GDT: Game 24: Coyotes @ Predators - 6PM - FSAZ+

[SniperHF]

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6PM
FSAZ+

LW	C	RW
Nick Schmaltz	Alex Galchenyuk	Clayton Keller
Richard Panik	Derek Stepan	Vince Hinostroza
Michael Grabner	Brad Richardson	Christian Fischer
Lawson Crouse	Nick Cousins	Josh Archibald
Defensive Pairings
Oliver Ekman-Larsson	Jordan Oesterle
Jakob Chychrun	Niklas Hjalmarsson
Kevin Connauton	Alex Goligoski
Goalie
Raanta?
LW	C	RW
Filip Forsberg	Ryan Johansen	Kevin Fiala
Ryan Hartman	Calle Jarnkrok	Craig Smith
Colton Sissons	Nick Bonino	Austin Watson
Miikka Salomaki	Frederick Gaudreau	Rocco Grimaldi
Defensive Pairings
Roman Josi	Ryan Ellis
Dan Hamhuis	Mattias Ekholm
Matt Irwin	Yannick Weber
Goalie:
Rinne

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

"the injury tonight had nothing to do with the other one"

Well that's both good and bad as I said a few days ago

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[XX]

Why are they rushing guys back from injury? Didn't they let go an entire training staff for that previously?

 

[Neighborhood Coyote]

This is gonna be a hard game. Let's hope the Yotes are going to play better than they have recently!

 

[RABBIT]

Hill's like "oh hell nah"

 

[Mosby]

 

[Prarievarg]

Ouch, big test for the kid.

 

[Neighborhood Coyote]

Looks like the Coyotes are battling... up Hill.

 

[MIGs Dog]

Bone bruise sounds better than any type of muscle/tendon/ligament strain. Raanta will be back soon.

 

[Name Nameless]

Bone bruise sounds better than any type of muscle/tendon/ligament strain. Raanta will be back soon.

Tried googling.

"Bruises can last from days to months and vary from mild to severe. Bone bruises are among the most serious and painful. They usually heal in a couple of months, although larger bone bruises may take longer."

Bone bruise: Symptoms, treatment, and outlook

Yeah, that sounds...

Months? Months?

 

[Name Nameless]

Yotes has claimed Pickard according to main board.

 

[MIGs Dog]

Tried googling.

"Bruises can last from days to months and vary from mild to severe. Bone bruises are among the most serious and painful. They usually heal in a couple of months, although larger bone bruises may take longer."

Bone bruise: Symptoms, treatment, and outlook

Yeah, that sounds...

Months? Months?

Perhaps months to be completely pain-free, but you will not do any harm playing with a bone bruise, unlike muscles/tendons which can be easily reinjured. Once the injury gets to the point that he can tolerate the discomfort he should be able to play.

 

[Plub]

Would like to see Fischer where Keller is and Keller back with Stepan for a game. Hino could go back with Richardson.

 

[Summer Rose]

Perhaps months to be completely pain-free, but you will not do any harm playing with a bone bruise, unlike muscles/tendons which can be easily reinjured. Once the injury gets to the point that he can tolerate the discomfort he should be able to play.

Yep. Bruised my hip bone last year and it took 10 weeks for it to stop hurting, but by week 4, OTC-strength ibuprofen was enough to make the pain go away. It took me 3 weeks to be able to walk comfortably again, but I think that had more to do with that I also sprained my ACL in the incident (pulling a food cart at work, my shoe lost grip with the floor and down I went; wasn't able to soften the fall with my hands so my hip took the brunt of the collision with the floor).

 

[Mosby]

 

[RemoAZ]

Yeah now they try what should have been tried with Strome. Tocc must have fallen and hit his head on the ice to come up with that idea.

 

[SniperHF]

Oh good time to start fighting with Galchenyuk's dad now

Also even if Galchenyuk is on the wing he should still take the faceoff. Neither one are good but Schmaltz is legitimately horrible where Galchenyuk is more run of the mill bad.

 

[Foggy1097]

Hopefully Schmaltzy can improve on those draws with time...he’s got a couple of the best in the business in Richie and Step to help him along. Dvo is above average too.

 

[Prarievarg]

Oh good time to start fighting with Galchenyuk's dad now

My thought aswell. I'm really f***ing scared of unhappy players nowadays.

 

[SniperHF]

My thought aswell. I'm really ****ing scared of unhappy players nowadays.

We need more father figures like Ryan White's dad around the club.

can improve

Strome improved

 

[CLW]

My thought aswell. I'm really ****ing scared of unhappy players nowadays.

The players or their dads?

 

[Neighborhood Coyote]

Hopefully Schmaltzy can improve on those draws with time...he’s got a couple of the best in the business in Richie and Step to help him along. Dvo is above average too.

Stepan? I would say he's below average on faceoffs (45.5% career average on it). Personally, I think him taking PP face offs is one of the problems with our PP. Because the PK keeps winning those ones and clearing the zone... thus the Yotes are always working with less than 2 minutes and no zone time right off the bat. Stepan could probably help with other parts of the game though.

I do agree Richie can help him out (I hope) though. His career average is over 50% and he does a good job of not losing too cleanly too often, imo. Dvo is also actually never had a season that's worse than Stepan's average, btw. (all stats from puckbase)

 

[Summer Rose]

Stepan? I would say he's below average on faceoffs (45.5% career average on it). Personally, I think him taking PP face offs is one of the problems with our PP. Because the PK keeps winning those ones and clearing the zone... thus the Yotes are always working with less than 2 minutes and no zone time right off the bat. Stepan could probably help with other parts of the game though.

I do agree Richie can help him out (I hope) though. His career average is over 50% and he does a good job of not losing too cleanly too often, imo. Dvo is also actually never had a season that's worse than Stepan's average, btw. (all stats from puckbase)

If I had a drink for every time we got a power play, Derek Stepan lost the attacking zone faceoff to start the PP, the puck got cleared and we spent upwards of 30 seconds to re-establish ourselves in the attacking zone to even get going, I'd have died of alcohol poisoning a long time ago.

 

[moosemeister]

Good god. If we had a drinking game involving Stepan losing an offensive zone draw or Richie getting tossed out, I would be getting my stomach pumped every game night

 

[IPreferPi]

Hopefully Schmaltzy can improve on those draws with time...he’s got a couple of the best in the business in Richie and Step to help him along. Dvo is above average too.

Hasn't helped Galchenyuk.

 

[MIGs Dog]

Hopefully Schmaltzy can improve on those draws with time...he’s got a couple of the best in the business in Richie and Step to help him along. Dvo is above average too.

Easier to improve on faceoffs then learn how to skate faster.