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Jan 11, 2023 19:21
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Koopa Kid posted:It definitely was at the start of the year, when Auston freaking Matthews of all people is passing off shooting opportunities and only taking off-side one-timers on the powerplay for a month it’s not hard to compare to the two previous times his wrist has been hosed up and he started doing the exact same thing. Weirdly he seemed to be snapping off his shots a little bit better lately but nagging injuries gonna nag I guess I wonder if this has been on the books for a while and the actual breaking point hasn't been anything to do with Matthews but rather the Leafs deciding it's not worth it to go all out to chase the division now that Boston's so far ahead.
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Jan 11, 2023 19:23
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:Kakko seems like a really talented grinder. He's got the hands, he's got the size, sometimes it seems like he has the feet, but he's missing something to put it all together he doesn't carry the puck through the neutral zone but he carries and creates in the offensive zone well (something ZIbanejad and Kreider don't do particularly well). He's also basically a great play driver for whatever line he's on. He had a nice stretch going until the last couple of games he hasn't gotten any points but continues to create chances. He's a bit snakebitten somehow...and then starts passing up shooting chances because I guess he gets into his head. He looks like a guy who if things start going in for him he's going to take off, but he's hovering in that "how is he so unlucky to do everything but score" Basically...they need to keep him up with that line and feeding him top minutes and hopefully things will go in for him more. But again, his numbers are going to be depressed as long as he's not playing 1st power play minutes and that's going to be the reality for the foreseeable future (unless there are injuries to the top guys who play that unit). No one in the NHL puts up top numbers without 1st unit power play time. TBH if the Rangers traded him for some reason I could see him breaking out as an excellent play driving all around player who maybe isn't putting up star numbers but puts up very good offensive numbers. Hopefully the becomes that for the Rangers too.
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Jan 11, 2023 19:31
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Chad Sexington posted:Why do I feel like the Caps are losing to the Flyers tonight? Probably because they got outshot 2:1 by the Blue Jackets when Columbus was on the second end of a b2b while Washington was rested. Hopefully Backstrom and Wilson play better tonight. Washington needs to keep winning because they really need to avoid the wild card this year. Avoiding Carolina and especially Boston in the first round seems like a prudent move. Much rather they take their chances with one of NJ/NYR/PIT.
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Jan 11, 2023 19:32
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The Avalanche desperately need to move Girard for a Top 6 forward. But the more he plays the more obvious it is that absolutely no one should give up a Top 6 forward to acquire him.
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Jan 11, 2023 19:55
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Simplex posted:The Avalanche desperately need to move Girard for a Top 6 forward. But the more he plays the more obvious it is that absolutely no one should give up a Top 6 forward to acquire him. I still think of him as a top quality defensive defenceman. Has he fallen off that much since he was hurt? As it stands if he was the central return in a Horvat trade I'd be pretty pleased with that.
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Jan 11, 2023 19:56
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https://twitter.com/friedgehnic/status/1613251354998218756?s=46&t=Wv20DENqy5esrR0zumDCdA Babe wake up, new Sammy Blais just dropped
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Jan 11, 2023 20:11
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ThinkTank posted:I still think of him as a top quality defensive defenceman. Has he fallen off that much since he was hurt? I was pretty done with him last year, but this year has manged to be worse, and he's got 4 more years at $5 million per. The Canucks would be getting fleeced in a Horvat-Girard trade, even with no extension.
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Jan 11, 2023 20:20
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Canucks apparently trying to re-sign Kuzmenko instead of trading him Why
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Jan 11, 2023 20:23
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The Dirty Burger posted:https://twitter.com/friedgehnic/status/1613251354998218756?s=46&t=Wv20DENqy5esrR0zumDCdA Who?
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Jan 11, 2023 20:23
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grack posted:Canucks apparently trying to re-sign Kuzmenko instead of trading him Cause Petey is gonna walk and they need someone to sell tickets?
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Jan 11, 2023 20:24
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Thank gawd Chicago, Columbus and Anaheim are all better at being terrible than the next group of awful teams... I wouldn't like Vancouver having more than a 10% chance at Bedard.
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Jan 11, 2023 20:29
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:Cause Petey is gonna walk and they need someone to sell tickets? You mean everyone isn't lining up to see JT Miller throw fits?
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Jan 11, 2023 20:30
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The Dirty Burger posted:https://twitter.com/friedgehnic/status/1613251354998218756?s=46&t=Wv20DENqy5esrR0zumDCdA NYR felt they were a little vowel heavy
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Jan 11, 2023 20:31
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Mind_Taker posted:Probably because they got outshot 2:1 by the Blue Jackets when Columbus was on the second end of a b2b while Washington was rested. Hopefully Backstrom and Wilson play better tonight. The Pens and Caps having one last battle that reminds people how cool Ovie/Sid/Geno are and then the winner promptly getting swept by Carolina in the second round. Next to no chance that happens though. I don't see New Jersey slipping past third place
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Jan 11, 2023 20:32
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In June 2022 the Canucks signed Dale Tallon as an advisor and since then they've done the following: Signed Ilya Mikheyev Didn't trade then re-signed JT Miller Re-signed Brock Boeser Traded Dickinson and a 2nd for Stillman Made zero changes to their blue line Blew 2 or more goal leads 10 times in 40 games Gabe up 5 or more goals in 19 of 40 games Didn't manage to be bad enough to be in the Bedard lottery I do not think this is a coincidence. grack posted:Canucks apparently trying to re-sign Kuzmenko instead of trading him Just sign the same guys forever and maybe it'll all work out.
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Jan 11, 2023 20:44
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https://twitter.com/UnfortunateHky/status/1613273383742984207
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Jan 11, 2023 21:36
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Matt Zerella posted:Who? I also had this reaction, so I looked him up on Capfriendly and saw that he's a 23-year old center who's a former 2nd round pick that's signed for the next two years at league minimum and had decent numbers in the AHL last year, though he has 0 points through 22 games with Vegas this year and pretty bad fancy stats numbers. With that information, I felt this was a decent claim to take a chance on. Then I went on Twitter and they're saying he's basically the worst skater in the league so I don't know what to think.
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Jan 11, 2023 22:22
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OldSenileGuy posted:I also had this reaction, so I looked him up on Capfriendly and saw that he's a 23-year old center who's a former 2nd round pick that's signed for the next two years at league minimum and had decent numbers in the AHL last year, though he has 0 points through 22 games with Vegas this year and pretty bad fancy stats numbers. Looks like Rydahl is hurt too so i guess it makes a little more sense? No idea.
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Jan 11, 2023 22:25
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We are witnessing history
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Jan 11, 2023 22:56
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Hand Knit posted:I wonder if this has been on the books for a while and the actual breaking point hasn't been anything to do with Matthews but rather the Leafs deciding it's not worth it to go all out to chase the division now that Boston's so far ahead. Almost certainly, I’ll never understand why they don’t just give their stars a month off or just have the drat surgery as soon as these things come up instead of letting them limp along for months at 60-70% and never get any better so if this is them conceding that they’d rather have Auston 100% by the playoffs I’m all for it. Or they could just be making a big deal of a glorified maintenance day and I’ll continue to be disgruntled. Weirdly Auston not being able to just rip pucks through goalies from the circles on the PP might have made the whole unit less predictable/more interesting this year, mild positive.
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Jan 11, 2023 23:03
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Its possible the surgery won't necessarily fix the problem or at least isn't 100% to and that rehab has as good a chance or whatever. Surgery isn't a magic bullet and some players don't want it unless its a sure thing.
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Jan 11, 2023 23:55
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OldSenileGuy posted:I also had this reaction, so I looked him up on Capfriendly and saw that he's a 23-year old center who's a former 2nd round pick that's signed for the next two years at league minimum and had decent numbers in the AHL last year, though he has 0 points through 22 games with Vegas this year and pretty bad fancy stats numbers. I'm not sure if I'd call 11 points in 39 AHL games 'decent' with the caveat I have no idea how good or bad the Henderson Silver Knights are. Either way this dude has 100 AHL games with 19 total points to show for it. He's a career 35-40% xG player (depending on whose model you want to use). I'm going to go with this player is quite bad.
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Jan 12, 2023 00:06
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Matt Zerella posted:Who? Dad played in NHL, ergo drafted earlier than he should and given more chances than he should
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Jan 12, 2023 00:27
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Bard Maddox posted:the Provorov situation and value around the league will be interesting since there are light rumblings that it may be time to explore a trade. Friedman floated it on 32 Thoughts and the Athletic put together a good article about the whole situation (https://theathletic.com/4077511/2023/01/10/flyers-trade-ivan-provorov/). is the guy dogshit garbage now or will he be better getting away from the dogshit garbage Flyers? The end of the day answer is the Flyers ruin everything and everybody. It does sound like it has culminated in Provorov refusing to take blame for his performance. Which, at the least you have to say is inconsistent. Now, how much is him versus the entire team sucking, no idea. But the reports are that he is not getting along with a lot of the team and basically the attitude / situation is bad. It likely does get fixed and he plays a lot better on an actual good team.
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Jan 12, 2023 00:33
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stab posted:Dad played in NHL, ergo drafted earlier than he should and given more chances than he should Yup first thing I saw when I looked him up, made sense after that! But NYR loves to collect 4th line centers. Goodrow, Brodzinski, Rydahl, Carpenter, Hunt (before he got shipped off). Also Gauthier got injured last night which is a shame because Brodzinski-Goodrow-Gauthier has been good.
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Jan 12, 2023 00:46
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I read that realistically Provorov is an excellent #3 and he's basically got the #1 role in Philly because it's Philly. Regardless, the Flyers can probably get a haul for him
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Jan 12, 2023 00:49
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Jamwad Hilder posted:I read that realistically Provorov is an excellent #3 and he's basically got the #1 role in Philly because it's Philly. Regardless, the Flyers can probably get a haul for him This is correct, and the only question is whether he plays better if he has a decent defense partner. That still doesn’t make him a clear cut number 1 when compared to like, Victor Hedman making players like Bogosian look amazing playing with him.
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Jan 12, 2023 00:56
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https://twitter.com/ErieOtters/status/1613249389589323818?s=20 these own
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Jan 12, 2023 01:03
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Yeah those look pretty cool
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Jan 12, 2023 01:04
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Darude - Adam Sandstorm posted:Its possible the surgery won't necessarily fix the problem or at least isn't 100% to and that rehab has as good a chance or whatever. Surgery isn't a magic bullet and some players don't want it unless its a sure thing. And for as "bad" as Matthews has been, he's on a 40 goal pace so he's just stuck in that annoying zone where it's bad enough that it's affecting him, but he's still good to play.
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Jan 12, 2023 02:36
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Chad Sexington posted:Why do I feel like the Caps are losing to the Flyers tonight? I am a sports genius
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Jan 12, 2023 03:38
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I thought the Flyers were dogshit garbage, what gives?
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Jan 12, 2023 03:46
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That's the Metro baby.
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Jan 12, 2023 04:03
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Is Byfield actually a bust? It seems too soon to call him that since he's still only 20. Maybe he was rushed into the NHL too soon?
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Jan 12, 2023 06:30
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Koth posted:Is Byfield actually a bust? It seems too soon to call him that since he's still only 20. Maybe he was rushed into the NHL too soon? Yeah, the last time I heard his name he was a top prospect who was going to be something good
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Jan 12, 2023 11:56
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Cartoon Man posted:I thought the Flyers were dogshit garbage, what gives? They’re dogshit garbage at tanking yes.
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Jan 12, 2023 12:19
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They were at least entertaining last night and at this stage that’s all I ask. I don’t give a poo poo about draft position, they’d either gently caress up the choice or gently caress up the player anyway.
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Jan 12, 2023 13:15
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Koth posted:Is Byfield actually a bust? It seems too soon to call him that since he's still only 20. Maybe he was rushed into the NHL too soon? Yeah it's too early to say he's bust, but it is correct to note that at this point in his career he hasn't looked like much at the NHL level.
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Jan 12, 2023 15:20
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I'm not sure i can remember watching a team as bad as the Ducks holy hell they're awful.
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Jan 12, 2023 15:42
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