PromoTheRobot

The definition of one step forward (you hope) and two back.

Ryan was excellent in the Apple TV Christmas spoof of a Christmas Carol "Spirited" with Will Ferrell. A real song-n-dance man.

I just know how it goes when we have a "can't-miss" prospect.

When you say "credible" who are you referring to? Coaches? Media? Of course they won't. It's the fans who will overreact.

I know how we roll. If Levi gets blown out in an NHL game, likely more from the crap defense we 'll probably play in front of him, he will be labelled a bust. We do it to everybody who isn't perfect.

I just think our expectations of Levi will not match reality. I'm sure he will be great. I just don't want to see him rushed into the NHL because he dominated in college.

We aren't in the room so all we can do is guess.

How about a nice bag skate for last night's performance?

Okay. Slam dunk. I think its part of Kevyn Adams' desire to treat his players with some respect. He's not going to dump him unceremoniously just because the shiny new toy arrived.

They aren't going to discard him like Kleenex. He might retire early. But the whole reason he's here is to serve as a goaltending player/coach. Against college talent. Remember that.

Or Youppi takes his head off and it's Deadpool!

That's his partner in Wrexham. Of which I'm a customer.

That would be a horrible thing. No way he's going to be ready at 22 for the NHL. There's going to be a big adjustment just from college to the AHL. Heck, he may end up the ECHL for a while. (Assuming we don't trade him to Montreal first, lol.) He's 21. It takes goalies longer to get to NHL level. We aren't carrying 4 goalies.

They totally forgot how to play hockey.

Casey is having a game. 😕

That wasn't even a pass.

I was going to say they played well on defense at least. They are frustrating the Kings. We had a few decent chances but mostly it's been awkward. Does Don the hockey whisperer think a little unfamiliarity will get them to focus better?

Just Western trips.

It's both. The thing with UPL that isn't reflected in his stats are the huge saves he'll make late in a game. So yeah, he let in 3-4 goals but he stops a 2-on-1 late that allows us to win.

UPL is a big reason why we got back into playoff contention. Quite the trick to do that while "sucking."

I've watched every game since Granato became head coach. The journey is the most enjoyable part.

Because a lot of that was the way we played in front of him. Calgary was running a practice drill.

Obviously. That was Ray at his drollest.

Holy crap, who left the puck in front of UPL?