DarthEbriate
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If this were the NFL, Thornton would be fined $30,000 for the jersey infraction. But when he boards someone... he's just playing the game the way he needs to.
The 10 AM hockey game. Perfect for background during Saturday morning chores. Cleaning TIE fighters and the like.
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Anybody have the answer?
Don't know if he's retired... but GMTM doesn't value him at all, and it'd probably be tough to see him get RW minutes with the roster in Rochester. Elsehwere -- the league soured on him. Seriously, would he be ECHL-level now?
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Good thing Risto was there, because Gorges got real turned around.
Risto is where I want him to be now. He'll get better from here.
Good play by Ristolainen. Calm, tough, efficient.
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Hmmm.
Fighting is still allowed, right? Back in the 2nd, right after it became 3-0.. you've got to do something to spark the team. MIN would be reluctant to do a staged fight, but maybe get a little reckless, start hacking away... at least try something. This is listless.
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That's it, I'm going to bed.
Oi. Ugly.
Too bad it's only 6:12 on the west coast.
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-- I'll take the 2 and the 5, Chuck. <brrrrrrrr lllll, ping>
+ That's an E and a W.
-- Well shoot, Chuck. I can't spell "goal" with either of those. Can I buy a vowel?
+ Wrong gameshow, kid.
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Hey, Zac Dalpe is a Wild. Who knew?
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Haven't caught up yet, but the Sabres were buzzing and full of vim and vigor and then Ristolainen got his interference call instead of a 4 on 4, and the team faded immediately thereafter.
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Obi-Wan is here. Moulson is with him. Escape is not his plan.
Alternately, we are all Moulson, and we just don't realize it.
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I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other and I've seen a lot of strange stuff. But I've never seen anything to make me believe there's one all-powerful Moulson controlling everything.
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"Do you remember the taste of strawberries, Mr. Frodo?"
We're going to pick these Wild strawberries and make a Squashed Strawberry Alley Cat. We're going to need another bib. A hockey victory tastes like candy.
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This was the emptiest I've seen the stadium in Vancouver. It was also a snoozer of a road game. If I'd have been on Eastern time I doubt I'd have stayed awake.
The Canucks started the game with a video "Making NHL history!" about their first three victories. Good job, guys.
The Sabres look good when McCabe, Kulikov, or Ristolainen rushes the puck up ice. This needs to happen a little bit more.
Baptiste got his first goal and has big-league wheels. But he needs to stay on his skates more.
Speaking of being off their skates… Foligno is going to get a reputation as a diver, which would be odd for a big guy.
Speaking of cheapskates, George the Janitor is so cheap, his wallet has an unlisted pocket. Am I too hip for the room?
The Canucks fans were livid at the refs most of the night. Then, the horrible calls started to go their way. Thank yous were shouted and laughter was prominent. Risto's hooking call was silly.
For the doom and gloom reading through the board here… the Canucks fans certainly didn't feel comfortable during the game. Sure, they scored a couple goals, but they really had very little to cheer about… With the exception of Markstrom. He played a whale of a game.
The Canucks didn't keep the Sedins away from Larsson despite last change. Until the third period. Then they started playing matchups.
Larsson gets hacked a lot because he's so frustrating and annoying. But in running Markstrom, I finally saw him do something reckless/dirty that should have had the Canucks trying to rip his head off. They did take a penalty throwing an elbow at him later.
The Ennis-Girgs-Moulson reunited line was decent. Hopefully, they can alleviate some of the burden on O'Reilly and co. O'Reilly cannot go 25 minutes a night. Let Girgensons play more minutes.
Okposo is a bull. O'Reilly looks a bit off (still rusty from the back spasms?) and Reinhart had a pretty brutal homecoming with a bunch of bad passes, but was still awarded a third star of the game. Our top line was trying to make the pretty pass a few times instead of shooting.
McCabe is becoming pretty good -- and made three great plays on that one rush. The pass block, the goal save, and the diving stick check to remove the threat.
And the Canucks fans agree, add Eichel and Kane to our lineup and this game and our team look very different.
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Rainy day road trip for the annual Vancouver pilgrimage begins shortly! Disappointed there won't be an Eichel or Kane sighting, or Miller to score on either. But I am looking forward to Larsson vs. Sedin. Their Swedish top line vs our shutdown team of Foligno-Larsson-Gionta-Gorges-Ristolainen should be fun. Very different from the speedy top lines they've been facing. Interested in how do we do against their cycle.
(And in other news, the Seattle group bought more land for their stadium. So... maybe in five years they can get a basketball and hockey combo together. It'd be great for the NHL to set up another close border rivalry. Although I do worry about Seattle sports fans and hockey. Hockey has beautiful sounds -- and yelling throughout the entire game as they do here for football/soccer would be really, really annoying. But they are silent during baseball games.)
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Got a point... And time for the annual pilgrimage to Vancouver for the Sabres game. Should be fun. Wish Eichel were going to be there.
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We need to improve our possession 5 on 5, 5 on 3, and 3 on 3...
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Oh! I got it... Gorges was the long-stick middie on defense for the faceoff! Makes sense.
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More urgency -- we're on a 5-on-3!
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Another atonement goal! Also -- I like our top line.
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Foligno did not intend that... ach.
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Pretty depressing how bad we are 5v5.
Si -- this is a continuing problem from last year. (And discounting the two previous half AHL-roster seasons.) We've got to start possessing 5 on 5.
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And another power play opportunity immediately. Alright, now I'm really hoping Ennis gets some space and either a fancy feed or a slick shot. Something to get him going.
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Larsson keeps colliding, per RJ. I like the idea of Johan as an atom collider. Also, it took less than a period for Calgary to start attacking him.
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That whistle was near simultaneous... puck was loose... I might not like it, but I'm not arguing that one. At least they didn't say "intent to blow the whistle" or any junk like that.
GDT: Florida at Buffalo, 1:00 PM ET, 10/29/2016
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That's the problem. They're so small they avoid our turbolasers. All these fights with rebels and there is no carbon scoring! Why can't we get any carbon scoring?