28 games? How long was the season that year? Convenient way to phrase it. It's not as if he had free reign over where to play. He did know that CBJ was locked into rebuilding, and CHI was looking to make one last run with toews, Kane and Keith. They also had some promising young guys like debrincat, Hagel, strome and dach.

I certainly don't imagine he expected a scorched earth rebuild one year after chicago made that trade and signed him to that contract. His situation is not unlike karlssons in Pittsburgh or chychruns in Ottawa, and I'm confident if a trade to a better team available he'd waive his, not the teams NMC.

20-21 they finished 6th in their conference after finishing 7th the season before. 21-22 was a full 82-game season. They went 28-42-12. They finished 7th in their conference bro, you're not that smart.

You're right, I mixed up the years when checking. Point stands, because the rebuild/ tear down didn't start until after he signed.

Even smart people make clerical errors, but I don't know how many smart people would think that's the type of acquisition a rebuilding team makes, almost the opposite really. Glad you got a bit of a win here at least.

You don't sign a long-term contract with a team that just finished 7th in their division and not have some qualms about the fact that they might not make it back. Also, that's a bad point. The pen's just traded for EK65 and still missed the playoffs, teams trick themselves into thinking they don't need to rebuild all the time, it doesn't change the fact that they still need a teardown.

Ah, the pens made the playoffs did they? There goes your credibility!

"Bro, you're not that smart."

a simple spelling mistake and you're acting like this lol, you didn't argue against my point while still understanding what i meant otherwise

You misspelled "missed" as "made"? Nice save!

This might be one of the best examples of karma I've seen in awhile, appreciate the laugh!