-AJ-

I had a Mazda speed 3. That was fun little car. It came stock turbo and the guy added a Cobb turbo and after cooler bumped up to 320. It also had a corksport short shift linkage. Shoulda kept but it actually scared me. The draw back was front wheel drive and the wheel torque was insane. 

Yeah, this is FWD too, but they've done an amazing job of mitigating it.

this isn’t the actual car but mine was identical. Full load. Tight. But definitely had this “ it’s going to cost big bucks “ feel to it when replacement time comes around. I traded my Tacoma TRD for it and some cash. It was a deal I couldn’t pass up ironically it scared the guy as much as it did me. 

Best game I've seen in a long time. I was really impressed with the speed, the forecheck and the offensive creativity. Woo played well and Klimovich is looking more consistent in his focus and effort. I also like Karlsson's hockey sense and Rathbone's offensive instincts. But, as long as Wolanin is dominating, Jack won't log as many minutes as he did last year. Also was nice to see Silovs playing with poise and confidence.

Edmonton has comfortably made the playoffs the last three years, having finished 2nd in the division. With McDavid and Draisaitl in their prime I'd be surprised if they missed unless they experience significant injuries. 

I reckon we'd have an easier time with Edmonton than Calgary, Calgary should grab the 1st or 2nd divisional spot imo. Them and Vegas are off to great starts. Realistically if we perform well we're probably in the mix for a wildcard spot or jockeying for that third divisional spot with Edmonton and LA. 

Bad team Edmonton makes the conference finals last year.

Totally doable. Our competition will have their streaks of pain this year too 

Ever since the Sedins left we’ve been riddled with injuries haven’t we? 

People sometimes forget. There is alot to look forward to when we have Hughes and Pettersson 

@CRAZY_4_NAZZYNice! Didn't know it was yours, but I figured it could be a CDCer. It's well done.

EDIT: Oh not yours, gotcha, haha.

thats pretty rad, good vid...still wanted some greener in there lol.

@-AJ- ooh no, its not mine, just was saying thank for sharing the video for us to see haha

Congrats!

Guy goes to his lawyer and asks what is 2 plus 2? Lawyer says it depends on a number of factors but we will try to convince the Judge it is 4. 

Guy goes to an engineer and says what is 2 plus 2? Engineer pulls out a slide rule and says I think I can prove without a shadow of a doubt that it is 4.

Guy goes to his accountant and says  what is 2 plus 2?  Accountant closes the door, pulls down the blinds, leans in and says, what do you want it to be?

@fanfor42...that's some Enron kind of accounting.

I did find his work, as well as Sport Logiq, but yeah both are behind a paywall. Maybe it's just not publicly available enough yet to be free.

The NHL at some point will make their own tracking data available.

I would love that. I think zone entries and exits would capture some of what I'm missing in my own analysis.

I hear you. It seems like the most important days bring the least sleep the night before. A little anxiety and the mind on overdrive.

Hope it went well, best of luck.

@-DLC- Yeah, I've had troubles with insomnia for most of my life, but I've found that it can be largely mitigated by allowing myself to sleep in. I'm blessed to have a job where I can often start a lot later and it's helped me get a lot more sleep over the past few years.

Unfortunately, I have to arrive at the testing location at 8:15 for all three days of my CPA common final exam. I do wish there was more flexibility in the business world for night owls like myself sometimes. Tomorrow is the last day, so hopefully I get enough sleep that I don't pass out, haha.

Well, hang in there. almost done. It would be nice if you could select a time from a few options. 

I haven't been able to sleep in for YEARS. The latest is usually 8:00...I usually don't feel tired but since COVID I'm wiped. 

I've been falling asleep during the hockey games and keep missing the endings.

Lysell was shifty, but he couldn't really ever find the space to make things happen. Ostapchuk was definitely the best Giants forward of the night.

When you mean shifty, I assume skating was good. Can only imagine the skating show him and Hughes would put on.

My girlfriend has season tickets so I was at the game too. You can see the sheer talent and skill every time Lysell gets the puck, but Ostapchuk is such a fun player to watch. All effort every shift and makes things happen in all 3 zones. I tend to think of him as a bigger, more skilled Tyler Motte. 
 

I used to work out with Damian Palmieri so I can’t really judge him in an unbiased manner. Is he a guy who has a chance to break out offensively once Cotton’s gone? He’s a genuinely good dude and works his a$$ off outside of the rink so I really want to see him make a name for himself, especially if he can find an NHL team to take a flyer on him in a later round. Aside from a few gaffs (you could see the hole in the ice he tripped on from where we were sitting, not sure you can blame him for blowing a tire on the GWG), I’ve felt he’s played really well in these playoffs. 

@Elias Pettersson Yeah, I'm not convinced it's 100%, but I think if we go 8-0, I'd give us pretty strong odds, something like 85% to make it. LA would have to do pretty well outside of losing to us and Vegas would have to do even better, though they don't have any more games to lose to us. 7-1 if we beat LA probably gives us about 50-60% odds in my estimation.

LA currently holds the tie-breaker with 35 ROW vs our 33 ROW, but if we win 7 games, there's a decent chance that we catch or pass them.

There is no 96.2 lol.

Look if we go 7 and 1 and included in that we beat LA in our game against them, we wind up with 96 points and the best they can do is 96 points - and we win the tiebreaker.

make it or not, team has played good hockey under BB. thank you boys.

@Rubik Haha that's what my friend keeps telling me. He keeps talking about how great Makar is all around and I struggle to believe it since I can't find any statistics to support it. He's not the only one who says so though, so I figure there must be some stat or two that helps capture what Makar (or even Hughes) does defensively.

Watch them play.  That’s how to track defence.  Major is a skater of the puck.  Hughes is a passer of the puck.  It’s common friggin hockey sense which one of those methods is better defensively.  

Simply watching Makar play, I don't think he's the strongest guy defensively - makes a lot of risky plays and gambles a lot offensively, but he's not bad (think Barrie). I think they're defensively actually quite similar - Hughes has a quicker, smarter stick on defence and on the PK but obviously Makar is supreme offensively.

The Rangers need to pony up.  Miller wants to win a Cup.  He can take Motte and Schenn with him to New York and they have a shot.  We need Lafreniere back however.  He needs to be the central piece in that deal.

remember the days when people were worried Rutherford would do too much? 

I think all the moves will be in the offseason. I would not be suprised if we cleaned house for the exception of Demko. 

It’s such a fun time of year. 

So beautiful to see Jack go p*ssy-petulant mode! He neeeds an interview w/that Edmunchuk reporter!!!

Jim Robson is 87.

Nashville is about to drop their 4th straight. It's looking like there could be TWO wildcard spots up for grabs.

It's slim but possible. Wouldn't wager on it that is for sure. 

That's a weird rule @Roberts. I wonder why they put that in place?

@-AJ-im guessing they don't want to encourage teams to try to get the extra attacker advantage but still get a point regardless of the outcome.

Yeah, I guess, but to me that would just be a really creative/risky maneuver.

Just wait till you have to get a chalizon removed… it is basically blocked oil in the upper or lower eyelid. I had one in my left eye and I looked like Hannibal lector for at least 3 weeks.

Anyway to remove it the eye doc has to turn your eye lid inside out with clamps and drain it with a scalpel. 
The needle and the fact I could still feel pain after when my eyelid was being cut was the most painful experience in my life.  
 

Here is the surgery:

Had my wisdom teeth removed in my early 20s.  They put me under and after I woke up I really wanted to go to Taco Bell!  I got pain medication afterwards and went grocery shopping a few days later and left half my groceries at the store after paying for them.  I was so out of it that I walked back to the store to retrieve my groceries.  

@brilac I may seriously look at being completely put out if I get my upper ones removed in the future.

Are they even fixable?  I sometimes wonder if a Lindros sized deal, shipping out McDavid, could turn them into contenders.  Or are they just hopeless?

The sad part is Holland has not fixed the problem. He's made it worse. 

$9.25 million for Nurse?

$5.5+ million for Duncan Keith?

Edmonton needs young cheap players, and needs to fill it's roster, and move on with these big bloated contracts. 

Oh...not sure Konovalov is the answer in net. 

Maybe they need to trade with the Rangers and get Dylan Garand since Shesterkin seems to be the answer in goal for the Rangers. 

In his mid 40s he slept with some 19/20 year old model. She took a photo of him sleeping and tried to blackmail him. Jagr's response: release the photo. 

@-AJ- he's still doing so well though, 20 points in 29 games, 2nd on the team (behind Tomas Plekanec), and all this as a 49 year old.  

@Phil_314 Yeah I'm shocked at how well he's still playing, even if it is in just the Czech league.

Shoot high, expect the worst, but hope for the best! Edmonton is really free falling down the standings.

Edmonton is 2-6-2 in their last 10 games, so expecting them to immediately improve and get back to playing around .600 is a bit unlikely right now.

So let's just hope that Edmonton makes it a bit easier for us and loses 5 games in a row instead.

I think you're discounting Edmonton's ability to $&!# the bed. 

@JM_ Yeah, to go from .500 to .600 takes quite a bit, and my calculation assumes that Edmonton also continues to win at a .600 rate, so we're trying to catch a team that is still performing quite well.

That said, the Oilers have been struggling a bit more lately, so if they play worse than .600, it won't take us that much to catch them.

@King Heffy this, and also I would imagine that the Ducks will fall back to Earth at some point, hopefully rather sooner than later.

I got my eye on Vegas. 

a lot of it is out of our hands and we need other teams to crash and burn.., but even just clawing back to where there's a chance at a wildcard is nice.

I don't expect to make the playoffs but at least the guys are making it interesting.

We have also been lucky with no injuries to top players

I had a look at the previous years prior to the covid shortened seasons and we probably can get into the payoffs with 3-4 OTL and 13-14 more outright losses and the rest wins. So its something like every 5 games = 4 wins and  a loss will get them in