Drag0nDan

He can't score 30 goals if he continues to shoot this poorly. It's like he's aiming for the goalies stomachs. He was supposed to be a 5x5 driver, not just along for the ride with jack and sam.

I'm honestly open to trading anyone, no one should be considered untouchable. Skinner you're stuck with, same with okposo. Buyout skinner could create some space, but it prolongs the pain even longer since he's so fresh into his deal. Okposo should just go to the minors - those minutes need to be given to someone else who can actually contribute long-term. Eichel if traded would get you a haul of stuff - but I refuse to take another terrible deal for a "problem child". Reinhart would also get a decent value. There are so many overpaid bad contracts on this team... its impossible to build. Skinner, Okposo, Miller, Hutton. 1/4 of the payroll - and you get 4 points from all the skaters (1 of which seems to have forgotten how to score, another how to play hockey, and miller isn't a capable defender), and some really poor goaltending.

In the pandemic with a static salary cap no less.

Honestly i thought dahlin looked a lot better last night. On the other hand i thought eichel looked considerably worse. I can't say open it up offensively when i have irwin/davidson/borgen playing minutes. I also think Miller is not very good. His inconsistencies tend to kill offensive chances.

Then score some goals? It's either in the goalies belly, or wide. They fan on 1 timers. You aren't going to get 20 chances a game, they need to start capitalizing on some of them.

I didn't really feel like the islanders put up much in the way of scoring chances. Buffalo didn't either. The game just sort of happened. Then it ended.

So they should fire adams after like 10 games? It's not as if he's the one who... hired RK and extended skinner/okposo, or signed hutton. They were missing 5 regulars for that game... and several others were away from facilities sick. With a limited amount of space - he brought in Staal (an upgrade over Johansson), rieder/eakin to shore up the PK (which has improved), Hall (whos been almost a PPG player). The PP is still solid - they just can't shoot. I don't know what it is, but this team cannot shoot. I don't know how skinner scored 40 goals, because he's reliably shooting it directly into the goalies stomach. Hall and Eichel are well below career averages shooting. And goaltending is still a huge problem. They have 1 capable goalie in the organization (who if he didn't miss time last year, they'd have made the playoffs). They spend like little to no money on it, and it shows. 15 million on okposo and skinner... and they have combined for a point. 1. I don't care who skinner plays with... 1 point? Why is he getting outscored by sheahan lazar and rieder?

I feel like he's either trying to be like lemieux and make some insane play and turn it over. Or he's just waiting for something to develop and isn't doing the little things. Last night looked like he was playing on a line with 0 chemistry. No one was in the right place. He looks in front, nobody home and turnover. Cycle it around, nobody home and turnover. Just no sustained pressure in 5x5. The entire team can't pass, and having guys like irwin in there makes it even worse. Open it up and we'll see how bad the goaltending really is though. It's a catch-22

Oh you think you're entitled to it?!

He knows what we all know - you want him to just throw his reputation away for the purposes of what stirring up a hornets nest? thats already stirred?

And yet - it made o'reilly "expendable"

Ehhh my biggest ones were "nylander - the winger to play with jack" and "mittelstadt - the 2nd line center behind jack". Perception might be greater than reality. But either way, i didn't come away from either pick as the BPA. Nor did i with the 1st this year tbh.

The constant use of the 1st round draft pick to fill the current hole always bothers me. The guy probably won't play for a year, and he probably won't be a valuable contributor for 2. So just try and get - good hockey players. Also - goaltending, we're just consistently poor here.

Botterill... the gift that keeps on giving...

Dahlin needs to be a lot better. If the hall move to the staal cozens line is permanent, i'd personally like to see skinner with eichel and reinhart. Oloffson can still get his PP1 minutes and play with sheahan and lazar. Send okposo to the press box, or figure out a way to get him on LTIR for the balance of the year so you can buy him out. Maybe he's just getting his feet under him with the limited offseason but he looks like john scott out there.

Based on cap hits? Seabrook/Toews (not sure on toews LTIR cap hit), Shattenkirk/Lundqvist/Deangelo I get not wanting to have like 8 buyouts on the books - but the 800K for cody hodgson isn't exactly hamstringing the team at the moment. This: https://www.capfriendly.com/buyout-calculator/kyle-okposo looks appealing to me, if he doesn't hit permanent LTIR. Lower cap hits for 2 years and 2 years with a million dollar charge that replaces the 800K for hodgson. Get it done this offseason, the guy can't play. Skinner on the other hand has a fair amount of years left so its pretty much impossible to trade/buy out. He's still playing alright, he's still creative - he's just not finding the net at the moment.

Considering how much they traditionally start in the dzone too - those bottom numbers are even better. Okposo has been a gaping hole on the ice to me. Just messing up transition, poor fore/back check, never in the right place, and his passing is terrible.

It's not as if anything is permanent. He can play his way up the lineup. Cozens is starting at wing, but he could move to center. To me, none of the lineup is truly set in stone.

Green Jelly - I'm sure theres some 20 second clip from three little pigs we could use. (They're from Kenmore, and not the googoo dolls)

Play-in tournament is smart. If you have to cut the season short you have that built in plan.

Any chance he makes the roster? Or is he headed straight back for juniors?

They're not bad movies - they're just not... bond movies?

Tommy Gunn is by far the worst opponent - rocky is totally washed at that point. Creed was undefeated, undisputed heavyweight champion and a showman like Ali. Clubber Lang was basically a knockout machine like Liston. Drago was a juiced up Russian machine representing the entire USSR. Rocky V does have those 2 great lines after tommy punches Paulie... Not sure its enough to redeem a bad forgettable movie though.

Then they played like 1/3 of a season and all lost a ton of money.

I mean so many teams are running different 1-3-1 plays. And our d would get caught chasing too often - cross ice pass and its an open net. They'd also occasionally just get it, fake the cross ice pass and fit it in shortside since ullmark struggles there. So... whatever you can do to kinda prevent open shots from the circles.