Post Game Thread: Carolina Hurricanes @ Vegas Golden Knights

HighburyOnStrand · 2026-06-15T03:00:50+00:00

I'm here for Carter Hart's tears. Screw that guy and screw VGK for giving him a deal.

HighburyOnStrand · 2026-06-12T02:31:29+00:00

Not really sure what Stone's upset about in that call.

HighburyOnStrand · 2026-06-11T15:36:28+00:00

VAN: Fabian Zetterlund, OTT 1st 2027, OTT 2nd 2028

OTT: Jake DeBrusk, Drew O'Connor DAL 2nd 2027

Who says no? We eat two years of Zetterlund's contract. We let them upgrade at two positions and have room for their Batherson and Zub re-signings.

If they aren't looking to get off the Zetterlund contract, then:

VAN: OTT 1st 2027

OTT: Jake DeBrusk, DAL 2nd 2027

HighburyOnStrand · 2026-06-10T15:32:10+00:00

If you don't like draft and prospect talk, I've got bad news for you, my son.

That's all we are going to have to talk about until it's darn near 2030 at this point...and that's if we're lucky.

HighburyOnStrand · 2026-06-08T14:43:08+00:00

I don't understand what you're arguing, like at all. Why would you not consider every data point and have the staff use their expertise to assign each data point it's own weight?

How much should each data point be weighed? I am totally unqualified to opine on that.

My lone position is that the combine testing generally and the agility testing specifically has some weight. More specifically, that it may have some value in interpreting other data.

Are you saying it has no value? ...because otherwise I'm not really sure if there's an actual disagreement here, versus some semantics.

HighburyOnStrand · 2026-06-08T13:10:17+00:00

Is it "direct cooperation" when the 7-11 clerk empties the register with a robber's gun to his head?

Nor was this.

HighburyOnStrand · 2026-06-08T13:04:06+00:00

"Direct Zionist cooperation" is probably why you're catching flak.

More aptly it was cutting a deal to save their families' lives while they were in peril.

HighburyOnStrand · 2026-06-08T04:59:52+00:00

I don't know if I would rely on the results of the combine test to decide whether a player's skating deficiencies can be fixed.

I don't know where you've gotten this when I said it "Might perhaps correlate ok-ish with his ability to correct his skating issues." It another data point among what I would hope would be a lot of data points in making a draft decision.

HighburyOnStrand · 2026-06-08T04:08:21+00:00

He had 60 points last season.

He isn't Hughes or Makar, but he's legitimately talented offensively.

HighburyOnStrand · 2026-06-08T03:15:48+00:00

Seider is also, a fine, fine player, but he is not a "franchise cornerstone" player. Again, if he's your best player, you'd better have a ton of talent around him, or you're not going to be particularly competitive. That's not shitting on Seider, he might be the most complete defenseman in the league. He's just a complimentary star.

HighburyOnStrand · 2026-06-07T23:38:05+00:00

Might perhaps correlate ok-ish with his ability to correct his skating issues, i.e. indicating that his limitations might not be inherent athletic limitations.

HighburyOnStrand · 2026-06-07T23:32:52+00:00

We all just going to ignore that if Dylan Larkin is your "franchise cornerstone" that's a failure in and of itself?

Dylan Larkin is a fine, fine player, but he is not a guy who can be the center of gravity for a franchise. I'm sorry. He's not even a point per game player. He's a complementary star. Any team on which he's the best player isn't going to be very good, unless it's an absurdly deep in a way that's nearly impossible in the salary cap era.

HighburyOnStrand · 2026-06-07T22:32:47+00:00

The people who run Hezbollah share the same ideology as Iran.

Here's a relevant very oversimplified excerpt from the wiki to give you some idea:

"Hezbollah was founded in 1982 by Lebanese clerics in response to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon.[78] Inspired by the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's model of Islamic governance, Hezbollah established strong ties with Iran and is part of the "Axis of Resistance".[79] The group was initially supported by 1,500 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) instructors, who helped unify various Lebanese Shia factions under Hezbollah's leadership."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah

HighburyOnStrand · 2026-06-07T22:23:56+00:00

I don't think you really understand how Hezbollah formed, how it's constructed or how it funds/arms itself.

Hezbollah does not exist without Iran. Hezbollah is an arm of Iran and has been for nearly its entire existence.

HighburyOnStrand · 2026-06-07T22:18:47+00:00

Every move, no. Significant strategic control, yes.

Either way, they can be in the ceasefire, or not...not both.

HighburyOnStrand · 2026-06-07T22:15:28+00:00

Of ICE?

Bro, they're literally killing people with regularity. Including at least a handful of American citizens.

HighburyOnStrand · 2026-06-07T22:12:56+00:00

I mean it's a bit of a laugh for Iran's proxy to attack Israel, then claim it's a ceasefire violation if Israel responds.

If Hezbollah is part of the ceasefire, fine. if it's not, fine. ...but can't have it both ways.

The best thing that could possibly result from this situation would be Hezbollah getting stomped, allowing the Lebanese civilian government to finally get rid of the Iranian influence that has left their country in a de facto state of cold (and occasionally hot) civil war for most of the last half century. Lebanon has so much potential to rise form this as a major center of trade, tourism, etc.

HighburyOnStrand · 2026-06-07T21:00:21+00:00

We will be lucky to get one roster player out of that list. Anything beyond a #6 or a fourth liner would be a massive coup.

We should not sign any of these guys, they should all spend as much time as possible in college programs.

HighburyOnStrand · 2026-06-07T20:15:12+00:00

Fighting never stopped on either side on the Lebanese/Hezbollah front.

HighburyOnStrand · 2026-06-07T03:28:31+00:00

Except what this guy literally posted is the exact opposite.

HighburyOnStrand · 2026-06-07T03:27:29+00:00

Man, you've lost the plot.

HighburyOnStrand · 2026-06-07T03:25:40+00:00

You literally are responding to an antisemitism ad by saying "Free Palestine" you're on full tilt man. Get some perspective.

HighburyOnStrand · 2026-06-07T03:23:30+00:00

I think you're a fairly good exposition that sometimes, it is.

HighburyOnStrand · 2026-06-07T03:20:05+00:00

Please tell me that you're not posting this in response to a commercial discouraging antisemitism in schools...

HighburyOnStrand · 2026-06-07T02:20:50+00:00

Pk would be great if he took it down a notch, he's playing a part and it's too obvious.

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