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Yup. Something is wrong. For me personally I'm struggling to connect to this team, again. Favorite player? Who plays with moxie every night? I don't have an easy answer. Skinner I guess?

I thought TT looked good Friday. He had a goal, a cross bar or post, and in OT one leaked through the goalie but didn't cross the line. He's leading the team in goals & points. I'm a little surprised they went with Lazar this week tbh, maybe a role thing. Who is Asplund?

Heard they've been in town for three nights, sitting around all day Sat, Sun, Mon in hotel? No fun. I expect them come out hot and cranky.

Yes! Jim is the GOAT. I found this game on youtube a few weeks ago while waiting for the season to start. It's a beauty on the ice and to the ears, exceptional performance by Rick and Jim. Wonder how he will be involved in the 50th. If they honor him at a game or whatever I will definitely try to get there.

Is this the pro weight?

I remember that red bull pre-game clip his 1st or 2nd year, good stuff. Espresso > energy drink for sure.

Hughes was on for the Jets 4th goal with like 7 minutes to play. He was a mess in his own end, confused, chasing, spectacularly failing over probably a full minute of zone time for the Jets. Sorta looked like what you'd expect putting a 150# 18 year old kid into an NHL game. He got stapled to the bench until OT where he looked fast and skilled and almost finished it for NJ! Also Gusev looked good. Should be a fun game tomorrow!

Good call! Ooops, I was behind on my feed.

Did you see the Leafs last night? They looked terrible in the first, and that arena was zzzzzzzz, just a brutal environment to play in I'd think. Of course then they looked great, but it was vs Ott. Anyways I'm pumped. And even if it's an L to start, no worries because Saturday we get to see that jersey and it's going to be awesome.

It would be very funny if its Sobotka. I'll go Reinhart, this is his year.

Yeah I couldn't remember either. Sounds like basically you submit offer 99% of time, that gets ball rolling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restricted_free_agent NHL[edit] A player who is no longer considered to be entry-level, but does not qualify as an unrestricted free agent, becomes a restricted free agent when his contract expires. A player may only declare himself to be an unrestricted free agent if he is over the age of 27 or has played in the league for a minimum of 7 years. Qualifying offers[edit] The current team must extend a "qualifying offer" to a restricted free agent to retain negotiating rights to that player. Qualifying offers are for one year contracts. The minimum salary for the qualifying offer depends on the player's prior year salary. Players who earned less than $660,000 in the previous season must be offered 110 percent of last season's salary. Players making up to $1 million must be offered 105 percent. Players making over $1 million must be offered 100 percent. If the qualifying offer is not made, the player becomes an unrestricted free agent. If the player rejects a qualifying offer, he remains a restricted free agent. If the player does not sign before December 1, he is ineligible to play in the NHL for the remainder of the season. Possible outcomes[edit] If a player accepts a qualifying offer, he then signs a one-year contract with his current team under the terms of the offer. If the player rejects the qualifying offer, or has not yet accepted it, he is able to negotiate offer sheets with other teams. Qualifying offers are required for a team to retain a player's rights, but in most cases the player and team will agree to a contract differing from the qualifying offer. Should the player sign an offer sheet with another team, his current team is notified and can no longer negotiate a new contract or trade the player rights to another team. The current team has 7 days to make a decision whether to match the offer sheet, or decline and receive draft pick compensation from the team making the offer sheet. Accept The player remains with his current team on a contract identical to that of the offer sheet, with the exception that the current team does not have to match any clauses restricting their ability to trade or reassign the player like a "no trade clause". The team is not allowed to trade the player for one year. Decline The player becomes a member of the team with whom he signed the offer sheet under all the terms of said offer sheet. His now former team claims draft picks from the player’s new team as compensation. Compensatory draft picks are determined by the player’s new salary on a sliding scale. For example: In 2008 a team that signed a restricted free agent to a salary averaging $2,615,625 to $3,923,437 per season lost a first-round draft pick and a third-round draft pick to the player’s former team. Signing a restricted free agent to a contract worth over $6,539,062 per year costs a team four first-round draft picks. At any point during the negotiation process, if the player has been in the NHL for longer than 4 years (less if the player signed his first contract after the age of 20), either the player or his current team may file for salary arbitration as a means of settling a contract dispute. At this point the player may no longer sign an offer sheet. The deadline to file for salary arbitration is July 5 with cases being heard between late July and early August. Salary Arbitration. Both the player and his current team submit their expectations for the player's salary for the coming year. The team cannot request a reduction in salary of greater than 15%. The arbitrator hears the case from both player and team and renders a verdict. The verdict sets the salary the team is required to pay the player. After the arbitrator's verdict is rendered, the team must make a decision within 48 hours of the verdict being rendered. If the team accepts, the player is signed to a new contract at the salary set in the verdict. Should the team decline, the player then becomes an unrestricted free agent. A team can take a player to arbitration once in his career. Players may request salary arbitration as often as they please.

"Belief. And Confidence. At the moment there's doubt. We fall to glass-half-empty, the negative. I can feel it in the air and in discussions with fans. We need to turn that."

Measure the distance covered, ie fitness requirements. "winger skated 1000 meters that shift" I doubt it's related to player positioning. Better in soccer where they are covering more ground and no line change. Modern day "short shifts boys!" not just time on ice but distance covered.

The XM NHL guys stated this AM that JBot's Dad and Krueger are buddies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Botterill I didn't know Jbot's family includes PHD + Harvard, impressive. The brainy side of the old boys club perhaps.

Another good read here: https://edmontonjournal.com/sports/hockey/nhl/cult-of-hockey/why-edmonton-oilers-should-think-long-hard-about-ralph-krueger I'm in.