Thorny

I can’t really read the charts in full but I’d also say Dahlin has been a fair bit better than Power so far, and the charts seems to almost say otherwise so I’ve got a bit of a disconnect here I guess

No precedent yet, but that could change I suppose. But I wouldn’t bet on it

Like I said, you can get Buffalo-Ullmark numbers with a lesser guy if the defence is great Granted that’s a small sample size from JJ

Good team D improves goaltending but it goes both ways: it’s not a bag of generic, indistinguishable tenders where the ones on Boston win the vezina and the ones on last year’s Buffalo Sabres sit 90th in expected goals: there’s still a spectrum of available talent. Ullmark is a nice one and done example as he was good here, but great in Boston. But he wasn’t UPL here. UPL wouldn’t be Ullmark in Boston, he’d probably improve to Buffalo Ullmark, though It’s just both: your team D improves goaltending output, and also…your rostered goalies improve your goaltending output

Just for discussion purposes. Kulich seems to be most controversial in terms of if he’s the guy who’s going to give us the best chance to win, now The 10 set spots dudacek just mentioned are still there: Skinner/Thompson/Tuch/Peterka/Cozens/Greenway/Mittelstadt/Girgensons/Krebs/Okposo : Okposo had basically just been replaced with Kulich in the tweet, instead. Benson/Savoie swapped. Utility guy Jost finding a regular shift because VO squandered. Would it be better to have Kulich in for KO? There’s basically 3 RW spots there I have no idea what to do with/how it will or should shake out, with: Jost, VO, KO, Savoie, and fan favourite Kulich in the mix in theory but maybe Kulich actually isn’t. It’ll probably be Jost, KO, Savoie in, but there’s a chance Jost of all people is the only true top 12 guy in the mix among that 5

That’s true

Ya exactly (sorry was still editing). It serves your point: at least they could overcome their team wide defensive issues through raw scoring in the past and now even that seems to have dried up I think being such a good regular season team recently I suspect they put it together more so than they have (before crashing and burning in the playoffs, of course)..but maybe they won’t do even that. Interesting to watch.

Vegas also scores in waves from multiple lines which served them well in the playoffs as they were rolling 4. They had/have a very underrated 6 strong on D, too. Their actual talent on D last season was very apparent Edmonton just refuses to surround McDavid / Draisaitl with depth scoring on other lines. Toronto too is becoming increasingly one-note offensively - which is trouble as you point out particularly because they struggle locking down on D - now they are finding it difficult to overcome that with raw scoring even in the regular season

I guess KA did?

Ya it’s definitely more about when than who, when it comes to nhl scheduling

We have a designated fighter. It’s Cozens, he drew the short straw

I too find it a bit odd, but if the results are there from the team at large, I won’t argue with it. They can run in the mold of the USNTDP for all I care, the only thing that’s relevant to me is that the expectations don’t change - it’s pretty much my only argument I care about. They don’t get to undercut their own artificially by willfully going super young at every opportunity. When a young player goes in, I choose to believe it’s because they believe it’s cause that player gives them the best chance to win

Granted I think any game is winnable in the NHL but who’s the 5th winnable game you are referring to between Carolina and Boston? Carolina I guess?

There have been plenty of possibilities we’ve heard about, and presumably a lot we haven’t, over the course of a long 4 seasons. I think it’s pretty clearly Adams wasn’t very enticed to upgrade beyond what we have - whether he did a good enough job on this front as far as this season goes remains to be seen: results will speak for themselves, so far I think we are about mid-pack in goaltending output? So a solid C

I think I’ll be at the Jets game next Friday

Make it stop

Fine. Call him RJ then if it means so much to you to call him by the nickname some of the players do it’s a “whatever” thing

Good for Alex Tuch. The board can do better imo

Absolutely

The quest stands upon the edge of a knife. Stray just a little..

Good to see this guy find his feet. Sky’s the limit

Doesn’t mean you do lol Do I have to call him “Krebsie”? For now on, Levi should autocorrect on this forum to Mr Beast

That’s a no on that nickname I’ve been a fan of this crest far longer than these kids (by large multiples in most cases) the RJ nickname is off limits Full stop

This made me laugh

As good a reason as any There’s no cheerios. We’re all eating All Bran until we are firmly in a playoff spot. Not too high, not too low: steady All Bran