tom webster

If there was ever a game that illustrated how slim the line between winning and losing can be, I don’t remember it. There were literally three plays within fifteen minutes that could have gone either way. I turned down a chance to be there but I’m not sure if that’s a bad thing.

I didn’t mean to imply that the drop in save percentage wasn’t accurate, just that it didn’t start this year. Access to new data has changed a lot of what has always been believed about all sports. Teams are adapting and changing the way games are played. It’s actually quite fascinating.

I think this is at least partly correct. Also, as I stated up thread, this year is significantly better than last year, although a very small sample size.

Not sure what you are talking about. Last year only ten teams finished above .900 and Buffalo finished 31st st .879 ahead of only the Flyers.

He’s played 71 and 75 games his first two years. This year’s initial injury was from a puck to the face. He has not proven to be injury prone.

I’ve never understood why people worry about the guy that’s traded. All I care about is if Buffalo got better. Maybe Dallas wished they had kept Iginla. All I would have cared about is that Joe N helped me win the Cup.

I didn’t mean to imply that everyone was hating on Power but I do believe that your assessment of the play is incorrect. I wouldn’t want him jumping up in regulation but I want him to make that plsy in overtime 10/10 times.

The Power hate is amusing. He makes a great play to help seal the game the night before but he gets killed for losing control of the puck the next day. He’s not supposed to sit back in overtime. He did everything he’s supposed except lose control of the puck. It happens. They lost the game because UPL was terrible and because they didn’t bury a couple of other opportunities to score.

One of the all time great voices.

As I near retirement one of my remaining goals in life is to post something before you.😉

For whatever reason, injuries appear to be up not just league wide, but professional sports wide. Take a gander at the NFL’s injured reserve list. Its why depth might be the single biggest attribute amongst the league’s elite.

This. I was really hoping he could be a very good fourth center who could spell occasionally higher up but he has started this year very slowly. Some guys just have a hard time accepting who they are. I think Kozak is surpassing him as the fourth center.

I’m always open to a trade but the only way Power is going anywhere this early in his career is if a top four forward, preferably a center is coming back. Power is never going to be the player some want him to be, but he is going to be a top pairing defenseman whose contract is going to be a bargain when the cap hits $125M or more.

I do not necessarily disagree, however, you are assuming because he’s the better player he enhances your chances to win and that’s not necessarily the case. It’s more likely that a rookie mistake costs them rather than helps them. FWIW, I have no use for Geersten. Hopefully Greenways return puts that experiment to an end.z

No, the $20M available does not count Tuch’s current contract and like someone else pointed out, Skinner’s buyout is $6.4M. However, there are easy ways to pay Tuch, Benson, Doan and Kesserling if that is what you want to do.