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He also got bailed out big time in that Belleville OT game as one of the D-men made a tremendous block on a shot that was headed for a wide open net. Dell typically was an asset in the 3rd & 4th periods. He was a massive liability in the 1st period of most games giving up a goal on one of the 1st 3 shots almost every game even though the Amerks would have the better of the play early in almost every game. Swap Primeau and Dell & the Amerks are still playing. No idea on whether they'd've fared better w/ UPL backstopping him. His weaknesses are significantly different than Dell's and they might very well have generated insurmountable leads or he might have killed them w/ the late goal.
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Only 12 skaters need to be at/ below that. A 13th can have nearly an entire additional year of experience at 320 or fewer pro games. And only regular season games count against that total. Playoffs don't & presumably international play doesn't count against them either.
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Of the players mentioned above, only Mersch & Pilut count as AHL veterans. There's 8 guys that will fit under the development umbrella (Biro, Weissbach, Pekar, Murray, R2 Rou2, Laaksonnen, Kisakov, & Rosen; plus Quinn & Peterka that won't be Amerks for long if at all. Fitzgerald also qualifies as a development guy. None of that includes any of the other young guys that will likely sign this summer or have already signed. Really don't see a cause for worry that they won't be able to ice 18 skaters every night.
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12 skaters need 260 or fewer regular season professional games prior to the start of the current season and a 13th needs 320 or fewer regular season professional games in leagues that are considered AHL comparable or higher. And teams can have more than 5 veteran skaters, they just can't dress more than that in any particular game. It's not really a huge hurdle to overcome.
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Wouldn't say he avoided it like the plague, but he didn't initiate it after returning from injury either.
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If he gets out of his KHL deal, sure, sign him. But right now he's at absolute tops the 5th LHD on the depth chart & if Johnson signs, he's 6th at best. That doesn't include the possibility that a AAAA guy they sign this summer won't pass him as well. When the team had no LHD other than Scandella there was a place for him. Adams flipping the D depth over to the left side makes his road to the NHL, barring a trade, rather onerous. And this from somebody that liked the kid.
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People that only casually watched thought "playoff hockey" was changing in the 80's. It was, sort of, in the Campbell Conference because except for Calgary everybody tried to beat Edmonton at their own game which was a ludicrously bad strategy. Nobody could out-Edmonton the Eulers. Edmonton came through unscathed 6 times. The 1st time through, they thought they could keep playing their freewheeling style & got crushed by the Aisles. They actually played playoff hockey in the Finals after that. And being fresher & younger, not having had to go through the wars taking place in the Wales, let them win all 5 of those, 4 of them in dominating fashion. Winning playoff hockey doesn't change: take care of your own end, get great goaltending, & stay out of the penalty box. That teams think they can get away from that and still win against a determined opponent willing to do all that is kind of funny.
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2022 NHL Draft Combine: May 30th-June 4th, Buffalo NY
Taro T replied to LGR4GM's topic in The Aud Club
That, and the additional benefit of these kids seeing Buffalo when the weather's great & they learn there's more to the city than just a really ugly trip from the airport to a dingy hotel. That latter part hasn't mattered yet because the team has been such a train wreck but it could pay dividends down the road. -
He screams the antithesis of the Adams guy. He won't slide to 41, but that's the 1st spot the Sabres might consider him IMHO.
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Actually, it seems to recall the Eulers - Hawks from the late '80's. Unfortunately for the Eulers, in this one they're the Hawks. The big question becomes can the Avs tighten things down in the next round. If they can, they'll have a huge advantage in having played firewagon hockey this round which doesn't take nearly as much out of one as playing actual playoff-style hockey will. Don't know that it'll be enough of an advantage to win it all, but it surely won't hurt.
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Actually, in what is actually a pretty smart move, well shockingly smart actually, as this is the NHL, and they rarely, if ever, make good tweaks to rules / rules interpretations, the league has started to consider a player to not be in control of the puck when crossing the blue line until his stick actually makes contact with the puck inside the offensive zone which gives players that appear to be offside an extra fraction of a second to get back onside. It's a smart move because it cuts down on how many apparent goals end up getting called off. And, really wasn't sure how Koharski would keep his streak intact because on 1st glance, it did look like the play was offside. But leave it to that putz to not understand how the league is interpreting the rules. He didn't know how to interpret them when he was getting paid by the league. It's silly to expect he'd know how to interpret them now that TNT is paying him. PS - Did we get to a new record for use of the word "actually" in a single sentence? 😉
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Like it. Ideally he'd sign Fleury for 2 years, Husso for 3, & trade Portillo's rights as part of a package (either directly, or what he'd bring back in return) for the top 4 RHD they need. Presumes that Portillo isn't going to sign in the spring. If he tells Adams he will sign, then skip that last part. Overpay Husso so that he doesn't need a NTC to sign. IF UPL can figure it out, you either have 1 too many goalies in 2-3 years at which point UPL or Husso can be part of a trade package or your tandem becomes Husso & UPL or if he doesn't figure it out you're still likely set at starter until Levi is ready.
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Pretty sure even Adams realizes that. Don't hate the idea of Anderson being the backup but would prefer 2 completely new (to us) goalies. Would go a long way towards spending to the floor w/out blocking anyone & without throwing off the salary structure.
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True. The absolute studs can make enough from endorsements to give up their day job or have their day job be lax centric and that goes back to at least the Gait brothers. But by far, for the majority of these guys it's a really well paying hobby. What was really crazy was back before the NLL came along, when the MILL started out all the teams were owned by the league but each team had its own independent management. And home field in the playoffs was based on attendance. The team w/ better fan support got to host the game regardless of the relative records between the teams.
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For the most part they play once/ week. But there is the odd 2 games in 1 weekend stretch once or twice/ year. But those are scheduled well in advance & arrangements can be made to accommodate those.
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The players that don't live in the city they are playing in would still have to miss work on Friday. (And that would include players on the home team's roster.) And w/ the 2nd game in Denver on Sunday night, players would have to take Monday off as well. Again, for most of these guys, they have day jobs. It's 1 thing to ask for a day off a couple of months in advance when the schedule is released & something totally different to get the day off on 1 week's notice.
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As soon as Raanta went down the series was over. It might have already been over, but that definitely sealed it.
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The ESPN feed showed it about 3 more times in the intermission. Surprised TSN didn't do likewise.
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Sorry, no clip. Looked like groin. He made a huge lunge to his right & immediately pulled up lame.
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That's exactly what they did the last round. Pretty sure these guys all have day jobs, so getting a day or 2 off mid-week on 1 week's notice isn'really an option for a lot of them.
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Am well aware of that. However, as your link demonstrated, ESPN showed a handful of games on the Deuce & some of their other networks. The 2nd Bandits Riptide game was shown on ESPN2 as an example. Thought there might be a possibility that they'd want to show the championship on one of their cable/ satellite networks. Doesn't appear to be the case. Bummer. The picture quality is marginally better on the non-streaming services.
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Not sure if game 2 or (if necessary) game 3 might show up on ESPN2, but it looks like the Deuce & ESPNU are showing college baseball this coming Saturday. So, ESPN+ would seem to be the only place to watch game 1 in the States.
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Brainwashing?
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Halifax finished 3rd in the east & lost in the 1st round to Hamilton. (They call themselves TO, but they play all their games in Hamilton, so ...)
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Yeah. Not sure why people want Ristolainen-lite back.