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(drama aside) kovy has certainly aged, I remember how absolutely electric he was every time he touched the ice... if thats not a generational player in our sport i dont know what is. he was certainly lost a step, everything happens for a reason.

right... unfortunately I hate to say it but, for a team that has gotten 2 first overalls in 3 years.... seems like the 1oas around us have been much more significant of players.

is what it is, hard to complain when we've won it twice in 3 years... have to wonder how their fans felt when we hit it a 2nd time. besides, sure seems like none of the 1oa's in the past few years have really turned out to be all that so far anyway.

in other news, just to point out a stat that I just saw televised, this is kovys first playoff game since 2012..almost like he never left the devils all along.

of course, I'm sure he's not going to be a Kane. those don't exactly grow on trees. but it would be awesome if he did end up developing into that.

time will tell, I'm hoping he ends up being a Patrick Kane. this season should show an improvement if not ill be concerned.

uhh... anyone else put on NBCSN to watch the game and they have American ninja warrior on... what the fvck is this.

excited to finally have not only hockey back, but playoff hockey. Still can't get used to the no fan thing though, no crowd noise..its just weird.

all three of these guys were being brought here on a gamble. PK was showing to be trending down and Simmonds had a poor season the year prior but there was some upside belief that he could bounce back and there probably weren't a ton of options. Gusev definitely had/has some growing pains if we remember he was a healthy scratch several games. You have to work with the options you have, bringing in all three of these players were all smart moves that were only going to benefit the team if they worked out.

theres no way he doesn't explore free agency at this point. Plus, I can't help myself but to bring it up.. I still just do not understand how there was never any type of offer made to him from this organization. Blows my mind.

it would suck to move him, I've lost a lot of faith in the management of this team..you know being since we don't really have any at the moment. The offseason for this franchise can't come soon enough

calm down guy, Brooklyn isn't even that far it would just cause most of us inconvenience having a longer drive.

ray probably got frustrated and said fvck this sh!t I'm out!

I don't get it, I didn't think he was doing a bad enough job to be fired but who knows. Im still confused with the fact that we apparently didn't even "try" to offer hall a new contract..

well agree to disagree, at this point in his career I don't see 7M ... he was given that to get a deal done and retain him with the hope that he would end up earning that... Hall is on a 6M deal, Nico is not a 7M player. Inflated contract to keep the player.