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Wonder if that hit on Boeser is still affecting him? Boeser is not finding lanes to unleash his shot. He will. His one on one battle game is very good. His defensive game looks better than I've ever seen it. Honestly, for a guy who basically missed camp, he's on track. Pettersson's been doing prett...

Gotta love Drew Doughty "We shouldn't be losing 8-2 to a team like that" :lol: At least that quote acknowledges the LA Kings should lose to some teams 8-2. Objectively, they aren't a good team. Just an older version of the already too old team that wasn't good last season. And last night, the Canuc...

I don’t know if I called it here, but I figured this would be a down year for the sharks, they’re getting super old and losing pavelski is a bigger loss than the media was making it out to be. There's a lot of season to play and they can turn it around. But the signs were there. Here's what I said ...

. Tanev was a moving truck away from the play to the outside. Yes, Tanev was wide to give Sutter the option of flipping the ice to break out and then was clearly going to change. Right or wrong positioning by Tanev, ideally Hughes reads that and knows he has the center lane. I don't think he recogn...

So is Hughes 6 games in a bust now that the fastest hockey player in the world, the best hockey player in the world parted the seas between him and his partner? Please, the goat on that goal was Sutter the beloved No, Hughes isn't a bust. Yes, Sutter was the goat. Didn't move his feet (could have s...

Topper wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 02, 2019 2:50 pm

We can probably claim him off waivers in a week or two.

There are rumors of poor conditioning.

That is the second time I've seen Hughes with a lazy backhanded whiff while turning away from the play at an opponent coming down the middle. If you're referring to the McDavid goal, I'd have to say pull your head out of your ass. How many times has McDavid done that to more experienced defenders? ...

A few thoughts.... * Boeser made a couple of great plays on defense against McDavid. Anticipated the play movement and won body position. Small things done unusually well (for him) should be noticed. * Miller was terrific down low in the cycle. Pearson was trigger man. The Horvat line was the best l...

And the only way to get three dangerous lines is to move Miller and Ferland down (or some combination of current top 6) and that requires players who can go up the lineup and succeed at going up. I’m not talking great players, I am talking 20 goal 45 point guys. Baertschi was not going to get 20 go...

In goaltending the combination of Luongo/CS is a lot stronger that Markstrom/ Demko. Goaltending will be somewhat equal if Markstrom plays like he did last year. Pettersson/Boeser combo should be better than Henrik/Daniel combo. Both P and B are faster than the Sedins. They can make plays and more ...

What [improved top 6 quality] *should do is bring tougher match-ups for the 2nd line, rather than matching a 3rd/4th line against opposing team's top-line. Instead, opposing teams have to contend with our two scoring lines. That means the "bottom 6" should face lower quality of competition. Alterna...

Moving on from Baertschi is good news. It reflects depth. .... Despite all the talk about how great our bottom six guys are defensively, those bottom six had the worst goal differential in the league playing 5 on 5 last year. And how much have those bottom six changed since last year? Well, there i...

Mute point now, all 3 cleared waivers. True, though the best argument for waiving Baertschi was in order for him to be claimed. Given the depth issue and the fact that other forwards on waiver weren't particularly intriguing from the perspective of top 6 depth insurance, this is a good thing for th...

I have never seen so many people absolutely lose their shit over waiving a 3rd line, often injured tweener. Who’s losing their shit here? I agree. Board is pretty sanguine about the whole thing. And I don't think its losing shit to point out why this might be a bad choice. I think waiving Baertschi...

The Brown Wizard wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 30, 2019 12:05 pm

Leivo sure glided under the scrutiny radar this camp considering...

Stickhandling INTO a phone booth is a skill.