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Was at the game. Wow, talk about mailing it in. The only guys who showed any fight was the Okposo line. No one else seemed to remotely care about the outcome. Two were especially poor, Tuch and Clifton. Tuch looks like a shell of the player he was last season. Injured or not, with a stat line of 0 SOG and 1 hit against a bottom feeder, he needs to be moved down the lineup. Clifton has to be one of the worst FA signings in recent memory. To fall like that under no pressure and then fail to pick anybody up on the backcheck is an all time play that's now burned into my memory. Their two best players (Thompson,Dahlin) are a team worst -10 and -13. Changes are needed.

Can't blame UPL for those. Mittlestadt and Tuch should sit a period for those careless turnovers. Just absolutely unacceptable for veteran players who are supposed to be leaders on this team.

might watch... mittlestadt will make wonderful moves with magical wristers

Samuelsson AGAIN

Kassian for Hodgson

I don't believe anyone gets moved. KA is not trading any of the young players and nobody else has any value on the market. With one exception... beleive a western Canadian team will make a substantial offer for Savoie.

The current group of prospects fit Granato's fast break system where there's very little emphasis on defending or playing a physical brand of hockey. Bigger more physical players must be able to skate and move the puck, ala Eric Robinson.

"Imaging"? On what? His face?

The only thing I'm sure of is they'll win convincingly tonight... then no-show against Vancouver on Saturday.

Finally! The shake-up they most desperately needed! PREPARE THE BANNER

His skating looks off for some reason, almost like he's breaking in new skates, his turns and pivots look stiff like he struggling to get on his edges.

This team is so predictable. They're guaranteed to win the next game, probably by 5 or 6. Easy team to bet if you're a gambler.

welp

It is coaching if they stop trying. No accountability, just keep sending the same guys out there, nothing changes.

Krakens have given up a total of 6 goals over their last 6 games. Yikes. I'll say 6-2 Krakens.

This game feels like it could be a turning point for the season. Do they win 3 in a row for the first time or continue with poor efforts on home ice after a win?

616.5 months

lucky. They had no business winning that Pitt game. 2 reversed goals, a few goal posts, they gave up 45 shots. UPL son that gane for then, but collectively they played like they have all season.... little attention to detail, egregious defensive lapses, unorganized.

so..... how much do they lose by on Saturday?

Savoie played against Germany? Respectfully, he's missed significant time due to injury twice and most recently, 1 WJC game. If that doesn't raise a flag then fine, but IMO it's a bit of a concern moving forward and needs to be taken into consideration when forecasting where he'll fit into the lineup next season.

Agreed... but there's about a half-dozen guys in front of him in the "shoulda been a healthy scratch" line. Have a good few seasons, earn a long term contract and never have to worry about being a healthy scratch or missing a shift again no matter how bad you play. Ryan Johnson gets healthied for that reason alone.... on an ELC, not waiver eligible, so he suffers for no other reason other than there's other guys getting paid more so they must play. For this franchise it's more about playing they guys they've paid vs winning.

both fraudulent prove me wrong

I'm fine with the patient approach, but at some point these youngsters need to learn how to play a winning brand of hockey. There's no structure to their game and no accountability. This is shaping up to be a wasted year... if anything they've regressed. That said there's still time to turn jt around, but I don't believe KA and TP are shrewed enough to take the necessary steps.

It feels like Savoie is a guy that's not gonna pan out. The only thing he's proven is that he can't stay healthy, hope he proves me wrong.