DarthEbriate

I didn’t see it, but if Sandstrom plays as well as he did last game, the Amerks will soon say, “Sandstrom… Sandstrom… Deep hurting! DEEP HURTING!!!”

Someday one of the young up-and-coming rebuilders has to make it, don’t they? Yes. Yes they do. And this is the year. Florida. Toronto. Detroit. Buffalo. Ottawa. With NYR, Carolina, and New Jersey from the Metro. Out with all the old in the Atlantic. Down with the Pens and Caps, too.

The best part of drafting Savoie was to make it impossible not to draft Benson after watching any ICE games. Savoie could still have a great NHL career, particularly if he spends any time on McDavid or Draisaitl’s wing.

I’m guessing they’re all more focused on their own work list. Coming back from the 2nd period TV timeout? Time for “everybody clap your hands”.

Well, fiddlesticks. Last I checked, the Amerks were up 2-1. It stinks that the NHL Jackets had to show up in the 3rd.

The fans need to do it for themselves. Go with chant fliers, get up and sing. Others in the herd will follow (perhaps with some liquid courage).

If you’re a Jackets fan, anything less than +15 shot and +3 goal differential feels like a loss, doesn’t it? And gotta keep the Amerks under 3 goals.

Helenius with a very long, very good shift. Needs a couple more pounds to stay on his feet. And then, Östlund... that was pretty. Add Kulich, R Johnson, maybe Levi in net. Maybe Rousek if he clears waivers. The Amerks could be quite solid this season.

Too bad about the Ullmark wall, but nice regulation game by the Amerks. Jobst with both draw wins at the end?

Rosen got some decent velocity on that one.

Who gets the most facetime in the Original Trilogy series we're entering.... R2-D6 Muel-PO Tuch Icewalker Tagebacca and... I thought Quinn Solo had a nice ring to it, but it looks like it's dyLan Solo. Workhorse. Gambler. Scum. You'd like him. In summary, it checks out.

Silly question regarding the OP and thread title: does the owner know it or care? (Or will it just be EEE business as usual if they hit a 2-10 stretch in December?)

Yup. Killers borrowed a riff. In my opinion, Born Slippy is the better track, especially if you recite the closing monologue over it. Hey Bills: choose the compact disc and electrical tin opener.

It's true. All of it. They've teased long enough that now Detroit and Ottawa have the sexier perception. The broad media is they're back to battling for 7th in the division, with possible reaching up to 5th. But gone are the days of "they're the next team to make the jump".

Not only that. #1, #1, #4, #29 (Jokiharju), #31 (Johnson), #32 (Samuelsson - who was a 2nd, but would be a 1st in a draft held today), and Clifton as a recent UFA right-handed signee. For two weeks and only two overseas regular season games, you want the (waivers-eligible) odd man out getting plenty of ice time. And don't forget Strbak. But Johnson's role isn't to replace Clifton (or Byram). It's likely to replace Bryson. Johnson is a future Pysyk.

Agreed. Edit: Agree. However, I'm thinking you might be thinking Underworld's Born Slippy.

Somewhere, Bettman is yelling "Parity!" at a TV screen projecting the Phoenix skyline.

The Athletic's chart more or less matches my one-game/one-series same-lineups vs. comparison. I take every Tier 1 and most Tier 2 players ahead of TNT (not necessarily Petterson). Tier 3, I take Hintz and Larkin for their all-around game, and Bedard will blow past all these guys this season and next. TNT is really in the same boat as the JT Miller, Stutzle, Thomas group. So... top 15, sure. But he's in a squishy 13-17 range for me.

I like this win for the Amerks. The Penguins didn't dress their top lines, but they had a bunch of their bottom 6: Acciari, Hayes, Lizotte, Glass, plus reclamation NHLer/13th Beauvillier in. Those guys played a ton. Graves and Aho on D, and their #2 goalie. Toss in a long-term AHL vet like Imama for fun. The Pens should've suffocated the Amerks defensively and ground them to dust. It didn't happen.

Maybe the Pens should start dressing Crosby and Malkin.

Goals from Nadeau, Slaggert, Novikov, and Rosen, depending on your source. Nice.

Still event is starting soon message in the Pacific Northwest.

Hulu/Espn+ still MIA.

Per the bolded, totally agree with Gilbert and Bryson to be the 7/8. For the Amerks, I look at it as getting Johnson the immediate games with potential partners.

Looks like Johnson gets to play top-pairing minutes rather than worry about rotating in with injuries. Good. Get the roles defined as soon as they're known.