Pimlach

Indeed. One data point is not a trend. Lets see the PP keep going like that for a few games. If we are ever going to have a winning streak we need the first line to be scoring. It's time for them to get hot.

Hmm. Look at how quickly Cozens, Peterka and Quinn have emerged as NHL players. They play strong physically, for their age at least, and they all have some size to grow on. The next group Kulich (19), Rosen (20), Östlund (19), Savoie (19) and Benson (18) are all smaller. Benson is already an NHL player. He will be one of those 5'9" guys that plays much bigger. It will be interesting to see what they become someday and where they end up. Kulich impresses me with his leadership. He also looks bigger than the 5'11" & 172 lbs listed in Hockey DB too.

We know this guy is a sniper, and it might take a bit more time for him to be ready to play NHL level, but you have to be attracted to his leadership. What I really like is that he put the team on his shoulders. He wore the C well. His team medaled and make an amazing rally.

Mitts is a player that does things correctly, and he does things to help you win that don't make the score sheet. He could be an All Star if scoring was not so much of a huge factor, there are so many teams and lots big scorers from all the divisions. Unless you get Selke recognition, it is hard for a good player like Mitts to make an Al Star team but not impossible. To get Selke Recognition it really helps to play on a good team.

Any fancy stats on Power with EJ. They started with that and I didn't see it much later in the game. Of course PPs and PKs tend to shuffle the pairings a bit.

Seems like we should have had a man advantage for 2 because Savard came in after the first scrum, that should have been enough to warrant the extra 2 as that could have escalated from there.

Does anyone have any thoughts on the new D combos: Power-EJ, and Muel-Clifton? It appeared to me that DG did not stick to the defensive pairs for long. Side note: Clifton is now +1. I recall him being -7 when Clifton hate was gaining momentum.

Mitts would have been an inspired choice but Dahlin has played well too. Yeah, ok he has made some mistakes too but overall he is our best player and belongs there.

The Defensemen get blamed for too many of the goals night to night. Whoever is in the tv screen gets blamed by fans here. The cause is often somewhere else on the ice, our forwards and the “system” are not conducive to good team defense.

Clifton had a noticeably good game again, he has settled in and cleaned up some things. Tonight made strong plays around our net, and offensively, and physically.

Levi with a lot of big saves. Could have been a different game but he kept us in, then the goals came. I don’t like the way this team plays with a lead, they haven’t had it much, they have to learn how to shut down an opponent and limit their chances.

TNT scores. 22 with a great pass.

So Cozen has to fight two guys. Crappy call reg.

Nice shift by Benson again.

Well it good to see the first line contributing

Thank you Quinn. They were looking really sloppy until then. We needed that badly.

Wow. Our Power play is back. Dahlin that was bad.

Our Pk getting more chances than the PP

We are getting good pressure, I hope the PP doesn’t screw up.

Nice job by EJ. The Montreal player tried to draw a holding call by putting his stick in EJ’s armpit. Ref didn’t bite.

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Good evening Teammates, Punch checking in. Ready to see some hockey. Looking for a W tonight with Levi playing against his hometown team. MUSCLE WEIGHT. nice anthems.

Pegula inherited Ruff. Ruff was the first to go, he should have got to know him better, he should have been the last. The two "not new to the NHL coaches" are Nolan and Bylsma. Nolan was out of NHL hockey for a long time. Not a marque pick made at the genesis of the tank. The found a desperate to get back candidate that was known. After the Sabres, Bylsma has never got back as a HC job in the NHL. He is an outlier that was handed a SC capable team, and he did the job that year and they won the Cup. After that not much. I was puzzled by his failure, he had some good young players. The tendency is to hire new, unproven, damaged, resurrected, available at the time and we now him, kind of coaches .... How about a relevant and recent winning NHL coach? There are several out there right now.

ESPN+ and you can watch the games on demand. You don't get the post game show, no Duffer and Marty, no interviews.

Ok, I get that.