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The number of stops he’s making lately has been impressive. And entertaining hockey. Again.

That the right call. Skinner’s fault.

Gotta love Kyle. And if that line had a centre…

Kyle with a beautiful bull rush.

Tall and Skinny line not getting it done yet today.

When they took a guy higher than many had him rated in large part because of his character? Lambert’s track record screams me-first, entitlement, and inability to handle adversity. He seems to be the antithesis of what Adams is trying to build here.

Nightmare season for Colin. All that could have gone wrong has. Looking at a significant pay cut next year.

Levi’s teammate, senior Jordan Harris, signs with Habs.

Puppies! Kittens! Brad Marchand shooting the puck into his own net in OT!

It should be pointed out that Levi walked away from his “family” to sit in the press box in China for 3 weeks this year. My take is that Weekes was actually used by someone else to get Adams to cave. If it was Adams, the rumour was clumsy and ill-considered, damaging his rep with other GMs, and crushing it with Treliving and Weekes. Krebs, Tuch, 1st were done, Adams was haggling for the 4th piece, McCrimmon was getting tired, Jack was at the end of his rope. The net effect of the clearly false Calgary rumour was to piss off Treliving throw cold water on any talks Adams was having over there. Leverage gone, Adams accepted a 2nd for a 3rd rather than Brisson, or whatever he was holding out for. Remember, Jack wanted to go to Vegas.

I know there is a considerable warm fuzzy happening right now, but this remains a 23/33 team, 30 points out of a playoff spot and these guys are pros who understand and expect competition for their jobs.

There is no way in hell the Sabres are drafting Lambert with their top pick.

Skinner has missed 19 shootout attempts in a row.

Looking at the players listed as centres who have played 30 games, he’s tied with Bergeron for 31st in P/G. I see at least 5 guys (Reinhart, Marchesseault, Nelson,Kyrou, Schmaltz, maybe Schenn, Nugent-Hopkins) in the top 40 I don’t consider centres. Maybe there are others listed as wingers who are? 🤷

He lets in far more 40-foot shots than he should. Other than that he's looked strong to me pretty much since November.

How about Eakin Girgs Okposo? May not have reached 100

Agree with your larger point but I think what really happened with the bold was Tuch lost the puck on a wrap-around attempt. Of course Thompson was right there to clean-up. Grade A example of the method to their madness.

Because they are all so puck-hungry, when a turnover happens (positive or negative) there is almost always a linemate nearby to pounce on it. The puck and the players are usually headed toward the net. And they do force a lot of turnovers, in fact all three of them are very good at that, really in all three zones.

None of those guys plays the classic give-and-go game. They are all shoot-first. They all want the puck and are on a mission to go get it. They all want to beat people one on one all the time. I mean, it's not like they don't pass, but it's rarely the primary option. It's so bizarre, one of the most unconventional effective offensive lines I have ever seen.

We’ve seen plenty of instances where Dahlin magically appears in the offensive zone to nab a puck and slide into open space and we’re left all “where did he come from?” There was a play last night where that happened on defence. A Penguin was cruising toward (Joki?) down the right wing boards on a rush and suddenly Dahlin had come from the left side slipped between them and forced a turnover. He saw a play and executed before anyone on the ice even knew it was there. That’s the aggression and the fearlessness Donnie preaches manifesting itself in new ways, thanks to Dahlin’s rare skill and the confidence the coach has installed.

Donnie’s pressers have been must-watch all year.

Think we might be talking about different versions of popular. Mine is more “universally loved by hardcore fans” as opposed to “liked by the most people.”

I don’t know what you were watching. He was snuffing rushes all nightlong and moving it smartly and safely out of our zone. He was on for a ridiculously flukey double-bounce goal from behind the net and a PP wrister that Anderson played like he was Bill Buckner. Nearly 25 minutes, many of them against Crosby and Malkin with a positive shot share. Took no penalties, don’t remember any egregious giveaways or running around in our zone. Looked like he was constantly in good position to support his teammates on both ends. It was a really well-defended game by our entire D corps and I thought he was a big part of that.

Yes, he was plenty hyped at camp and has had a fair amount of attention for his play in Roch. Now I’m clearly talking about serious fans, as opposed to casual ones.

The thing about Peterka is I have never heard anyone who follows the team ever say a bad word about him, not one. The amount of talk may have faded, but at there were plenty raving about him. Thing is, in addition to his talent, he plays with such hustle and carries himself with such joy.