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I wasn't making a declarative statement. I was questioning what someone else said.
Speed doesn't mean much if you can't put it together with hands and finish.
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I wasn't making a declarative statement. I was questioning what someone else said.
Speed doesn't mean much if you can't put it together with hands and finish.
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I felt a lot better with last year's team at this point.
I'm struggling to find optimism after a meager summer and punchless start to the preseason
I'm struggling to find optimism after a meager summer and punchless start to the preseason
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It clearly must have been John Moore's presence. Because there's literally nothing else different.
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It clearly must have been John Moore's presence. Because there's literally nothing else different.
Over-under 2.5 regular season games before someone makes that point for real?
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"I long for the days of the Moore-Merrill pairing. We were much better off back then."
But in all seriousness, anyone who says they felt better at this point last season is fooling themselves. Maybe it's because we had one of the worst seasons in franchise history the year before and so expectations were low compared to this summer where we're coming off a playoff appearance. Was anyone aside from Jim expecting Blake Coleman to have the season he had last year? Was anyone really believing Stefan Noesen would be a vital part of the team's success? Or that'd we'd manage to be fine without our big trade acquisition in Johansson missing almost 3/4s of the season? That Brian Gibbons would lead our team in goals until mid December?
It's all so silly. We have a bunch of young forwards who could potentially grow and give us depth but people still focus on the shiny objects we could have had in UFA.
Exactly. Speed shouldn't equate to "out of control" which is what Wood still shows more often than not. I still believe Woods effectiveness is best utilized with minimal time touching the puck. Being a net front presence would suit both him and the team well.
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"I long for the days of the Moore-Merrill pairing. We were much better off back then."
But in all seriousness, anyone who says they felt better at this point last season is fooling themselves. Maybe it's because we had one of the worst seasons in franchise history the year before and so expectations were low compared to this summer where we're coming off a playoff appearance. Was anyone aside from Jim expecting Blake Coleman to have the season he had last year? Was anyone really believing Stefan Noesen would be a vital part of the team's success? Or that'd we'd manage to be fine without our big trade acquisition in Johansson missing almost 3/4s of the season? That Brian Gibbons would lead our team in goals until mid December?
It's all so silly. We have a bunch of young forwards who could potentially grow and give us depth but people still focus on the shiny objects we could have had in UFA.
We felt better last camp cause we had shiny new toys in Nico, Butcher and Bratt, who all had great camps. This year, not so much, Seney has fallen by the wayside after early camp hype. Joey Anderson could fit the new toy definition if he had a big camp. A guy like Quenneville is going to get looked at more skeptically with his good camp cause he failed before.
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He's certainly in the discussion. If he's not the fastest, he's gotta be within just a hair of whoever is.
I'm beginning to wonder that myself. It all boils down to what you want the 4th line to be. If you want an "energy line" with goons, grit, and size, he's you're man. I personal think we're pretty close to the point where we have enough pieces to make another scoring line. Something like Coleman centering Wood and Bratt/Quenneville, Lappin, etc would have a chance at being awfully effective.
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Also, this made me laugh. How much do I want to bet that it was from someone on here?
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Also, this made me laugh. How much do I want to bet that it was from someone on here?
JJ... might have been Yayo trying to sneak his way back onto the team.
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Also, this made me laugh. How much do I want to bet that it was from someone on here?
There is some merit to that tweet.
McLeod over Bellowes will start to get some traction too this season
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my god, stop whining about past draft picks. holy hell.
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Boesser/Barzal....
If you guys don't want to discuss it then don't post the fan's Tweet
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yeah theres no way thats true.
last year at this time, we have no idea that Bratt, Butcher, and Nico would even be in the NHL let alone have the seasons they did.
re-freaking-lax. Your act is tired
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Not so sure about that. After three pre-season games last year Bratt had 2 goals and an assist, Nico had 2 goals and the team was 2-0-1.
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there is absolutely no chance in hell anyone thought Bratt would be a 0.5 ppg player in 17-18
come on now.
come on now.
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