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Reposting this after it was removed by the admins is a real dick move. Whatever dude.

Marchand lost his cool and was a dumbass. He'll get suspended. Rest for the playoffs........ Meanwhile Rask retired, so I guess Ullmark won't be traded back 🙂 Bruins look done though. Don't see them going very far.

Goalie size isn't everything either. UPL's biggest weak spot seems to be high on the glove side. Size not helping him there at all.

I think it is a size bias, nothing more. The Olympics are going to give us a taste of what he can do I think.

It'll be better for him and the team in the long run if he stays there for the rest of the year and takes part in a Rochester playoff run. Hoping we can just play out the year with Anderson and Tokarski.

Definitely will happen, and his size is the one thing he has to overcome but his athleticism is very good so I don't think it's a big issue. He's listed as the exact same height as Hasek was (but if you want to be pessimistic also Carter Hutton 🙂 )

There's a simple answer that skews the stats. Teams see Buffalo and come in thinking it's an easy win and they won't have to work too hard. They fall behind and then they start to take it up a notch. Has more to do with what they do than what we do. We have to take it up a notch when they do, and we don't, or can't. We play horrible team D and often fall apart late as a result. I'm sure the stats show that we are much worse in the 3rd than the 1st most nights.

I have the lichess app on my phone and often play a 2+1 bullet game while waiting for something or even while watching a hockey game that gets boring. I get your addiction totally.

Well that's not what happened and there were no cards crapped out and you just wanted to make your post to make a statement but whatever, the context has been removed by the mods so it's a non issue. So, to direct things back to Devon Levi, he's going to be great. Really hope he gets to shine at the Olympics. Not long to wait now.

Most of you probably don't know much about Nick Cave, and a few of you probably know who the Flaming Lips are but I suspect most of you don't like them, BUT, the kid girl singing this, Nell Smith, is 14 years old ! which just blows my mind and I love it.

The only online game I play is chess. My daughter does wordle though. It's a pretty clever invention. Pity it's going to be monetized.

As much as I love the guy and that team he could take shifts or nights off and did quit on plays from time to time if things got tough. If he'd had the drive and tenacity of say Rick Dudley, or even the work ethic of Craig Ramsey, well, I think we'd have won a couple cups. I certainly don't "blame" him, we'd have never got there without him, but it could have been so much more. That's a very good point. That whole top 5 man unit, plus the goalie were an amazing top combination of skill and discipline. Imagine what those guys would do in the silly 3 on 3 OT we have now. Thinking about it, my vote still goes to Trottier Gilles Bossy. The perfect combination, able to play both ends of the ice, and the perfect blend in that era. Flawless.

I did have fun. Thanks. You only like it when it's in one direction though don't you? Tough to look in the mirror sometimes isn't it? Definitely not, but it's also kind of useful to block a goalie's vision as much as possible and in general it takes a bigger body in front, or at least a tough and unafraid one, but bigger is better. It's still a really funny image to look at Skinner trying to screen a goalie who is simply looking over his head. That was the comment that started this, and it's a funny image and always will be.

Yes, I would like to see VO Tage and Asplund again to see if the early season chemistry was real or a fluke. I thought the combination of that line worked. I'd try Mitts between Tuch and Skinner but it seems Granato wants Mitts paired with the most speed so the whole line can play very up tempo rather than balancing them more. I personally would rather see the top 3 lines balanced as much as possible. Line chemistry is important though. I'd really like to see some stability with the players that they plan to bring back next year. Create those lines, pairings, roles, slot the people in them and build the base of real continuity. It's time.

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Could be though. Might have been done in an IOU sort of way, allowing Buffalo to pick up less money in total and allowing Vegas to keep that body on the roster until Eichel was ready. It's possible.

Well first, I wouldn't miss the point if you actually articulated it rather than just taking snipes. Second, who said anything about point shots???? Third, I could have said our PP was better when Kreuger stuck Risto in front, but the Scotty Bowman reference was just more fun to make. So to sum, if you're still missing he actual point, a good PP is about puck movement, speed, possession and unpredictability. Having a big body in front to tip shots, tie up the D and/or grab a rebound is ideal, especially when he can impede a goalie's vision. Skinner doesn't shy from getting in tight, but he is of limited effectiveness in that role, and as such our PP isn't all that powerful. But you knew that.

I guess they argue that Gretzky carried the other two, or elevated them above where they'd have been. Kind of silly imo. Trottier line should be higher.

So if we can be the team that takes on one of their contracts for next to nothing do we add that guy into the trade? Cause in a way it would. imo KA should certainly be discussing it.

Sure. Crazy idea. Nobody puts big guys in front to block the goalie's vision. Unheard of. Sticking Larry Robinson in front should have disqualified Scotty Bowman from the Hall of Fame. What a dumbass he was.

I'm hoping. I'm really just speaking for myself personally. I almost gave up on being a fan this year. I had it in my head that although I've had enough, if they tear it down (right or wrong) I can put the blame on the Eichel Reinhart Risto core group and bad leadership, bad coaching, bad management, and we can have one last redo, one more let's get it right this time. If they'd continued as it was I'd already be gone. So to me, again just personally, this is the bottom for me and the rebuild is in full swing. Multiple picks, multiple prospects, a new attitude (hopefully) and we start to rise back to where we should be step by step. If this falls apart I don't think I can take any more, and I've been a fan since the 70s.

I agree we should a decent veteran goalie to play with UPL but I don't think this year would have gone a whole lot better with a goalie unless it was Hasek. We weren't going to make the playoffs. In the most optimistic scenario we might have been on the outside looking in with Detroit, but that's at best so I guess better for us fans week to week but ultimately just a worse draft choice. From KA's perspective I think this year was only about trading Eichel and creating a foundation to build on. Tanking (in a way) was just fine with them and in the long run this will be better for us. BUT, this is it for me personally. Next year no more waiting, no more excuses. If we can't start moving up next year we never will.

Just one? 🙂

I'm sorry, but cherry picking stats can spin things in any direction you want. We also are the 2nd worst in terms of giving up shots on goal and deep in the lower third in terms of shots on goal. So if we don't cough up the puck at center ice who gives a crap? Now having said that, even that doesn't mean a lot unless you consider where the shots come from, how many rebounds you give up, how many are actual scoring chances, how many get blocked and so on. If you want to play with stats, you need to look at ALL of them. We are NOT a hard team to play against.

Is this the same guy? https://www.nelsonstar.com/sports/around-the-bchl-b-c-junior-a-league-dominates-team-canada-west-roster/