Carmel Corn

Leafs smell blood.

Can we have Montour suit up for the third please?

Babcock must have thrown a few suitcases in the locker room to get his guys going.

Give the mic to Sting!

Because he's already circumcised?

Now make sure you don't let the Leaf's answer right away!

I think Sabretooth can beat up their polar bear mascot as well!

The PP is so bad, it may not be a bad idea for the other team to take a minor just to go on the PK and jump start their team and crowd.

Exactly! You can always convert extra centers to the wings. Plus, it seems like the linesmen are so finicky these days on faceoffs, it's always nice to have another forward comfortable with taking draws.

You are both right....unfortunately! Years of combined bad drafting between them and now here we are trying to recover with GMJB

Yes...not playing because of catching the "red eye" overnight. GMJB wants to set him up for success, so expect him in the lineup against Philly

About as meaty as a vegetarian taco.

Yes, was hoping 8x8 would work, but I don't think the hometown discount will cover the gap.

I thought they would do better though....some teams have some banged-up D-men. Not a rental situation either. Beaulieu may enjoy this new situation though.

I would have thought he'd fetch a little more. Some teams have D-men banged-up (ex. Penguins). Not a rental here either.

Sorry, but that one really stunk!

Agreed. I would only add that our team +/- deteriorates during the course of a game as well. For the season, the team is in the "plus" side for the 1st period. It goes negative for the 2nd, and even further negative in the 3rd. The Tampa game was an exception, but otherwise the stats say we start off well, but lose ground in the second and then fall further behind in the 3rd. If we can improve our team defense in the second half of a game, this will keep us in games longer and result in more points.

Yes, the top 5 now looking maybe the strongest it's been in years. I tend to think they also match-up fairly well with HCPH's approach of having offensive capable D-men who can jump up into the play for offense. I don't see any pure "stay at home" types above IMHO.

Agreed. I don't think Kucherov was laughing after Risto pancaked him the other day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwwD2kZMh3o

Yes he is too small, in the defensive zone. If he can put some pounds on to take care of business in front of his own net, then I'll change my tune. He would be better suited playing forward on this team until he fills out some more.

Agreed...I would not feel as good about this if it was Borgen instead of Guhle.

Nope!

No, not always. Remember when he was with Scandella?

Having a another RH D-man is good....maybe this will allow Dahlin to play the left side. I'd still like to keep Risto.

In our team's current state, I would agree with you!