triumph_communes

Defense against the run still scares me - the Pats game will surely test it. Our own run game is hit or miss, but isn't a total disaster like it was with last year's O-line. Our short-yardage runs haven't been consistent as a team would want to rely upon, and that will matter in close games down the stretch. Allen reminds me so much of Favre - both the good and the bad. Either way, he is exciting to watch and I feel hope whenever he has the ball in his hands to get the ball somewhere, instead of hoplessness I've felt with all our QBs since Flutie. Brown and Beasley have been a huge help, and Allen's short game has noticeably improved. I feel like there's fewer penalties this season and that helps - do the stats share this feeling? Coach plays conservative, relying on the defense, which is a good defense and its understandable. I hope this team gets to the point where they can rely upon Allen to close-out games though and not play so conservative all the time.

Lots of vets for the first game.

GMs seem afraid to commit long term to defenseman whereas the forwards are he opposite

They were having a rough two minutes there and got lucky. I understand the sentiment tho I share it often

Krueger is notoriously and self-admittedly stubborn with lines, as he believes players learn more hashing out problems and learning how to play with each other than swing dancing at the disco joint like our last two coaches would. I wouldn't expect a whole lot of juggling, at least once the season starts.

Just because he put away Eichel's trash doesn't mean it's actually his strength. He was just the player tasked to do it. He's too weak on his legs for this role and he will be moved.

Assists is his game. He actually sucks at netfront and Krueger will get him away from that.

WRONG

Eichel 40 Skinner 36 Oloffson 28 (one line team baby yeah) Johansson 25 Vesey 21 Reinhart 15 Mittelstadt 15 Okposo 16 Rodrigues 15 Sheary 8 Girgenson 8 Thompson 4 Larsson 4 Wilson 2 Cozens 2 Dahlin 22 Montour 12 Ristolainen 4 Miller 7 Pilut 7 McCabe 6 Bogosian 1 Nelson 0 Scandella 0 Hutton 1 Ullmark 0 306 TOP SCORERS IN THE LEAGUE YEAHHHHHHHH

I was a huge 'anyone but Sobotka' guy, but they were just as bad at the end of the season when Sobotka was out. The team throughout struggled.

It just makes it easier to prosecute. Rapes are typically he said she said affairs that end up nowhere.

Talent is on this team. There is depth to the point no bad player needs to be gifted anything. It all comes down to Krueger.

That would take Anaheim out and leave WPG and DET left with no other options other than the offers for Risto that Botterill sets.

Please be a three way trade.

The better team won today, though the Mosley injury sure helped. Those bad bounces really worked against them, but some stellar defense kept them in it. At no point did the offense make me feel hopeless like Tyrod or even Allen in some of last years games ever did. They have real receivers now and a line that can let the QB play. Allen can still improve and Beasley needs to catch those balls. Offense still has room to get comfortable it’s still all new. Entertaining at least. Refs were awful as always, but at least it was equally so. I don’t think Jets even get an offensive TD without the refs gifting them it.

Lol they don’t even look bad, they’re just beating themselves up. Gotta make it to half time and get a bitching

Disagree. He’s the player that will make it, just a matter of when. He’s always played up to better competition when he’s faced it.

If you can get Laine and Skinner on alternating hot and cold streaks, the team is in good shape!

How far off is Pekar from the NHL? Great glue guy to have

Gardiner said he had multiple offers with shorter term and he wasn’t interested in short term.

He likes to have only one hand on his stuck. Worst pick ever

anyone got details, buffalo stream?

To start the season yes.

Dahlin sliding over in a pinch. Prospects are a couple years out yes.

All this does is make McCabe no longer expendable. I wouldn’t have done 4 years for him. I dint think it disrupts Risto trade except for with the Ducks