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It was something Kassian asked for, literally. He was the one doing the “wanna go?” Act. it was unfortunate and Mac immediately called for help as soon as it happened. I didn’t see it as a slam to the ice, just one of those things that can happen when fighting on skates.
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He is also zero games into his NHL career so pronouncements on how he is going to do are useless. Looks better every game and looked creative and dangerous last night.
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And what is wrong with Puljujarvi’s head?
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Fun game. Unfortunate end to the battle of the Zacks. Cant wait to see the whole lineup together. Love what Lockwood brings but don’t know if will bring any offence at all. Holly Shirt Podkolzin. Loved that Green saw was feeling it and kept putting him out.
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[Report] Sharks claim Jonah Gadjovich off waivers
DrJockitch replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
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The amount Lockwood is matching up with McDavid/Drais gives me hope he is making the team in Dickinson’s wing.
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One thing I will say about Chiasson in our top 9 is he is not 5’8” and looks like a third of our top nine will be about that.
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This is mostly not too far off but missing some important points. Delta is different and much harder on the young than the original form. These numbers are just “COVID”. Long-COVID also seems more prevalent as well and has a lot of potential to be a long term drain on health care and social services. Immunizations work most effectively on a mass scale, not just for the vulnerable but as a circuit breaker for transmission (and yes it helps a lot at preventing transmission). Most people disregard the lives of the elderly and frail with very dismissive comments while also ignoring that the other BIG risk factor is Obesity. That on its own is about 40% of the US population and probably a big reason that they have done so poorly in this pandemic, well that and their “freedom”. ”Natural immunity” has value but it is clear less value than immunizations. It has been shown though that having previously had COVID and then getting immunized works even better in stimulating an immune response. On it’s own though it is half as effective as immunization, shorter acting and more variable in its degree of protection. If the goal is to keep children and their families healthy and in school/at work, immunizations are key. None of us are safe until we are all safe really applies here.
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There is a lot to unfold here. Professional sports meds docs have very interesting ethical issues. They are employees of the team but also need to be player advocates. It is a sometimes contradictory role as can be seen in Buffalo now. They also often have different standards for doing thing because of their sometime contrasting sets of goals. There really should be an avenue for once-ending medical reviews between the PA and NHL. The pain killer/pain issue is interesting. Teaching about pain control to doctors and medical students is something that has changed a lot over the last couple decades. About 15-20 years ago as the drug companies were pumping up Oxycodone as some non-addictive miracle pain pill, a lot of the teaching focused on the effects of under-treating pain and how under-treating acute pain/injury leads to chronic pain. This led to what we see today in the opioid crisis. This has also led to a switch back to using more NSAIDS like toradol. Now these are not addictive like Narcotics but have a huge list of potential issues. GI bleeds, atherosclerosis and most notably kidney issues. Alonzo Mourning’s kidney failure and transplant can be directly tied to his constant use of Diclofenac, a drug very similar to Toradol. There has also recently been some linkage between the use of NSAIDS in endurance sports competition and cardiac arrests which we have also seen in NHL. Pro athletes and especially NHL players likely live in some degree of constant pain, just the hacks and whacks would leave most people feeling half dead. That doesn’t even get into the surgeries and injuries. These guys are very high risk for abuse of pain and sleep meds. They also travel a lot over multiple time zones so sleep is likely a big challenge. There is no easy solution here and the athletes also have some culpability. They are told they must and naturally are very focused on winning and improving and push themselves to extremes. If establishing better sleep patterns with pills and increasing their ability to push through injuries and pain with meds are going to help them stay in the league or win in the league they will usually do it and worry about the cost later. That is where a good doc will try to put the breaks on but may end up out of the organization for it. There is a lot of prestige associated with being doc for one of these pro-sports teams. Most docs will have worked very hard to get there and want to keep that association. It is a tough, very interesting issue and one that there is no simple one solution fits all answer for.
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The way RFA contracts are going I am not sure we can afford a top right D without getting rid of a significant contract. If Colorado wants to give us Byram, fine. Wouldn’t even consider anyone over 25. Ultimately though, probably not, we have already given up two recently and in cap era there are no perfect lineups.
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No Lockwood either. Maintenance day? Thought Klimovich was getting another game as well.
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[Waivers] 29 players - Oct. 06, 2021
DrJockitch replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Podz will be in bottom six and looking more and more like Lockwood, they weren't going 3 rookies in bottom six. Someone needs to be 4th line centre looking like Dowling/Petan may hold down that role until Sutter comes. -
[Waivers] 29 players - Oct. 06, 2021
DrJockitch replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
I am a bit disappointed. Liked what saw, but I am not coach. He was great in AHL last year, improved his worst feature in his skating. Doesn't kill penalties which is currently the most needed role amongst depth players auditioning. Preseason is preseason. I guess bright side is this increases chance Lockwood makes the opening night roster. Probably DiGiuseppe and Dowling as well. -
[Waivers] 29 players - Oct. 06, 2021
DrJockitch replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Hope Gadjo clears, thought he deserved shot on big club. -
He looks good. Haven’t seen much of him play as could never really think of a reason would want to see Coyotes play. I was genuinely surprised just how much interference he runs. He is throwing picks and little half hooks everywhere and seems to get away with it. See how it may be problem as he ages if isn’t moving feet but for now he is so smart about it it can really disrupt the other teams forecheck and offensive sets.
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Would love to see that but if Gadjo and Podz are on team, can’t see three rookies in bottom 6. Given what Gadjo did in AHL last year(almost a goal a game) and his improvements I think it will be a stretch to get him through waivers. Frankly think has earned a spot on team as much or more than any bubble players. Only thing I could see potentially keeping him off team is he doesn’t kill penalties.
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We had one NHL line, OEL and D6-11. We weren’t going to be great. Only saw first half or so. I think Dickinson really brings something we needed badly, finally. We brought in Sutter and Beagle and paid them a tonne to bring what he brings. Defence, physicality and agitation. Good size too. Could be really nice add that doesn’t score much. Podz looked like took a big step forward tonight. Confidence grows, saw him being physical and making plays at speed. Still not anticipating where teammates are that well but that is an adjustment that will come. I think as long as Sutter is out, the 4th line will be centred by Dowling or possibly Petan, but most likely Dowling. I expect Rathbone and Lockwood will be the most unpopular cuts at the end of camp and don’t expect them to end season in Abbotsford. Green likes forward pairs. I am starting to think Dickinson-DeGiuseppe may be one of those pairs. They looked like a nice match tonight.
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[Waivers] 14 players - Oct. 05, 2021
DrJockitch replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
Imagine the DeGiuseppe, Vecchione, Gambardella line playing on New Jersey. The commentary would sound like an episode of Sopranos. -
[Waivers] 22 players - Oct. 04, 2021
DrJockitch replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
No team is perfect in salary cap league, maybe Tampa for a couple years but they really played loose with cap. Our right side isn’t our best feature but the left side could be pretty exciting and definitely more top 9 depth than have seen in a while. Garland is a vet here and he is only what, 25? A lot of good youth which can make for a rollercoaster season. -
Could be interesting to see how the lines come together. I am going to temper my excitement about Podz somewhat this season. Not all rookies can come out like Brock, EP, QH and Hogz, we just have got so used to it it seems normal. A few caveats I think looking at lineup. Unlikely to see Garland and Hoglander on same line together very often. Don’t play small but they are small. We are not going to have three rookies in our bottom 6. We are already so dependant on guys that are so young, I just can’t believe Green would be comfortable doing this. Green always says that young players improve in the Summer. Gadjo came in last year scored 14G in 16 games! And then went home and fixed what was holding him back. This is everything you can ask of someone and has been great in camp and preseason. He has earned it and seems like maybe tough to clear waivers. That being said, doesn’t kill penalties and doesn’t suit a matchup line. I would like to see him on Bo’s wing in at least one preseason game. One top 6 winger needs to move down to third when healthy and this is likely the shutdown line with Dickenson. Hoglander seems to be the natural fit as he is a possession monster. Would hate to see his offence squandered and would rather see Pearson there but he seems married to Bo’s left side. I still don’t have a clue who plays centre on 4th. I just can’t believe it will be Petan, good depth for top 6 but doesn’t suit 4th line/PK role unless Green is using Bo and Dickenson for majority of tough matchups. Maybe Dowling, maybe waiver wire pickup. Will be fun to see what Green does next few preseason games.
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[Waivers] 22 players - Oct. 04, 2021
DrJockitch replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in Trades, Rumours, Signings
A lot of hockey is just randomness. It is really hard to tell when a team will come together and catch lightning in a bottle. There are very few sure things. Tampa doing well last couple years, sure, Colorado doing well this year, sure, past that there is nothing definitive. Don’t have a clue how we will do this year. My suspicion is we will score and score a lot and be scored on a lot. I think we will probably outscore our troubles, at least in the regular season, particularly because we should have two good PP units. Remember a monkey can pick playoffs as well as the “experts”. -
There have been a lot of contingency plans built, a lot of which were never used. I can’t speak specifically to Alberta other than knowing that they have actually had to expand ICU into other regions of the hospitals like the CCU which puts Cardiac care patients ina. Much more precarious position. Creating more beds and getting more ventilators is a easy thing, the problem is the staffing. Qualified nurses, RTs, doctors. The healthcare system has been pushed by audit after audit to look where can cut expenses and it almost always has come down to pushing out expertise. Having RPNs take over RN jobs, PSWs taking over RPN jobs reducing RTs and physician coverage to a minimum. These are issues that take a long time to fix. It has been a general problem have seen for a long time. Politicians look at average hospital occupancy and make budgets and plans around that. This is foolish in a hospital/health care system, you need to plan for the flood not the average and ultimately this is the end result of this kind of planning.