DarthEbriate

Dahlin with the blind and intentionally angled stick. That's nice.

One thing to say about this team... (very un-RaKru of them) ... they are forcing Boston to take penalties. Now... start scoring on them!

Well... just one puncher for Marchand's sake? But they do need their top six to stick up for themselves. Mitts, Reino, Olofsson, Skinner... they all get pushed around. They don't clear the front of their own net in a scrum. They need to force the opposition to clear them from the front of the opposition net. They need to be willing to win a battle of human confrontation, not just a skill competition. These guys need to play a playoff series (even a 4-game one) just to learn what they need to be able to bring to any game that they need. They need to become the Dumonts and Griers of the new core.

Oh. Oh Toker.

Hasek. Hasek constantly threw punches, sticks, blockers, whatever he could throw, etc. He didn't put up with anything and the team fed off that and also didn't let him get touched (because every team's MO against him was to crash the net and try to rattle him). Boston's got a great PK, but we're sluggish as well. Not a good combination.

Absolutely. He's just a punk. So punk him back. If he wants to go, fine. Then bash him. Or earn some cred and get inside his head for the rest of the season (and his career).

It will be. It will be.

OK --- now score on the PP. Then go crush some Pasta when he gets out of the box.

R2, that red light has broken loose, see if you can't lock it down.

If Marchand wants to go, go with him. You get to keep your helmet on. Him sitting in the box, or getting a misconduct, that'd be great. Goad the rat. Poke him! Keep poking him. You'll live and you'll laugh about it.

Good. Let the hate flow through him. If he's playing like Kaleta he once was then he's not playing like the top-line scorer he is now. Get him to fight. Mitts should drop the mitts and take one for the team.

Good. Now, keep picking on the rat. He's the hottest goal-scorer in the league and their team MVP. Get him back into being a third-line rat. Hell, fight him if he's willing. Take him off the ice.

Watching the Sabres power play, and watching Lazar get a SH opportunity by crashing the net, and chopping onions. I'm not crying.

As much as I hate to see anyone injured, let alone a really solid player, this should increase our chances of victory.

Appertpio: We've had some problems here... Luukkonen: Will you shut up and listen to me? Shut down all the prospects on the AHL level, will you? Do you copy? Or send them up to the taxi squad. But shut down all the prospects on the AHL level! Appertpio: Oh! Shut them all down! Hurry!

Is the consensus UPL, 6K, K^6, or Luuuukkonen (because he's a clone)? Yoda, I must know.

I mean... at the moment the 6th goal was scored it was as yet unanswered. Maybe the writer was dictating or died while carving it? 😇

Funny, I went with Tsyplakov... but that was 20 years ago. A lot can happen in 20 years.

The best part was that we won the game. My memory of this was I listened to it via online radio live and was floored by it. The call was RJ at his peak -- the call and then he backed off and let the roar of the arena tell the story. That was what I remember - the crowd roar just didn't die down over the radio. Now, they were cheering for the continued fracas as well, but it was the sustain. So! A couple hours later when I went out for beers with friends (mind you, west coast so it was probably 10-11 PM) and I directed friends to watch the bar's TV as sportscenter highlights were coming on... the bar in Seattle let out a collective "oooofff" when they saw it. That hit was visceral to innocent bystanders who had no interest or connection to the teams or even the game.

Definitely (as they will for us), if either team is selling at the TDL next season. But just as an example, if Carolina ends up exposing Skjei at 5.2 and we expose Risto at 5.4, and Seattle's analytics department likes Skjei plus the extra couple years ... then they pick Skjei and from us they the much cheaper Miller as a 6/7. We get to keep our muscle and all 3 of the kids. This is where the fun begins.

If Seattle follows Vegas' lead they'll have no fear of overstocking on defensemen. Vegas drafted/acquired a whole boatload of them and while some guys must've been upset they started out in the AHL, Vegas was eventually able to move them (cough cough, Miller for a 2nd and 5th) while our JBott moved our glut of D for a 4th (Scandella), a nothing (Bogosian), and a disgruntlement (Pilut). Gotta have faith in your GM. If I'm Seattle and my options or Bjork or Borgen, I'm taking Borgen. However, this article does give fodder to the "expose Risto" and protect Borgen. You know Seattle has other, better $4M- and $5M-defenseman options to play in the top 4 than Ristolainen (all around) and that Seattle loves analytics. You might have put the poison in your own glass counting on your great strength to save you. So Seattle can clearly not choose the D in front of you!

Quality, consistent goaltending. (And a coach who isn't opposed to attempting to score 5 on 5 or play to the strengths of the roster. You know: anyone but RaKru) We see it year-in, year-out... a hot goalie for a couple months and you're in the playoffs (let alone that the hot goalie inspires all sorts of team confidence). A hot goalie during the playoffs and you're another round further. Some of them had great teams around them, but there's also a reason that Hasek, Brodeur, and Roy were always in the playoffs (I'll even throw in Belfour because he's also a HOFer). And that reason was that they were always consistently better than their goalie peers. Get a healthy HOF-caliber goalie for 10 years and you're always in the conversation.

I hate sand.

It worked the last time... In exile... you must go.

I'll pencil him into the Amerks lineup for next season. Execute Order 37.