Broken Ankles

Mofo War. The Thomas E. Dewy Thruway Series. #battleofNYS F the Blue Shirts!!!

Absolutely serious. He slowed but did make contact, just with his backside. Angle in clip wasn’t great. Nice play.

You don’t have to be big to make big hits. Sandin is 21 and 5’11. Nice player. And he’s a Rasmus, how is not on the Buffalo Rasmi?

Millbury (the town or Douchey player) Wanker.

the "precogs" have spoken.

Mongo Whomp!!

I’ll attempt to get you back on. And by no way am I suggesting he had a good game but consider this: 4 defensive zone starts and 8 defensive zone face-off’s. Dahlin in comparison took zero D face-offs and only 2 DZS. Risto took 5 Ozone face-offs, Joki and Dahlin had 11 each. Paired with a rookie playing his second game, and was caught on the ice multiple times with defenders like Joki and Bryson for extended shifts. Miller, Bryson, and Joki all had a worse xGA for the game 5v5. And Samuelson was extremely close. Multiple shifts he worked to clear the zone and exited before a forward registered a shot. One sequence occurred at the end of the second period where the Sabres had pressure including a scoring chance with less than 20 seconds remaining. He doesn’t get credit for being on ice for a SoG, but Bryson and Miller change (WTF - worst decision ever considering it’s the long change) and Boston’s gets two shots before Toker freezes it. Then with 8 seconds, the Bruins win the face-off (insert joke about the significance of this) and Bergeron almost scores to end the period. That’s three shots against. Not just shot attempts. In another sequence, where the Bruins score their second goal, it’s a defensive zone face-off the Sabres lose again followed by extremely poor play by Artu and Bjork to clear and then a poor save/kick in by Toker. He played well on the PK with almost 2 minutes on ice. Would have played more but was in the box for a dumb penalty against. He played 4 minutes on the PP and outside the abomination of the final 6-3, a few of the PPs looked much improved. This against the leagues best PK. And while I know you are carrying the proverbial cross on the Face-off crusade, the fact is losing 62% against a good team hemmed them in their own zone and allowed Boston to maintain possession throughout the game. No stats, just observation. On any given evening an NHL team is maybe losing 51-55% of face-offs. Losing 34 of 55 put them behind the eight ball all night. Six blocked shots isn’t a bad thing, as implied in the tweet. Kinda good. No stats on who he was on the ice with, but it seemed liked 3/4 lines. Asplund, Bjork, and Sheahan did not have good games. A few random thoughts why “underlying” stats can be deceptive.

This was a horrible idea.

Much better effort lately on the Sabres power-play. Bruins have a very good Pk unit and the Sabres had good movement and ozone time.

No reason to play Dahlin and Joki against that line.

More Weed

Why does Dustin have only one profile picture and Michaela have two? And God bless you Michaela for the work you do each and every day.

I listened to the Pittsburgh broadcast and like most opposing broadcast teams they were extremely complementary of Risto’s play. Replaying some of his harder hits against. They are abundantly knowledgeable about his historical poor analytics and career plus minus, but they maintain any coach would love to have him. Should be an interesting summer. Based on the Seattle thread I have come to believe he and Miller should be exposed, for no other reason than what WB could become under our control and the contribution over the next 3+ years vs one year of Risto. Makes me sad but perhaps...

Or 4, he is pissed that the ‘Reinhart sign him or trade him’ thread by Sweet Lou will not go away. He was reported to have said after the game, “goddamnit PI, I am a positive +/- since taking over at Center in April, what the ***** else do you want me to do?”

Great question. I can see Skinner wanting to do Adam’s a solid after firing RFK. But isn’t the tag like an all or none? As in you can’t “temporarily” lift the NMC clause and then get it back?

Cole is pitching, so the probably won’t lose it until the 8th. You’ll be fine.

Mildly Woke

Dougie is a UFA I believe. So just a matter of overpaying for the big Free Agent. If you move on from Risto and Miller you can afford him.

Might? I wouldn’t be surprised if Eakin wore a Medical Alert bracelet.

Overheard somewhere near Broadway and at St. Stanislaus church in the morning... “Dat der Toe-KAR-ski, he’s a real hockey player.”

Mostly Wild

Hate "The Drake".

In bold - unlike Vegas, Seattle will probably take an approach of slower development/not winning immediately, as GM's will act differently learning the lessons of the Vegas mistakes. Speaking of which, was Jonathan Marchessault or Reilly Smith net negative values? Of course not. How about Eric Haula? But sacrificed to protect another player(s). If I have a chance to start from scratch do I want a younger player still developing, cost controlled and guaranteed on my roster for at least 3-5 years or an over-priced player in his prime (with less skill - my opinion) who has an option to leave in UFA next season? The decision isn't even close.

What are you offering to take Miller? He’s not been good. I would require a second at minimum to take this player. And then you have to ask yourself, is that satisfactory value to save the development invested in Asplund and Borgen. It might be, but what if Seattle says they need our Second (not Boston) this year and next years third, what then?