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Small sample size, but his save percentage is on par with a quality NHL starter. Encouraging? That can change quickly.

Adams, with his moves as GM, finally has this franchise on the right track. Granato on the other hand, yikes.

That's not typically called offsides. That said, I have been in situations where they blow it down because of "possession" even though the attacking player didn't touch the puck until his teammate tagged up. I've argued with linesmen about this on more than a few occassions "but I didn't touch it!"... "You had possession!"... blah blah blah... That said it could've gone either way, and IMO in the age of toenail replay that rule should be clarified.

Is Nick Tahou's still around?

Let's keep the objectifying of women, especially fellow posters, off the board please thanks. That said, here's some boobs to help get the Sabres off the shneid.

You can see the talent whenever he touches the puck. He wants to turn on the jets every time. He's gonna have to learn to manage the puck better tho, when to slow it down, take what's given instead of forcing the play.

oblique

The Ducks are good now. I have low expectations.

Is there a moderately paid goaltender available who is worth his contract? They've gone the cheap route because nothing else is a available. They're not giving up futures for an heroic run to 9th place this season.

Everybody needs to be patient. This team is in a jam because they tried the quick fix route, trading valuable futures for underachieving roster players hoping for a quick turnaround. KA's plan (to build from within) is on schedule, the team is actually playing better than expected (goals for) and the prospects are thriving on their respective clubs, so yeah it's frustrating that goaltending remains an issue after all these years. They have some goalies in the pipeline that should bear some fruit at some point.. but there's no immediate help on the way. This isn't the 90's or early 00's when it was much easier to acquire an NHL level starter. Expansion has severely thinned out the goalie position so it's now more important than ever to draft and develop your own netminders.

So tonight it's gonna be Dell... and.... EBUG? No way UPL gets there by game time.

If he wasn't producing everybody would yelling "BUST! TOLD YOU THEY SHOULDA TAKEN BENIERS!!! blah blah blah Luke Hughes is better!!" In reality he's exceeding expectations and those same folks are now saying "OH HE's ON A SUPER TEAM, HE'S NOT THAT GOOD, HIS TEAM IS PROPPING UP HIS STATS!!!" He could become the first player in history to win World Championship and WJC gold before playing a single game in the NHL. He's an exceptional prospect, let's enjoy the ride.

Nobody cares, take it offline.

thanks for the memories

Branden Tanev is bigger, stronger and faster than Dahlin.... not to make excuses but he's not good enough defensively yet to handle a guy like that 1-on-1 when he has a step on him. It is what it is... he'll be better for it. Also, IMO he did do enough to disrupt him... you'd expect a save there with average NHL goaltending, and in that case were not even discussing this.

can he play goalie?

This is nonsense, he has a 3 year contract. Close this thread until summer of 2023.

Both Levi and Portillo could benefit from returning to NCAA next season, especially Portillo.... who reminds me very much of UPL... same physical stature and plays the same style, gets lost in the crease occasionally and over commits, is slow to recover, etc.. When you're their size you need to have exceptional athleticism to control your angular momentum, like turning a large ship at sea.

...his career sub 40% face-off win percentage and -28 last season would disagree