This Is The Way

Eli Heidenreich RB/WR from Navy and Hezekiah Masses CB from CAL

Glen Gulutzan said in Toronto that Michael Bunting and Radek Faksa are coming in tonight. Adam Erne and Cameron Hughes, who was loaned yesterday, are out. Kyle Capobianco is in for Lian Bichsel, who is getting some rest. Casey DeSmith is starting in net.

GREATEST PLAYER TO WEAR THE NUMBER 9…?

Why the NBA should embrace tanking - The NBA has kate been misguided thinking that fans want to see their teams compete every night with a chance to win. It’s never been that way that way. When I got into the nba, they thought they were in the basketball business. They aren’t. They are in the business of creating experiences for fans. Few can remember the score from the last game they saw or went to. They can’t remember the dunks or shots. What they remember is who they were with. Their family, friends, a date. That’s what makes the experience special. Fans know their team can’t win every game. They know only one team can win a ring. What fan that care about their team’s record want is hope. Hope they will get better and have a chance to compete for the playoffs and then maybe a ring. The one way to get closer to that is via the draft. And trades. And cap room. You have a better chance of improving via all 3 , when you tank. We didn’t tank often. Only a few times over 23 years, but when we did, our fans appreciated it. And it got us to where we could improve, trade up to get Luka and improve our team. The nba should worry more about fan experience than tanking. It should worry more about pricing fans out of games than tanking. You know who cares the least about tanking , a parent who cant afford to bring their 3 kids to a game and buy their kids a jersey of their fave player Tanking isn’t the issue. Affordability and quality of game presentation are

Fans want Maxx Crosby, but suddenly, they're like, "Whoa, wait a minute," if it means giving up George Pickens. You can't just load up the roster with $20+ million players. Dak, CeeDee, Quinnen, Tyler, DaRon, Kenny, Osa ...and now both George and Maxx? No. You have to pick one.