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That’s frustrating for the skaters when the goalie can’t end the play with a freeze. Our goalies at drop just throw the puck in corner sometimes when we are totally exhausted and I get pissed, lol

Oh please RJ, that puck hit him right in the chest

Yes!!! Jack teeing off today!

I wouldn’t trade him.

Lazar is the man

Skinner!! Big goal! Assist to Marty Biron lol

Jack isn’t taking draws

McCabe has had a good game so far

Skinner going five hole, almost

Olie draws a penalty. He did nice work along the boards on Jacks goal, too

Not sure what happened there...

LaTang pretty cool about it, Zemgus looked like he was in a car wreck

Jack!! This team, gees, this team!

Hutton’s rebound control ?

Oh boy, Oct 3 seems like a long time ago...

@Neo

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Beautiful day for it. Enjoy, you will probably have a better day than those of us chained to the Sabres corpse, lol

I don’t like the Penguins. I like beating the Bruins first, then Toronto and next it’s Pittsburgh. Lets go Sabres!

He either really sees something wrong or just hates Skinner

Oh yes, agreed. Jack is just better this year, Olie or no Olie, still, them two have chemistry

By my quick math, Jack has averaged 1.3 ppg this year, and only 1.06 ppg last year. That's significant.

.19 is basically 1/5 of a point a game, or an extra 1 point every five game, or over the course of a season 16 points just at even strength. That's not a lot?

I don't think that they "ease up." I think that deep in the human psyche the motivation can be intense if you are chasing a sacred goal and the let down, not intentional in Skinner's case, can be steep after you reach that goal. $70,000,000 is a lot of motivation. Does it outweigh the desire to be the greatest and win the cup? In some yes and in some no. Jack Eichel seems driven by a desire for greatness. But maybe he meets a beautiful women, falls deeply in love and only cares about her and their kids, his hockey suffers for it. That's just human, too. Playing at a top level means thinking about the game a lot, and working on perfection. Life changes things so maybe a player just doesn't focus as much anymore on the little things. Skinner, I would argue, lost some motivation after reaching his dream goal.

Probably the later. But is Skinner worse this year because he is not with Jack, or because he cashed in on his contract year? I’d also say the later.