CBJWerenski8
Formerly CBJWennberg10 (RIP Kivi)
- Jun 13, 2009
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We as fans? Postponing the times to send our next #FreeChristiansen posts.What are we doing here?
After the debacle of a first period yesterday, I started drifting around watching other games and it struck me as odd that in Edmonton, the fans and players didn't have to wear masks, but the coaches did. But in Montreal, there were no fans permitted in the arena. This is coming from a league that is nearly 100% vaxed. Kind of makes you go hummm.
Paul Maurice out in Winnipeg. Some thought he had that job as long as he wanted (and it appeared he did).
Props to their management for letting him leave when he knew it was time, unlike the management here who kept Torts around even though he wanted to leave.
so I was checking in on some former jackets’ stats and our good buddy, Nuti has only played 1 game this season for florida. lower body injury and is very likely to be held out all season.
in the past 2 seasons since joining florida, Markus has played 31 of a possible 111 games. that’s roughly 28 percent of the games.
really really loved markus for us. wishing him continuous success when it comes to nursing this injury and hoping it’s not a career ending type injury, given how mum FLA has been about it.
meanwhile…….
the dude we got for Nuti, Cliff Pu, has just 6 points in 15 games in the KHL.
that was and still is one of the oddest, if not the oddest trade JK has ever made as our GM.
that was and still is one of the oddest, if not the oddest trade JK has ever made as our GM.
That was simply a salary dump. After Nuti got dinged up and started missing games he wasn't worth his cap hit. Pu was just a contract slot.
Same thing with Murray. People were upset that we gave him away for a draft pick, when he had a $4.6m cap hit. Now on his next deal he makes $2m.
I know he's from that team up there, but I can't help but like him a ton
I know he's from that team up there, but I can't help but like him a ton
I could TOTALLY see that happening in the shootout!I'm wondering if these kids are ever going to try out a play like where a player scoops up the puck onto the stick blade, much like with lacrosse goal moves, but does it far out from the goal, maybe in neutral zone or around the blueline. Then the player would fling it hard towards the net, but in a weird angle, hoping that puck would hit the ice and take a surprising bounce off the bumpy surface that would fool the goalie. It's probably a very unlikely way to score on most goalies but I'd like to see someone actually trying it and succeeding at it.
I'm wondering if these kids are ever going to try out a play like where a player scoops up the puck onto the stick blade, much like with lacrosse goal moves, but does it far out from the goal, maybe in neutral zone or around the blueline. Then the player would fling it hard towards the net, but in a weird angle, hoping that puck would hit the ice and take a surprising bounce off the bumpy surface that would fool the goalie. It's probably a very unlikely way to score on most goalies but I'd like to see someone actually trying it and succeeding at it.
Forgot hoping for a funny bounce. If you go in on net with the ability to move the puck in the air as quickly as Zac Bell does, then you should be able to beat a goalie with it. He's like a swordfighter.
It's surely possible. I would like to know how fast he could throw it, let's say from the blueline, compared to a simple wrist shot. Every shot on the video is taken so close to the net it's hard to guess the real speed. Get a radar and goalie in net and then we would know better if it's a realistic way to score.
It's surely possible. I would like to know how fast he could throw it, let's say from the blueline, compared to a simple wrist shot. Every shot on the video is taken so close to the net it's hard to guess the real speed. Get a radar and goalie in net and then we would know better if it's a realistic way to score.
I don't think choosing the baseball swing instead would help in an attempt to keep it flat and hence minimize the drag either. And this is why I initially thought about trying this trick with some kind of bounce.I don’t know that he cold throw it hard and far because he might not be able to keep the puck flat so there will be some drag. But I think he could bat it up in the air and then get a nice baseball style swing on the side of the puck and generate decent speed.
It's surely possible. I would like to know how fast he could throw it, let's say from the blueline, compared to a simple wrist shot. Every shot on the video is taken so close to the net it's hard to guess the real speed. Get a radar and goalie in net and then we would know better if it's a realistic way to score.