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MAYBE if Kessel was here we'd have scored more than we have in the stinkers (66% of our games) and the games would have been different.
To be fair, he's still a kid. I think he blossoms at some point down the road, but it's not idea to pay a guy this much while he's developing as opposed to after he establishes himself. His wreckless style of hitting and being intimidating is awesome, we all love it, but it leads to increased injury risk. It's also a lot for a guy who loves to grab 5 minutes of pine in the penalty box.
I don't think the $4 million payscale kicks in until next year though, which isn't a bad thing.
I like Lucic a lot, people here love the guy so everyone overvalues him to death. He brings a lot to the table past scoring the puck, which is terrific, but at this point in his career, $4 million is pretty unjustifiable.
Edwards is a great talent, if he can get his head on right, put the work in to know the plays, and not drop the balls he was in Cleveland, this could be a huge pickup.
Milan Michalek - Jeff Carter - Alexander Semin
Alexei Ponikarovsky - Pat Elias - Pat Kane
Scott Niedermeyer - Kevin Bieksa
Marek Zidlicky - Braydon Coburn
Pekka Rinne
Cristobal Huet
Jon Quick
Brooks Laich
Peter Mueller
RJ Umberger
Ales Kotalik
If the young guys on my team can step up and produce, especially the goalies, I'll have a shot.
So I'm on a f***ing horrendous sleep schedule right now because of my classes and I didn't sleep last night. I'm gonna try to be at the draft til around 845-9 before I pass out, I'm not sure I'll even make it to then, we'll see.
I go to them frequently, but I've been too swamped with school work the past 2 weeks to even think about going to any games. Pretty much depends on how much s*** I have to do whether I go or not.
I think it's pretty obvious from 2008 and when he's pitched well and when he hasn't this year that he's at his best when he's pitching the way he did in 2008 he's at his best.
It doesn't matter if he's putting guys on base or not, because he's historically pitched well if he's putting guys on. Evidenced by the fact that he hasn't given up a hit with the bases loaded since Sept 8. 2007. This is just simply how the guy pitches, and if guys getting on base makes him more effective, then s***, load the bases every time.
That's besides the point. My point was he pitched very well against the best offense in the MLB. If he pitches like that vs. anyone else he'll see the same results, if not better.
Today was the best CC can pitch, and he dominated the Sox, no bones about it, but it could have been a different game had our "a" lineup been out there. Though CC was so on that idk if it would have made a difference.
Regardless, the Sox and Yanks will be in the playoffs, and win or lose, it was more important for Dice-K to go out there and show he can win games, and if anyone other than CC was pitching or we faced any other team, we would have done so, IMO.
I think this was a big game for the Sox although we lost. Though we didn't win, I'm pretty sure it showed us what Dice-K may very well be through the playoffs, and if we get this from him, god speed rest of the AL.
CC was on today, I don't think we'll ever see him throw that well against us again. Put Bay and Drew in there next time and it may or may not be a different game.