23/24 Between Game Chatter

[kihei]

I thought we could use a thread to make comments between games rather just continuing to make comments on completed game threads. Might even be able to build a little continuity that way.

Here's some good news to start this one off: Joey Daccord has the fourth best save percentage (.922) and the fifth best goals against average (2.29) in the league.

I have been a Daccord booster, but did not see this coming. I still have a "pinch me, I'm dreaming" response some of the time.

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[The Marquis]

Feels like a sticky thread to me. I also went ahead and throw a date on it.

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

Joey's been great/Superman like...maybe the Kraken can trade Gru back to Colorado they are struggling mightily in the nets and since they know of him it would be a great fit and of course Seattle could dump the remaining 3 years after this one...not that I'm down on Gru but its a what have you done for me lately league and well...

 

[The Marquis]

Bjorkstrand should have rebooked his San Diego trip for this week. Hell of a break they’ve got.

 

[Kevinsane]

I welcome any and all Kraken fans, be they lifelong hockey followers like me or someone new to the game, but man, there’s one guy and one woman on the team FB page that acted like Hakstol and Francis collectively set out to screw over and mess with Ryker Evans by keeping him out of the Winter Classic. Logic didn’t sway them. The shutout didn’t sway them.
It’s bizarre.

 

[sigma six]

I welcome any and all Kraken fans, be they lifelong hockey followers like me or someone new to the game, but man, there’s one guy and one woman on the team FB page that acted like Hakstol and Francis collectively set out to screw over and mess with Ryker Evans by keeping him out of the Winter Classic. Logic didn’t sway them. The shutout didn’t sway them.
It’s bizarre.

It's strange to me, the things people latch onto and fling out into the web like they're some kind of authority on the matter. I got rid of all of it for this reason.
Am really excited to watch Evans' progress and hope he becomes a fixture, but it's not as if the team owed him a spot or something.

 

[kihei]

This layoff is too long. I'm afraid we are going to lose our hard-earned momentum. Good for the injured, though. Guess we will see tonight.

 

[kihei]

Here's a weird stat. Vince Dunn has as many goals currently as Alex Ovechkin (8).

 

[The Marquis]

Here's a weird stat. Vince Dunn has as many goals currently as Alex Ovechkin (8).

Boy, that Gretzky record is going to stand forever. No way Ovi reaches that mark with a season like this and his age ahead of him. He had to have big seasons NOW to do it.

 

[Kevinsane]

Boy, that Gretzky record is going to stand forever. No way Ovi reaches that mark with a season like this and his age ahead of him. He had to have big seasons NOW to do it.

Agreed, unless the Caps milk it, he plays til he’s 50, and pots 8 goals a year.

 

[Scomerica]

Read somewhere we have one of the easiest schedules remaining. Is this true?

 

[The Marquis]

Read somewhere we have one of the easiest schedules remaining. Is this true?

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I can’t say that’s a good thing for this team. They typically step up against better competition.

 

[Scomerica]

I can’t say that’s a good thing for this team. They typically step up against better competition.

Feel like they are taking care of business against some average/not great teams on this run.

 

[The Marquis]

Feel like they are taking care of business against some average/not great teams on this run.

You're not wrong but HOW DARE YOU SUGGEST that the Kraken are beating bad teams?

 

[Fuhrious]

Wonder if this is just more “bad luck” or if we’re seeing the effects of a serious career-squelching injury getting its claws into Bura. Even when he’s been able to play, he hasnt looked the same.

 

[kihei]

Hard to make up ground in the wild card race when Edmonton is even hotter than we are with a ten game winning streak.

 

[Fuhrious]

Hard to make up ground in the wild card race when Edmonton is even hotter than we are with a ten game winning streak.

To my mind, there's realistically 1 Wild Card spot up for grabs...the one Nashville is currently sitting in. I dont follow them but my uninformed perspective on them is "where do they get their goals?" as beyond Saros, Josi and Forsberg I'd struggle to name a single player. The Wild have re-slumped after their initial "new coach" bounce, so I dont know that they'll put it together? Coyotes, Flames and Blues all seem there or thereabouts with the Kraken trying to pry the Predators out of that single playoff position.

Dont know who I'd consider "the favorite" to be honest, they all seem closely matched.

 

[kihei]

With this roller coaster season, the sudden emergence seemingly of a bona fide goalie and now the injuries, I have absolutely no idea what to expect from the rest of the season.....except a playoff spot will be harder to come by this year with so many competitive teams in the mix.

 

[Scomerica]

With this roller coaster season, the sudden emergence seemingly of a bona fide goalie and now the injuries, I have absolutely no idea what to expect from the rest of the season.....except a playoff spot will be harder to come by this year with so many competitive teams in the mix.

All depends on health I think

 

[Scomerica]

Need to get healthy and stop this skid. Not sure Toronto is where that will happen but maybe being back home will help

 

[majormajor]

I'm a bit surprised. But he jumped and hit him in the head, I've been saying for years you got to suspend players more often for those head shots.

 

[Kevinsane]

Too many guys out on a roster that needs everyone contributing. I’m hoping for the best, but…

 

[The Marquis]

Going to be a tough period

 

[Scomerica]

Burning through the capital we built up in that winning run need players back healthy soon

 

[Jack Adams]

Sucks that the Angry Beaver is temporarily closed from flooding. What other Seattle bars have Center Ice Package? Looking for a place to watch Blues @ Flames game tomorrow, 1/23.
Thanks!