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NHL 2019-20 #1: Where Toronto Plans To Win Without Playing Defense.

FadeToBlack&Gold said:
Maybe get Cam Talbot here on a reasonable mid-term deal? He's used to seeing a lot of rubber and grew up a few hours away in Caledonia.
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Look like Stevie Y and I had the same idea, but Talbot is going to the Wild instead for basically the same 3-yr/$3.75m AAV deal I'd have offered (maybe slight overpayment).

Markstrom to Calgary would eliminate another option I expected the Wings to kick the tires on, but losing him to a contending team that will overpay him doesn't surprise me.

Holtby to Vancouver to fill the gap Markstrom is leaving. Lots of goalie options now off the table.
 
FadeToBlack&Gold said:
Looks like it's Greiss. Lass uns Rote Flügel gehen!

Maybe they'll be a .500 team this season.
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I just did a quick spin through CapFriendly looking at goaltending on NHL teams. That said, let's get real ...

Can the Blackhawks finally cut a deal with VGK to get MA Fleury?
CHI is about the only team, roster or dollars, that can make that happen.

And there's no way CHI is going with Delia and PK's little brother as their duo.


VGK has two 2021 second round picks (VGK and NJD).
VGK will probably have to give up both of those and retain at least half of MAF's contract just to get out of cap purgatory.
 
No, wait ...

CHI should deal with WAS for a goalie.

Then CHI could end up with Samsonov and Delia in net.


OK, OK, ... weak attempt. I'll show myself out ...


Remember: I'm the guy who said Brad Bombardir needed a defense partner named Pilot. --> Pilot to Bombardir, ... bombs away! :D
 
Coyotes dropped their draft pick after finding out he bullied and assaulted a black, developmentally disabled kid in Ohio. Now UND hockey has kicked him off the hockey team.

there are reports the guy continued to harass the victim for two years after the court case. Given that it went to court, und likely knew what he did, sounds like they were ok with it until the coyotes dropped him like a rock and it got out. If this stuff was hidden, how did the coyotes find out so fast?
 
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Deutsche Gopher Fan said:
Coyotes dropped their draft pick after finding out he bullied and assaulted a black, developmentally disabled kid in Ohio. Now UND hockey has kicked him off the hockey team.

there are reports the guy continued to harass the victim for two years after the court case. Given that it went to court, und likely knew what he did, sounds like they were ok with it until the coyotes dropped him like a rock and it got out
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I'm not certain that's 100% true with respect to UND, although I don't know for certain.

This has been a topic rolling around on siouxsports since at least June, I think, and has been known by the college hockey programs for quite awhile. But I think what was known was this. He was 14 when he committed the horrific act. He went through the juvenile system in Ohio, which probably didn't exact that significant of a punishment. But as far as I can tell, from that point forward (including his time with the USA development program) he had a pretty clean record.

My reaction back in June was, all things being equal, the program didn't really need the distraction. However, I am also a person who believes that when someone, especially a juvenile, commits a bad act, even when it's really bad as this one was, you don't just discard that human being. Some effort has to be made to permit the actor to rehabilitate themselves. So ultimately I concluded that I wasn't going to necessarily be critical of the program for giving him a shot, but the kid had better be on an extremely short leash. If he's caught jaywalking on University Avenue, he's out.

Then, as I understand it, the kid was drafted by the Coyotes. The victims mother then sent the Coyotes a letter in which she talked about the impact on her son, but also indicated that there had been additional instances in the last two years where Miller had bullied the victim.

The Coyotes then cut Miller loose, and today UND did the same.

Now, I don't know if UND, or the Coyotes for that matter, based their decisions on the information provided in the letter from the mother, or if that information was already known or available. If the information was out there or known, obviously UND and the Coyotes should have never given him a shot. Continuing conduct, after he was punished, voids his chance at rehabilitation (at least for now).

On the other hand, if reasonable due diligence didn't reveal anything other than the initial act, then my view is that I'm not going to be critical of the initial decision, but this is the risk you take when you give someone like this a chance.
 
Makes sense, and so the reports of the continued harassment may be true, and yikes.

I edited my response to ask how the coyotes found out, and I think you addressed that.

I agree kids can’t be punished their whole lives for one mistake, but sounds like this twat didn’t actually Learn and continued to harass.

Harassing developmentally disabled kids is just...wow
 
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