Pimlach

Yes, I chuckled about the timing of it. Following in Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid tradition, he should have got a warning first. If he did, and he still kept going then he got what he deserved. It was a stupid thing to do given the score and the time left. He should have done that long ago but not in a one goal game.

Yes, it is a consequence you have to plan for. Can you imagine if the NFL targeted young players? That NHL does so many dumb things to the game. I do not think we lost because of the refs, but I feel the officiating has been shaky for two games. We got lucky on the hand pass against Carolina, only to have to pay for it the rest of the game with penalties and non calls going the other way. Last night we got the extra 2 on the scrum started by Florida - they scored. Then we got the late Benson trip right after they ignore that he was held, plus the Donny outburst to give the 5 on 3 - they scored again. I know when I watch the NHL that the officiating is going to be like the WWF, with inconsistent and unexplainable calls and non calls, and favoritism toward the best players while the "young players" get targeted. You have to plan for it.

Did you see Matt's interview last night?

Philly is a team rallying around their coach, proving that the sum of the parts is worth more than the induvial. Probably not sustainable as this roster sits, a few key guys have a bad year and/or they get tired of Torts, and they will fall back to the bottom. Detroit is real. They added a several key vets over the course of the last 2 seasons to their young talent and they are on their way. They did what Buffalo won't do, and they will most likely actively tweak their roster again this off season. Their young players are getting a helpful environment to grow up in.

So you guy all want Brady Tkachuk for the next 4 years at $8.2M???? In year 5 he will be gone, and if we cannot get this team to Cup contending status in 2 years he will be a miserable distraction in Buffalo (aka Hockey Hell). His family is hell bent on getting him and his brother together someday, or getting him to St Louis (home), or another contending team. This guy is a huge prima donna. Figures he is not wanting to finish the contract he signed with Ottawa.

Add Mikkola to the list. He is a dirty player. A very big guy that starts a lot of $hit, usually with smaller players, and then skates away. His trip was deliberate and dangerous and could have been a double minor. No wonder Tanner Jeannot recently beat the hell out of him.

Brady is not Matt. Matt is an arrogant prick that knows how to control himself and play his game. Brady is an arrogant prick that does not.

The Crusade against Tuch on this board is getting ridiculous. We want bigger guys, when we get one, half the board here complains about them. They do the same with Greenway and with Zemgus. There is no 1970's hockey being played anywhere in the NHL.

I guess the fancy stats will tell us, but I think Tuch has played more minutes with Mitts than he has with Tage this season. The "first line" of Skinner-Tage-Tuch should really be finished as a line. They no longer work together. But what other line can handle Skinner the floater? Tage wants to be set up to shoot, if no one is doing that then he does it all himself, or tries too. All Skinner can do is shoot, and Tuch has to try to figure out this mess. This "first line" is a one big reason we started poorly. The degradation of the first line, the injury to Quinn, and the 3 headed goalie monster - DG never got them on ready or on track. Injuries, slow starts, just not ready to play. The team has been playing better since UPL emerged, he gives then a chance. If the team was scoring and had an average PP, they would be in the thick of the wildcard race.

Tuch played hard tonight. I don’t know what your watching.

How was UPL not one of 3 Stars. Southern expansion franchises have no history on how to do this.

They played a good game. UPL kept them in. Granato blew it with the penalty. Dumb. This team overpasses. They really helped Florida

Skinner give away in our zone.

They had chances to dump it in.

Krebs you shoot that dummy.

TNT. it’s still a game

This is so true. Sneaky and dirty.

Shall we revisit the Pegula coaching past?

Benson was held , then fell and got called for tripping. DG takes a dumb penalty.

Tuch practically started a fight last period

Dangerous trip

UPL keeping them in it. Text book faceoff win and shot by Montour.

Another power play wasted. No shots. They refuse to shoot

Figures we get the extra penalty.

He is talking about a cousins, not Cozens. lol