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Ullmark is better than Tokarski, having said that he wasn’t worth that contract to the Sabres and Boston will regret it by the end of that contract

I guess with @Thorny MIA, l’ll take up his spot. It appears to me with us becoming a defense star team (Power, Dahlin), and a forward most likely not going to become an 80+ point scorer, it will be imperative for us to have 4 forward lines that can score. We need to add guys who can provide us points on the 3rd and 4th lines, can add some grit and speed to the lineup. Okposo and Girgs won’t be here 2-3 years down the line so there will always be spots open, don’t rush guys until they’re fully ready to take over.

Big, fast, won’t cost major bucks and scoring on the upswing last few seasons and won a cup with Washington so he has playoff experience. Nichuskin will cost less than Bsky so from what l’ve read he’s most likely to be resigned by the Avs.

Hiney gets replaced by Quinn, JJP I believe plays the left side. I hope I'm wrong but I don't think he can step in and be an improvement over what we presently have and/or adding someone who is established already such as Burakovsky.

FIFY, it's a Crebs, Dhalin thing for me, sorry if it offends but otherwise you are 100% correct.

If you add 3 rookies and keep Anderson/UPL as your GKs, prepare for another tank year. They may be good 2-3 years down the line but rookies make errors that you need vets to overcome. We aren't defensibly responsible yet and those GKs aren't good enough to save us (pun intended). Fitz or Bryson we could live with, both of them are a problem IMO.

The GK issue was just one of the problems, fact is with all the injuries and missed games by both our forward and backline, I don't think a GK would have made much of a difference. Now with most healthy and playing better, it might have but that wasn't the case earlier in the season. I can't agree with the both of you more. I thought he may have been our best forward discounting Girgensons 2 goals. He's been playing well for about a month now so it isn't just a 1 game thing either. In the 1st period I believe someone ( @Brawndo ??) posted that while he was on the ice the shots were 10-0 in our favor. His Corsi for the game was thru the roof also. As for the PP, they had 4 SOG in the OT, their GK stole that game from us.

As to the bolded, all 3 of those teams will be in CAP hell next year, so although it will cost us some (primarily assets), it won't be astronomical.

😀😀 Am I hurting your feelings??

I'd let JJP stay in Rochester and use him as a call up No I would do both. Fitzgerald and Bryson show flashes but I'm not sure they're ready for the big time if you truly want to push for a playoff spot next year. We'll have plenty of spare cash to sign/get 4 of those parts without worrying about the Cap. Afterwards you have Okposo's and Girgensons contracts coming off the books or at a lower level and you add a couple of kids and your not in CAP hell afterward either if KA plays it smart.

I didn't mean to imply you did on most of those but you have to admit, you're on Pysyk staying in several of your past posts.

If true he has to be a #2. Sign a RHD UFA: Manson or Gudbranson, neither will cost much even as an overpayment Get a #1 GK or sign Husso as an UFA, I don't think Anderson comes back, age and family commitments Trade for Theodore, Dumba or Myers or a similar vet RHD Sign Burakovsky UFA from Colorado, he won't be 28 until the end of the season, big, fast and can score Lineup: Skinner-Thompson-Tuch Burakovsky-Mitts-Olofsson Krebs-Cozens-Quinn Girgensons-Asplund-Okposo Dahlin-RHD Trade Power-RHD UFA Samuelsson-Joker Bryson/Fitzgerald 7/8

Unless you're hallucinating things from it like Pysyk being an answer at RHD or a tank is going to save us or trading all your draft assets for vets who don't work out. Otherwise it's all good.

Well since game #42 they are a 11-12-4 which is 2 games before this thread started. Which of course has been punctuated by a 6 game losing streak and a 6-1-3 in their last 10 games. What we've learned since this started is that we still need an influx of GKing, a couple of forwards and 1 or 2 veteran RHDs. The young guys have been playing much better and they have seem to have finally become healthy enough to evaluate everyone going forward. Things have without a doubt been improving since the 6 game losing streak with a 8-3-3 record. Schedule doesn't get easier in the upcoming games, so we'll see how things turn out and how optimistic we should become for next season.

^^^^^ Thanks @Brawndo Where are all the Mitts haters??

Interesting Stats this month (March): Forward Line Totals Tuch-Skinner-Thompson 27 points led by Tage's 11, 15 goals led by Skinner's 7, TOI 17:24 led by Tage 18:10 Krebs-Cozens-Hinostroza. 17 points, Cozens/Hinostroza tied with 6, 6 goals Hinostroza/Krebs tied with 3, TOI 14:35 led by Cozens 15:24 Asplund-Mitts-Olofsson 23 points Mitts/VO tied with 9, 10 goals led by VO with 7, TOI 14:34 led by Mitts with 16:42 Girgs (7 games)-Eakin-Okposo. 10 points led by Okposo 8, 5 goals led by Okposo 4, TOI 14:59 led by Okposo 17: 17 Interesting side notes: Cozens has 0 goals this month. Asplund with lowest TOI 11:47. Eakin with 0 points for the month. Defense Stats: Dahlin-Jokiharju-Samuelsson-Bryson 16 Points led by Dahlin w/9, TOI 22:01 led by Dahlin 24:13, 3rd pairing guys: Pysyk-Fitzgerald-Butcher-Miller 6 points Butcher/Miller tied with 2, TOI 15:30 led by Fitzgerald 16:33 LETS GO BUFFALO Mangle Winnipeg

I'd like to get to the playoffs before thinking/dreaming about a SC. They need to put a warning on that hopium bottle. No you need a #1 GK.

My observations of the game: Thompson, Olofsson and Anderson had some of their worst games of the year. Thompson was a turnover machine, Olofsson was invisible and Anderson probably on most days makes the save on a couple of those goals. Couldn't agree more with 2 of our posters, Mitts makes plays that go under the radar that very few else can make, the 2 secondary assists yesterday were perfect examples of such It was very obvious to me especially yesterday that some of our issues with looking disjointed was caused by Butcher, Fitzgerald and Joker taking forever to get the puck up the ice. The Rangers were able to setup their defense and cause chaos because of it. Okposo not only apparently leads in the locker room but no doubt leads with his play, that goal was nothing short of awesome and will power Butcher needed to shampoo his hair really well after the game because he had his head up his @ss on Panarin's goal, nice shot on his goal though +/- can be such a misleading stat. Dahlin was -3 yesterday. Like it was his fault that Thompson coughs up 2 goals by falling down and that misguided pass in OT. The 2nd goal of the game was a well played play by Dahlin on the 2 on 1 but the turnover and in my view Anderson's misplay of the shot became his problem?? Sometimes the eye test is best. It seems like the common view is Quinn will eventually replace Hinostroza in the lineup, I'm beginning to wonder if he sticks and Olofsson loses his spot. His play can be very inconsistent at best even considering his injury may have held him back earlier this year. Does Asplund replace Eakin as Okposo's and Girgensons C next year??

Make that 5 now Make that 6 now

Speaking of which Power has 4 assists in this tournament so far

So far it’s pretty entertaining watching this team play again today. Lets go boys

Keep trolling', trolling', trollin' Though they're disapprovin', Keep them dawwgies trollin', AudClub Don't try to understand them, they're trollin' just to trollin', keep those dawwgies trollin', AudClub

Just because you don't type to goodly doesn't mean we don't have standards to uphold here. 😇 And you should lead the class in upholding those standards You Wuss. These things happen because our site brethren are more concerned with tranquility and the status quo and not about spelling and justice for all. If you don't know your history, you are condemned to repeat it. Dobie Gillis agrees it's Krebs not Crebs!!! Misspelled Words LETS GO BUFFALO

That’s why Bryson belongs in Rochester

That was actually an almost outstanding save. The speed to get back into the play was a wow play.