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Home cooked bacon wrapped jumbo shrimp for the game, is there a heaven? Why yes, yes there is, and it’s wrapped in bacon!

Fireable processes😁

Oliver going back out is gonna hurt.

@pi2000about to blow me out with my multiple players at 0.00 at halftime 😂 Injuries and bye combined are no bueno

I will take anyone else. He's been bad every year but one.

Makes sense when you remember Adams has bad processes.

..then they forget about running the ball...

This is the most baffling thing. The guy missed most of training camp, he goes down and plays 1 game and suddenly he is ready to go? Makes no sense at all

I like Lyon, Ellis and Levi. If Adams doesn’t seize the moment and trade UPL in a package to bring in some forward meat, he’s a fool, again imho.

Let James Cook! 146 yards rushing so far...

UPL did have a very good stretch from the start of 23-24 through last November (67 starts, 35 wins, .910 save%, 2.50 GAA, 6 shutouts). But, it is now 11 months since he has been good. If he doesn't turn it around soon, he will be our Cal Peterson. Georgiev is only 2 seasons removed winning 40 games with a .919 save %, and nobody thinks he will be a good NHL goalie again. Things can go south quickly. Lyon is clearly the #1 right now. It's not a season for dinking around.

As you point out, the inescapable deficiency with UPL is that he isn’t mentally tough enough to handle a position that requires tough-mindedness.The best way to make a judgment on that attribute is not how a goalie handles success but rather how one handles adversity. I want him to do well, but I wouldn’t want to count on him. KA made a bet on him and invested on him. KA is not very savvy.

Right on with the vibes. Lyon is right vibe at the right time. Enough with turd faced, depressed-looking Swedes. Or Finns. Whatever.

They have to win Tuesday. At least Ruff should be all over that messaging. It has to be about making the playoffs. Tomorrow is Game 10 and Ruff has to drive home they need 11 points in that segment. Minimum acceptable number. Lindy came up with Scotty, who used the 10 game segments (and might have been the first coach to do so; Taro, himself a Segmentarian, will help me out here).

What those stats AREN'T showing, is the real problem with playing Mega Meh (aka UPL) It's an "eye test" thing, though I'm sure the stats nerds could provide the analytical/empirical evidence to support what I'm seeing, and have been seeing since he's become the heir apparent netminder... The WHOLE TEAM plays a different game when old sloe hands is in net, and it's not a game with a winning brand, IMO It's as if they do not trust him to make certain, stock saves and they respond in kind, by playing tight/nervous. His $hitty play has a "cascade effect" on the team, and IF they begin to rely on this bum for multiple games this season, I can almost guarantee that the team warts that we've been plagued with witnessing in the recent past, will present themselves, again.... He's just a cloud of meh, and his downer vibes are contagious

Problem with Power is he thinks too much including on that shot... his hesitations drive me crazy... they always seem not planned but because of doubt... yet he can be awesome when he just goes... wish we could pay someone on the other team to call him a wet dog.

It is easy to say after a game but I think they should have kept UPL in Rochester for the two weeks and given this game to Levi. Three points against Leafs is a good result and it seems they have a better two way game than I’ve seen in a while. Now just keep taking points.

It's about the tariff. If you travel over the border with three goaltenders Trump's tariffs increase by 50%. So it was a cost saving measure

Eh, could make sense. The team would be leaving for TO around 11PM and have to go through customs. He wouldn't get a full night's sleep riding the bus with the team. And they'd apparently already made the decision to have UPL ride the bench that game. Why not let him go up early and get a good night's sleep when they don't have a reason to not let him get it? And the game was early. So, he wouldn't get his full day of ritual in anyhow if he came with the team.

UPL is KA’s guy. He will have a length of leash that is longer than it should be. I think the adults in the room (Ruff, Jarmo) will convince KA it is time to move on if UPL doesn’t turn this around in a few starts. My opinion on the AHL stint is the same, he should have stayed the max length in order to get his game in order and to get more looks at Ellis. I am trying to find some positive aspects to the three goalie system and all I can muster is that they need more views of Ellis and UPL to see how this should go. They both only have one game played and it is a major decision to make. UPL has a lengthy body of work that leads me to believe he is not an NHL #1 so I would roll the dice and take a chance on Ellis with Levi as plan C.

If Lyon felt he'd be good to go, sure. But almost postive the plan was for him to not even dress yesterday. So, you're asking a guy that's 2 months shy of 33 to go from not planning on playing at all to getting the start about 8 hours before the game. ST probably is the best option; but what are the odds he tweaks something with not having gone through his normal full night before through day of preparation? Am not risking it unless Bales and Lyon are both 100% with that plan. If they are, yes, go Lyon. But expect they weren't both there.

Delayed reaction... Ellis went to Toronto on Friday morning? That seems weird. Does it say the team was worried about his mindset?

I hear ya, and I’d want that as well Tom, only, I’d want him to at least drive the net with the puck, not take the pass then let it slide off in to the corner. If you slow mo the play, frame by frame, you can see he took the pass then spun it on the ice which led to it creaming off in to the corner. Focus, just a second or two more allows one of those players to traverse back to toward the blue line.

So one year removed and its all over? Proves nothing. He may end up being bad but he is a 26 year old goalie. Jury still out. What is your alternative at this moment?

Good stuff Taro but you go with Lyon in the next game and get a W.