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Could they have sent him directly to Cincy?

Dahlin needs to get faster... well, I guess he doesn't need to... but if there was one thing he could improve, that would put him on a level with the all-time greats, would be to get faster and more explosive. That said, a guy like him already has this self-realization and has probably already figured out what he needs to do next off-season to get there. I'm still giddy about winning that lottery... every time he does something special... it's just a reminder of that lottery win and it feels so good.

Yeah, the format is beyond stupid. You would have 2 of the top 3 teams (BUF vs TOR) in the East playing in the first round.... so a top 3 team exits in round 1. Then you would have the number 1 team (TBL) playing the number 2 team (BUF) in the second round. The idea was to create divisional rivalries, but you end up punishing a team for finishing 3rd (BUF) vs finishing as the top wildcard seed (who would play the winner of the Metro in rnd 1).

IMO Dahlin is having a greater affect on this team than we give him credit for. His calmness with the puck, willingness to take calculated risks, doesn't get rattled if he makes a bad play... is rubbing off on the entire D-corps. As a somebody who played competitively, having a player like that on your team, the qualities they bring can be highly infectious. If I had to rate what's having the greatest impact on their turn-around... 1 - Goaltending 2 - Dahlin 3 - Skinner (shooting 23.5%)

Is Eichel fully pregnant, or only second trimester?

Fun game to watch though too many costly mistakes by BUF (Hutton turnover, Reinhart missing a wide open net, etc). Talent wise BUF can hang with anybody, they just need some seasoning, a 2nd line C, and another winger for Eichel. Nice job by Housley to have these guys ready and focused with the whole Berglund ordeal. Would've liked to see some Skinner in OT. With Pilut, Beaulieu, and Mcabe out... what do they do? Call up Redmond?

Third place gets you TOR in the first round. 1st WC team gets WSH or maybe CBJ.

I'm fine with KO calling the guy a ***** *****... just stay away from the retard, *****, ***** slanted terms. For example, instead of "Are you a ***** retard?!" use something less offensive like "Do you have a learning disability?!"

A primary reason the D are all playing better this year is because of competition. If you start trading guys away then there's less competition, and that's no bueno. I believe JBOTs understands this.

Watched the DAL/SJS game last night. Heiskanen is the real deal. What a player. He's fast, smart and can fire the puck.... playing 23min/gm.... still not as silky as Dahlin tho ?

I agree that Jack is doing better with Sam than he was with Pominville. But that doesn't mean Reinhart is a player who makes everybody around him better. If that were true, you could bump Sam down to the second line and suddenly you'd start seeing guys like Okposo and Sheary starting to score.. but that hasn't been the case.

Sam is a good player, but he's not a great player and he doesn't make anybody around him better. He's getting point because of who he's playing with. If he did make others around him better he'd be centering the second line. Another play from last night, Bogo makes a perfect cross ice pass to Sam, right in his wheel house and he muffs the one-timer with a yawning cage. That should've been an easy goal, a top line winger needs to convert there but he mis-fired. He's a not a guy who's going to score from the perimeter because his shot is not very good. Skinner also doesn't have an elite level shot, but he's fantastic cleaning up around the net. Sam is a smart player, rarely out of position, usually makes the correct read and can anticipate very well. But it ends there. For BUF to be a contender they need an elite shooter on Jacks wing to compliment Skinner.... and more scoring depth down the lineup, namely a number 2 center.

76th out 90? OK. He's a below average top line player (assists wise), bottom 3rd in the league.

Yes, the stuff that gets said is ridiculous. I played my college hockey in the early 90s when it was OK to say anything. These days you can't use racial slurs, or call somebody a f-a-g or gay or anything homosexual without facing suspension. I found this out first hand a few years ago, lol. Anyway, the "retard" term is used a lot by younger kids and adolescents, so it was surprising to hear that come out of KO's mouth.... Doesn't he do charity work for mentally disabled kids? What if there was a family of a mentally disabled kid sitting right behind him? Or heard that on TV like I did? He's in the public eye and should choose his words more carefully especially when sitting right next to Rayzor with the headset.

Don't trade anybody.... continue to develop all of them until push comes to shove. 100% Pilut goes down to Roch when McCabe and Scandella are healthy.

So I rewatched the clip of Okposo yelling from the bench.... turned the volume way up so I could here him over Rayzor. Okposo asked the guy if he was retarded and then called him a ***** *****. Honestly, lost a little bit of respect for the guy is he's calling guys retarded. That's as bad as a racial slur IMO.

94 career assists in 281 NHL games. That's not even top 100 in the league over the past 4 seasons in assists. He was touted as such a heady player coming out of junior and you see him occasionally make some very nice passes, but he just doesn't do it often enough for whatever reason.. that's why I have an issue with him.... and he's mistake prone... for example against ARI they had the puck in the zone for like 30s or so, they were buzzing getting to all the lose pucks, Eichel makes a nice play to glove the puck out of the air and immediately feeds Reinhart who just gives the puck away to an ARI player a few feet away as he mishandled it for whatever reason made a lazy attempt and the entire momentum is shifted.

Well the Av's (and Nuggets) owner is a Walmart heiress... Ann Walton (net worth of $6.8 billion). Her father Bud Walton was the brother (and business partner) of Sam Walton. What this has to do with anything, idk. Maybe she's not a hockey fan?

https://www.nhl.com/blues/video/dec-1-postgame-interviews/t-277517826/c-63589903

Torrana?

Fake it till you make it.

bust

Amazing. I will watch that game in it's entirety.

Can they finally play a complete game? If not, which period(s) will they show up for? I'll say they start out slow, exit the first trailing 2-0. Turn it up in the second, enter the third tied at 2. Go up 3-2 early in the 3rd, Yotes' tie it late... BUF wins in a shootout.

Nice, looks like a good one. I've worked from home full-time for the past 11 years. I'm busy in the evenings shuttling my boys around to their practices and whatnot, otherwise, like you said, I'd lose my mind. I also frequent a few coffee shops during the day, just to see live humans (I don't consider my wife a human).