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Zadorov with the great screen...

And Hubey. Let's get going now.

Another zero urgency first period. Looks like everyone is late for work AGAIN.

It's a good question and definitely the covid thing makes it the right time to pay attention to undrafted 20yo. The Sting's Nolan Burke signed an ELC with the preds, for example. It's hard to know though unless you're really ingrained in it. Betting there are lots of MHL players but they're not currently accessible due to the Russia thing. Hard to know witout actual viewings over a large sample.

Who new Johnny's upper body strength is 10x Lucic's?

Close. We're 2nd in shots to Florida. Unfortunately, tied for 29th in shot percentage. The real highlight is the 9 OT losses. Only SJ has more. Turn 4 of those into Ws and we're 2 pts out of first. And again, there is no 3-3/SO circuses in the playoffs. But we need to keep this machine rolling. Reffing has been pretty bad for every team this year, so no excuses there. We're 23rd in Drawn/Taken penalties this year at -6 overall (6 more taken than drawn). So that is definitely an area for improvement and it isn't the fault of reffing. Keep the sticks down, for one. Those hurt the most. We're 6th in the league on the PK which is great. The bigger issue is how penalties interrupt the flow of the game and utilizing lines. The PP is 23rd in the league so the eye test is correct. Playoff teams need a reliable PP so that needs work. But we're coming around. There's always adjustments to make. There are a lot of positives happening. The amount of complaining is way overboard compared to the reality of the situation. It's okay to get angry. It just really sucks to stay angry. Go visit the Wings board. There's a difference between critiquing and axe-grinding. We're starting to come around with consistent efforts. Enjoy the ride. Pelletier was over-shadowed by JG's return, but looks great easing in. Keeping pucks alive, solid passing, jumping back to cover Andersson's pinches/drives. Very smart player, robbed by Korpisalo. He'll get on the board tonight. 4th line looks great with him.

He is on a terrible team, but is a dominant player. His stats are consistent. He's not having a "contract year" like Horvat. Easy bet to be a 30-40g guy for awhile along with great play, well-rounded. We can't do it, so I'm not fascinated. Love the player though.

Toronto's G is sketchy imo. Minny, LA, SJ, St Loo, Buffalo, NJ, Seattle, Detroit. I'd think there's definitely a market. But the NMC...

That's great, but all I'm pointing out is the salary cap restrictions. We're going to need good players on ELCs. We can't add a Meier due to cap AND lose players we hope can make it in their ELC window, like Pelts, Zary and hopefully Coronato.

I can take it a step further. From the U17 tourney, Yakupov, Galchenyuk, Chycnrun, Kyrou...having scout friends...I've been around the media guys. All I can say is Craig Button is a fantastic guy and really down to earth. The rest, well...I'll just say they act like they're the smartest guy in the room types. Particularly the ones that were never in the game. I can barely hear what they're saying on TV because my level of disdain kicks in.

We don't have the cap space for Reinhart or Meier. We can't sell the farm unless you'd like a decade down a very dark hole. Other teams can afford to offer more for Meier than we can, and we can't even afford to offer what we can as it is. Check our cap for next year.

Not exactly positivity. Detroit's continually burned by the lousy lottery, let them win one.

Duclair had surgery to repair his achilles tendon in July. Hasn't played, return to play unknown. Meier's QO for next season is $10mil and we don't have the assets to acquire him regardless.

5'10" 170lbs/5'11 160lbs depending who you ask lol. I'd say the 1st one.

Pelletier's MO has always been "get to the next level" and he does it quickly. Small sample with low minutes, but he looked great last night. Korpisalo out-right robbed him.

Almost forgot...

2 down, 34 to go!!

Please no 3-on-3 vs JG.

Kadri is hard to watch...

That's important for dmen.

Why don't you talk about JG like you used to !Blockchain Eric Francis?

Not coming back. Won't prolly 'til the 'morrow.

The 1st PP should be the 2nd I think.