Pimlach

He does not have an NHL shot at this point.

Dahlin wanted to go with Kapoenen. Rough shift. McAvoy came into the league with Chara as a line mate. Dahlin got help/mentoring/ from ? Another huge blemish on the organization.

what is going on? Breakouts are bad, zone entries are bad, we keep giving them the puck with failed long passes.

Buffalo power play, win the draw cleanly and 3 players fail to get possession. The Blues were coming out and pressuring the points and we still can’t get a guy inside. The power play is so bad. No feel, they do one thing and EVERYONE knows it.

There were two forwards there to watch. Looked like a kooky bounce and Power misplayed it but I get it, blame the closest defenseman.

Ugh.

KO scores from TNT

Ok. Home game matinee. Decent crowd for Buffalo. They fall behind to a team with only 1 loss when they start the game with the lead. My biggest, no, one of my biggest problems with DG is his team is NOT READY TO PLAY in the first period. I just don’t get it.

What feed do you have? I have ESPN with Wyshunski and Ms. Mlezko ? Something like that?

Cozens ready to scrap again. The hit on Benson was not much.

Very proactive leadership in St Louis. They know they’re sliding and are taking steps to turn it around. They will be seriously interviewing coaches, even though the interim is doing ok. Ok is not good enough.

WTF Tuch.

Lucky goal but they had 3 guys at the net. “Notoriously bad” in the first period she says. Does Granato ever get these guys ready? Home games are no fun

Peggy has been burned by free agents and paying players and coaches that are gone. Adam’s is on a budget.

Tage is due for a big game. Might as well be against the Blooze.

He refuses to reference the lines, dots, circles, and creases. I sentence him to 1000 hours of Ted Darling PBP review, the master of painting the picture. RJ was no slouch either of course.

Good Afternoon Teammates, Punch checking in, a bit late this afternoon. Let’s beat this team. No reason not too. Muscle Weight! (PK Subban is a doofus)

I do not think Adams is allowed to spend to the cap. Pretty sad if true because Jack/Sam/Mitts timeline is now. They are young vets and excellent players. I hope this rumor is false because right now we have Tage, Mitts, Cozens - which SHOULD be a good center spline no matter how you stack them as 1,2,3. Just get a better 4th center that wins draws and plays better 2 way hockey than Krebs. Then, if and when one of the young kids develops as a center, any of the three can play wing.

Draft. Develop. Trade - and watch them blossom.

Ham salad again? When I was in the army they used to put Saltpeter in the ham salad.

He said he was out yesterday and he posted today.

Sure. They can sign Mitts for $5.5M if he will take that. Buying out Skinner after next year is plausible but a good GM would be working it now.

Way, way, way too early to say that. New contracts are going up, and salary cap is going up. I am betting these contracts look great in the next few years because I think we have not seen the best of Cozens, and not even close to the best of Power.

I get your point. My view as of today is, Tage is the 1C and he is locked up. Cozens got paid, so I call him the 2C, there is no plan to move him that we know of today. In fact, Adams was trumpeting Cozens in his recent interview. That leaves Casey as 3C. Now, the reality is Casey has proven he can plug into 1C and be effective. He has improved his all around game tremendously. He can slide to LW and be effective. He could be a 2C on many teams, including this one. Physically, he has a stout build and he works hard at both ends of the ice. Skills wise he has very good hands and passing skills. I think that today he is better than Cozens - but Cozens plays with Peterka and Quinn and they were our best line until the injury to Quinn. So in summary, I called him 3C because Adams already locked up 2 centers. Yup. Maybe he might entertain Toronto, Detroit, Ottawa or Montreal to stay close to home? Then he will haunt us the rest of his career.