HumanSlinky39

Detroit is a mess. Oofta.

Gibson - Porous defense in front of him. That said, he's been league average at best since 2019. How much of that is him, and how much is the suck in front of him? Either way, he makes $6.4M per...yeesh. Markstrom - This one's surprising. Vezina runner-up last year. On paper, their defense should be pretty solid in front of him. They are missing Kylington and Weegar has been underperforming, but I've watched a few CGY games this year and Markstrom has been letting in some real softies. I wonder if his confidence took a hit in the playoff BOA last spring when EDM shelled him. Demko - He was playing better before he got hurt, but he was definitely underperforming. That said, VAN's defense is atrocious in front of him. Quick - He's almost 37 and has a lot of mileage. Might just be age catching up to him. Grubauer - Been surprised how bad he's been in SEA. Campbell - That contract is a disaster. Campbell has a history of being very, very streaky...so he could turn it on, but he doesn't seem like the type of personality to thrive in a fishbowl like EDM. Petersen - Only has 101 games behind him, so hard to say what he is. That's a bad contract, though. Goaltending is down all over the league as offense becomes more prevalent. Investing large cap numbers in a goalie is just risky as hell nowadays. Unless he's a superstar like Shesterkin or Vasilevskiy, or you have a really strong defense ahead of them, it's pretty much a toss of the dice what you're gonna get from year-to-year. As for our situation, I had no issue with what KA did this offseason. Getting Comrie, who was well regarded, on a sweetheart prove it deal was probably the way to go. Could you imagine if we were tied to Jack Campbell for the next 5 years at $5M+ per when we are going to have to start paying all these young guys? Ideally, UPL develops into a serviceable backup or 1B and one of Levi/Portillo take the other spot in the next year or two. Would be a big bonus if Comrie could find a happy medium between the dominance he showed early on and the leakiness pre-injury. A think adding another strong piece to the blue line would be advantageous as well.

WINNNNNNNN Dogshit 3rd period saved my a herculean effort by UPL.

Be nice if we could win a flippin' draw...

Ferk.

UPL gonna need a new chest pad after tonight.

Have we spent more than 60 seconds in the offensive zone this period? Sheesh...

UPL...

UPL:

UPL UPL UPL

Pilut has been good tonight. UPL again.

Impressed by UPL

3 goal lead trauma resurfacing...

Rat farts.

UPL

PILUT LOL!

I get that Vegas is all about "glitz", but those gold jerseys are an eyesore.

First line is BUZZING tonight.

Tage is a top-10 player in the NHL. I said what I said.

TNT

SKINNER!

I need this on my front porch.

All I read was how brilliant a hire Lalonde was and Stevie Y is such an amazing GM. Is he? First of all, being an assistant on a good team does not equate to being a successful coach of your own team. If Lalonde is so good, why have Raymond and Seider seemingly taken sizeable steps back from their brilliant rookie years? I'm not convinced Lalonde is an even average coach.

He's reached the point where you EXPECT him to score a goal when you really need one.

I don't know how anybody can watch this team and not be pumped for the future. Lotta young talent that is maturing rapidly before our eyes. Yes, there are still deficiencies that need to be addressed, but the core is here. They're young, so there will likely still be a couple skids ahead, but this is the makings of a scary good team in the very near future.