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He followed the rules - grabbed it with his hand, but didn't move his feet.

That was MAGICAL!

You can say that multiple times and not be accused of being redundant.

Angry Larry is a beast this year.

I dislike RJ, too.

Yah. I dislike Dan.

Possession game is so much better. How is that not tripping? I know, trying to play the puck. Whatevah.

Who t'was who done missed on the 2-on-1?

Who was that who missed?

Nice composure against the duck-ish pressure.

The D dude was ALL OVER Jack. Nice "I want to score NOW" willing the play there Jackie JAck Jack.

5v5 BABY!

I love the psychedelic out-of-phase crowd/ambient noise.

I miss medical research that relied on talking to the natives for the best folk remedies. TAKE ME BACK TO THE SIMPLE DAYS!

He will sit in a regal chair. He will then contemplate the situation.

My sense is these guys are going to be willing to deal. They make each other better, and here they are on a team ostensibly on the ascension. I think a cap-friendly 3 year extension per player is likely.

For now.

Well, it just gave me a reason to explore the idea of "unsustainable" and verify some of the things I have seen/heard in passing.

So, if you look at the 10-game streak last year 8/10 of those games, by using the the EH Expected goals charts to indicate "luck", were won by luck. Whereas, this season so far, only the Florida game stands out as lucky. So the luck involved in their success, so far has gone from 80% (4/5) at their best last season to 16.67% (1/6) for whatever you want to call this current season. If you want to be critical of the Montreal game (I am not, they clearly played well in third), luck is still only 33.33% (1/3) part of their game.

BTW, I'm not arguing that this is the new normal, just saying that there is nothing to indicate a journey through a deep, dark, and long valley is ahead. IOW, it's too early to tell for sure what we have here, good or bad.

Well, I like the RAPM charts, but maybe the data for this season isn't in there yet. Although he does say on the home page RAPM is patrons only.