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And yet a couple apologists quickly came to Terry’s support and denied this (you all know who you are) happened. Tell me, do these people still think this couldn’t possibly be true?

Just take a look at the Arizona Coyotes. Once the laughingstock of the NHL. Something jolted them and suddenly they look like a competent team. We all know what that jolt was.

Have to agree with this. This is as much UPL’s fault as it was Ellis’s fault last game. Funny how we view ourself in goalie purgatory. Not a single one of them can just be an “average” goalie. That says more about the team in front of them than the goalies themselves.

It really is, which is why I wonder if it’s even fair to evaluate Ellis based on last night’s loss. An elite goalie would’ve been able to stop some of those goals, but still.

Here’s what I would do to level the playing field. After a 2 game win streak, the first goalie who plays enough to win the 3rd stays.

I don’t care how many wins we get next year. We need new coaching. This up and down and not knowing what is going on is coaching.

Clearly Norris is heads and shoulders above Cozens. The only wrinkle here is the injury risk.

Don’t let Bob Kraft or DeShaun Watson know about this!

But it depends on the reason he’s getting low TOI. It would be appropriate for a 3rd line player who only recently came up from the AHL. He’s getting sheltered minutes as he probably should. Now, if you think he would be benefitting from increased playing time against inferior talent, then he should be sent down.

I just picked Colorado randomly. They have a 3rd line of Goaloffson, Drury, and Nichushkin. None of them have eclipsed 60 points in their careers. Carolina: Carrier, Staal, Martinook. None of them have ever reached 60 points. Edit: add Tampa Bay. Girg and Homberg. Speaks for themselves. Hannibal Gourde did have one great year of 64 points in 2017. All other years he’s around 30-40 points.

I really like these lines. Outside the 4th line, any one of them can score.

Kevyn: “See guys? I told you so!”

I really doubt this is “coming to an end”. I hope this post doesn’t age well, but there has been a zillion of things KA has “tried” but never come to be. The only way around this is to just waive one of them and I don’t think KA has that in him.

I think Norris has already established himself in terms of skill. Let’s not pretend we still need to worry that about compared to the elephant in the room.

Let’s not forget, UPL fighting for his job > UPL who is named starter.