Thorner

First Star is already locked up if we win

Casey is the common denominator in about 60% of our offsides

3, no? Cozens creating now using his line mates really well

If JJ can one-time that pass from DC we are leading

Sometimes Lyubushkin reminds me of the good Bogosian, sometimes he reminds me of the bad Bogosian, and sometimes he just reminds me of Hagg

Yet another Power assist. Comrie best Sabre

Asking way too much of Comrie right now Made a crazy save to bail out an ill-advised TT pass in the o-zone

Cozens - pass!

good work from EC

I feel like they had the puck a lot

Need just a game like this from Comrie with Dahlin out. A few extra saves to balance things out

Power is quietly racking up the assists

Cozens made a great play to gain us possession, and then a play to help us retain possession a little while after he's such a good player

slewcherov

Two timely saves from Comrie there

Dahlin played 82 his first season and hasn't gotten back there since (did play 56 in 2021). Shows how hard that is.

Helps even up Dahlin

Yikes

Whoever is injured at that point can sit out no issue They’ve had no issue sitting Asplund, one of our best F, I think we can afford to sit Bryson or Fitz or whoever There may not be good value to be had in a trade, not saying he needs to make one. But “oh damn we’ll have one too many 6th d men assuming everyone is miraculously healthy” is a terrible reason for not making a deal

You sound like me Aka you’re killing it in this thread 😉

The point definitely comes sooner than people think. Speaking from witnessing the team where I live: The Jets in 2017-2018, making the conference finals, that was their “ahead of schedule year” for that core, that was until it became the pinnacle year for that core. It was all downhill from there.

In order to win in the playoffs, you generally (not always) need first to gain valuable playoff experience, even if that’s playoff losses. The mark is still making the playoffs, don’t really care about the Darcy like “it’s about winning cups” garbage. @PASabreFan is right. “We care about winning once we are in” is absolutely hubris coming from a team that hasn’t made the playoffs, hasn’t had a winning record in over a decade. Start by making it. The end.

Calm down, Aaron Paul - - - But yes

Have long said and believed this is an under-exploited area of potential improvement for all teams. Where so many seem content to chalk it all up to “injuries. They happen. Bad luck” there’s always been the option to take a more active approach in at least controlling what you CAN control and see if it lowers the numbers a bit. As well as planning for injuries (re: depth) under the assumption, despite your best efforts, that will inevitably happen. I have no idea if it’s bearing out yet but the fact that they are focusing on it is just so positive and a breath of fresh air

Dunno if Hinostroza should be the dude sitting but I’m just glad it’s not Asplund, who makes any line go and imo shouldn’t come out