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I've called up soon to be rookie of the year, David Pastrnak.

How bad were the Habs tonight? Even Boone Jenner got a point.

It'd be an interesting dynamic. I don't know if I'd want to wager a $3 salary on a 16 year old that may or may not pan out.

Everyone is available

Team USA: 2 Team Europe: 2.5 Team Canada: 3

For tonight Team USA Ondrej Palat Tobias Reider Tommy Wingels Jimmy Hayes Nail Yakupov Jannik Hansen Team Europe Wayne Simmonds Henrik Sedin Tyler Johnson Nazem Kadri Jaromir Jagr Robby Fabbri Team Canada Vladimir Tarasenko Daniel Sedin Max Pacioretty Brad Marchand Anze Kopitar Joe Thornton

Palat and Reider can put up points now and then. Yakupov and Hansen can too if the stars are aligned. Hayes and Wingels should be cut but unfortunately I don't have Danny in the league anymore to trade them to. That's actually my C lineup for tonight. I have 18 forwards and they're actually all playing so I thought it'd be fun to see how many points these guys can put up. Kind of like how World Cup organizers envisioned Team Europe.

On a scale of 1-10 how do you rate tonight's forward lineup? Ondrej Palat Tobias Reider Jannik Hansen Tommy Wingels Jimmy Hayes Nail Yakupov

2017 Starting Rotation Aaron Sanchez Marco Estrada JA Happ Marcus Stroman Francisco Liriano Dark Horse: Joe Biagini

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And hopefully Ryan Strome!

Unbelievable. It's quite possible that when it's all said and done, Auston Matthews plays the best statistical game of his career in his first ever game.

I guess you could say the goalies are a Wash

Tried to get tickets to Game 2 this morning. No luck.

The FCHL had our auction last night. Your Newmarket Hurricanes went into the auction needing 6 skaters and 1 set of goalies and had a total of $43.00 to spend. That may sound like a lot of money, but it actually had us sitting 5th out of 15 owners in available money. We started planning our attack 2 weeks ago and devised a list of potential candidates who had one goal in mind. Winning a championship. We met with all of the free agents during freeze week and filtered out who was in it for individual gain, and who really wanted to go to war for the other 27 in the locker room. Patrick K

Exactly. You can have a player on your roster for 6 years that is very cost controlled even for the biggest rookie superstars. After 6 years he goes on the open market and gets paid his true value. (just like in the NHL) I do like the franchise player idea though and I'd love to see it introduced in the F. I feel you should be able to have one player that you can keep for 10-12 years at a manageable amount...although not on a AHL contract like Subban. I think franchise contracts should only be allowed if the player falls into Tier 1, or maayybe Tier 2.

Impossible. How can we have so much talent available at auction, while still maintaining manageable rookie salaries?

Impressive team you're building there, Swacker Dave.

Biatch has been Right Laned by Rich.

Merry Christmas, friends.

I think we should be allowed to move picks the week before the draft since backdoor deals take place anyway.

How many advance?

I probably should be in, but I can't. I just love eating unhealthy.

Thanks Zach. It's nice when a plan comes together. A very competitive season all around by so many managers. It's great to see.

Wow, I feel it's a small victory taking 2 games off the Steelheads last series. Congrats Chris!