SingleThorn

Sutter with the most TOI last night for forwards ! Green seems to like him way more than some CDCers. Funny how that works !

No Gaudette in tonight's line-up.( 1st Feb ) Strange.

Justin Holl, aka Frank Corrado 2.0, might actually get to play some hockey this season !! TML have now screwed two borderline NHL players Shanahan and Babcock can be beyond pathetic ! Holl has played two games this year. It's not as if the 6 d-men, who got to play, were so talented that there was not an occasional game for him !

Indeed ! Poster also refers to 'ice hockey', as I used to. Means he probably lives in a place where 'field hockey' is referred to as 'hockey' ! PS.......I refer to myself as massively over opinionated, but never an expert !

Hmmm.......one week later.....wow ! An expert !

Artem M with an assist. 10 min of ice time, 6 hits and +2. A much improved stat line !

Woodley, if memory serves me well, was part of what was considered a very weak draft. Plenty of players ended up having great careers tho'. Woodley had some weird problem with the arches of his feet. Specialised skates were meant to fix the problem, but never did. Back then, whenever we had a high pick, it was a weak draft year. That has been replaced by 'dropping a spot or three' at the lottery stage ! ( JJ Daigneault coming up to the draft stage on crutches seemed to sum up our drafting from that era ! ......Juolevi just got his crutches a little later in the process. )

PP with a couple of assists today.

I think that JB has huge concerns about losing Goldobin or Pouliot via waivers. If we are out of the playoff picture at TDL, I think JB should gamble on moving ( or papering ) Pouliot to the Comets. An AHL playoff run might be just what he needs. If lost to waivers, so be it ! Status quo is not good enough !

Tryamkin has been almost exclusively a RD. I believe that this is fairly common with Russian LHDs. Don't recall if he ever played the left side while he was here. I don't think TG would have an issue with NT playing on the right.

Never bring logic to an emotional fight !

I am on the pro Gudbranson side of the fence. Liked the trade, but of course like any good armchair GM, I'd have liked it better if we didn't have to send anything the other way ! Such is life. Edler/ Tanev handle the opposition's top line(s). Stecher is great, but cannot handle lw with size. Gudbranson does all the heavy lifting in that area. Think back to early in the season with Brian Boyle overwhelming Stecher along the lw boards. Stecher did everything right, but physically was out of his depth. Lose Gudbranson and who will handle those duties ? Pouliot on his off side ? Hughes ? Maybe Tryamkin comes back and we can re-think this trade Gudbranson stupidity ! I'm pretty sure that the 'shiny new toy' crowd will be pencilling Chatfield, Brassard, Woo and Eliot into that slot, but they, once again, would be wrong, wrong, wrong !

A quote from @SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME from last year.

Must be a slow hockey news day. Tryamkin family buying houses in Van on speculation a new contract will be signed?? I love this rumour, but feel that it's more likely to be fake news that reality. If true, welcome back big Tree ! Edit: Don't know how @wildcam got included in my quote ! Sorry about that.

Always do. Was just responding to a post saying how great his puck handling was.

Puck handling did not strike me as being even average. As he gets used to his d-men it will improve, but it is not there yet !

Jasek has not played much lately. He was on the roster for the televised game against the Marlies, but not since ( ? ) ! Any reasons ? Have not heard of any injuries or poor play concerns !

Edited this out of a Ferland thread post. In the Tryamkin saga, it fits in the 'well that's new' section. I have nothing to back up this claim.

DZ with a goal today. On his 4th team this season. Now in the VHL ( Russia, one notch below KHL ) Hope he turns things around, but it has been a terrible year for him !

Agreed. Closer to the actual draft, they sometime include a 2nd round mock. ( not always ). They also include links to a fair number of other mocks. Last, they have access to previous drafts/ mocks that can be very interesting. I think ( don't know ) that their mock is an average of a bunch of other mocks.

Thanks @SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME ........much appreciated ! The quote from SN 650 appears to show Biech referring to QH ( if he signs ) playing less than 11 games to keep his exemption from the ED. That's the part I'm finding a tad confusing. Your breakdown of the exemption rules seems to leave no doubt that one game would trigger the need for QH to be protected (......and makes totally logical sense ! )

I think it was @SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME who explained that because QH turns 20 in 2019, any one pro game counts as a year played and thus he would have to be protected. All too much for my little brain. Both SID and Biech are very reliable sources ! ( I may have this all bass ackwards ! )

Seems to be true ! Reasoning is strange tho' !

Hmmmm......of all the roster names ( x45 ), this name is almost never brought up.

Thanks. Learn something new every day ! Edit: Did not notice that Hamilton missed the last game. Hopefully not another concussion issue !