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Considering what he inherited - big pluses for Adams: Developed UPL - stuck with him Traded for Levi Traded for Byram Traded for Tuch Locked up Tage, Dahlin, Cozens, Power - their best days are coming. Tage I have questions. But he’s at worst a 2C Drafted Benson Drafted Quinn Traded for Greenway Signed Clifton - he’s definitely come on the 2nd half Places where his hands are tied No one wants to come here No one wants Skinner Okposo was coming off a decent year they needed a vet he made the most sense Terry wants Girgenson to stay He wanted to do right by Eichel and Reinhart - but got good return. Kane wasn’t signing here Granato did lead a turnaround - but - fire him? He just signed an extension and.. Bad injury luck we didn’t need this year: Muel, Quinn, Tage, Tuch Levi - would he have stayed at college if there wasn’t some sort of “we’ll give you a shot” deal. We could NOT lose him. His mistakes? Not mixing “toughness” with his youth. We get pushed around. We aren’t good enough to play with skilled veteran teams that are hard on the puck. We lack elite big forwards. Our top forwards can’t take hits and don’t dish any out. They don’t like playing that way or coached not to. This has to be addressed somehow. Greenway is a 4th line PKer on a playoff team. We need to play him in the top 9 because we’re so small and the forwards didn’t play defense Overall grade from me is B- Granato - C

Power is beginning to figure a lot of things out. When he puts it all together this team can become what Vancouver is. We don’t have the elite at forward right now that we do on defense and given where we were 12 months ago that’s stunning.

Vancouver has really played almost mistake free. Completely locked in and well coached. 10 shots. 10.

Props to Greenway for setting up that Vancouver goal. Great break out pass. Greenway.

That was the worst 1:20 PP I’ve ever seen.

If I’m DG: *flips table* “F the Xs and Os, you just are flat out not hustling as hard as them, you don’t think you’re as good as them, you’re admiring their passing, you’re standing around when you don’t have the puck hoping someone makes a play, you pass the puck hoping it gets there - get your heads out of your ***es and play every shift like it’s the season. Because it is. I’m playing the guys that look like they give af.” Actual DG: “You guys did a good job in those last 2 minutes to get a little more zone time. Excellent job. Just keep that up. My bad on the challenge that’s on me. Ok let’s go.”

Vancouver has lost 2 in a row. Knew they’d come out hot. Just stay close.

That’s the kind of win that’s basically like yea they’re going to get in.

I officially hate Patrick Kane.

I hate Detroit. Faceoffs matter.

3 penalties on Columbus none on Detroit who were out shot 20-5 in the first then the refs bailed them out. Car up 3-0 on the Isles.

Yep. Told you. Prefaced it. Knew it.

I’m posting about it so that means jinx incoming C-Bus up 2-0 on Det outshooting them 14-3 Philly up 1-0 on TO NJ up 1-0 on Pitt

The Flyers can easily get caught by the Caps and thus putting Flyer games in play. We are 5 points back of Philly they have 1 game in hand. Hopefully after tonight it’s 3 points. Go Leafs……ugh.

I said to my wife she’s bigger than Michael Jackson. I think that’s the territory we’re in with her. Bigger than peak Michael.

It made me think of this

Remember when OV was washed with like only 5 goals at New Years. Lol. Still, that team stinks. Thanks Calgary.

I like this Krebs Skinner Greenway line!

I’d have started Levi tonight I truly don’t get why he’s playing the 2nd of a back to back.

So no one wants the 8th seed except probably Crosby. Everyone lost today. 5 points out of 8th with 14 to play. Not worrying about tiebreakers but points left and likely points needed to stay ahead of us if we get say 22 out of 28 of our points left: Points left for Caps - 32 (18) Points left for Isles - 30 (19) Points left for Detroit - 28 (18) The good news is they all stink.

I expect changes but next season - I want the top 9 to look something like this Benson - TT - Tuch JPP - Cozens - Quinn Skinner - Krebs - Greenway

Okposo was a scratch tonight.

Beating this team on the road for a 2nd time in 6 days was probably going to be the toughest of the games this week. I thought this would be ugly.