I thought I'd miss Saad more but I haven't really thought about him til you brought him up. I miss Sharp though.

If they dump Garbut then they gave sharp away for the cap space.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

They're really playing well. It's really fun to watch them.

I'm ready to see Ryan Hartman, and more importantly, not see Ryan Garbutt. Just waive him and pray someone wants him for some reason.

I wouldn't be so sure about Panarin winning ROTY nor would I be enthusiastic. In case you forgot, a big part of the cap trouble in 2011 was Toews winning the Conn Smythe, with both he and Kane hitting major performance bonuses. Panarin, despite being 24, is on an ELC and thus would get a performance bonus for winning the Calder, which would mean dead cap space next year. Aside from that, the feeling that I'm getting is that voters are looking for any way to give it to Dylan Larkin of the Red Wings instead, who is putting up slightly lower numbers at age 19. People are heralding Larkin's superior +/-, as blatant a grasp at straws as there's ever been because everyone in 2016 knows +/- is a horseshit statistic, especially for forwards. In addition to already being 24 and playing with Kane, people are indeed mad that the Blackhawks could be so charmed as to get the rookie of the year, but then they're arguing against a charmed franchise by arguing for a Red Wing...?

Panarin will have to win the rookie scoring race decisively, like say 15+ points, to win the Calder. And don't rule out McDavid having a dynamite return from injury and voters wanting to give it to him for "overcoming adversity," again, straws. As it stands, he's up ten points on Larkin and Domi (do not forget about him, by the way) and 12 up on Eichel.

Funny you guys are worried about a guy being good because of the impact on the cap and yet complain about other bad players. How about we just cheer for the guys to be great and worry about the cap later? No cap problems means crappy team. The Hawks seem to figure it out each year.

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Isn't it pretty cool and amazing that the Hawks are gonna have the rookie of the year?

I mean they've drafted late for the last 6 or 7 years. Best team in hockey over that span. Yet they have the best rookie this year. Not the garbage teams with the high picks. Pretty impressive. Give credit to Bowman.

Trae Young will be a bust. Book It!

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

By the way, while everyone talks about Kane winning the MVP and Panarin ROTY, let's not lose sight of how Duncan Keith is stealthily having yet another Norris-calibre season.

The victims are the American People and the Republic itself.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Penguins passed on yeastmode. Maybe they now regret that?

Trae Young will be a bust. Book It!