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The coffee kicked in for Hutton!

I think it's very clear to all that you tried...earnestly.

Skinner out for the 6x5. Hmmm.

McCabe having and especially nice game.

Well, there goes the thread.

Be strong, bro. Crappy ice/bouncing puck just saved us.

No way...it NEVER happens. **** **** ****

Without a doubt the Pegulas were involved in the decision to get rid of ROR. I thought that was commonly assumed.

AHHHH!@

Dahlin just shoots and shoots. Love it.

So, our guy hits their goalie and gets a goalie interference call, then their guy hits our goalie and gets...nuttin'. Hmm.

Good job, Hutton.

Scandella with some poor decisions.

Meanwhile, Samson has to kick his hangover. If you believe in/value that sort of thing.

Mitts has...finally...had a good all around game. So far.

That was great, sustained pressure. Looked good.

WTF? The third period hasn't started. The second wasn't that bad. A couple of mental gaffs, really. Does Samson usually make an error like that?

Except for what I have proposed. You can't prove the "mysticism" is garbage until all formats and methods have been tried and put under the scrutiny of the scientific method.

The various positions on JBot will never converge unless he wins us a Cup. Only then will there be one focal point to work backward from in assessing his abilities. Perhaps the primary reason for the variety of views is how each person values non-metric attributes (chemistry, passion/intensity, etc.). Some folks completely ignore or discount those attributes as variables in the roster development equation. Others might consider them highly valuable factors in developing a winning team, and therefore frame moves within that context.

Can this possibly be a way of trying to increase Hunwick's value for a trade?

When did Hunwick play last? I can't recall.

Dude...no.

All of this requires some movement which I thought we had going at the beginning of the season, but seems to have stopped altogether lately.

I think it's been pretty obvious, they're concerned with getting set up and then, when they do, skate in little circles. Meanwhile, as others have observed here, the defenders have already set up against Jack and taken away his lanes. So the obvious correction is to get out of the lanes and go somewhere that gives the first pass a chance of happening, let alone being successful.