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Pre-Game Talk: Week of an actual game (@Phi)
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UncleRisto
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They should trade Wilson to Tampa so that TB has Wilson, and Wilson has TB.
BaconNater
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Injured his groin somehow, they tried to see if it would heal on its own and when it didn’t, he had surgery. At least that’s the best I can recall.
Yeah it’s a concern, though they at least finally showed they can defeat a defense-first team like St. Louis quite handily.
I don’t think one player could make a huge difference there, but they really do have to figure out special teams. Against right defensive teams the power play probably the only time you can get any real production. Conversely, you can get buried in a hurry if you can’t kill penalties.
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Hope to see Rantanen find his form again. He hasn't been terrible like Landeskog, but he's a shell of playoff Rantanen last year. Hope he turns it on down the stretch.
Ararana
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Can't help but wonder how much that ankle injury is still effecting him.
AvsCOL
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Two weeks off should give him some time to rehab it. Hopefully he's back to 100% soon. He's lost a bit of the explosiveness that he had, wondering if it's because of the ankle.
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It 100% is. High ankle sprains, hell ankle injuries in general take forever to fully heal.
Cousin Eddie
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When Eichel finally requests a trade out of the dump we’ll use Mikko as trade bait to get him.
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Cousin Eddie
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He's the one I'm hoping benefits most from this otherwise ludicrous stretch without a game.
rmthomson21
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Probably good for Landy, too. And Makar, just as we reach the part of the season where a lot of NCAA guys making the transition start to look burned out.
Honestly, All Star break aside, then the timing's pretty good for the mandatory rest week.
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Ararana
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This is what I'm watching the most in the Makar/Hughes debate. For all their pride Vancouver fans take in it Hughes is getting crazy minutes and has been going almost non stop since the start of the season. Makar is getting a bit more manageable minutes and has had two lengthy breaks now.
I think the college wall is going to hit both of them, but I'm suspecting it's going to hit Hughes like a freight train.
Metallo
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Cousin Eddie
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Metallo
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I heard Grubauer has spent the last 10 days blaming his sprinklers for poor coverage in front.
Boys should be real well and rested when they come back.
I actually think we see them go on a huge run. Normally such a long break could be hard to come back from but we know a few of our guys haven't been playing at 100%. Mikko, Cole, Landy(I mean he's never at 100% but still).... plus getting a healthy Donskoi back.
I think they come back firing and go on a big run through February month.
We play 15 games in February and I'm calling 12 Wins.
I actually think we see them go on a huge run. Normally such a long break could be hard to come back from but we know a few of our guys haven't been playing at 100%. Mikko, Cole, Landy(I mean he's never at 100% but still).... plus getting a healthy Donskoi back.
I think they come back firing and go on a big run through February month.
We play 15 games in February and I'm calling 12 Wins.
Ararana
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Always fun to come back from an 11 day break with a 5 game road trip
