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Randall Flagg

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  1. 3 minutes ago, PASabreFan said:

    I'm still reeling from Rob's description of DG's coaching. "Usually he just stands there and lets the guys figure it out."

    I mean, I think he's bad. But I always assume I am full of it. I don't want confirmation from the team's color commentator.

    Terry has him sowing the seeds of Donny's firing by dropping hints like that on the broadcast. Trying to soften the blow

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  2. Just now, Pimlach said:

    Good PK 

    Hey all you whiners, you are watching a rested home team against a team that played a tough game last night.  It’s not gonna be pretty.  We will have to steal any points we get tonight. 
     

    Don’t jump ship. 

    Why did the rested home team get walked all over by the road team that traveled the night before, yesterday? Only to be saved by Levi? 

  3. Yeah, with lots of caveats and variance like all characteristics. 

    On one front, there is knowledge and skill in taking care of your body off the ice, proper warm-ups etc. This can obviously vary from player to player 

    On another front, the mechanical ability to handle a situation where you need to fall or stop fast or take a hit. Another sport, but Tua's falling lessons to prevent concussions are an example. This is a skill which can be trained and vary from player to player. 

    On yet another front, being more skilled at hockey makes you more skilled at injury prevention. If you need to play above your abilities to have a prayer to keep up with your opponent, and are overwhelmed with what is happening on the ice, you are far more likely to lose control in a fall or pull something, than if you can keep up with and process what your opponent is doing. 

    Just like having the hardest shot, the best goalie, the fastest skater doesn't guarantee you a win in an NHL game, being good at this stuff doesn't mean your players will never be injured. But it would be ridiculous to suggest that all injuries are entirely luck-based even though luck is a large component of many injuries. 

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  4. 16 minutes ago, Hank said:

    This is fair. You may be right about Comrie, we'll find out when he's healthy. My prediction is predicated on the assumption 6K continues to play well until Comrie is back. I could have it back asswards, we'll see. 

    UPL has played 2 good games for sure. That is a drop in the bucket of his career and needs to continue for a considerable amount of time before he deserves the confidence you have.

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    Comrie has been our best goalie, but he is hurt for who knows how long. Levi is not our number 1, or shouldn't be, he has not had the highs of either of the other two but has shared their lowest lows. We are firmly in "play the hot hand except back to backs" territory. It could be worse, we have usually had a decently hot hand to play 

  5. 10 months to stew on this revenge game, huge playoff importance

    Duct tape defense is simulatenously overperforming by forcing 3 punts in 6 drives, while being achingly disappointing on the TD drives 

    Offense has 10 points to show for their 6 drives 

    I'm not pushing back anymore. I'm not defending these guys anymore. Do what you have to do. 

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  6. 1 minute ago, Broken Ankles said:

    Disclaimer - Not here to pi$$ in everyone’s Cheerios.  (That’s somebody else’s job).  Happy with a win, and the effort.  But I need to see wins against opponents not playing their backup goaltender.   Five of six wins have some at the hands of a backup.  

    Yeah, but in all of those wins we've played our backup as well. (All our goalies are backups)

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