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Wild or Ducks

Just a bit, since the team had a positive ES goal differential. The rest of the team... ============================================================== DAL even strength goal differential through 56 games = 5 DAL even strength minutes played through 56 games = 2898.88 exp+/- is a function of %min played at ES and team ES goal diff TRpm(team relative +/-) is the diff btwn actual+/- and exp+/- %min is % of ES minutes played ============================================================== Team Player TRpm GP +/- exp+/- %min DAL Joe Pavelski 20.54 56 22 1.46 29.3 DAL Roope Hintz 12.00 41 13 1.00 20.0 DAL Jason Robertson 11.72 51 13 1.28 25.7 DAL Jamie Benn 11.69 52 13 1.31 26.2 DAL Andrej Sekera 10.98 46 12 1.02 20.3 DAL Esa Lindell 9.17 56 11 1.83 36.6 DAL Alexander Radulov 8.73 11 9 0.27 5.3 DAL Mark Pysyk 5.33 36 6 0.67 13.4 DAL Joel Hanley 5.25 35 6 0.75 15.1 DAL Joel Kiviranta 2.50 26 3 0.50 10.1 DAL Ty Dellandrea -0.48 26 0 0.48 9.6 DAL Tanner Kero -0.65 39 0 0.65 13.0 DAL Denis Gurianov -1.29 55 0 1.29 25.7 DAL Joel L'Esperance -2.17 12 -2 0.17 3.5 DAL Jason Dickinson -3.26 51 -2 1.26 25.2 DAL Justin Dowling -4.45 27 -4 0.45 9.1 DAL Jamie Oleksiak -4.82 56 -3 1.82 36.3 DAL Andrew Cogliano -9.15 54 -8 1.15 22.9 DAL Rhett Gardner -9.46 28 -9 0.46 9.2 DAL Miro Heiskanen -10.96 55 -9 1.96 39.1 DAL Blake Comeau -14.22 51 -13 1.22 24.5 DAL Radek Faksa -16.31 55 -15 1.31 26.3 DAL John Klingberg -16.77 53 -15 1.77 35.5 ==============================================================

Yep, and there's a summer pro league at Foxboro Sports Center where they play too. Not sure if Eichel's playing there tho.

team relative plus/minus ============================================================== DAL even strength goal differential through 56 games = 5 DAL even strength minutes played through 56 games = 2898.88 exp+/- is a function of %min played at ES and team ES goal diff TRpm(team relative +/-) is the diff btwn actual+/- and exp+/- %min is % of ES minutes played ============================================================== Team Player TRpm GP +/- exp+/- %min DAL Mark Pysyk 5.33 36 6 0.67 13.4

A missing piece in all of this is the status of the healing process. Is it any better? What do the scans look like now? If it's slowly healing then waiting another 3-4 months isn't a big deal. Maybe that's why team doctors changed their mind and recommend giving it more time.

he should do this

Fedun, Vesey, Rodrigues, Willman, Blackwell and Eichel... 🤔

And there it is. Fish tightening the screws to help Drury get his prize.

Who else does Fish represent and will that hamper Buffalo's ability to attract free agents?

Nah. Woulda happened already. He's not gonna cave at this point.

Seavical Spine

This may be the first step by Eichel's camp to file a grievance with the league which could end up in the hands of an arbitrator.

For reference Tony Romo I believe had fusion surgery and went on to play a few more seasons. Famous russian figure skater, Evgeni Plushenko had artificial disk replacement in his lumbar spine and came back for a bit but he suffered another injury... "The injury was not disclosed but he was seen clutching his back and in an interview said he was unable to feel his legs from the back injury." 😬

As per the CDC, of the more than 18,000 Americans who died of covid in May, only 150 were vaxed. That’s 0.8 percent. In VA, Jan. 21 - July 9, 2,471 died of covid; 18 vaxed, 0.7 percent. In CA, Jan. 1 - June 30, 37,180 died of covid; 71 vaxed— 0.2 percent.

Gonna be an epic draft... thr entire first round is absolutely loaded.

As someone who played, you want a captain who does all the little things exceptionally well... I'm talking about hustling to the bench for line changes, high effort plays, 3rd 4th 5th effort never quitting on any puck, willing to block a shot in key moments, keeping the boys spirits up when things aren't going your way. Jack never really did any of these things consistently enough, so if I was on his team and he had something to say I'd be like "meh, whatever dude." When he's the supposed "leader" and he doesn't do those little things, then why would I? That creates a poor culture... no matter how much guys like each other in the room.

The Wright Stuff

There's more to hockey than points.

Sea Nile

Still waiting to hear what Buffalo did to Linus that was so awful. Honestly, it sounds like sour grapes. I'm not expecting to hear anything substantial from @MODO Hockey. That said, I know some guys who play and I understand where @MODO Hockey may be coming from since Linus is a personal friend of his and that's fine. No hard feelings 🤝🏻.

*you're 🙂

Without naming names, and I've said this before, I regularly skate with some Ducks and Kings alumni, a few of which remain employed by their respective franchises. However, in this case, the source is a current NHL head coach (not Ducks or Kings) who I've known personally for the past 10 years or so. I'll leave it at that. You can probably figure it out looking at my post history.

FWIW one of my sources says he expects something to happen w/ Eichel over the next 48 hours. He's been quiet thus far on the topic, which is why it caught my attention. That said, I still don't think anything happens until we get closer to mid-August and all the FA dust has settled.

Since I can't read properly, please enlighten me... I'm all ears. I know Kevyn personally and I can say without any doubt he's not the type to purposefully wrong anybody. He's respectful and treats others fairly, so I'm sorry but I find it extremely hard to believe he personally mistreated Linus at any point in time.

Which is why you keep him in that case. At some point, either his neck will heal or it won't and surgery will be on the table.... he comes back healthy and is put on notice that if you want out, then play and put up points so we can get fair value.