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Lots of skill on Moose Jaw but they seem to have bus legs. Saginaw just owning them. Good thing their goalie came to play. Shots 16-5 Saginaw.

He’s taking key draws on the PP. He made a bad pass to the point on the PP. I think the jitters will be gone after the first period and they should play more freely.

No that’s what I meant, I make my move at the draft at pick 18.

Former Sabres prospect Josh Bloom is playing for Saginaw, his stint in the AHL was not good so he returned to junior as an overage player.

So Granato stapled him to 4C. Lindy will take this fellow WHL grad and turn him into a better 4C. Then perhaps Krebs will be ready for a bigger role.

Yeah, I’m picking 20 and I hear you want my guy at 18. That’s when I make a move.

No problem.

Binnington with 2.97 GAA and .869 SV% so far at the Worlds.

Bonus. Your son probably got a one minute request to last 5.

First game of the Memorial Cup tonight. Matt Savoie and the Moose Jaw Warriors take on host Saginaw Spirit and 1st round prospect Zayne Parekh. I know it is on TSN in Canada at 7:30.

I always had a low regard for his GM skills. Probably because of the Tradhers stint. Maybe he’s gotten better. Pegula may have chatted with him at some Govenors meeting and TP thought he was Sam Pollock reincarnated.

Most goalies I’ve known are not the best skaters, as far as stride, crossovers, pivoting etc… The need to be on their skates for close to 60 minutes is big part of the comfort end of things. The edge work required is totally different as are the side to side pushes. Totally different skating technique.

I don’t think I was saying Dahlin is a RHD. I know he is a LHD, I was saying that he has a comfort level on the RH side. I doubt KA goes out and gets a 1st pairing RHD so Dahlin, Power, Byram or Mule will probably have to play on the RH side as a left shooting Dman.

It’s interesting how there are complaints about the pairings having the same handedness. It is a good thing Dahlin is versatile enough to play RHD which helps a lot. He and Mule were kind of switching sides quite a bit when paired together. Dahlin was roaming around and Mule would adjust accordingly. If Mule is in the top 4 then a possible third pairing is Clifton and Jokiharju, two RHD, creating a similar issue.

I figured they would be a bit rusty for game 1.

Last day of work until Tuesday. I’m retired but doing some work for American company. Missed Victoria Day but Memorial Day is great.

We’re running out of weird kids who can’t skate.

The job is there for the taking. No blockers at the moment, he just needs to keep improving and get experience.

Ekholm is a big solid Dman. It would be nice to have Mule get near that level.

Draisaitl gets the first one of this series. Not exactly riveting hockey yet, I was rewatching Canada-Slovakia.

Two OHL goalies I follow who were on the right track had down years in their final junior seasons. Ben Gaudreau led Canada to U18 gold a few years ago, was drafted by San Jose in the 3rd round and hasn’t done much since. Dom Divencentiis was OHL goalie of the year last year, drafted by Winnipeg and took a step back this year. Goalies are different. They don’t seem to have as much year over year growth as skaters.

Devils hockey, Jacques Lemaire would be proud.

Ratzlaff was 3rd on Canada’s WJ team this year. He’s an ‘05 so could be the #1 this year. Rousseau and St-Hilaire don’t seem like sure fire prospects yet. Doesn’t seem to be a Carey Price on the horizon.

Czechs must be buzzing, beating USA in front of the home crowd.

Hockey Canada is probably hoping for him to take the next step. He’s on their radar, World Juniors, Olympics and World Championships already, although he didn’t play Olympics and got a taste of action at the WC.