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Unsure unless Carolina had a guy in his shooting lane

Even when Krebs got high sticked and jerked his head back they didn’t call it.

Love how the refs only see our penalties

Thompson has had a rough season thus far but has produced a some and has had at least 10 different line mates

I do wonder if the fact we were flying to Carolina may have broke him mentally seeing as his fiancé is named Carolina. Just that small thing that could mean more to him hearing the name and everything else. Frankly I don’t think he’s leaving for anything to do with the season’s start. Had he started the season on fire and looked great I might be more worried but he’s looked distracted and distant this year and thus the idea that his emotions have clouded him to this point makes a lot of sense.

With the captain and 1D on a LOA, let's start fixing the staff now so we can surprise him with a new vision when he returns.

Frankly my guess is he's always had the option but has like any typical man wanted to put his head down and grind through it. Trying to lead a hockey team out of the basement, be a good fiancé for a wife who had a heart transplant overseas, and being a world class hockey player simultaneously can't possibly be easy. If this franchise is good at anything though, its treating their players well in regards to this sort of stuff.

He's likely tired from worrying and its been a noticeable distraction on the ice for him so hopefully this will give him the proper time to right himself and hopefully return with his fiancé to better days ahead. Perfect time for some firings and making things right on the homefront

I wouldn't but primarily due to the contract

That would be nice to have a credible front office

They are better than last year and arguably a toss-up playoff team but are injured to hell and back and its hurting them. Last night's game was actively a bad matchup with the Blues clogging up the middle and the Sabres lacking Benson and Zucker who are both good at piercing those areas in their own ways. The PP relies heavily on the combo of Dahlin-Thompson-Doan-Benson-Zucker since 3 different guys like to net front scrum and Benson loves to skate around. Sans Benson, they try to move around but have less effectiveness and fall into standing minus Thompson and Dahlin passing or moving up and down/left and right.

Can't happen; all I can say is it can't happen because I doubt this fanbase would survive.

We have them pinned in their zone but every pass seems to go to the back hand or bounce or get deflected. It’s maddening

Thompson has looked slowish since that shot block against Washington. The AHLers aren’t exactly helping him either. We have so many forward injuries that we can’t sustain anything between shifts. UPL has to make that save Quinn is both the most and least skilled puckhandler on this team.

The power play is where you see the loss of Zucker and Benson the most