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Did ANYONE NOT see that coming? The TNT broadcast is a mimeograph of the NBCSN broadcast. Why they'd attempt to duplicate something that wasn't done particularly well is puzzling until you realize it IS TNT and hockey isn't the 1st sport they'll have screwed up coverage of, probably won't be the last one either. Hiring Gretzky is about the TBS-iest thing little brother TNT has ever done.

Which is fine. Don't see how any of that is relevant to what you're replying to.

We can pick a different game if he can't make that one.

Did you watch him on the breakaway in OT vs the Yotes? Towards the end of his shift, but that was by definition slow.

Yep, you and @Thorny are the only 2 people here that want Eichel back. <_< Sadly, Adams wanted Eichel gone prior to the neck injury & related drama. Really don't see a way he gets his mind changed on that front.

There's 1 other person that went out the door the day Krueger turned in his keys. Getting rid of that anchor was significantly addition by subtraction.

The "best" part was Steve Levy & crew celebrating the "tremendous" block on Poyer throughout the rest of the broadcast.

The Roxette thing is hilarious because it's true. (Or at least it was a few years ago.)

It was actually an awesome win, but expect the excuse the Nucks are using is it's their 4th road game in a week & to try to avenge their loss to Detroit they came out too strong and couldn't sustain the early jump as they had little left in the tank in the 2nd and absolutely nothing in the 3rd.

Not sure if this is the right spot for this, but wanted to compare Krueger's style vs Granato's now that we've actually got 3 games of Don getting to set & implement his whole scheme. Krueger and Granato both wanted the team to skate fast & put pressure on the other team. But thats where the similarity ends. Krueger always wanted his guys back on their side of the puck when the other team had control. He wanted to make sure a F dropped back pretty much fully should a D join/lead the rush & he would definitely reduce the forecheck with a lead. He didn't stress as much as Granato does having bodies in front of the other team's net even before the puck was there. He actually kind of frowned on it before there's a serious chance to get the puck there because it's tough to get back to your point in your own end from the front of the other guy's net.. He employed a very passive PK which in today's NHL will be bottom 5. The shooters eat that up. It's a kind of joyless game when things aren't clicking & had to be tough to sustain over a full schedule. Granato wants that pressure & and speed, but he also lets the players do the fun stuff: drive to the net, be there creating havoc even if the puck still has a ways to go to get there. Rush up the ice 4 men strong - create the offense & trust that if they chunk it away, the 5th & and the guy that's always back can get there. Let a player hang back provided the other teams D is staying honest hanging back so that stragglers can't create a breakaway. Pressure everywhere on the ice, including on the PK - but don't be out of control; there's a fine line to walk there but this team is doing it so far. And, if you're going to mess up, make sure it's via an act of commission & not omission. And if that's what the screw up was - go right back out there and make up for it. No dog house for that. There's a joy to the game he has them play. It's also extremely high energy. Hopefully they can maintain that energy over the full 82 (dare we say 82+) but that will be tough to carry on the whole way; at least they're young so maybe they can. Am ready to buy in on Don, Friday's test will be huge because the Bruins are both relentless and skilled. The Bergeron line might be the league's best as they can do it at both ends of the ice. Fortunately Cozens got a bit of swagger back after getting that 2nd 2ndary assist. Thompson seems to have it too. And Eakin & Ruotsalainen are fitting in well w/ their linemates. The 3 D pairings are all working for the 1st time in what, 14 years? If a shorthanded squad is ever going to be ready for the B's & the goalie that spurned them, it has to be now. Bring on the Bruins.

Yep. Weird quirk of scheduling. Technically it's a 7 game road trip but with the 3 week break for the Olympics & All Star festivities, it isn't that onerous. Also, nice to not have to deal w/ the elements in February. Could catch massive snow storms on either side of the break, but shouldn't have the same bone chilling temps we get in February.

Was going to go w/ my old man to "show off" our new seats. Too much of a hassle to just go sit somewhere randomly on a weeknight. Yeah, realize it's kind of a 1st world problem, but it's already been a rough week & was looking forward to the whole enchilla. Wouldn't be the same now. There'll be other games to take him to.

Bumming right now. Originally had other plans, so had my tix for sale but the plans changed yesterday so was planning on attending. Forgot to delist the tix. Fortunately checked to make sure everything was set before heading out as it appears they sold an hour or so ago. Moral of the story: delist the tickets WHEN the plans change, not a day or 2 later. Probably for the best, likely would've fallen asleep in the car on the trip back home. Been that kind of a summer. Oh, well. Go get 'em, boys.

Asplund is better there than Girgensons, but Ruotsalainen excels there and now that he's back in the lineup should get that job.

Would've rather gone Tokarski tonight & Anderson on Friday. Expecting now w/ 2 full days rest between them that Anderson gets both those games. But really want to keep his starts limited as really don't see him able to play like he did Thursday night more than 30 times this year. They need him more against the B's.

But Arizona ISN'T tanking. 😄 Yeah, right.

ESPN was expecting 58% of the crowd will be cheering for the Bills. On the ROAD.

McDermott and Frazier certainly aren't. They're going heavy personnel on the D-line. Phillips is back in; Epinesa & Basham out. Henry is the focus. Milano is in again, too.

Sorry for delay on replying. Dealing w/ some family issues. Pretty much what @Brawndo quoted Marek on. Sabres haven't given up their claim on Pilut. If they've not given up on getting value out of him, can't see them allowing Eichel to retire & walk away from them and into somebody else's arms with nothing coming back.

Yeah, the way it reads, whether they ran their own investigation couldn't be substantiated. Maybe that IS what they meant to say. 😉 Hadn't heard about the Bolts move. They trying to get in on the Eichel sweepstakes? That's a lot of newly available cap they just came up with. Maybe @Randall Flagg finally gets his Cirelli trade.

Reinhart almost always starts slow. Wouldn't read too much into it.

Was talking about his ceiling, not where he's at presently. Sorry that wasn't clearer.

Wondering how much the hip surgeries have affected his game. He played well in Cincy after that, but there aren't exactly a lot of future NHLers toiling there. He hasn't been good elsewhere since the surgeries. IF he's still recovering, there's hope. But haven't seen anything in his game that screams anything but AHL backup.

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