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Update 2: Move complete. Update 1: Things didn’t go as planned last week. The new server is up and running, but there was an ordering snafu. Hopefully things will be completed on Monday. We are switching servers, since our OS has reached its EOL. This will happen the next couple days, probably tomorrow. It will also happen during the afternoon most likely. I assume I will put things in read only mode once migration starts. My expectation is that when the move is completed the board will be open for posting. After that, I will fix things as needed. Thank you for your patience.

I bet that is because they don't need to clarify the rule regarding who gets it. Last person who touches it. Thompson goal is my ruling.

Gretzky mentioned this. Thompson was the last person to shoot the puck. I just came in here to ask where in the rulebook does it say McLeod would be credited with that goal.

Tage had firm control the puck, held onto too long and got stripped for a breakaway. The defenseman, power, is below him and just watches him struggle along the boards. How was this being physically overwhelmed? Seemed like 2️⃣ poor decisions to me.

No, Cozens won one that was sent down the ice immediately for icing.

How does power sit and watch Thompson battle along the boards while he is below him?

It was, but the guitar was right side up.

Sorry. I was tired.

You seem oddly knowledgeable about all of this. 😂

Are you not holding that guitar upside down?

Are you gonna use that?

They don’t have a lot of talent. This was a rebuilding year. It is what it is. At 12–3 we are playing with house money. Fingers crossed that Josh remains superhuman and the ball bounces our way.

I hope there’s dinner and a movie first.

What are you Jimi Hendrix?

@Thorner looks like I’m one of the three.

Oh yeah? Who are your top three comedians?

Be happy Grinchy McGrinch!

That’s pretty much exactly what I said.

The room is next up on my independent romantic drama list.

But that last sentence still misses my point. I’m trying to figure out what these guys would look like if nobody else was on the ice. we’re fumbling every puck in every pass and there’s no pressure. The reason why every team pressures us is because of our poor puck handling skills. The only one they don’t really go after, or at least they are unsuccessful trying, is Dahlin and that’s because he has elite skill.

Both Toronto and Buffalo have been accused of being very soft over the years. But one team has elite puck handling skills and gets to the playoffs and the other doesn’t. People can disagree with how this team has been stylistically built, but it’s not even built well for what it’s supposed to be.

How many times has Tage lost control of the puck without any contact this period alone?

One of the things that grates on me the most when I watch the games is the apparent substandard puck handling. It’s such a basic skill yet this team was to be built on speed and skill. Shift after shift I say out loud while I’m watching the game: lost the puck, muffed the pass, passed into skates, passed into stick, muffed receiving a pass,… I don’t have any stats for this and I don’t know how it compares league wide, but I compared to the teams were playing and it is just so bad. Chris Baker is trying to polish Dylan Cozens during the second intermission of the Bruins game and while showing Dylan wheel around the boards, he just loses the puck and the Bruins take control. Just ***** lost it. How many times has Thompson had the puck on the stick while he’s circling around in the puck just rolls off into the distance? How many times does Power just fire the puck into the skates of the other team? Dahlin is the only elite puck handler we have. I don’t even know who I would put in second place. They all seem to be substantially below average from what I can tell when watching the teams we play. It’s such a basic skill that is necessary at the NHL level, I’m not even sure how much anything else matters. Am I off base here?