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  1. I thought I read somewhere a couple of weeks ago that for the exhibition games, home and away was settled by a coin toss
  2. I wonder if the bench will yell "referees suck" if they feel a call goes against them
  3. Ah - that's the word I was looking for. Duh!! My reputation as a dues-paying member of the grammar police took a huge hit there and I was so proud that I had spelt (spelled) "syllables" proper ....... properly (courtesy Arya Stark)
  4. So it's no coincidence that Petey. BB06 and Huggy Bear all have 5 syllables in their first name?
  5. He is on year 2 of his ELC right now. Becomes an RFA end of next season
  6. Ah I didn't realize that freeing up a player slot allowed for an additional non- playing body Thanks for the clarification
  7. Any reason we are taking just 30, and not 31? (Apart from the obvious one - JB isn't good at math. .. c.f. the LE contract)
  8. Ah, no It was inference by omission. I hadn't seen his name (or Sautner's), mentoned the way the other 3 had been
  9. That's what I would have thought, but no, they are going to be counted as playoff points (and any recorded by round robin teams won't count for anything). Seems unfair.
  10. Just as an aside, isn't it rather unfair that goals and assists during the play--in round will count towards playoff totals, but those in the round-robins won't? Sid and Ovie spotting Petey 10 points will make him hard to catch
  11. OJ looked pretty solid with Stecher in the scrimmages - I do hope we can find enough common ground to resign Troy. He's a younger Biega .... can skate, decent passer, and hits everything that moves just to prove that undersized d men can play in the NHL
  12. Hmmm I listened to all the scrimmages and didn't hear the word "hit" once. I heard "bumped", and "backed off" and "collided with" but nothing that suggested a good old fashioned hit (not just Jake, but all the blue and white players) eg in one of the earlier scrimmages, Ollie had the chance to really level Petey, but eased up and just knocked him down, and was called "a bump". That's all I was saying. - players don't, or are discouraged from, bone crunching hits in practices, and that somewhat emasculates Jake
  13. One problem I see with Jake and training camps scrimmages is that one of his primary strengths is nullified - heavy hits resulting in takeaways. He has 3 attributes that stand out ..... great wheels, big body that can punishingly hit, and a great shot. Speed lets him get in in the forecheck, make the hit and create the turnover. Discourage the hitting (who wants to see Hughes or Miller out for 3 weeks as a result of a dislocated shoulder on a Virtanen training camp hit?) and ofc Jake will be less effective, and won't catch the eye of the coaches. Except for maybe a lacksadaisical backcheck or two. Give him a real game (or even a meaningless exhibition game against a team that you don't care if Jake "punishes" an opposing player), and and a different Jake will come to play.
  14. Yeah.. if they play cheers or applause for Bettman, this cup will definitely deserve an asterisk beside it
  15. Per Green's post-scrimmage presser, the bench will be expanded by 2 players for the exhibition game, so we might see Mac and Jake as interchangeable pieces during the 3 periods
  16. Yes, partnered with Stecher. Was mentioned a lot in the 1st, but fairly quiet in the second.
  17. Right now he is playing well partnering Juolevi in the scrimmage
  18. Really down to goaltending, I think. Pretty even after the first (0 goals), then 6 in the second. Marky being his usual brick wall
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