LGR4GM

yup, up in settings you can block users. Click on your profile name in the up right corner, you'll see ignored users, you can add ppl there.

Ovechkin is Russian? What!? Wow color commentator, I had no idea!

That was pretty

Alex Tuch would have scored there

The drop pass doesn't work with the best players in the world... it will never ***** work.

Send Hellebuyck to Buffalo.

Misa is better. Martone is inconsistent physically. Bear is a forechecking nightmare.

Omfg stfu about Matthews and Tkachuks getting put on the same line. You've said it 20 times. The color commentator sucks

Buffalo needs to upgrade their head coach too

Bad argument.

We looked pretty good when Eichel and Reinhart were on the ice.

Buffalo could easily have Eichel, Reinhart, Hagel, and Bennett on their team. Sigh. And McAvoy

Nah, I just think the Bruins didn't like it. Probably feel their Dr's would have caught the infection earlier. McAvoy ended up in the hospital.

Sounds like the Bruins were pissed at how the Minnesota Wild doctors handled it. Wgr talked about it this morning.

Back to the game. Seems a bit more open than last game.

Nice goal

Tage most likely not playing

forgot I had already started this:

We did to that, we traded Savoie for McLeod. We didn't pick that many undersized forwards. Savoie, Rosen, Östlund, I suppose we could add Benson but he's a different cat. Out of those 3, Savoie was the only truly small guy in terms of height.

There's like 6 players between #6 and #12 that are various versions of the same thing. Lots of guys with motors and physicality that either need strength, better skating, better handles, better visions or some combination there of. The 5-15 range of this draft will be really interesting to watch.

Most guys outside the top 10, play out their jr level years (1-2) and then come to the AHL for another 1-3, that's a fairly normal development path, Buffalo has just sucked giant suckage for so long we expect every 1st round to be 1 and done at worst in the jr levels.

Add to that they keep playing Cozens on the PP even thought every single metric you want to consult says it is a terrible idea. Cozens is another example like Samuelsson, of Adams and Terry having favorites and just ignoring the short comings. Krebs was this for a bit but thankfully Peyton found a role and settled in.

Ohgren (6'1") Snuggerud (6'2") and Bystedt (6'2"). I don't follow players much after we draft them unless I love them (hi Seth Jarvis) but Ohgren has gotten a few games with Minnesota this year and hasn't looked lost from what I have seen. Hasn't produced much but is solid. He has 12g, 11a, in 25 AHL games this season. 1g, 3a in the 19 NHL games he has. I'd say he's doing okay at 21 but he isn't wowing me. Snuggerud I haven't seen play at all because I don't watch much NCAA hockey these days. That said he is Capt of University of Minnesota and has 20g, 22a, in 32games. He produced 50pts in 40 games as a freshmen but then had some drop off last year and seems to have rebounded this year. 3rd yr NCAA played having 20g in 31 games, that's solid and just based on production he is trending towards a middle 6 goal scoring forward. Bystedt I have seen a bit of because he is in the AHL. He has 26pts, 9g, 17a, in 43 AHL games. That's .6ppg in the AHL compared to Östlund at 0.57 for Östlund. That said, both were transitioning to NA hockey so gotta wait to see where it goes. Overall, I think Ohgren's game has translated the best as evidence by his AHL play and NHL callups. I think Snuggerud is really intriguing and I want to see if his skating improved and he's more consistent using his skills. That's the big difference between someone like Snuggerud and Östlund. Snuggerud has the physical ability but he isn't consistently showing off the skills (I mean in his draft year) versus Östlund who lacked the physical ability but was constantly using those skills. Really at the end of the day I want players with high rev motors that use physical play to disconnect players from the puck. It is why I like Jarvis or Benson as much as I do regardless of their size and why I was not a big Power fan. In the 2025 draft it is why I gravitate towards Misa, Eklund, and Bear and less so towards Lakovic even though he is 6'4" because sure, he has the size but if he isn't using it how I want, who cares? I'd rather take Bear at 6' and get that constant engagement piece which is more disruptive IMO. It is why Benson can still be effective on the 4th line (even though it is stupid Buffalo has put him there).