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You need to factor in the teams they've played against.... Pominville had his look against some of the worst Corsi teams in the league. Reinhart got his against some of the best CF teams.

Reinhart makes too many "hope" passes, 1 of every 10 connect, and then everybody gushes over it. He still falls down too much. His compete level sucks. Eichel had to move out of his apartment because he was a distraction. His shot sucks. 95% of his goals are cleaning up garbage around the net or deflections... which is nice, but doesn't mean he's top line material. His skating is better but still sucks compared to recent drafts. And he has a negative TRpm. He was supposed to have this high hockey IQ coming out of junior, with ability to distribute the puck. He has 75 career assists in 250 NHL games. That's not good enough... he doesn't make anybody around him better. Thank GOD JBOT only gave him a bridge deal. The organization needs to figure out what he is... is he a top line winger? middling winger? center? I think we need to reset our expectations for him. On a contender I see him as a 3rd line winger, maybe second line winger, but that's his ceiling at this point. Prove me wrong Samson.

The game is a now officially a toss-up.

This week will be 9 wins a row, will I beat the Sabre's franchise record?

2 D on PP1, 1 highly inexperienced D on PP2. What could possibly go wrong?

Guaranteed win next game.

hmmm

For the Kings they switch home and away every game, so Alec (the tendy) would be home one game and away the next. That said I've also played with one of the Duck's emergency goalies. They only have 2 and he's always the away goalie... So he goes to every home game. They even gave him pads and a mask...so each team handles it differently. Alcohol is off limits for Alec before and during games. The food he gets is down in the players/coaches lounge area so it's generally healthy choices.

The emergency goalie needs to be in shape and playing regularly in local elite level league.... source: my adult league goalie is one of the emergency's for the Kings. The Kings check up on him on a regular basis to make sure he's still in game shape and injury free. They actually have 4 emergency goalies. Each game there's 1 for the Kings and 1 for the away team, and they split the games in half throughout the season so he gets to go to half the home games. He parks under the Staples Center and keeps his gear in his car during the games. He's only been called on once and didn't even need to dress, just be on standby with his gear bag in a changing room. He doesn't get any gear from the Kings, nor does he get to dress in the locker room. He gets 2 tickets in the lower bowl with all-access arena pass, free food, etc.

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The escrow/cap escalator is a divisive issue for the NHLPA. At the end of the season hockey revenue is to be split 50/50 between players (via contracts) and owners. If owners or players initiate the 5% cap escalator, then that allows teams to spend more money on FA's and so forth... which you would think would be good for the players.... however that causes an imbalance in the agreed upon 50/50 revenue split. So to the keep the balance, players pay some % of their paycheck into escrow, of which most goes to the owners at the end of the season after hockey related revenue is totaled. So the issue is that with the max 5% cap escalator FA's benefit with larger contracts, but at the expense of higher escrow payments from ALL players (incl those on continuing contracts).... in other words, the average continuing contract player loses money so that FA's can make more. The NHLPA is largely split on this issue, which makes sense.... and there's significant talk of removing the cap escalator entirely in the next CBA as it artificially increases the cap without requiring any related increase in hockey related revenue, benefiting only those players signing new deals while effectively reducing the salaries (via increased escrow payments) for the rest of the players.

There should be, that hit was late and blindside.

I love the fact there are a bunch of Leafs fans in the audience. It adds to the excitement IMO and hope it continues. Like soccer kinda.

This is the best version of AM we'll ever see.

52 and raining here in Laguna Hills... heading to Vegas this weekend where it's currently 46 with rain in the forecast.

Seems Phil has finally come to his senses.

True. I'm just happy to see Dahlin back with Bogo where he belongs.

I don't get the low ranking for ownership? They state the criteria is having owners that are willing to spend... "....franchise that has the freedom to spend tends to do better than those with cheap ownership or a questionable market." Are they saying Pegula is not willing to spend?

Allen showed a high compete level, his desire to win is obvious. Haven't seen that from a Bill's QB since Kelly. He almost singlehandedly willed his team to a win, that's a great sign, and gives me faith that he'll improve his weaknesses as he develops. All he talked about in the post-game presser was about the plays he wanted back, he took ownership, and he looked really upset about the loss... he's a gamer. I'd be concerned if he blew it off and gave canned boilerplate answers, but he didn't.

...and it shows.

Is Seney injured? Hockey is a violent fast paced contact sport. A guy gets bumped in the back of the shoulder and everybody loses their minds because it's Tom Wilson. My goodness, what a world we live in.

The problem is if they can't sign him and they're in a playoff position.

It was a hockey play. You don't like it? Go watch soccer.

So.... Nylander is f'd for the rest of the season?