triumph_communes

Only player I disliked last night was Rodrigues. I wouldn't even re-sign him as depth he's been playing so bad, and last year I thought he was one of our best. Yes, Mittelstadt loses the puck when contested a lot, and Sheary isn't exactly a puck retrieving forward, but that line is missing its big body presence and it shows. I don't get how people are down on Dahlin after this game? Some of the things he did this game you don't see from any other player in the league. Yes, he gets worked in the d-zone sometimes, but he's only 19 and it's just a size thing. Give him a break.

Wrong. Finally got NHL RuleBook to load: Rule 57: Accidental trips which occur simultaneously with a completed play will not be penalized. Accidental trips occurring simultaneously with or after a stoppage of play will not be penalized.

D prospect. Wild card for wild card

Good game. Sabre’s seem to be down a notch from the first few gams but still playing well. If they would hit the net and not the post on just one of those fifteen great chances this game is different. Didn’t think Arizona really had anything dangerous tonight. One low percentage goal snuck by Hutton and an unlucky bounce on a penalty that shouldn’t have been one.

I can’t get the NHL rules to load for me, but I thought they had a similar clause saying simultaneous contact exempts the penalty. Can someone else get the NHL website to work for them?

USA Hockey: Note) However, no penalty shall be assessed under this rule if, in the opinion of the Referee, the player was clearly hook-checking or poke-checking the puck for the purpose of gaining possession.

Two awful calls in a row. Go refs go

Detroit’s offense is ass right now and needs the help. Perlini has a lot of potential, just hasn’t put it together yet. He at least gives them speed, which seems to be the theme Detroit is moving towards with AA et al. Seems like a good hockey trade to me.

Red Wings get more speed. Detroit fills their d depth back in. Good trade.

Defense letting up some big plays which is not characteristic, but the offense is doing above average than their norm. Score is due to that turnover.

2nd line RW power forward to replace Sobotka. That’s what this team needs most.

Not impressed tonight but yay 2 ptns shutout

Gilmour is showing how much less our current defense are jumping into the rush since the early games. His speed is refreshing. Not sure how this team would survive without Risto. Too many weak defenders. I don’t mind the breakout much. It’s the forecheck and perimeter play on offense that’s creeping back. The forwards can do better

Whoa Kyle made a strong play for once

Holy hot takes some of you need to calm down. It's as if you guys don't remember being completely suffocated game after game last few seasons. They controlled play for most of the game last night, but got torn apart for the handful of mismatched shifts where Panarin lit up the 2nd line+Dahlin/Miller. Hutton never had a chance on the goals against, and made at least two highlight reel saves. The team had plenty of shots, controlled the play, broke into the zone repeatedly with no issues, recovered dumps at an average rate. They weren't in the right place to take advantage of any of the rebounds and got out lucked in the end. If you think they got dominated I hesitate to believe you only watched the highlights. When Vesey and Scandella went out, the team was double shifting on both ends, got tired, made mistakes. Running the short bench hurt them.

Whatever. They outplayed the Rangers for most of the game. Bounces weren’t going their way. They were being a little too cute and the rebounds were there but not the clean up. They had a couple of bad shifts and got penalized on each one. I didn’t see anything other than a few breakdowns being punished where the Rangers were getting lucky to not be bleeding goals. 82 game season go next.

Skinner has always been a weird winger on the breakout. And Sobotka has always sucked at the breakout. I don’t care if he’s the defensive guy, he sucks at breaking it out. If Johansson is overmatched then that line falls apart. And Panarin is a star, you can’t just blame Johansson

They are stats that barely correlate with anything predictive.

Combination of the Panarin line versus Sobotka and Dahlin+Miller has led to the goals. That’s a weak link.

Reinhart is annoying me with his fumbles tonight. McCabe too. They’re dominating play, but they let in goals on the very few shifts they took off. Need to just shoot Lundy is not hot tonight. Team is hurting without Scandella and Vesey. Something I wasn’t expecting to say this year.

It's pretty telling that a lot of the players who seemed to struggle with the structured crazy advanced system Housley pushed on them all look like brand new players in the simplistic, yet more effective ordeal they're employing this year. Get these guys out of the video room-- that's for the coaches, maybe one or two players (PP QBs, etc.), not the entire team.

Lines mostly seem to just roll 1-4, with the rotation resetting after special teams events, or Jack's line getting extra shifts at ends of periods.

Joki is only 20, but is being handled by Krueger as if he's a veteran. Unlike Dahlin, who is only a year younger. Speaks volumes.

He sucked first 5 games. Was slow, always lost the puck, never in position to do anything, shot lame pucks wide on his few opportunities. Then he started to get in gear during west coast trip, and right now is looking good, often in position, making great passes, actually hitting the net. I think most of it was mental, and he's starting to believe in Krueger now and change the pace that he plays at. As long as the latter keeps up, he's a great 3LW for the team.

Krueger‘s Edmonton team looked great in their first twenty games and then had a monumental collapse. Pundits said it was a young team that couldn’t adjust as teams adjusted to them and the games got tougher. It was also post lockout where a lot of teams were in a weird rusty state to start with. Hope this doesn’t repeat that.