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Pietrangelo is not much of a ball player.

8-2 final, Savoie also was +3. The Ice are 1 win away from the eastern final.

Jets falling apart. They are in tough now without Ehlers, Morrissey and Scheifele.

Good to hear, they seem to have enough high skill forwards, it’s nice to mix it up with a different skill set. By the time he may come over he could be 6’ 200lbs, which would help him play that style.

He’ll get a hat trick in a 6-3 loss. It seems like a bunch of his goals were empty netters or meaningless

Savoie with 2A after two periods. Winnipeg taking it to Moose Jaw 8-1.

He will probably get his revenge game too, they all seem to.

Not the same Tampa, a bit older and showing the wear of going deep 3 years in a row. Cernak out and McDonagh moved on. Their D is just not as good.

No way I thought Vasilevskiy was giving up three goals in the third.

Leafs tie it up. Fudge.

Dalibor Dvorsky with 4G and 1A as Slovakia beats Germany at the U18s.

I haven’t seen any highlights of him this season. Does he play a “heavy” game? He is listed as 6’ 176. The end of the KHL season means KA can try and sign a few guys to come over. I think Neuchev and Novikov are FA.

QMJHL semi finals are set. Quebec vs Gatineau means Nadeau or Komarov will be out of the next round but it means one of them gets to the league finals. Halifax and Sherbrooke is the other matchup.

Campbell is giving the Oilers a chance to tie it up.

I hope Dahlin isn’t watching this series thinking that Nurse makes over $9M so he should get $12M.

If KO leaves there would be a need for an experienced veteran, preferably with playoff experience. Not someone to take over as captain or to lean on for important minutes, just a solid leader who can play a bit and mentor the players, similar to Anderson’s role this past season. If I was KA I would contact Jonathan Toews. He is done as a Blackhawk and will be a UFA in July. He will be 35 and has been dealing with Covid related issues. His Hawks were tanking and the last few years have been challenging. However, he still got 31 points in 53 games and led the NHL in faceoff percentage at 63%. He could be brought in as a 4C with the possibility of taking time off (load management) to keep him in good shape. There aren’t as many players who have won what he has in his career. 3 Stanley Cups, 2 Olympic Golds, World Cup, World Championship Gold, 2 World Junior Golds and a U17 World Championship Gold. It’s not like bringing in Eric Staal as a 2C, Toews would be 4C and 13F. He could take key faceoffs, play a shutdown role and help the emerging leaders by mentoring them. He could work with the young C group with faceoffs, positioning, PK and other intangibles that lead to wins. At this point in his career, he doesn’t need the money and he wouldn’t command a huge salary. The draw would be mentoring a team that are hungry to get to the next level. This might not happen due to health concerns or his desire to play elsewhere. You never know unless you ask.

A 28 goal scorer in his prime getting scratched has to be embarrassing. It wasn’t a very positive exit interview. One that I was looking for was Bryson. I guess the reporters didn’t care about him and he probably didn’t want to talk. I was just curious about his thoughts.

I’m not opposed to Musty. What’s it worth to Chicago to go from 20 to 13? They have a bunch of second rounders, 35,44,52,56. There are quite a few Dmen in the 2nd round that Buffalo could select.

They have young kids, that’s why he has cut back his schedule. She’s now Assistant GM for the Canucks.

Watching the Rangers/Devils OT. I like Ray Ferraro doing colour commentary. He was on TSN forever but retired and now does a bit of ESPN. Smart guy.

90% of the play has been in Toronto’s end.

Kucherov with a grade A chance didn’t get it high enough.

Matthews trying to throw punches at Stamkos was pretty funny.

Exactly, if the NHL has been a goal of his then a couple of games is probably just a teaser. He seems to like the organization and they like him. They showed some faith by bringing him up to play while others were healthy scratched. I don’t question anyone going back to Europe if they don’t like the grind in North America or if they have a need to be home.

I often don’t hate the Leafs but I always hate their fans. Leafs fans are arrogant, I’ve been to Leafs games in Buffalo and Ottawa and they act like it is their barn. I find there are so many of them around here that they have a herd mentaliy, oh you’re flying your Leafs flag in July so I’ll install my car flags. It’s July and you haven’t won f*** all in 55 years. You cannot have a real hockey discussion with many of them because they are going al the way this year, Matthews is better than McDavid, Dubas is a genius and they deserve a Cup because they want it so bad. There’s nothing I would like more than to have Matthews lead them on next year and then Tavares them on July 1st. Again, their fans just can’t understand why he would want to play elsewhere.