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Re: Army's handling of the Defense Roster

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BudOnTap wrote: 10 Jul 2025 10:31 am
Nublues69 wrote: 10 Jul 2025 10:27 am
a smell of green grass wrote: 10 Jul 2025 09:29 am Anybody else notice that people replying to my comments seldom attack my ideas.

They attack me only -- as though that is sufficient and welcome to the other BluesTalkers.

Common sense is really hard to beat along the boards.
what common sense you whine like a pouty little girl. You keep bring the same ideas but just phrase them differntly. You do not use critcial thinking you just cry like a baby. There is no logic and everyone pretty much dislikes your need for attention and antics. Honestly you are kind stepping into bleedr territory. SO we are going to call you out for it. If you dont want to be attacked then be better, You wanna make up 50 post a day crying like a llittle girl then we are going to talk about food or talk smack..either way you are bringing it on yourself.
oh, he hit theograce levels of idiocy and low-grade aspergers long ago. they are neck and neck, jockeying for first. anything either of them post is total white noise and not to be taken seriously.
But people keep giving these posts real attention. That's the part I don't get. I tried a couple times early on until it became clear smelly is not interested in a real discussion. Then they promised to leave a bunch of times and didn't follow through, which shows they have absolutely no integrity.

To the rest of the posters: your time is more valuable than to waste it trying to converse with smelly. They don't care about your responses and nothing will change their mind.
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Re: Army's handling of the Defense Roster

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BudOnTap wrote: 10 Jul 2025 10:31 am
Nublues69 wrote: 10 Jul 2025 10:27 am
a smell of green grass wrote: 10 Jul 2025 09:29 am Anybody else notice that people replying to my comments seldom attack my ideas.

They attack me only -- as though that is sufficient and welcome to the other BluesTalkers.

Common sense is really hard to beat along the boards.
what common sense you whine like a pouty little girl. You keep bring the same ideas but just phrase them differntly. You do not use critcial thinking you just cry like a baby. There is no logic and everyone pretty much dislikes your need for attention and antics. Honestly you are kind stepping into bleedr territory. SO we are going to call you out for it. If you dont want to be attacked then be better, You wanna make up 50 post a day crying like a llittle girl then we are going to talk about food or talk smack..either way you are bringing it on yourself.
oh, he hit theograce levels of idiocy and low-grade aspergers long ago. they are neck and neck, jockeying for first. anything either of them post is total white noise and not to be taken seriously.
Agreed, but since bleedr is gone i dont have anyone to use fullretard meme on. lol
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Re: Army's handling of the Defense Roster

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Nublues69 wrote: 10 Jul 2025 11:52 am
BudOnTap wrote: 10 Jul 2025 10:31 am
Nublues69 wrote: 10 Jul 2025 10:27 am
a smell of green grass wrote: 10 Jul 2025 09:29 am Anybody else notice that people replying to my comments seldom attack my ideas.

They attack me only -- as though that is sufficient and welcome to the other BluesTalkers.

Common sense is really hard to beat along the boards.
what common sense you whine like a pouty little girl. You keep bring the same ideas but just phrase them differntly. You do not use critcial thinking you just cry like a baby. There is no logic and everyone pretty much dislikes your need for attention and antics. Honestly you are kind stepping into bleedr territory. SO we are going to call you out for it. If you dont want to be attacked then be better, You wanna make up 50 post a day crying like a llittle girl then we are going to talk about food or talk smack..either way you are bringing it on yourself.
oh, he hit theograce levels of idiocy and low-grade aspergers long ago. they are neck and neck, jockeying for first. anything either of them post is total white noise and not to be taken seriously.
Agreed, but since bleedr is gone i dont have anyone to use fullretard meme on. lol
He's not gone, just changed his name (again)
:lol:
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Re: Army's handling of the Defense Roster

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Nublues69 wrote: 10 Jul 2025 11:52 am
BudOnTap wrote: 10 Jul 2025 10:31 am
Nublues69 wrote: 10 Jul 2025 10:27 am
a smell of green grass wrote: 10 Jul 2025 09:29 am Anybody else notice that people replying to my comments seldom attack my ideas.

They attack me only -- as though that is sufficient and welcome to the other BluesTalkers.

Common sense is really hard to beat along the boards.
what common sense you whine like a pouty little girl. You keep bring the same ideas but just phrase them differntly. You do not use critcial thinking you just cry like a baby. There is no logic and everyone pretty much dislikes your need for attention and antics. Honestly you are kind stepping into bleedr territory. SO we are going to call you out for it. If you dont want to be attacked then be better, You wanna make up 50 post a day crying like a llittle girl then we are going to talk about food or talk smack..either way you are bringing it on yourself.
oh, he hit theograce levels of idiocy and low-grade aspergers long ago. they are neck and neck, jockeying for first. anything either of them post is total white noise and not to be taken seriously.
Agreed, but since bleedr is gone i dont have anyone to use fullretard meme on. lol
i wasn't around for the "bleedr" version, but from what i can gather, he became the 44pronger44 name, then was banned. and for some reason allowed to return and exist under the current theograce name. a loser of the highest caliber.
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Re: Army's handling of the Defense Roster

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Would anyone in hockey really applaud this approach to improvement?

Yes, absolutely. Army’s 2025 draft assets essentially became:

1st: Carbonneau
2nd: Broberg
3rd: Holloway
4th: Texier
5th: Fyodorov
6th: Harenstam
7th: Vrana

The other 31 GMs are very unlikely to beat that type of haul. Why you seem to only count the draft and not trades and offer sheets in terms of team building, I’ll never understand. It’s nonsensical.

Don't you want to improve your team through the draft?

Yep, and we have with lots more on the way.

Don't you want your team to hold on to draft success stories?

Sometimes, yeah. But you can also trade those success stories for other assets that perhaps fit your needs better. The Blues have drafted heavy on forwards lately so it absolutely made sense to eventually sway a forward for a d-man.

In Army's case, he stole draftees from another team, and gave away one of his brightest stars in one of the riskiest trades in franchise history.

There was absolutely risk in that trade but Bolduc as one of our brightest stars? Come on. He was our 5th/6th best winger, Snuggerud had passed him and we have other left shooting wingers champing at the bit behind him. He’s a good young player but that’s some insane hyperbole there.
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Re: Army's handling of the Defense Roster

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You know how every team out there is just dying to give us their top 4 dman for the 19th pick? i wonder why Army didn't do that?
The offer sheets were absolutely brilliant. And both of them are going to pay off big time.
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Re: Army's handling of the Defense Roster

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HighStick wrote: 10 Jul 2025 12:29 pm You know how every team out there is just dying to give us their top 4 dman for the 19th pick? i wonder why Army didn't do that?
The offer sheets were absolutely brilliant. And both of them are going to pay off big time.
Agree fully with your comments.

Please do me a favor. Please ponder for a moment what our team would look like last year without Broberg and Holloway, and then hold that thought.

Then consider this question.
Which GM would you rather have?

A) A GM that builds through the draft, and has no need for offer sheets.
B) A GM that builds through offer sheets through outright desperate need for young talent and filling positions.
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Re: Army's handling of the Defense Roster

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STL fan in MN wrote: 10 Jul 2025 12:11 pm Would anyone in hockey really applaud this approach to improvement?

Yes, absolutely. Army’s 2025 draft assets essentially became:

1st: Carbonneau
2nd: Broberg
3rd: Holloway
4th: Texier
5th: Fyodorov
6th: Harenstam
7th: Vrana

The other 31 GMs are very unlikely to beat that type of haul. Why you seem to only count the draft and not trades and offer sheets in terms of team building, I’ll never understand. It’s nonsensical.

Don't you want to improve your team through the draft?

Yep, and we have with lots more on the way.

Don't you want your team to hold on to draft success stories?

Sometimes, yeah. But you can also trade those success stories for other assets that perhaps fit your needs better. The Blues have drafted heavy on forwards lately so it absolutely made sense to eventually sway a forward for a d-man.

In Army's case, he stole draftees from another team, and gave away one of his brightest stars in one of the riskiest trades in franchise history.

There was absolutely risk in that trade but Bolduc as one of our brightest stars? Come on. He was our 5th/6th best winger, Snuggerud had passed him and we have other left shooting wingers champing at the bit behind him. He’s a good young player but that’s some insane hyperbole there.
Boy Bolduc sure became Brett Hull overnight
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Re: Army's handling of the Defense Roster

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STL fan in MN wrote: 10 Jul 2025 12:11 pm Would anyone in hockey really applaud this approach to improvement?

Yes, absolutely. Army’s 2025 draft assets essentially became:

1st: Carbonneau
2nd: Broberg
3rd: Holloway
4th: Texier
5th: Fyodorov
6th: Harenstam
7th: Vrana

The other 31 GMs are very unlikely to beat that type of haul. Why you seem to only count the draft and not trades and offer sheets in terms of team building, I’ll never understand. It’s nonsensical.

Don't you want to improve your team through the draft?

Yep, and we have with lots more on the way.

Don't you want your team to hold on to draft success stories?

Sometimes, yeah. But you can also trade those success stories for other assets that perhaps fit your needs better. The Blues have drafted heavy on forwards lately so it absolutely made sense to eventually sway a forward for a d-man.

In Army's case, he stole draftees from another team, and gave away one of his brightest stars in one of the riskiest trades in franchise history.

There was absolutely risk in that trade but Bolduc as one of our brightest stars? Come on. He was our 5th/6th best winger, Snuggerud had passed him and we have other left shooting wingers champing at the bit behind him. He’s a good young player but that’s some insane hyperbole there.
You speak of the offer sheets as though they were the work of a GM mastermind, that launched the offer sheets because he was such a genius.

What really happened...
Army's B____ was in a sling. All of the fans were DREADING THE THOUGHT OF THE NEXT SEASON. The team was bad, and no hope/young blood was going to be arriving soon. Army had to go offer sheet hunting because his talent acquisition over the last several years were HORRENDOUS.

It wasn't a genius that went shopping at a leisurely calculated pace. It was a desperate man looking for a way out in panic mode. Fortunately for him, the offer sheets hit the mark, AND BROBERG AND HOLLOWAY immediately became the best prospects on the team---BY A FAR MEASURE!

Just like I wouldn't applaud a gambler that lost his house and wife from gambling before placing a 10K roullette bet that won 200K.
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Re: Army's handling of the Defense Roster

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BudOnTap wrote: 10 Jul 2025 12:11 pm
Nublues69 wrote: 10 Jul 2025 11:52 am
BudOnTap wrote: 10 Jul 2025 10:31 am
Nublues69 wrote: 10 Jul 2025 10:27 am
a smell of green grass wrote: 10 Jul 2025 09:29 am Anybody else notice that people replying to my comments seldom attack my ideas.

They attack me only -- as though that is sufficient and welcome to the other BluesTalkers.

Common sense is really hard to beat along the boards.
what common sense you whine like a pouty little girl. You keep bring the same ideas but just phrase them differntly. You do not use critcial thinking you just cry like a baby. There is no logic and everyone pretty much dislikes your need for attention and antics. Honestly you are kind stepping into bleedr territory. SO we are going to call you out for it. If you dont want to be attacked then be better, You wanna make up 50 post a day crying like a llittle girl then we are going to talk about food or talk smack..either way you are bringing it on yourself.
oh, he hit theograce levels of idiocy and low-grade aspergers long ago. they are neck and neck, jockeying for first. anything either of them post is total white noise and not to be taken seriously.
Agreed, but since bleedr is gone i dont have anyone to use fullretard meme on. lol
i wasn't around for the "bleedr" version, but from what i can gather, he became the 44pronger44 name, then was banned. and for some reason allowed to return and exist under the current theograce name. a loser of the highest caliber.
Another Glow Stick. You just want to snap him and shake the s&^t out of him until the light comes on.
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Re: Army's handling of the Defense Roster

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a smell of green grass wrote: 10 Jul 2025 12:49 pm
HighStick wrote: 10 Jul 2025 12:29 pm You know how every team out there is just dying to give us their top 4 dman for the 19th pick? i wonder why Army didn't do that?
The offer sheets were absolutely brilliant. And both of them are going to pay off big time.
Agree fully with your comments.

Please do me a favor. Please ponder for a moment what our team would look like last year without Broberg and Holloway, and then hold that thought.

Then consider this question.
Which GM would you rather have?

A) A GM that builds through the draft, and has no need for offer sheets.
B) A GM that builds through offer sheets through outright desperate need for young talent and filling positions.
I’ll go with Option C - both build through the draft and utilize offer sheets.
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Re: Army's handling of the Defense Roster

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a smell of green grass wrote: 10 Jul 2025 13:14 pm
STL fan in MN wrote: 10 Jul 2025 12:11 pm Would anyone in hockey really applaud this approach to improvement?

Yes, absolutely. Army’s 2025 draft assets essentially became:

1st: Carbonneau
2nd: Broberg
3rd: Holloway
4th: Texier
5th: Fyodorov
6th: Harenstam
7th: Vrana

The other 31 GMs are very unlikely to beat that type of haul. Why you seem to only count the draft and not trades and offer sheets in terms of team building, I’ll never understand. It’s nonsensical.

Don't you want to improve your team through the draft?

Yep, and we have with lots more on the way.

Don't you want your team to hold on to draft success stories?

Sometimes, yeah. But you can also trade those success stories for other assets that perhaps fit your needs better. The Blues have drafted heavy on forwards lately so it absolutely made sense to eventually sway a forward for a d-man.

In Army's case, he stole draftees from another team, and gave away one of his brightest stars in one of the riskiest trades in franchise history.

There was absolutely risk in that trade but Bolduc as one of our brightest stars? Come on. He was our 5th/6th best winger, Snuggerud had passed him and we have other left shooting wingers champing at the bit behind him. He’s a good young player but that’s some insane hyperbole there.
You speak of the offer sheets as though they were the work of a GM mastermind, that launched the offer sheets because he was such a genius.

What really happened...
Army's B____ was in a sling. All of the fans were DREADING THE THOUGHT OF THE NEXT SEASON. The team was bad, and no hope/young blood was going to be arriving soon. Army had to go offer sheet hunting because his talent acquisition over the last several years were HORRENDOUS.

It wasn't a genius that went shopping at a leisurely calculated pace. It was a desperate man looking for a way out in panic mode. Fortunately for him, the offer sheets hit the mark, AND BROBERG AND HOLLOWAY immediately became the best prospects on the team---BY A FAR MEASURE!

Just like I wouldn't applaud a gambler that lost his house and wife from gambling before placing a 10K roullette bet that won 200K.
Where pretty much everyone disagrees with you is the no hope/young blood part and how you keep saying the Blues draft poorly. And how that somehow makes Army a bad GM. That’s the big disconnect, bud. Your entire opinion is based on that false premise. The Blues are in fact a very good drafting team and have a lot of young blood on the way. As we saw last season, Bolduc and Snuggerud were two of them. The good news is there’s lots more on the way. The even better news is Armstrong made the group even stronger by acquiring Broberg and Holloway for peanuts.
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Re: Army's handling of the Defense Roster

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STL fan in MN wrote: 10 Jul 2025 14:26 pm
a smell of green grass wrote: 10 Jul 2025 12:49 pm
HighStick wrote: 10 Jul 2025 12:29 pm You know how every team out there is just dying to give us their top 4 dman for the 19th pick? i wonder why Army didn't do that?
The offer sheets were absolutely brilliant. And both of them are going to pay off big time.
Agree fully with your comments.

Please do me a favor. Please ponder for a moment what our team would look like last year without Broberg and Holloway, and then hold that thought.

Then consider this question.
Which GM would you rather have?

A) A GM that builds through the draft, and has no need for offer sheets.
B) A GM that builds through offer sheets through outright desperate need for young talent and filling positions.
I’ll go with Option C - both build through the draft and utilize offer sheets.
Option D - pay close attention to your peers and strike when they’re asleep at the wheel
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"Proven future star" is an oxymoron.

The OP is just a moron.
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Re: Army's handling of the Defense Roster

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Aesa wrote: 10 Jul 2025 12:05 pm
Nublues69 wrote: 10 Jul 2025 11:52 am
BudOnTap wrote: 10 Jul 2025 10:31 am
Nublues69 wrote: 10 Jul 2025 10:27 am
a smell of green grass wrote: 10 Jul 2025 09:29 am Anybody else notice that people replying to my comments seldom attack my ideas.

They attack me only -- as though that is sufficient and welcome to the other BluesTalkers.

Common sense is really hard to beat along the boards.
what common sense you whine like a pouty little girl. You keep bring the same ideas but just phrase them differntly. You do not use critcial thinking you just cry like a baby. There is no logic and everyone pretty much dislikes your need for attention and antics. Honestly you are kind stepping into bleedr territory. SO we are going to call you out for it. If you dont want to be attacked then be better, You wanna make up 50 post a day crying like a llittle girl then we are going to talk about food or talk smack..either way you are bringing it on yourself.
oh, he hit theograce levels of idiocy and low-grade aspergers long ago. they are neck and neck, jockeying for first. anything either of them post is total white noise and not to be taken seriously.
Agreed, but since bleedr is gone i dont have anyone to use fullretard meme on. lol
He's not gone, just changed his name (again)
:lol:
Is smelly greenass Bleedr? which one is he i want to say hi
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Re: Army's handling of the Defense Roster

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BudOnTap wrote: 10 Jul 2025 12:11 pm
Nublues69 wrote: 10 Jul 2025 11:52 am
BudOnTap wrote: 10 Jul 2025 10:31 am
Nublues69 wrote: 10 Jul 2025 10:27 am
a smell of green grass wrote: 10 Jul 2025 09:29 am Anybody else notice that people replying to my comments seldom attack my ideas.

They attack me only -- as though that is sufficient and welcome to the other BluesTalkers.

Common sense is really hard to beat along the boards.
what common sense you whine like a pouty little girl. You keep bring the same ideas but just phrase them differntly. You do not use critcial thinking you just cry like a baby. There is no logic and everyone pretty much dislikes your need for attention and antics. Honestly you are kind stepping into bleedr territory. SO we are going to call you out for it. If you dont want to be attacked then be better, You wanna make up 50 post a day crying like a llittle girl then we are going to talk about food or talk smack..either way you are bringing it on yourself.
oh, he hit theograce levels of idiocy and low-grade aspergers long ago. they are neck and neck, jockeying for first. anything either of them post is total white noise and not to be taken seriously.
Agreed, but since bleedr is gone i dont have anyone to use fullretard meme on. lol
i wasn't around for the "bleedr" version, but from what i can gather, he became the 44pronger44 name, then was banned. and for some reason allowed to return and exist under the current theograce name. a loser of the highest caliber.
Theo is bleedr nice
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