Striiker
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True true good point good point true.
Going for? I think you've been there and gone for a while.
Oh good, I was worried it was being missed. I put a lot of effort into being an ***hole so I don't want it wasted.
Post-Game Talk: #34| Predators 2 at Flyers 1 (1-0 in shootout)| Monday, Dec. 19, 2016
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True true good point good point true.
Oh good, I was worried it was being missed. I put a lot of effort into being an ***hole so I don't want it wasted.
WIP CALLER
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Said it during the streak that the team was winning in spite of Hakstol. He really is just not a good game manager. We were playing to lose that entire 3rd period. We play to lose anytime we have a lead in the third, it's just embarrassing. Love that they tied the game and he puts the wonder twins out there next shift. Because they'll totally swing the momentum back to our side 
It's crazy that nhl head coaches can't see how much they are hurting their team. Do they even watch tape?
It's crazy that nhl head coaches can't see how much they are hurting their team. Do they even watch tape?
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Curufinwe
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The childish overreactions after losses never cease to amaze me.
The team lost because they couldn't score a goal at 5 on 4, 5 on 3, or 3 on 3. That's on the players on those units, not the coach.
Curufinwe
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They have to demote Leier, AND waive Gordon or Schultz or make some other move to make room for Couturier and Read.
Striiker
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The childish overreactions after losses never cease to amaze me.
The team lost because they couldn't score a goal at 5 on 4, 5 on 3, or 3 on 3. That's on the players on those units, not the coach.
After losses, during losses, before losses, and even wins too. It never ends.
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Honestly, Konecny looked lost in the D-zone out there. I can see why he doesn't play. If you have Couts that's different, but PEB isn't Couturier and Konecny's exposure is even worse.
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Oddly enough, CapFriendly answered a tweet that Read & Couturier are not on LTIR. Which does make the cap management easier. Roster management like you said, is not.
Appleyard
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Yeh, without a trade there are going to have to be two players sent down to get to the 23 man roster.
I imagine they have 8 Dmen... and only waiver exempt players are Leier, Lyubimov and Ghost. Though Gordon, VandeVelde and Bellemare could all be sent down with no cap implications.
Though Cap should actually look ok too when Neuvy comes off LTIR... will be about 800k under with 23 men. Which will be nice in terms of accruing space as season goes on.
Appleyard
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Would not surprise me if they sent him down.
He was a very, very good bottom sixer once upon a time, but he is not that player anymore from what we have seen.
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A trade is going to come.
Hextall has been gradually shedding veterans the last two years, he just refuses to panic like the fans, and waits until he can get some value.
Size matters, but like any other skill, it's not the be all and end all, or why Morin will make a big difference but L Schenn and Grossman are gone. Leverage matters too, Gudas and Provorov aren't huge, but they're solidly built and play bigger than their size.
It's a long season, the more minutes your checkers can play against top lines the fewer minutes your top players have to be checkers, and they can both focus on offense and play fewer minutes overall. Ideally, you not only want to make the playoffs, you want to go into them healthy and with fresh legs.
When fans blame the coach for losses and the players for wins on a winning team, I ignore the fans.
Hextall has been gradually shedding veterans the last two years, he just refuses to panic like the fans, and waits until he can get some value.
Size matters, but like any other skill, it's not the be all and end all, or why Morin will make a big difference but L Schenn and Grossman are gone. Leverage matters too, Gudas and Provorov aren't huge, but they're solidly built and play bigger than their size.
It's a long season, the more minutes your checkers can play against top lines the fewer minutes your top players have to be checkers, and they can both focus on offense and play fewer minutes overall. Ideally, you not only want to make the playoffs, you want to go into them healthy and with fresh legs.
When fans blame the coach for losses and the players for wins on a winning team, I ignore the fans.
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I thought he looked OK on the PK, but ES he was a cipher.
But he was basically signed as a stopgap so no big deal.
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Konecny took a beating out there tonight and Wayne stopped more shots than Rinne. Seems like lately when our point shots hit the net, they're hitting our screens. Bad luck more than anything I guess.
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I'd like to see a little more protection given to TK out there.
I especially didn't like the big hit after the offsides whistle going unpunished.
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I didn't like that either. Or the fact that Johansen got away with chirping - while sitting on the bench, behind the ref. But the latter can be explained by it being a close game and no one being willing to give it away with a stupid penalty - I can live with that. But the Konecny one I didn't like, and that's twice recently that yard dogs have gotten away with taking cheap shots at him.
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Defensemen around the league seem to be dropping like flies. Maybe teams are hoping that some of these guys will be healthy after the Xmas break. If not Hexy will have opportunities to move people.
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Better to accept ineptitude rather than complain about it. Blows my mind that people think playing not to lose in the 3rd period is a great strategy and going to bode well in the playoffs. There isn't any logic / rationale in the ideology that playing not to lose is a great way to win.
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WIP CALLER
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Hey man he won ten games in a row. This means he's safe for at least 2 years here regardless if his 3rd period management with a lead blows.
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Nope not today.
eh not really. every team has stretches where the PP and offense dries up due to bad luck or running into hot goaltending. you arent going to score 3-4 goals per game and go 1-3 or 2-5 on the PP every night.
Yeah, they could have won 11 games during that 10 game winning streak if only Hakstol had coached to win! How dare he!
1865
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How come? We had Gordon, Schultz, Couts and Read before? Surely demoting Leier should be enough?
1865
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When the revolution comes, pants will do you no gd
I see that stat, and I blame Mason for having too high a save percentage. It's a confidence thing. When Mason stops the puck at such a high rate, the rest of the team takes the foot off the gas and scores less goals. Obviously had Mason given up more goals, preferably early in the game, the rest of the team would have to respond by scoring more themselves (the more time on the clock they realize this, the better.)
Am I the only one who sees this? Most likely yes, because this is all rubbish.
