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Just watched Kesselring’s fights on YouTube. Doesn’t look like he’s necessarily good at it but he’s certainly willing. Thank goodness for that.
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Interesting lines. Let’s go!
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1 hour ago, JohnC said:
And Islanders. The Montreal and Islander losses got my stomach in a state of agitation. On the other hand, sometimes tough losses can result in the team refocusing their efforts and bringing more attention to what the coach is espousing. As the saying goes: You learn more from your failures than from your successes.
Had they beaten Montreal, Philly, and Columbus and lost to the Rangers and Dallas, the talk would be that “they haven’t beaten anyone”. Just win more than lose please.
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2 hours ago, nfreeman said:
Will they be pleased with themselves, take their foot off the gas and reveal themselves again to be not serious people?
Is that the reason for not winning 8 of 8? Or is it the nature of a long season in professional sports?
Every team loses games they should win. That doesn’t make them unserious people.
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He’ll never amount to anything - just like UPL.
(sarcasm)
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This makes it look like Power was pretty good. I’m running with it.
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I loved Skinner when he was here but was glad they moved on. He’s got three goals in 15 games and had the least amount of ice time for Edmonton last night.
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10 minutes ago, PerreaultForever said:
Nobody? Pretty sure Kev talked about grit on the 4th line and Ruff talked about guys who could chuck 'em. There was video of Malentstyn fighting somebody I remember. Pretty sure he was touted as our tough guy. Not a goon. A tough guy who can PK etc. but still a tough guy relatively speaking.
He was horrible today imo.
I saw a video of Tage Thompson fighting once. Ruff did talk about guys that can chuck ‘em. It had nothing to do with Malenstyn. You are looking for something that no one else expected of him.
grit on the 4th line - leads the team in hits and third amongst forwards in blocked shots in limited minutes. Led the team in hits today and the forwards in blocked shots.
Touted as our tough guy…no
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47 minutes ago, Kristian said:
Yeah, I’m pretty positive that quote was related to hockey players work ethic and effort, not playing like shite for40 mins and making the fans uncomfortable.
“You have to trust how you’re playing” does not sound like a dig at their work ethic.
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1 hour ago, PerreaultForever said:
Really not impressed with Malentstyn. He was billed as our new big tough guy and I don't see it.
Nobody billed him as our new big tough guy. He was billed as a guy that’s fast (he is), hits (leads the team), blocks shots (3rd amongst forwards), and kills penalties (only :48 secs/game).
You have an issue because they traded for him. He’s been as advertised and has been a very nice addition to a solid 4th line
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Not bad
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3 hours ago, mjd1001 said:
Right now take out the top line (Tuch, Peterka, and Tage) and he has more points than anyone on the team.
-Now his assist on Dahlin's goal wasn't much, he just flipped it over to Dahlin and then Dahlin made a nice play...(any D-man should make the same play)
-And on Byrams goal, the faceoff was won and all he had to do with control the puck and flip it across to Bryam (again, any D-man should make that play)
-Krebs goal he got an assist and it was on a weak shot that was deflected 2 times...
-McLeods goal he made a nice stretch pass, but again, not anything that half of your defensemen can't/shouldn't do
-On Thompsons go it was kinda a 'modified' give and go, where tage gave him the puck and he just gave it right back to Tage....
Ok, OK, but the point is, He IS making these plays. There has to be something said for him being in position to get those assists so that means something.
On a different topic, I know others disagree with me, but his assists are a great example of why I value goals so much more than assists. In going back and watching most of his assists, he made either 'decent' plays or 'incidental' plays but was credited with an assist, while the goal scorer on most of them did a lot more of the work/displayed a lot more skill than the guys getting the assist. On Tage's goal, he should have gotten credit for the goal AND an assist on his own goal equal to the assists given out.
Every player in the league racks up points that are nothing to write home about. No point in picking them apart.
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60 point pace for the season. I’ll take it.
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Just now, Getpucksdeep said:
Make it a half dozen in ~30 minutes of play. Bruins are getting clobbered.
Tragic 🕺😃
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Swayman 4 goals allowed on 10 shots in the first period tonight. A terrible shame. All my best to perreaultforever in this most difficult time.
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13 minutes ago, Pimlach said:
I would say it’s a thing against the Sabres, and Dahlin is a victim of it. I am amazed at how many “fans” in Buffalo still don’t care for Dahlin’s game yet. It’s probably not the majority, but it’s quite a few.
When I go to Buffalo, which is often, it’s very hard to find fans that really like this team anymore. The majority of the Sabre fan base is in the wait and see mode. Unlike football, the NHL has so many more games and the losing had become intolerable for many people. Draft picks take many years to develop, and this team sits on unspent cap dollars year after year.
Dahlin is a victim of playing for an organization run by the least successful owner in NHL history ( rated by wins and losses and playoffs). Eichel and Reinhart are similar cases.
I imagine many of the people that take issue with Dahlin also took issue with Eichel and Reinhart. There was no shortage of detractors for either of them. Some people require a villain even if they have to manufacture one.
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3 hours ago, inkman said:
And Rasmus is easily one of the least liked players on the team.
Sounds like breaking news
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37 minutes ago, nfreeman said:
As I said in the GDT, I thought Power was great on both ends vs Dallas. I also think he's been very good all year and that there's a good chance he's in the process of taking a major step up this season.
The play leading to the Tage goal was spectacular. He shut Seguin down cold on a rush and must have been shot out of a cannon to join the play and get the primary assist. Would love to see the whole ice view of that sequence.
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2 hours ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
So we are congratulating the PP for not completely sucking for a change but still not scoring. Wow! Last I looked this is a results oriented business. No excuses.
For a team that is clearly finding their game 5 on 5 to not score on the PP is a coaching problem.
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18 minutes ago, GASabresIUFAN said:
The Good: UPL, Krebs, McLeod
The Bad: The 3rd period once Dallas pulled the goalie.
The Ugly: The PP, the 2nd line primarily Cozens and Quinn. Serious Dylan, can’t you even hit an open net?
Lots of positives in this game, but we serious need new ideas on both special teams. The 6 on 5 play was terrible.
Special teams obviously need work. Against a Cup favorite tonight they gave up 1 SOG across three shorthanded situations and the one pp they had was the best effort of the season.
yes, show me the baby. Nevertheless…
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6 hours ago, PerreaultForever said:
There are many possible explanations. Doesn't like the demands Ruff is making of them maybe? That could hold for several of them. We might have a bunch of Pierre Luc DuBois types. Hard to say.
I can't help but think though that things have gone on so long that these guys watch everyone who leaves winning cups and doing great and they think, can't wait to get traded. wtfk.
Of all the possible explanations does this make the most sense to you?
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I just hope nobody’s feelings got hurt.
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48 minutes ago, shrader said:
I just assumed he was already in before I saw that yesterday. I didn’t realize it was something they haven’t been doing much for a while.
And as for not liking his reaction, you weren’t watching his eyes.
He was definitely feeling the moment and reacted the only way he knew how at the time. I thought it was really well done all the way around.
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2 hours ago, Slack_in_MA said:
With all the observations of Dahlin being “off”, is there any chance Ruff has been trying to push his buttons (or change an aspect of his game) and Dahlin’s not responding well to it?
I would be more inclined to think it’s related to whatever injury kept him out of camp. Seems less of a stretch.
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Trade : Conor Timmins and Isaac Belliveau from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Connor Clifton and the 39th overall pick in the 2025 NHL Draft.
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Looks like a decent upgrade based on these graphs.
But that’s no reason not to hate it.