Marvin

Good. They have earned it.

It seems obvious that Mittlestadt and Olofsson need to be split. I also can not see either of them getting outright scratched. How do we juggle our bottom 8 forwards within these constraints? If I were doing this, I would bench both for a couple of games.

...assuming we fill out the rest of the roster properly and can find good goalkeepers.

The book looks out on Lukkonen: up high glove side. San Jose's veterans were targetting high glove side multiple times.

Same here.

In case I did not tell you before, welcome to the board.

The only criticism I have of this statement is that I personally would not single out the third period.

Me. I dove for digs in volleyball, blocked shots in hockey, dove for fly balls in baseball, etc.

I figure there will be growing pains with a line which is younger than virtually every college's top line. I hope that the better play with Krebs last night bodes well for Mittlestadt and Olofsson -- either in their time here or as trade pieces.

This would signal a full-on rebuild in Vancouver. What they would want are picks and prospects. Look at the thread in the trade section on HFBoards. Update: since there was an update last night, he might be an anchor because of injuries affecting his play.

As a defenceman, I wore those on my skates in the 1970's.

Who is behind Vinc? What is plan B?

Could some post Mittlestadt's and Olofsson's advanced stats from last year? My memory is that they were better but have regressed.

Welcome to the board! I loved those open practises. They were great for the kids.

Have we seen Mittlestadt-Krebs-Olofsson and Mittlestadt-Asplund-Olofsson yet? The reason I think that the problem is Mittlestadt at Centre is that Olofsson played OK last season when Mittlestadt was out even when he wasn't scoring.

I hope you are right.

Take a look at 1991-2 with Tom Draper, Clint Malarchuk, and Daren Puppa.

Dallas has a lot more cachet than Buffalo.

That is a very interesting stat for UPL. I would never have guessed it. It also points at the problems on the PK.

The Sabres could purchase it from Rochester if they have the room.

How have Houser and Subban looked? Are either of them a good replacement for UPL in Buffalo?

This is what I think.

Could we get numbers for high end, average, and low end D.

Welcome to the board!

Should HCDG flip-flop players on the bottom 2 lines each game to see what can get going? I have a sneaking suspicion that switching Jost and Mittlestadt or Okposo with Olofsson could work for both lines.