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1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said:
The way the season just shook out, if they had won either the FLA or NJD games, Friday vs CBJ wouid be a win-and-in game. That close.
Yeah, this isn't a healthy road to go down. There are a lot of games over the course of a season that are frustrating in their result. Either a blown multi-goal lead, or a bad night against a bad team, or a missed call. There are way too many to go through enjoyably.
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2 minutes ago, K-9 said:
I don’t have the sense that Mitts is a permanent replacement for Tage on the top scoring line. My bigger question is will they keep him at center or play him at wing where his improvement was first realized.
Given his preference to pass, and Tage's ability to shoot, I'd be interested to see him on the wing but I think he needs to be a center again next year.
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Just now, matter2003 said:
And he still had 9 points every month and nearly 60 on the season. His previous high was 25. More than doubled it this year.
What's your point?
My point is that continues to be quite a lot of inconsistency and yes, at the end of the year he got to nice totals, and he closed out the year very strong. Neither of us know what he's going to do next season. Does the needle point up? Does he become more consistent or does he remain feast or famine? Does he become a player you want to lock up long term or not? I know which side of the fence you fall on right now, and you know which side of the fence I fall on. Nobody is saying anybody sucks, well maybe Bryson sucks, but apart from him. It's about how you manage your assets. The Sabres have a lot of F depth in the system. Guys are going to need spots to play pretty soon. If Mittelstadt ISN'T someone they want to lock up for the long term then you have to have the conversation about what to do with him. Do you keep him next year because the kids, particularly Savoie, aren't really ready to take his spot and you want to bank on at least another 60 points and getting to the playoffs? OK, I can understand that. Next off-season starts his lame-duck year before RFA when a decision really needs to be made, to bridge to to go all-in. If he plays more consistently next season, you probably try to lock him up, if he stays up and down maybe you don't, if he regresses then it gets easier to not re-sign but he's also diminished value at that point.
I can wrap my head around any of those decisions. At the end of the day for me it comes back to needing another good, youngish, defenseman basically right now and what do we have to get that accomplished. People have been kicking around Hanifan's name. OK, let's say Hanifan just for the sake of conversation, what does it take to get him? Olofsson isn't gonna get that done and I don't think Calgary is much interested in future picks right now. Would they want Savoie as part of a deal? Maybe but I don't think I want to move him right now and Savoie is also part of the group that KA drafted himself so you'd expect is pretty invested in. IMO, it's an easier sell to offer them a 60 point center with some sellable upside in that sort of a trade. Now, if the team feels like Mittelstadt is a core piece then that obviously won't happen and he'll get extended this summer. If he's not then, looking at the roster, he's a piece I'm more comfortable giving up then some others (that would get the trade done, Jost and Hino and whoever don't count for this discussion) and getting a piece at D is going to cost a piece. 6 months ago exactly nobody would have even suggested trading Mittelstadt for Hanifan without getting laughed off the board so, yes, he's played much better this season then past seasons.
4 minutes ago, K-9 said:His 60 points aside, he’s become a real glue guy on this team and I think that goes a long way with KA and DG.
No negativity intended, I've seen this said a couple times now and what causes you to say this?
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1 minute ago, JohnC said:
Olofsson is more likely to be traded than Mitts. The issue for the organization is whether to keep Mitts on the first line or what players he is going to be playing with on another line. Mitts is not going anywhere. The GM is likely to follow suit with Mitts that he has done with other core players i.e. lock him up soon rather than later.
You're probably correct about this.
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1 minute ago, matter2003 said:
He has had 9 points every month since January, now 11 in April. Seems like your memory is short too.
Last 40 games in 10 game chunks.
Last 10 games: 4 goals 11 assists +6
10 games before that: 0 goals 3 assists -6
10 games more back: 2 goals 8 assists +5
10 games before that: 1 goal 3 assists -1
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2 minutes ago, Flashsabre said:
Like give it a break for a night. Let people enjoy a nice win.
I have been quiet for 2 straight games and a person directly called me out, again, for a position that isn't even mine.
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10 minutes ago, Claude Balls said:
He had one good month, and everyone is gushing. I still need to see a full season of how he finished this season before I'll believe.
Last 10 games: 4 goals 11 assists +6
10 games before that: 0 goals 3 assists -6
He finished really strong but it's odd how short memories are sometimes.
Cue the "why you bringing up old stuff" response.
Let's keep going.
10 games more back: 2 goals 8 assists +5
10 games before that: 1 goal 3 assists -1
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2 minutes ago, matter2003 said:
Hahahaha...guess who??? 😂😂😂@Contempt must be crying right now
Still didn't say he sucks. Just said I don't like the player for the long-term and would rather have a defenseman.
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well, I dont know what a distinct kicking motion is then
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21 hours ago, CTJoe said:
Correct - he can't be worse. Jokiharu played the worst game I've seen any of our D play this year and that says a lot. He absolutely sabotaged this game, directly responsible for goal 1, 2 and 4
Yeah, I really don't care for him and I didn't realize how much until I saw him in person. He's #2 behind Bryson in the GTFO list.
25 minutes ago, pi2000 said:
Not sure how much I care either. How much do I need another Mark Pysyk in my life? Meh.
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11 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:
Did that trade include the horseshoe up his a**? Looks like it did.
That's what the extra three was for
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22 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:
Okay. What free agent goalie is Devon Levi? I'll hang up and listen.
Is this a bad time to point out that the RFA rights to Vanecek were acquired for a swap of 2's and an extra 3 in last years draft?
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3 minutes ago, pi2000 said:
Jokiharju, who IMO gets pushed off the puck too easily, is 30lbs heavier than Johnson.
He'll need to bulk up and get stronger before he sees a single shift in the NHL.
Yes. Though it's not all about the girth. There's a degree of want to that needs to be there in order to win those battles.
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1 minute ago, Crusader1969 said:
teams need 9 - 10 dmen in a season, I think he’s an important enough piece
plus let’s be clear he is Smaller like Joker not like Bryson
good defensively and gets the pucks up to the forwards. You can always use a guy like that.
I'm hoping for a better version of Jokiharju
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8 minutes ago, Crusader1969 said:
I bet you are a lot of fun at parties
So we can't have an objective conversation about what we saw? The 4 guys that deked all got stopped. The one guy that came in with speed, backed Levi into the net to take advantage of his lack of size, and shot scored. It's something to watch for next time, that's all. FFS
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Just now, Crusader1969 said:
Your island must be getting pretty lonely
I can acknowledge a guy is playing well while at the same time wanting my team to ultimately trade him. If you want to keep him that's fine. He's having a really nice April. There's no disputing that.
If I end up being wrong and he turns into Craig Janney and plays this way all the time that's great, it makes the team better, I'm sure you'll all be here to give me grief. I'm really not that worried about it nor am I keeping score about who is taking that line or not. The board is about having opinions. You don't agree with mine. That's fine. I'm also not here @ ing people every time he puts up a -4 in a game or has a 3.8% shooting percentage month in the middle of a playoff drive.
You guys like the player recently, some more vigorously and more recently than others. I still don't. It is what it is. I see his improved play as a way to get a top 4 defensemen that we also need.
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Just now, Pimlach said:
Well, you give credit while saying the move is illegal, but since they don't call it, it is ok.
Patronizing, yet insincere.
Saying something is really close to illegal is different from saying it IS illegal and it's also factual and it's neither patronizing nor insincere. At this point you are just looking for something. Go back a couple pages, there's plenty of legit stuff to criticize back there.
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Just now, Pimlach said:
No, you are not. You love bringing up anything to discredit. That is just you. You are Contempt.
Exactly how many times do I have to credit the player for making a great shot and tell him to keep doing it?
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3 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:
Is this true??
Peterri Nummelin is 80% on 10 shots, Trevor Zegras is 64.71% on 17 shots. Panarin was 62.16% on 37 shots. That's the top 3 all time on percentage.
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4 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:
If he doesn't want to play on this team, **** him.
He's doing us a favor by not signing at this point. Burns a year when he may or may not even get into a game given the practice situation and schedule.
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5 minutes ago, Eleven said:
Are we doing the forward movement thing again?
Anyway, nice win!
Yeah, they don't call it anyway. I'm sorry I brought it up at this point.
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Just now, PromoTheRobot said:
You can pull a puck back to shoot, right? So a puck must be able to go backwards.
In the rulebook or in what they call? Rulebook no, real life yes. Even then Owen didn't really pull it back to shoot it. He pulled it back and ended up shooting it, but the motion wasn't to load up, it was to deceive the goalie, which is what makes it borderline. If he'd just pulled it back and shot it's fine all day long.
Also, that his body was very close to moving backwards also which is a no go. When you watch his feet his stride to take him sideways was super close to taking him away from the net. Just using his skates as a guide, if that stride propels him away from the net it's supposed to be done, if that last foot on the ice is traveling away from the goal at all he's moving away from the net which is supposed to be a done deal. The league has given players a TON of leeway on this and I haven't seen a guy do something exactly like this one before and that Owen is so tall and the movements end up being so much longer and that he was going slow made it all easier to see. I feel like that one is going to go on a ref case study video, that's all I'm saying. Until they start making the call it's all fair game though and good on him.
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3 minutes ago, Richard Noggin said:
So wait: the PUCK cannot move backwards at all on a shootout attempt? I always figured the PLAYER cannot move backwards.
Wouldn't just standard stick-handling repeatedly move the puck slightly backwards?
It's not supposed to, people do it all the time, just not in the way that Power did. Power himself was also really close to moving backwards at the same time which is a no-no. For all those not listening who just want to jump on me, it was a great move. Keep doing it. Make the refs make the call.
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Just now, DarthEbriate said:
The Rangers are 14-4-4 since the end of February. They're one of the hottest teams in the league recently, playing with one of the top goalies in the league, at home, without resting anybody for the playoffs. If they were in the Western Conference they'd be one of the favorites to get to the Cup --- and they won't be a surprise to make it to the ECF with Shesterkin (and Carolina missing Svechnikov and the Devils being new to the playoffs and unknown how they'll respond).
Yes, all of that is accurate. They have many points. In the games I've watched them I haven't found them to be that impressive I think they'll get knocked out early and yes, Shesterkin is great.
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Solution seems simple to me, you go on LTIR the team still gets the cap relief, but the player can't play until the following season.