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Preach brother! Remember just Monday it was "U see Eichel celly? He's so pro, like be been there before". It's in part how we connect. Aside from my personal hang-up with head-taps, which yeah happen all the time, my main observation was him looking off passes and choosing to skate-in or shoot. Probably no-big-deal, and obviously way too small a sample, just what I noticed. 2 goals and a very good game. Reminded me of Ovechkin a little bit. 13-14, shots per game, top 5 Ovi 4.95 (386/78) J. Neal 4.03 (283/59) Nash 3.97 (258/65) E Kane 3.97 (250/63) Skinner 3.90 (274/71) Looking forward to for-real on 10/8.

Good point re: rusty, forgot about that.

On the positive he was back-checking hard, and he's faster than I expected. Adding to potential negatives, could see alleged "me-monster" in o-zone. As long as it goes in! But don't pat O'Reilly on top of the head after the goal, he's not a kid, in fact he's been ear-marked as your future captain. Over-analysis complete.

The boarding was bad, but from my view he was caught standing still or moving slowly a lot, because, well, he was. Do Risto/Pysyk avoid those hits? He definitely didn't look good. And on that early breakaway against (save) he was badly out-skated by the forward. The breakaway was happening, but the fwd's next 3 strides vs Gorges 3 opened a big gap. All in all, pre-season and 3 new d-pairs. We know it's going to be the team's weakness, but still optimistic the top 6 is going to score a lot to help balance.

Welcome back. Same here, both, though it's looking like kid's hockey tournament will conflict w/ Amerks. Good problems to have.

Must be a bug eh? Good thing I didn't read instructions.

Hmmmm. I only chose the 1 game, got through check-out, confirmation email, and see the pre-auth on my cc. Am I gonna get dinged for 4 more? Crap.

Yeah what Derrico said. Mini-pack allows one game only. Weird definition of "pack".

I picked up a pair! It's gonna be freakin' awesome. A new era, game 1. "We want the cup" after the national anthem? I'm a bit surprised it hasn't sold out yet though. Looks like about 700 tickets left.

Reason! This thread continues to deliver.

True. But if the chemistry doesn't develop, say by December(?), and he's spewing cliches in his presser, I think media are going go hard at him.

I voted Bylsma. If they are terrible in Oct/Nov I think the media gives a pass to the young players and instead goes after the coach "talent is here, wtf". Especially since at first glance he's got that Darcy / Pommers / etc way of answering questions... "blah blah blah" vs Lindy or Nolan or GMTM who seem thoughtful and sincere in answers. Player wise, I agree w/ Gorges, or maybe Kane if he's not producing.

Goalies who've won the Jack A Butterfield Trophy (Calder Cup playoff MVP) 93-94 - Olaf Kolzig 04-05 - Antero Nittymaki 05-06 - Carey Price 08-09 - Michal Neuvirth 10-11 - Robin Lehner

Yup. The away team / star players will draw. Of course they would have a ton of other entertainment to compete with, but I think it could work. And our old friend Brian Blessing is head cheerleader there fwiw. He and Roby were the best.

Get the minivan Ink! Look at it as a temporary life phase. Our family car history: VW Jetta (dinks - 1st kid) Odyssey from 2002 - 2010 (more babies + dog crate) Suburban 2010 - 2015 (kids taxi + towing 7000# camper + dog in way back) Silverado 2500 2015 - ? (teens + 5th wheel dreams + dog under cap) The Odyssey was great, but as MattPie suggests, just didn't match our towing needs. Small-Mid size SUV I just do not understand. Safety I guess, and 3rd row (though with no room for luggage or dog), but there's more utility elsewhere.

Haha. I see the angle, the way GMTM addressed it was sorta cocky "f it, why bother" tone...but yeah probably just figured it was smarter to talk to different guys.

Ok but if you only have time for 10 interviews, why not interview possible picks?

Ah so here's where this interview is being discussed. I'll delete other thread. So great. Re: video games he said explicitly they had trouble with young players in Ottawa. I can see it. "do as I say not as I do". Loved the rib at Bulldog too, my house was same as Bulldogs, but for COD not Halo.

Makes her look smart to me since currently taxpayers are subsidizing it (like most pro sports venues I suppose). City/govt should not be in the entertainment business, dumb for them to own in the first place.

Would be great if the city sold to Pegula. Let them try to run it for profit, if not, TP just shrugs it off, what's a $5 million dollar annual subsidy (or whatever the # is) for the wife's home town. Worth it.

Relevant https://twitter.com/Khanoisseur/status/561214959372480512

McKee was with Amerks in 2011 too as an assistant. It was weird, he was brought on as a d-coach obviously but Cassidy ran the d door during games and McKee forwards. Kevin O with some additional detail here. From my seat, his twitter used to be pretty edgy, or least unprofessional relative to his desired peer group of NHL coaches. Maybe he's cleaned that up along with this campaign.

1. As a homer, yes, but I don't think Minnesota or Chicago or NE are going to roll over. Assets are in place. Location is solid, access to Southern Ontario is key. But I think we need a couple of those fancy prep schools to top it off. 2. DB = has another meaning already, for example the cross-fitter doing his self-mandated stretching at the crowded brew pub last Saturday night. DDB it is. 3. 10 4. 50% 5. ...TBN.

That was my biggest impression, seems like a pretty boring dude. Seemed that way in studio earlier this year too. That's fine. Between Murray and Rex Ryan we should be ok entertainment wise.

Love to see #4. I'm going optimistic, 50%. Ted Black's sweet spot right? Maybe it's a mix of WNY Sports and Country Music? TPEG-TV.