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  1. If they’re rumoured to be shopping OJ like they were Gadjo then they might fear him getting picked up in waivers.
  2. We are getting pushed around a bit those last few shifts. Not a lot of pushing back.
  3. I don’t expect us to win the game or look good as a group. Goalies are gonna get their reps in though.
  4. We’re icing 4 regular forwards, our regular goalies and 2 regular D vs the Oilers full lineup in the 2nd last preseason game. Everyone else consists of AHL/young players battling for maybe one 3rd line role, 4th line roles and 6th/7th/8th defense roles. We be giving some of these guys a loooong look.
  5. Lost Lind and Gadjo before the season started. Damn. Running low in depth in our prospect pool.
  6. I have an odd feeling we might see OJ waived. I don’t think we do and see him starting as an extra. If Hamonic comes back early though idk.
  7. Perhaps that’s a minor reason we are seeing a lot of them get games.
  8. That does tend to happen a lot. I know from experience. You could call me an expert on the subject.
  9. Yeah we live in a much more privileged time of society. The stuff NA protest over pales in comparison to a lot of the stuff in the 20th century. Even the civil rights movement faced worse $&!# and that’s light compared to outside NA during that time. We have definitely come a long way in a short amount of time as humans.
  10. He has the raw physical skills. Probably could compete with Hughes for best overall skater in the organization and he does that with size to boot. He just needs to round out his game. Probably keep him in another year after this one in Finland before bringing him over. Hopefully he can get a WJC nod.
  11. Hopefully he clears. I would have like to see him get another shot but he will probably benefit from AHL time. He had gotten better year after year. We probably would have waived him with a healthy roster early into the season so now is likely the best time to waive him as hard as it is to see. Lind waived too. Any notable centres on the wire?
  12. Yeah it took a while for him to start using OJ there last year too. It wasn’t till we were out of the run of things or missing guys.
  13. We don’t have enough execution offensively. Probably because we’re not playing our best offensive players.
  14. We have a weaker lineup with only a handful of regulars and our starting goalie. Every game we have played has had a difference in roster talent. Hard to get a grasp of how this team plays without the full roster but we will be able to tell which of the bubble/young guys can handle the pressure tonight. Demko should face a lot of shots too which will be good for him I guess.
  15. Rathbone? He was -3 the game prior. 2 of the goals against I could only fault him on that I watched. Almost everyone played bad in Calgary. The goals scored tonight were more so of the Hog/Pearson/Horvat's doing and Bowey/Miller on Petan's goal. Defense didn't really contribute on the goals besides Bowey when he jumped up. Rathbone did make some creative plays tonight. It was a better game than the one in Calgary but he is still raw defensively. Rathbone's first games were better than his last 2. I think with the right partner he could start in the NHL as the 3rd LD. I would like to see him start so he can get a sense of where he needs to improve then send him down for big minutes and bigger role in Abbotsford(as the #1 D PK/PP/ES) he wouldn't get in the NHL atm. Maybe keep him till Hamonic's good to go. Keep OJ as the 7th to start the season in order to put a fire in OJ. OJ's better defensively but weaker offensively and skating wise. I am bummed out that OJ doesn't seem faster. It's one of the bigger things holding him back. I expected to see some improvement there. He does look a little more steadier and little less mistake prone but his speed is his biggest drawback atm. Maybe he needs to go skate with Hughes' dad or Gadjo's skating coach or something. OJ has earned the spot as the 7th IMO. Schenn hasn't been impressive and Hunt is another smaller D that doesn't PK. OJ has looked good on the PK and is one of the few PK D that hasn't been scored on yet. Either way I see both OJ/Rathbone to be with the big club when the season starts.
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