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He had 4. And 3 shots on goal. And 60 minutes in the Wilds' heads.I don’t think Z was chasing hits at all. He really only had 2 or 3 total. The Wild were chasing him a bit though.
He had 4. And 3 shots on goal. And 60 minutes in the Wilds' heads.I don’t think Z was chasing hits at all. He really only had 2 or 3 total. The Wild were chasing him a bit though.
Yah usually everyone looks fast on opening night. I guess we will see in the upcoming weeks if it was opening night adrenaline or if indeed Jost got faster, Rantanens balance issues are fixed etc.It's not the same team at least in my opinion. If it was, I don't think he'd still have been able to do anything about it. I think some coaches are better than others at dealing with a team that's in a crisis.
Yeah I also thought Rantanen was a bit quicker, but omitted that part as I wasn't sure if it was just my imagination playing tricks on me lol.
If you could subtract 1m per season off Calvert's contract, he is about the perfect bottom 6 guy. At 2.85m... effort will only get so far with me. I want 30 point production.
It's not the same team at least in my opinion. If it was, I don't think he'd still have been able to do anything about it. I think some coaches are better than others at dealing with a team that's in a crisis.
I also thought PP1 looked very off. Especially on that 4-on-3. The special teams are my only complaint from last night, though.If I'm going to nitpick and come up with negatives from a great night, I'd probably start with the PK. I thought they looked passive, had a lot of trouble clearing the zone, and were bailed out by Varly.
I also thought PP1 looked very off. Especially on that 4-on-3. The special teams are my only complaint from last night, though.
Dubnyk read him like a book last night. MacKinnon was beating him high glove all last season, Dubnyk wasn't giving him that at all even though that's where MacK was looking to shoot all PP.Mack has to shoot more on the PP. He just has to move in from the top of the circle to the slot and get pucks to the net. Hopefully with Landy in front or Rantanen for a redirect.
I know you don't care but Laine looks noticeably faster too. They train with same people, so whatever they are doing is working.The pass Rantanen made to 29 on his goal was a play that wouldn’t have been made last year. Not because of the pass, but Mikko was almost at a standstill high in the zone but then made a quick burst out of nowhere to get low near the corner and pass it over. He never had that agility and burst of speed last year.
I hope he tries lolAny chance Rantanen outscores MacKinnon this year?
Any chance Rantanen outscores MacKinnon this year?
I know you don't want to hear it, but Barrie needs to get more imagination out there besides taking the puck and passing it off to Mack or whomever. IMO that is what was wrong with the 4-3 last night. I'm not saying this to try and start another Barrie argument, but that is what I saw last night.I also thought PP1 looked very off. Especially on that 4-on-3. The special teams are my only complaint from last night, though.
I know you don't want to hear it, but Barrie needs to get more imagination out there besides taking the puck and passing it off to Mack or whomever. IMO that is what was wrong with the 4-3 last night. I'm not saying this to try and start another Barrie argument, but that is what I saw last night.
Why MacKinnon wasn’t interviewed?
It looked really weird when he was going on the ice. He looked confused when he was looking back on someone in the tunnel.
Likely a mixup when paging down the three stars.
Used to be my job to tell the players who the stars were in the AHL. Often when there’s last minute goals there are mixups and it’s difficult to hear when the arena is loud. I’d bet Dubnyk was a late pity add to the 3 stars which lead to the mixup.
I just figured the NHL Network wanted to interview Mack at the same time, so they gave the interview to Mikko instead.
Assuming they’ve got someone in PR in the tunnel informing players who are the stars of the game to stick around, my undoubtedly wrong impression was that Rantanen was the 1st star, but MacK was announced, so he gave a half hearted celebratory curtain call. Otherwise, he just didn’t want to talk to LG.
Yeah, Landeskog was fumbling around all night. I just figure he'll come around.Eh, I did kinda see that but I felt like everyone, Rants included, were trying to get it to MacKinnon instead of just ripping a quick shot off and generating traffic in front of the net. Landeskog was also fumbling the puck quite a bit on the half-wall. Oh well, work in progress.
Any chance Rantanen outscores MacKinnon this year?