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He "looked so lazy overall"? Well with astute criticisms like that, I guess I'm starting to understand why you literally complain about him every game-day thread...

Nylander Knies Tavares battled well too

Yea, it definitely has been effective and I understand the philosophy (very reminiscent of Randy Carlyle hockey) but I guess it's just the complete shutting down of the offense/shots aspect and allowing the other team to essentially control the puck at their whim that I find intolerable. If it...

I'm not sure what happens to this team when they have the lead. Are they adhering to Berube's system, like, is that the actual plan? Or are they afraid of giving up the lead and defaulting into tortoise mode? Because they absolutely dominated Ottawa 1st period (the PP were they only actual...

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Barger should be playing but he's another LHB and that would leave Clement as the only RHB utility bench option while having a glut of similar, limited-position LHB's (Roden, Wagner, Lukes, Barger).

Kirk was really smashing the ball in Spring Training but man, he looks just atrocious at the plate so far. No walks, no homeruns, and just a litany of runners left on base. It would be nice to see these guys start hitting dingers, because they'd be a pretty dangerous team

So....are you under the assumption that Marchand and Jones are going to be sitting once Tkachuk and Ekblad return? This....makes no sense...

No Bennett, Tkachuk or Ekblad.. So...yea....kind of "shorthanded"..

Oh I'm not bothered, I guess I was just confused, because you were making a couple of blanket statements that weren't really backed up by anything. I'm not in tune with general sentiments as I never listen to talk radio or media "analysis" of any sort anymore, so maybe that is exacerbating my...

So the fans' feelings about Bichette are very disappointing and the team's feelings towards him, based on a guess, are also disappointing? I don't mean to single you out in here but your complaints about this team really seem to be subjective and, frankly, rather haphazardly thrown together...

I dunno, but when you look at the "Core Four" and their 82-game average based on their playoff numbers... man, those regular season numbers take a HUGE nosedive: Marner- 14g 70p per 82 game avg 1216 TOI in 57 games Matthews- 34g 72p per 82 game avg 1155 TOI in 55 games Nylander- 30g...

He's already back? Wow.. So they trade their lifelong Bruin and Captain to a fierce playoff rival so as to ensure a 2nd round pick, that, AT BEST SCENARIO, can turn into a 1st round pick, which would likely be in the 30 overall range. I don't get it either..

So he's Chuck from Better Call Saul??

I think the biggest thing with him is his shape and conditioning, particularly when combined with having to play such a grueling position. He certainly has the hitting ability that, when matched with his defensive acumen, could really result in some position-leading years. The contract has...

Interesting stat, in 2022, when Vladdy got his GG and MVP votes etc etc....he and Kirk both had the exact same 4.0 WAR

All true, and this is a message board with people reacting live to the game they are watching, so you're getting raw, emotional reactions sometimes. Obviously sometimes people take it too far or are way too reactive but sometimes you have to let people vent.

This is the concerning part, and it has been an issue regardless of the caliber of their opponent; with the lead the team's philosophy changes and they stop any semblance of an offence and immediately attempt to protect their lead. I don't know how much of this is the group trying to adjust to...

Yea the bottom 6 is really just a concoction of players that don't fit or accomplish anything. Domi keeps rotating roles, and is so horrible defensively that he needs at least 1 huge defensive anchor on the wing, but the 2 best defensive forwards both play on line 1. Kampf is in no man's...