DarthEbriate

Bah. Bad turnover, Mitts.

930 AM... all wings report in... fold some laundry.

UPL goes back-to-back. Continuing to do an excellent job in 2024.

Wow! Look at that. Chicago addresses the Greenway hit/penalty and the Girgs tap on their goalie. And they're terrible and losing by 3, but they are happy to take the penalty and confrontation.

Nice save.

No. The psychological victory of standing up for each other would have a much longer-lasting effect than running up the score on a tanking team. A line brawl might galvanize the type of win streak this team needs to go on.

So... we've established the only guy who's going to address a teammate getting wrecked is EJ?

Again. This team could really use line brawl. Just to gain the confidence in their strength, to build camaraderie, and entertain the home fans.

Take him out, Girgs! C'mon, don't let him skate away without a penalty.

OK... someone can go destroy Kurashev now. And... given how the regular PP units look, you can guess how well they did.

PP unit 3 is out.

WOOO!

OK. Score 4 goals. Then, when he steps out of the box, let someone address it with fists.

Time to do a (pending review) 5 minute PP practice session. Pass fast. Shoot faster.

Uffda. Hope he didn't break a collarbone.

JJP! Bank shot, only pocket.

My sneaky preseason prediction was VO being a + player, and... it's happening. So far.

Extremely underrated cat name. Alf (eater of cats), the Fonz, So/Zo, Alfie.

The Hawks are very well-disciplined with their lanes and active sticks. I don't think I've seen a single cross-ice pass get through against them.

If Tage could develop even 1/3 of the butt that Jagr had, he'd be amazing. Instead, Korchinski just walks around him and his 7' stickhandling wingspan and gets the takeaway.

That's not true! That's impossible!

Hey! Girgs... in front of the net! Maybe try that on the powerplay?

Brain fart, Dahlin.

Even Pang is a little bit embarrassed that that shove drew a roughing call. Arrived for the 2nd. Lock S-foils in attack position!

I realize Bills fans are salty for being the Patriots' plaything for 2 decades and want to discredit everything the Patriots did at any opportunity, but Belichick is an excellent coach* (and was initially also a good GM). It wasn't all Brady. Good coaches adapt to their players available (never had an elite WR or RB except a couple seasons with Moss, varying between running teams, spread 5 offenses, and heavy 12 personnel. I mean, look at the run-only game against the Bills --- and it worked!). On the defensive side, lights out. He destroyed the Greatest Show on Turf (remember, Vinatieri had 3 GW Super Bowl kicks, but two times that's the defense, not Brady), owning Peyton Manning, etc. As a GM, early on he was very good, later.... not so much. But the key thing for Belichick was the ability to move players the year before they slipped, or at their highest value. Richard Seymour comes to mind. Keep the winning going or get tied to your veterans? As a GM, he was cutthroat for awhile there, and it worked. *Show me an all-time great coach who didn't have at least a competent QB -- and don't offer up one-hit wonders like whoever was coaching Trent Dilfer (who was an average QB) when the Ravens won that one Super Bowl.