and I say this as a longtime fan still trying to grasp how I feel about notable players, and then they've already moved 2x, 3x...

For real reason why I do from my homework from money

I hope so I was playing hockey next preseason on september yes

The problem Sean is that this was the draft to tank in. That isn't to say the other drafts are bad, the next three all look to have very good players in them. The problem is Bedard and Michkov are just on another level than anybody who goes 1st overall in 2024 and 2025.

If my math is correct the sharks will have about 25-28 mil in cap space next season given no trades or extensions thru this upcoming year

@@Shadow12aven Hoping the Pens finish bottom 10 this year so the 1st gets pushed back to 2025 and then they completely fall off the map in 2025 and the Sharks grab Michael Misa. After that the Sharks finish last and get a top 3 pick this year (Celebrini, Eiserman, or Demidov all look very promising, and there are several good defensemen coming up right after them). There's been some discussion about Demidov being better than Michkov as well. From the Daily Faceoff: "Some scouts think Demidov will be better than Michkov. My opinion? It’s definitely close, but I’m not making that determination in the middle of August. And you shouldn’t either. It’s also really easy to overvalue a prospect playing preseason games in the summer when the North American leagues aren’t even close to training camp." I'm also looking forward to 2026 where Bedard's cousing Gavin McKenna is an early favorite to go first overall. Obviously he's still very young but in the same leagues he's put up better numbers than Bedard did. Yeah, I'm not a super optimistic Sharks fan.

@@jonmendelson1104You know what you’re talking about and it’s refreshing seeing people look beyond the current season of this trade… baffles me fans think the Sharks traded for the now, but they traded for the future!

Lol me too

He'll be trading them in a few years for more 30+ year old 'veterans'.

@@unoriginalandrew overreaction much

​@@clubpenguin13531the guy has no idea what he is talking about lol. He thinks lindstrom was good

I’m surprised he even bothered to go over us

Goalies are still good, defense is still stout… but that offense, woof.

First in the Atlantic