DarthEbriate

This is the right move. It’s the reason to have NAK. Now, if Cozens doesn’t pick up the goal and assist yesterday and simply has the double minor and needs to sit for blowing open a big loss….

I don’t think the NHL is too big for Levi, either, but he’s not ready to be consistent without a starter’s workload. And as a goalie he needs to get to 100 professional games before worrying about anything else. It was the whole reason to get Reimer in the first place. Meanwhile, Benson can play every night.

With Aube-Kubel still healthy, I'm not sure they dress Kozak, but I do hope he gets into the game anyway. He's a 4th liner, but he already knows he's a 4th liner -- somehow, he's always known -- and plays that way and has since juniors. That's a very useful trait. I still call out the same highlight I saw live in juniors -- Kozak decleated a kid on a perfectly legal hit. Seattle enforcer and NYR pick Rempe came over to address it and Kozak reverse-checked him. Straightened up and stunned Rempe instantly while Kozak skated away with the play. (I wouldn't recommend that now, as Rempe has probably put on 30 pounds since then and Kozak has likely not, and Rempe has embraced pure heel-pugilist role.)

I pronounce MW as an acronym just to mess with people's heads.

They're fortunate to be all in one piece point. Now get two.

Almost got a Noronen repeat.

JJP is way overdue for a PPG.

Canucks have woken up.

Did they call it? Or only the high stick to Tuch? Nevermind.

Kulich staying in the lineup…

Great! Great, Tagebacca. Always thinking with your stomach.

Kulich needs a breakaway goal out of the box to atone for this.

Bad Jiri!

Put some backbone into those passes!

Cozens put in a near impossible spot there. Flat-footed with a Canuck on either side and without full control of the puck to chop it toward the o-zone. Benson is disliked by the refs even when we wins the race to negate the icing.

I’ve lost count of the turnovers by the D by passing it softly off the far side boards in their own zone this period. 4? 6?

Over 30 shots on goal, over 30 more shots blocked. Sometimes structure + one breakdown is enough. Happy Thanksgiving, 'Spacers. Until Friday.

Can't afford to lose you from the 'Space lineup for 3 games with a concussion, though.

Turkey spatchcocked and salted. Stock being simmered on the burner. Time to focus on the game!

The only issue with only feeding TNT on the PP is screens... who would you put there to just get a face destroyed or a broken wrist. When the PP works through everyone else, Zucker is ready for deflections and rebounds. I knew it! I'm surrounded by ######. Keep firing, ######!

Minnesota got the line matchup they wanted to close the period. Kaprizov misses a redirect, then Benson intercepts the final pass.

Decent looks on the PP. And Benson puts Merrill down at the last whistle. Hello there! Love that kid.

Lock s-foils in attack position!

Old friend Marcus Johansson arrives tonight. Since Zuccarello has gone out with injury, MoJo has been one of the folks to step up. He's averaged over 18 minutes/game for the last 6 games and has taken a bunch more shots than normal, including 8 vs. CAL and 4 vs. WPG in their last two tilts. It's a contract year, after all.

Yup. That was odd. Two years ago, he sat JJP and Quinn in the 3rd with leads for the half of the season; last year, it was Benson. But otherwise, just keep rolling in all situations. One thing about Ruff... he's coached to win from day one, which we've expected.