Observations XX

[bdub24]

That first star award seems to have given Turris the motivation he needed to start his season

 

[Aardvarksson]

I really like this year's team. The playoff underperformers are stepping up (Hartman, Turris). We aren't relying on defenseman for offense. Bottom line depth has been shored up. When Watty is back the PK will get better...it's bad now.

We might drop a few games without Rinne, but there is a legitimate chance this team will be better than last year's.

 

[triggrman]

Last night time on ice was puzzling to me

 

[Pred303]

Last night time on ice was puzzling to me

yeah trig, like Bonino/Hartman/t\jarnkrok leading us in ice time and even strength time. and ekholm with less than 20 minutes played.

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

Last night time on ice was puzzling to me

Keeping legs fresh for tonight?

 

[PredsV82]

Keeping legs fresh for tonight?

That certainly sounds plausible. We would normally play a more grinding game against Calgary and uptempo against Edmonton so keeping the top lines fresh (since we had the lead much of the game) seems reasonable...

 

[King Weber]

Rinne placed on IR

 

[Preds Partisan]

I was afraid that there wasn't really a third goalie option this year. And there it is.

 

[Drake744]

So yeah about the ratio of starts for Rinne vs Saros.....

And that awkward moment when we make a depth trade for a goalie that no one cares about who then becomes your backup.

 

[PredsV82]

Rinne placed on IR

Dammit. That cant be good

Although I guess they had to to have a roster spot for a call up

 

[Pred303]

well that sucks... as long as it's only three games we should be ok.

 

[PredsV82]

well that sucks... as long as it's only three games we should be ok.

Hopefully its day to day but since we dont have an extra roster spot nor do we have anyone waiver exempt to send down we had to put him on IR to be able to call up someone.

 

[BigFatCat999]

I say at most 2 weeks, which is the end of the month.

 

[Drake744]

Should we have a GDT?

 

[Pred303]

lavy. lolol

 

[PredsV82]

I'd say that's a sign of a pretty good room...

 

[Flgatorguy87]

I'd say that's a sign of a pretty good room...

I heard that room is toxic because of PK. Lavy had to wear a mask to keep people from seeing the disgust on his face. Didn't you see how he delayed celebrating with his team by 1.4 seconds on his goal.

 

[FossilFndr]

Just looking at my penalty sheet and no one has been called for the same penalty twice. An to no surprise Rinaldo leads the team with 5, 4 players have 3.

 

[Roman Yoshi]

I do have to say, it was pretty funny watching Hartman get stood up by PK on the celebration. Reminds me of the this:

Barstool Sports

I don't think it actually means anything, but people are going to overanalyze everything PK does based on reputation.

Some quick observations as we pass 1/10 of the season:

Currently hold the best record in the league and the best goal differential at +12

I'm worried that our .533 GAA average is not going to be sustainable longterm, which means our offense needs to improve a bit. I think it can, but we still need more production from the middle of the lineup.

The Central has 5 teams with double digit points, while the next best division has 3 teams that can boast that. As always, the Central will be the toughest division in hockey.

8 of the next 10 are against playoff teams from last year. We will learn a lot about this team's fortitude by the end of that swing of games.

 

[Pred303]

last 5 games now we have given up 2 or less goals (including two shutouts). and that's in a league where scoring is up significanly so far from last year...

that will win you a lot of games especially when you are averaging 3.38 goals per game offensively.

 

[King Weber]

After Hours with Ryan Johansen

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/hours-ryan-johansen/

Topics including but not limited to Laviolette's bull mask, Ryan Kesler, Stanley Cup finals and the injury, his goal celebration after the pre-season Carolina game, his brother Lucas etc.

 

[Pred303]

a few things i found interesting looking at the league standings this morning;

..the preds are the only team in the league without a road loss
..as of this morning the top 3 teams in the league point wise are all central teams (NSH, COL, WPG)
..overall the central division is 22-9-4 against the rest of the league (Dallas with 4 of those losses)
..9-2-2 against the Met
..4-4-1 against the Atlantic
..9-3-3 against the Pacific

 

[Roman Yoshi]

8-10 against playoff teams starts tonight.

Godspeed boys

 

[BigFatCat999]

Sharks scored 3 straight goals from the top of the circles. Saros blindspot or defense not helping him?

 

[Pred303]

we didn't deserve that penalty on arvidsson, but we 100% deserved that loss because of how god awful our special team play is.... pitiful. just pitiful.


and saros never really touched any of those last 3 unscreened shots