Lazlo Hollyfeld
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- Mar 4, 2004
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NOOO! I have Larkin in a fantasy pool. Please put Mantha back on his wing lol
That's why I drafted Mantha, for when he explodes with Zetterberg.
Nonetheless, the defense remains ass. Daley is the best guy there.
Mrazek wasn’t good. Z and Mantha were amazing
Also we have a winning record vs Vegas all time!
That's insane. Green is 5x the player Daley is. Green has the silkiest hands on the team, can pinch down deep in the slot and still be the 1st man back to gather up the puck. You ever seen Green lose a race back? He makes about a 100 beautiful clean passes a game and follows every play up as an offensive threat. Daley has the same effect as Ericsson, Ouellet, DeKeyser, Jensen, etc. They're hangers-on, warm bodies, 3rd pair D men and nothing more.
Mrazek was pretty good.
No chance on two goals.
Wouldn't mind him stopping the third goal.
But he made several great saves when Detroit's defense was trying imitate an expansion team in the first and second period.
I meant in today's match.
Green always makes his beautiful plays, a treat to watch, but was sloppy today defensively.
Green is the best by far overall, absolutely.
Oops sorry. I guess I'm still a little hyped by the comment some NHL manager(?) made that the "Green experiment failed" and Daley would be our best defensman. In fairness Daley is still an NHL player, but I wish the Wings acquired him 5 years ago instead of now. Holland and his parade of over-the-hill vets is annoying.
Mantha has 7 points in 5 games despite, imo, playing quite a bit below what he's truly able to do. In the 3rd of this game we saw him closer to the type of dominant efforts he can have at his best. I really hate seeing him handcuffed with Abdelkader on his line so I hope that experiment is over.Hard to not be excited from what Mantha is showing. And Zetterberg still has it, even if the legs move a bit slower.
I still have no idea what people saw in Vegas' roster during the summer when talking about how they might not be that bad or could even be better than us. They are garbage. Neal and Fleury will only get them so far. If/when injuries hit them their depth will deplete so fast. Even without injuries I doubt they win 3 games in a row again this season.I think when loudly claiming we are a worse team than LV or AZ this summer...I can admit now I was partially wrong. We probably have a stronger, more cohesive group. But not by much. On a given night with different luck either of those teams could beat Detroit. The real question is who has a brighter future.
Mantha has 7 points in 5 games despite, imo, playing quite a bit below what he's truly able to do. In the 3rd of this game we saw him closer to the type of dominant efforts he can have at his best. I really hate seeing him handcuffed with Abdelkader on his line so I hope that experiment is over.
I still have no idea what people saw in Vegas' roster during the summer when talking about how they might not be that bad or could even be better than us. They are garbage. Neal and Fleury will only get them so far. If/when injuries hit them their depth will deplete so fast. Even without injuries I doubt they win 3 games in a row again this season.
And we have one of our most dangerous goalscorers in contract holdout, as well as two nice depth forwards in Bertuzzi and Svechnikov out injured. With Hicketts, Sproul and others in AHL we have decent depth on D as well. We're not going to keep winning like this but we certainly have way more depth and ability to cope with injuries than they do. Imo Vegas has the worst roster in the NHL by a longshot and it'll be a minor miracle if they avoid finishing last.They are in for a rough season as are we eventually in my opinion.
However it is worth noting that because of how they are juggling their roster they have their #1C, first pairing D and 3rd line winger stashed in the minors. They are certainly a better team with Shipachyov and Theodore.
I wonder if the guy who was the last guy to throw an octopus at the Joe and the first to throw one at LCA was also the first to throw one at T-Mobile Arena last night. #sorrynotsorryWe also just handed Vegas their first loss ever in history. We are so good