Norcal Posted February 22, 2021 Report Posted February 22, 2021 19 minutes ago, Brawndo said: Skinner officially scratched tonight per Krueger Hopefully Borgen is back soon 1 Quote
Brawndo Posted February 22, 2021 Report Posted February 22, 2021 Just now, Norcal said: Hopefully Borgen is back soon Possibly tomorrow versus New Jersey 2 Quote
Huckleberry Posted February 22, 2021 Report Posted February 22, 2021 Skinner is a huge issues - 9 mill per year , you either trade him now are get a coach that can work with him. Quote
IKnowPhysics Posted February 22, 2021 Report Posted February 22, 2021 8 minutes ago, darksabre said: Every year the twitter nerds get caught sniffing their own farts about some cause celibre where they think their position is infallible. Risto is "the worst" or Pilut is "the best" or that Bogo is "the worst" or O'Reilly's faceoffs don't matter. This year it's "Skinner is actually good" despite all evidence to the contrary. It's just so boring. Fascinating. Reflecting on all of those ideas, I don't think I've ever agreed with any of them, obviously outside of the latter. I also don't engage twatter very much, so I can't tell what's passé or dead horse beatery. I get the frustration, though. The numbers are another way to watch the same game. At the end of the day, do any of those things matter -does it matter if Jeff is creating scoring chances or not- if the team's not winning? Absolutely not. Let's get a W tonight. I hope whoever's getting the D minutes in Risto and McCabe's absence tonight holds the fort. 1 Quote
Norcal Posted February 22, 2021 Report Posted February 22, 2021 So Davidson probably draws in but I wish it was Bryson Quote
Torpedo Forecheck Posted February 22, 2021 Report Posted February 22, 2021 (edited) I suspect there are many players of Skinner's type in the league who would not fare well productively , and as a result emotionally, in this situation in which he's been placed. Anyone who's played or watched hockey for a long time, will know that the people who produce big goals and assists are largely based on who they play with and how much PP time they get. I just feel like since the beginning of last year when RK took over, and until now, he has done nothing to help him succeed on the scoresheet. The fact that so many players are underachieving is an indictment more of the coaching staff and the system than the players. If your being honest ask yourself if you were in RK position? Can you feel good about the way so many of these guys are playing? I'll bet a good, veteran GM would be pretty pissed off at the lack of performance and motivation. Edited February 22, 2021 by Torpedo Forecheck Quote
Curt Posted February 22, 2021 Report Posted February 22, 2021 50 minutes ago, Huckleberry said: Skinner is a huge issues - 9 mill per year , you either trade him now are get a coach that can work with him. He has a NMC. Literally can’t trade him unless he wants it. Quote
Curt Posted February 23, 2021 Report Posted February 23, 2021 The answer is that Krueger hates Jeff Skinner and just wants him to go away. At this point, I honestly think they should just keep it up. Skinner will ask out at some point. Quote
#freejame Posted February 23, 2021 Report Posted February 23, 2021 I can’t wait to read Skinner’s Player Tribune article once this is all said and done 1 Quote
Andrew Amerk Posted February 23, 2021 Report Posted February 23, 2021 4 minutes ago, Curt said: The answer is that Krueger hates Jeff Skinner and just wants him to go away. At this point, I honestly think they should just keep it up. Skinner will ask out at some point. Yeah, and what else are we going to have to give away for another team to take him? It would be better for RK to get his crap together, and put Skinner with linemates who will compliment his skill set. 2 Quote
Carmel Corn Posted February 23, 2021 Report Posted February 23, 2021 1 minute ago, Andrew Amerk said: Yeah, and what else are we going to have to give away for another team to take him? It would be better for RK to get his crap together, and put Skinner with linemates who will compliment his skill set. Ralph better figure out he is the more vulnerable of the two. If he's convinced he's right, he may do so at the risk of his own job. Skinner is not going anywhere with his contract. Quote
IKnowPhysics Posted February 23, 2021 Report Posted February 23, 2021 Good to have Ullmark in. Maybe a strong game earns him a start tomorrow too. Curious to see how Davidson-Joker do. On Skinner, per RK's pregame: "We don't judge our players only on statistics. It's a bit of a gut feel that the best lineup for tonight is to put Casey Mittelstadt in that spot. It's less against Jeff than it is what we think this group needs today and what we need for our game from our team today. I did mention early on to everybody early on that players would be sitting out and we have five games in six and a half days. ... I think it's good for Jeff to take a look once from the outside. We have coaches active with him to work together to have him come back an even stronger player." Quote
erickompositör72 Posted February 23, 2021 Report Posted February 23, 2021 Dunleavy is so bad. He raises his voice but doesn't describe what actually happens. So if you're listening to the radio, you know something exciting happened, but he could be talking about random stats/factoids and just shouts them. 1 Quote
Curt Posted February 23, 2021 Report Posted February 23, 2021 4 minutes ago, Andrew Amerk said: Yeah, and what else are we going to have to give away for another team to take him? It would be better for RK to get his crap together, and put Skinner with linemates who will compliment his skill set. A top ten protected 1st maybe? I get it. I know, it’s bad. That contract is terrible though, and I think this team needs to wipe the slate clean as much as possible. 5 minutes ago, Carmel Corn said: Ralph better figure out he is the more vulnerable of the two. If he's convinced he's right, he may do so at the risk of his own job. Skinner is not going anywhere with his contract. What if Krueger, Adams, and even Pegula are in agreement on this? Quote
IKnowPhysics Posted February 23, 2021 Report Posted February 23, 2021 Irwin is still a mess. Can't skate, bad pinches. Quote
erickompositör72 Posted February 23, 2021 Report Posted February 23, 2021 Staal loses a battle where he had better positioning/leverage on the puck. Staal then tries to pass to Cozens and just gives it away. I'm sorry, he's painful to watch. Quote
bob_sauve28 Posted February 23, 2021 Report Posted February 23, 2021 Nice pace so far, Ullmark looks on, forecheck seems kind of effective. Get that first goal and who knows Quote
steveoath Posted February 23, 2021 Report Posted February 23, 2021 Cozens is looking good again. Quote
DarthEbriate Posted February 23, 2021 Report Posted February 23, 2021 Their 4th line is so good. And against ours... our guys are just toppling everywhere, forwards, d's, vets, young guys. All of 'em ended up on the ice that shift. Quote
bob_sauve28 Posted February 23, 2021 Report Posted February 23, 2021 Your name is Toby!! Nice play! Quote
Nitro60 Posted February 23, 2021 Report Posted February 23, 2021 (edited) Reider with the drive and gets a penalty. Good play! Edited February 23, 2021 by Nitro60 1 Quote
erickompositör72 Posted February 23, 2021 Report Posted February 23, 2021 Just now, bob_sauve28 said: Your name is Toby!! Nice play! give him a raise Quote
Doohicksie Posted February 23, 2021 Report Posted February 23, 2021 15 minutes ago, IKnowPhysics said: "We don't judge our players only on statistics. It's a bit of a gut feel that the best lineup for tonight is to put Casey Mittelstadt in that spot. It's less against Jeff than it is what we think this group needs today and what we need for our game from our team today. I did mention early on to everybody early on that players would be sitting out and we have five games in six and a half days. ... I think it's good for Jeff to take a look once from the outside. We have coaches active with him to work together to have him come back an even stronger player." Gawd, he uses 113 words to say what a normal person would say in 20. Quote
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