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We discussed this back in May, June, July, etc... Number 1 priority for KA was to shore up the goaltending by replacing Hutton. That was it... We all saw it coming and it was a foregone conclusion that Hutton would be upgraded with a bonafide starter, and then let Ullmark and him compete for the starting spot. There were many goalies available. They chose to stick with Hutton and now it's going to bite them in the ass. I don't have any sympathy for any of them. And if I'm Eichel, it's these types of blunders over and over and over again that would make me want out.

The bar on this team is set so extremely low, sure he can stay.

Maybe they're punishing RK for scratching Jeff Skinner. McCabe, Eichel and now Ullmark since he's been scratched.

3 studs: Reinhart, Ullmark, Sheahan 3 duds: Hutton, Hall, Irwin

Why is Hutton still here!? He gets to play but Skinner has to sit? Any sane organization would make a move for a goalie and waive Hutton ASAP, literally any other NHL goalie is better than Hutton.

somebody do something!

oh god Hutton... nooooooooo

Samson Reinhart falling down falling down falling down

Thompson in for Eichel. FREE JEFF SKINNER

They should use slightly smaller nets in practice.

My understanding is that antibodies last anywhere from 6mo to a year, on average 8 months. I had covid 3 weeks ago, if I have the opportunity to get the vaccine sometime in may or june I'll definitely sign up.

My understanding is that once you have anti-bodies, additional vaccinations will have no affect.

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Ran into him at Toyota Center in LA (Kings practice facility) a couple years ago. He loves the game, it's that simple.

nah i'm convinced it's one or more of the following... fortnite addiction (thanks Casey) developed a marijuana habit to soothe his fragile emotional well-being bad hair day rabies rickets dysentery undiagnosed neurological disorder IBS ran out of sock tape villeleinoitis IBS lost his love of the game possessed by demons simply forgot how to hockey after the long layoff was abducted by aliens, transported to parallel universe... replaced with beserko Eichel forgot he's actually a lefty optical disorder / huttonitis forgot to sharpen his skates paul hamilton constipation syphilis (@Doohickie)

there's always that one guy that calls for the puck ALL THE TIME even when he's not open or no where near the play

beaver tail (furiously tapping your stick on the ice to call for a pass)

My hope with Skinner is that RK is grooming him for a spot on Eichel's wing. There are other players better suited for 3rd/4th line roles, so for now Skinner finds himself on the outside looking in. That, or RK has absolutely no idea what he's doing and has a personal vendetta against Jeff.

When guys slow down in a puck race to try to "get body position" when they really just don't want to get hit.... just go get the damn puck and take the hit!

They're DFL at even-strength... BUF: 5.60% NSH: 6.64% NYI: 7.00% ...that's a 17% difference between last and second last. Incredible. League average is around 9%. PHI is humming along at 14.29%. If BUF was league average at 9%, they would have 35 ES goals, instead they have 22. So a difference of 13 goals at even strength. Consider they have 6 one goal losses (out of 10 L's). They've played 16 games, so spread those 13 goals out and it's almost 1 extra goal per game.... could mean flipping maybe 3 of those one goal losses into W's. Now we're looking at 9-5-2 instead of 6-8-2. Or maybe 8-5-3... Just incredibly unlucky.

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Ralph's job is to put his players in position to have success. The fact they can't bury scoring chances is on the players, not the coach. They rank top 3 in their division in CF% and xGF%, in arguably the toughest division in the league. That's about all you can ask for from a coach. Give him better goaltending and average puck luck, they're probably in 3rd or at worst 4th place right now.

Bryson is not an NHL defenseman, sorry to spoil the party, but he's not. Ryan Johnson is a much better prospect. Jury is still out on Borgen, he's still young. Lots of guys look good their first week or two... the real test is consistency. We just don't know yet on a lot of these guys.

Throw a turdburger jersey on RK for his balloon ride to the heavens. Drury and Briere will release the balloon from center ice at Canalside while RJ sings "Let Me Clear My Throat" in the background.