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I was being sarcastic. Myers would fetch a lot. But i think he will bounce back just fine. It is not unusual for a young D man to struggle. Also Scuderi has spent the last 3 seasons mentoring Doughty...just saying People have already said that! They say trading him was a mistake as we lost our faceoff guy

Maybe we should just buy Myers out? That would save us making any trades. Thoughts? Also Rob Scuderi is a Tallinder type player and is a UFA at the end of the season. let's get him (if i say it enough one day DR might stumble across the website and my many comments on him and decide i am right :P) Because Myers has started slow. The guy will come around, his past has not been nearly as bad as people have remembered. It is about leading back to where he was - so we settle for the fact this looked a thousand times more like the Tyler we know than the one this season has shown

Harry's cousin is the Dudley son, (related on the mother's side). But this guy has no siblings, so can't have a nephew. I think the whole relationship he proposed is buIIshit

Myers had a really decent game against Ottawa, bar that one bad play (that Pardy could have broken up). People seem to be so swayed by what the final score is on their assessment of players But yeah, I wouldn't mind trading for Tallinder - Leopold and a 5th for Tallinder or something

Also Hecht seems to be playing a more defensive game this season than pervious ones (maybe to Grigo can have a but more leash to play with). But I agree, none of those guys would be putting up the points. 10 games in Stafford, Ennis, Foligno, Ott and Grigo should be a combined 30-35 points. They have 20. Having said this the real damaging line is our third. It has done nothing. I get that Grigo is young, but in 10 NHL games he has normally looked like a non factor. It would be nice over the next 10 to see him emerge a little more and not necessarily put points up, but seem more dangerous. I would like him to finish this season with 20-25 points. When does Leino recover? He must have a bad groin strain to miss 10 games (To clarify, I come to my decisions by saying the first line should have an average of 70 points, 50 for the second, 30 for the third and 10 for the fourth - for a total of 480. Then this value can be made up to 600 by having a defence produce 120 points (40, 30, 20, 20, 10, 10)). If a team can get to 600 points, I think they are decent. Sabres got to 499 last season

Well I don't think we can get Gretzky anymore if i'm honest, he has lost a step or two in recent years (Also he only played 12 games for the Blues). Vanek emerging as a talent might help, the only other thing we could do would be pick up Iginla in UFA? Otherwise there isn't much to be done

"You could see [Pronger] had talent, but it was a ho-hum thing. He really didn't have any direction. He was under a lot of pressure and just wasn't ready for the responsibility. Of course that team wasn't exactly overloaded with players who knew how to win" In the early years of his St. Louis career, Pronger played under coach and general manager Mike Keenan who insisted on Pronger improving his conditioning and reducing his mistakes. Late in his first season, the acquisition of Wayne Gretzky took pressure off of Pronger, which combined with Keenan's practices, allowed Pronger to concentrate on improving his defensive play So, a change in coaching is important and having someone who accepts no mistakes is important. I would not trade Pronger for Shanny

Yeah, maybe a mistake! That or we should get a king's ransom for him. Clearly others teams see Myers playing poorly and think they can scoop him up cheaply. Good thing no-one on this board is gm. So is a trade nearly finalised or something or are you demanding a trade like everyone else?

Well Ruff has been good with Enroth so far, he has played over 20% of the games so far. I think that is adequate as a back up. Also, Miller has a habit of playing very well after playing poorly, hence getting the nod again. Enroth also needs to stand on his head and earn the confidence of Ruff to put him in. We have this weird thing that Grigo and Enroth and others can play as bad as they want but Ruff should give them more ice time and better line mates. No, you earn your keep, 15 months without a win is hardly proving you should get more icetime

Noooooo. He needs to be healthy and okay, so we can sign him and pair him with Myers

They are still fun to watch, I think. Honestly, last night's game could have gone so differently. If we had scored at that scrum with 25 seconds to go and won it in overtime people would think differently. Ottawa fans were saying how it wasn't a pretty victory - I also thought Karlsson was pedestrian, noticed him on the front end a few times and noticed him make a few errors, but nothing spectacular. We have had slow starts in 3 seasons now - I'd be intrigued to know why. Do we have a lot of dead weight players? Do they take a while to understand Lindy's system (but when they do it really works)? We also have too many mediocre players - Leo, Brennan, Pardy, Sulzer, Weber are all alright but they are a 5/6 d man on a team, the same is true with our forwards. I thin we need to shed some of the weight and get a 4th line that has some identity. I always feel our 4th line is just going through the motions. Grigo still looks like bambi out there - a little lost all the time. It will come, but sooner would be nicer

We are a team that realies on our goalie. it is that simple, we always have defensive breakdowns and odd man rushes against us. We need a goalie who can step in and play well. I know Enroth rarely plays, but guess what? That is the life of a back-up. Lindy has been good at playing Enroth this year and Enroth has shown nothing. He has one win in the last 15 months (17 games) and a .837 sv% and a 4.73 gaa. It is hard to defend those stats. Yes I don't think Lindy should have called him out, but that is Lindy, he has done it to almost every play on this team. I don't think Enroth is held to a higher standard, I just don't think his play is very good. The two games he has started, he has let in some weak goals. Goals which are not necessarily easy saves, but still comfortably saveable. Also what is wrong with the mans 5 hole. Although not one to generally say this kind of thing...is he too small? He is 5'10' but he looks very small in the crease.

Who would replace him?

Kinda unfair stat, what with a) Miller being red hot last year around this time b) there not having been hockey in 8 or the last 12 months

I think the reason the focus is on goalie and not scoring or coaching, is a) 3 goals is pretty alright whilst 4 goals against with 2 softies is not (not to mention the 15 month winless streak this guy has) and b) coaching is a broader subject and requires more effort to attack. Had Enroth grabbed those two easy shots it would have been a tidy 3-2 win (although obviously the game would have been very different, but still)

I felt like a formula one driver when i first got in a car - i was going 20mph. Yeah he will adjust (actually a car is quite a good analogy about getting used to going the speed)

The home and home series; when we were so hopeful as we had won out first two games and the cup was finally within sight. Then we lost badly with Enroth in net and not so badly with Miller in net and the fire Ruff ideas emerged again

You have no idea how much that made me laugh. My twin sister and me always quote that line to each other

Ottawa (11) 15/52 = 28.8% Florida (4) 26/61 = 42.6% Montreal (22) 30/67 = 44.7% Boston (1) 27/63 = 42.9% Toronto (6) 33/65 = 50.8% Washington (23) 20/53 = 37.7% Carolina (9) 23/65 = 35.4% Carolina (9) 24/55 = 43.6% Toronto (6) 19/64 = 29.8% Philadelphia (27) 36/67 = 53.7% The brackets are where that team is ranked in the league

We need to find a way to win face offs. I maintain they are important

An ex player who knows the organization. Maybe there is something to it. Lets face it, the players are hardly running themselves ragged. I'm shocked Ennis was even tired in his interview with the amount he coasts

Well I give the front office some slack as there must be a reason they kept him around and why Pegula likes him. I think he is a good coach, but maybe a change is needed to shake up everything

Hrm.. Maybe Lindy should go. I agree the team looks like they are skating in a way that implies they are poor coached. Their PP has looked awful for the last 3 seasons. Who is in charge of it?

Pardy the pillon

Goal 1 he was screened, nit his fault Goal 2 he let an awful goal in off the face off Goal 3 coho had a bad five away but Enroth should have saved it - he looked too small in net. It wasn't that tough a save