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  1. I'm just wanting Loui to play a harder game. He played way too soft last season. I believed he was a harder guy long the walls and in front of the nets.
  2. Granny scored 19 with an injured wrist. Maybe he pushes for 25 this season?
  3. Really like the goal he scored. Sure the finish was elite skill, but the way he keeps moving his feet to be available for the pass showed his elite processing. He's got the skill, and the brains. He will be the best player from his draft, and an elite scorer for our team. I also noticed, after the goal, during the celebration of his goal just how tall he is.
  4. But their good play DOES NOT help us in the standings, and we still finish bottom three. we get a top five pick, and a couple extra seconds too:)
  5. Yup. If Jake is a bigger (meaner too) Hansen, that's a valuable player. I wonder if Jake has any chance of making the big club, with all the new UFAs?
  6. I remember Ray saying Jake will likely be a bigger Janik Hansen.
  7. "Third team" before .Wheeler figured things out. Want Jake to succeed with us, but do have concerns he will need to be on his second or third team before he gets going too.
  8. He signed your jersey, that's nifty. Were you wearing it? Where was he that he did that for you? He sure seems a genuinely nice young fellow. Really like the kid, and hoping for big things from him too. Boeser for Calder!
  9. Add to that, college kids are taking classes, so working their minds too. Maybe that helps with both maturity and processing?
  10. There is a growing case of literature on how fatigue effects athletes decision making. Saw some training videos of athletes working on making decisions under fatigue. I'm thinking Jake will not only be quicker on his skates with his new weight and much improved fitness, but he will also (appear to) process the game faster.
  11. Sounds like you're doing just fine with the regimen you already have. (Is there an elevator? That might be the quickest way to the top? )
  12. Someone posted earlier a recent comment from Jake. Jake said that he spent a lot of time going over video with Green. Seems, from that comment, Green was teaching Jake how to play, and less focussed on points. I watched a lot of Utica games last season, and Jake got some PP time, where he played on the left side.
  13. Could be. Maybe he wasn't having fun playing the game like back home too? It's too bad he left, no matter the reason. I think there were plenty of fans, who enjoyed watching him play - me for one.
  14. Maybe money did not factor into his decision to go home? Maybe it was all about family, especially his wife?
  15. It's hot up here too:( i confess I don't wear any deodorant.
  16. Don't know about junior, but Jake IMHAO is a much more effective player on his off wing. Green played Jake on both wings in Utica.
  17. Tryamkin was my favourite Canuck to watch last season. As his fitness improved he began to join the rush more, and cycle into the offence. The guy is literally a HUGE loss for our team, and the fans who loved to watch him play. What ever the reasons for his going home, he will be missed here:(
  18. Wow! That's a huge win for the kid. Medvedev is very good. Tsonga will be a tough one too. Really pulling for our young Canuck. Go Shap Go!
  19. Ball is in the air. Seems all good to me too.
  20. I know there are good leagues across the Atlantic. It's good to hear the sport is growing.
  21. If I travel to Europe on a sports vacation, it will be to watch soccer, not hockey. I still believe it's the best place for Pettersson this season though.
  22. Sounds a bit iffy to me, having a team in Wales. No way a team there could sustain full time professionals.
  23. Is that Cardiff, as in Wales? They have professional hockey in Wales? That's got to be semi-pro, no?
  24. See the old folks in that circumstance is heart wrenching indeed. The government has to have spots for these people, my God!
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