OT: Around the NHL: Talk about a barn burner!

[BHD]

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As for Karlsson, it's crazy seeing a guy go from a shutdown centre to a white-hot scorer.

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[Tom Hanks]

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As for Karlsson, it's crazy seeing a guy go from a shutdown centre to a white-hot scorer.

Yeah shooting at 6.3% in 16/17 to 25.9% now sure has helped.

 

[Old Gregg]

Nice to see Fleury and the Knights help us out last night.

Also, what a stretch Fleury is having at the moment
GP - 12
GS - 12
W - 9
L - 2
OTL - 1
SV% - 0.945
GAA - 1.73
SO - 2

and those stats include that loss against the Red Wings where he suffered his concussion and allowed 6 goals on 27 shots

 

[KIRK]

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As for Karlsson, it's crazy seeing a guy go from a shutdown centre to a white-hot scorer.

I didn't expect him to be this good in this role, but he was the guy who I was on record wanting JR to pony up to get over the summer.

Too bad if GMGM even were willing that it would've taken an overpayment that would seem like a gross underpayment now.

I just remember the job he did on Sid during the opening round in last year's playoffs. Torts moved him to cover Sid, and that guy (and his line) is why Sid and the kids looked like crap as the series wore on.

 

[Will Hunting]

I didn't expect him to be this good in this role, but he was the guy who I was on record wanting JR to pony up to get over the summer.

Too bad if GMGM even were willing that it would've taken an overpayment that would seem like a gross underpayment now.

I just remember the job he did on Sid during the opening round in last year's playoffs. Torts moved him to cover Sid, and that guy (and his line) is why Sid and the kids looked like crap as the series wore on.

Thank god he is not in Columbus anymore. That´s all I say. More than that, Vegas is so easy to root for. What a story. They were considered to be at Arizona/Buffalo level..

 

[KIRK]

Thank god he is not in Columbus anymore. That´s all I say. More than that, Vegas is so easy to root for. What a story. They were considered to be at Arizona/Buffalo level..

I'm not sure Torts necessarily would've given him the chance that Gallant has.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I'm not sure Torts necessarily would've given him the chance that Gallant has.

Gallant is also 10x the person and coach that Torts is.

 

[KIRK]

Gallant is also 10x the person and coach that Torts is.

That kind of was the implication

 

[ColePens]

JVR with a nice deflection, but he looks like he can barely skate tonight. If he injured? Or is he losing some skating ability?

Nice deflection, though.

 

[ColePens]

I can also see why Marner ends up in the dog house a lot. He has some shifts that make me scratch my head. He chooses to stay out of everything.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

That kind of was the implication

I know, I just wanted to be clear.

Torts is shit, he doesn't deserve it being alluded to, haha.

 

[ColePens]

Wowsa... Laser beaaaam Nylander.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

JVR with a nice deflection, but he looks like he can barely skate tonight. If he injured? Or is he losing some skating ability?

Nice deflection, though.

He's broke his foot once and fractured it again not so long ago, I wonder how much that has hurt his skating, remember when Whitney had that issue with his heels? Same with Forsberg and his feet. It starts somewhere.

 

[ColePens]

Btw.. Matthews does sick work by holding the puck on his skate and throwing a 1 timer on purpose pass with stepping on the puck. Easy to do in the corner, but in the middle of the slot while NHL defenders are hitting you.. NO. Not at all.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Btw.. Matthews does sick work by holding the puck on his skate and throwing a 1 timer on purpose pass with stepping on the puck. Easy to do in the corner, but in the middle of the slot while NHL defenders are hitting you.. NO. Not at all.

I made the mistake of saying he reminded me of Getzlaf in a thread with Leafs fans, because anything short of some insane comparison is angering to them, but man the way he plays reminds me of a mix of Benn/Getzlaf, not mean or snarly like those two, but in the thick bodied (Bob Errey is moist with that phrasing) kind of way with shielding the puck and being a bull.

 

[ColePens]

I made the mistake of saying he reminded me of Getzlaf in a thread with Leafs fans, because anything short of some insane comparison is angering to them, but man the way he plays reminds me of a mix of Benn/Getzlaf, not mean or snarly like those two, but in the thick bodied (Bob Errey is moist with that phrasing) kind of way with shielding the puck and being a bull.

#1 response:

You mean Gretzky?

 

[Tom Hanks]

Wowsa... Laser beaaaam Nylander.

I love his shot. So dangerous

 

[Honour Over Glory]

#1 response:

You mean Gretzky?

If I remember correctly, I think it was Lord Jesus of Nazareth, but yeah that weird looking guy too.

 

[SirBrad]

Can't believe Columbus stole that one from Toronto tonight.

 

[Tom Hanks]

Can't believe Columbus stole that one from Toronto tonight.

Would have been much nicer if Toronto got up

 

[BHD]

All of a sudden, NHL officiating is terrible because it (supposedly) cost the Leafs a game.

News flash: it's been this way for years.

 

[BHD]

Yeah shooting at 6.3% in 16/17 to 25.9% now sure has helped.

Obviously he's a skilled player seizing the most of more ice time. However, you're still skeptical when the jump is that significant.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Hahahaha...

Pouliot is now a healthy scratch.

 

[66-30-33]

Imagine we did that Pouliot for Kesler deal? LOL! make up for that Naslund deal.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Imagine we did that Pouliot for Kesler deal? LOL! make up for that Naslund deal.

What was that deal?

I think it was Sutter + Pouliot and something else for Ryan Kesler?

Kesler is a piece of shit though, so I am ok with how that all worked out. We got Bones and he was good part of the back 2 backs.