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he has the second best numbers of his career and he is notoriously streaky with the power. i worry about everything but this one is odd.

montgomery sucks. there, i said it.

fun day of nonsense to kill the good vibes coming out of the break

every time it looks like they're going to roll, they have some stupid self inflicted loss

wow

schwarber tore up the minors but he was never at russell's status overall edit: i am very late

damn it they have to play again

This would be a true statement around 2011, and most of that talent was brought in by Tallon i don't know how you can possibly contest this. the organization has been amazing at acquiring/developing young talent over the last decade plus. it's why they were able to sustain the cup window for so long despite the insane amount of cap casualties they had over that time. it's also why we have stars like debrincat and strome, plus one of the better groups of defensive prospects in the nhl. stan's flaws are are all about overpaying. the development of young talent has never been an issue. if they were great at it relative to how great other teams are and developed actual stars they wouldn’t have sucked the past few years with Kane and Toews still around. He’s great at trading away talent, he’s done that a lot. Its almost like there's a salary cap in place that makes it difficult to keep contending once your stars get massive contracts. they were doomed because of awful contracts like bickell and seabrook, but the talent never stopped coming. they had those mediocre years right after the cap purge of 2010, then got back to dominance within 2 years by finding guys like saad, shaw, leddy, crawford, and oduya (he wasnt young, but he was a great bargain). They got tuevo late in the first round (stan deserves blame for having to dump him because of bickell, but the point is that they identified a great talent late in the first round again). Now it's guys like schmaltz (traded for a top talent that looked like a bust, only to break out immediately when coming to the hawks), debrincat (39th overall and immediately became a star). It is hard to produce meaningful talent when you're finishing at the top of the standings every year, but they kept doing it. now we've got the top top end picks in dach and bovqist on the way as they're finally picking at the top. that's true, but for a long time, they had such an amazing core of defensemen, that it made sense to focus more on forwards. the defense has buried them the last 2 years, but at the same time, they might not have strome and debrincat if they'd focused on defense, so they'd have sucked anyways. they do have one of the better groups of defenseman prospects in the league with guys like boqvist, mitchell, and beaudin. I'm optimistic about the defense long term.

What? i don't know how you can possibly contest this. the organization has been amazing at acquiring/developing young talent over the last decade plus. it's why they were able to sustain the cup window for so long despite the insane amount of cap casualties they had over that time. it's also why we have stars like debrincat and strome, plus one of the better groups of defensive prospects in the nhl. stan's flaws are are all about overpaying. the development of young talent has never been an issue.

theo still fully believes in the nl

the strome trade got this exact same reaction. I'm willing to give stand the benefit of the doubt here. this organization has a tremendous track record of identifying young talent.

i want him to be traded just so you ingrates remember what it's like not having a constant .400 obp in the middle of the lineup

my niece just learned how to use the toilet

if something doesn't happen during the break, he's full of horsefeathers

the good news is that theo is truly thinking of possibly making changes at some point

arrieta sucks

the nationals are finally good maybe

Let’s not act surprised that Addison Russell doesn’t hold himself accountable for something he did wrong. low blow. affluenza is a very serious affliction.

you know you messed up when joe is actually holding you accountable

no ragrets

I think he threw 97 and 98 in his first outing. Not 100% on that though. i know, that's why i'm asking. he's only been 95 since then.

holy horsefeathers. this organization is just beyond belief.

did kimbrel throw harder than 95 last season?

Yeah but he probably wishes he could take back that decision Oh horsefeathers off you horsefeathers head russell went from "this guy is going to be the best out of all these guys" to being literally my most hated cub of all time

theo is a coward