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Skipper

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  1. I don't think fair to evaluate Robo after being back 3 games coming off a 3 week knee injury. I'm guessing he would just now be slotting in if the regular season. I thought he had a decent game considering last game. What we do with Robo long term given cap situation and his likely next contract value will be a good offseason discussion, but for now, I'm pretty optimistic he's going to be a pretty big asset this playoffs as he gets healthier. I think he was actually pretty solid last year in the playoffs overall from what I recall without going back and checking stats.
  2. Edmonton is on a heater. After looking like they had the worst goaltender on the planet the first 2 games, they go to Pickard who wins 6 in a row, then he gets hurt, then Skinner who somehow posts back to back shutouts. Winning 8 of 9 in the playoffs really impressive. Will be a tough matchup for Stars if we can close this out. I wanted this series extended but F Vegas. Glad they lost. They are right there with the Avs for my most disliked team. I didn't watch after the 2nd last night but Vegas certainly look older and slower. Was surprised how little juice they had in a home elimination game from what I watched. It was a contrast to game 1 where they still were flying up and down the ice.
  3. Robert Tiffin noted it is like the inverse of the WCF last year that we essentially lost on special teams (our power play went ice cold and Oil PP caught fire).
  4. I'm on the fence on Benn penalty after looking at it closer again today. Terrible timing, but Lindell got cross checked in the back and Benn needs to have his back there as captain. It was a bit too much, but my initial reaction at the game was "how do you only send one off there" and I still feel that way now after watching replay several times. Particularly considering under 5 to go in the 3rd. I feel like we watched these guys get pushed around some the last 2 playoffs and we are making a point it's not going to happen this year. I saw someone else comment (and I agree) that at least by Benn stepping in he made sure Lindell didn't do something to get sent off (who we absolutely needed on the ice those 5 minutes), so to the extent Benn took that into account charging in then good for him LOL.
  5. I thought we were pretty thoroughly outplayed the first half of the game, then we flipped the switch in the 2nd and played a lot better. We easily could have been down a couple of goals if Otter wasn't on so all credit to him. I did confirm advanced metrics said the same (slightly favored Jets). Don't get me wrong, we didn't get dominated, but Jets have to feel shitty because they played a really good road game and still lost by 2.
  6. I was shocked Arniel didn't go 6-4 there to try to get one. Fully expected it from the stands. Have been too busy to go find if he was asked about it post-game.
  7. Jets outplayed Stars tonight overall. That's a good team. You are right goalie was the difference as you have been saying all along. But I fully expect "home" Helle to show up Thurs and pitch a shutout.
  8. Was wondering if they showed that live. Was a great arena moment for the real ones
  9. It's not like they have a great alternative. Comrie is a career backup that has never started a playoff game. He's not going to take them on a cup run. It's 'only' their season if Helleybuck figures it out. The reason Jets are a contender is defensive structure with elite starting goaltending + an elite power play. Replace Hellebuyck with Comrie in the regular season and they probably miss the playoffs.
  10. That would be shocking. You have to live and die with the Vezina winner. If your goal is to win a cup, that's only going to happen if your best player figures out road woes in any event. We've got to get to him early tonight. Can't let him start getting comfortable.
  11. That's right but I think the hindsight is why we didn't sig Petro to an NHL contract last summer instead of getting locked in for Dumba for 2 years. Hard to second guess Nill with all his hits but that's another contract going to be PITA this summer. Plenty of time to worry about all of that once this run is over (hopefully towards the end of June!).
  12. Starting to sound like Miro is back and we are rolling 11/7
  13. I was thinking the same thing. Seems like it could work. I wonder if they would just slot him in certain shifts with Lindell and Harley replacing Lyabushkin/Ceci and let Bischel/Petro continue to take 3rd D minutes. I think part of the reason that third D pair have exceeded expectations is because they played so much together in the AHL, so not sure they break them up until Miro can handle a heavier work load (hopefully in the next round).
  14. Agreed, post-game whining about that goal was a little over the top for a 5-2 game. Obviously I'm biased but I watched replays last night when I got home from game and it didn't seem particularly close to me. I know some reporting that Marchment won't face any discipline for his official shin tap, I guess we'll know for sure today, but that was idiotic. He doesn't get calls because he's got an absolute shit reputation with the officials and this is just going to make it worse. He's been incredibly quiet for 5 games now (unless he's doing something stupid). Needs to just stop bitching, start playing better and help the team.
  15. Damn. Pretty obvious now he was never really close. I get we're still on the early end of the estimated 3-4 month recovery (it's been like 3 months and a week) but they also listed him "day-to-day" 3 weeks ago. I wonder if a setback after reported hard workouts last week or this was always the known timeline. I think his "hard" workout that made reporters think he was playing game 7 was on 5/1. Clearly not. Whatever it is, not good and at this point I wonder if we'll just see him in October. Shockingly, it isn't our defense that is hurting us the most in losses. Just like last year at times (Vegas and Edmonton in particular) we have too many games we can't put it in the back of the net.
  16. Our forward depth has got to show up. Not much last 2 games against Colorado and the combined stats of Benn/Duchene/Marchment/Seguin based on a quick tally is -7, 7 shots and 12 penalty minutes. That isn't going to cut it. Have to do a better job of staying out of the box generally. It's been a problem for like 2 months now.
  17. Jets getting top D back (Morrissey). Also runs their power play.
  18. Stars screwed those percentages for game 3 on road last year against Vegas. Now Vegas has to do the same. I finally turned game off and fell asleep after they didn't score on the 5 minute major. Saw where Stone was complaining about a missed tripping call and calling it a "dirty play". That's really fucking rich. Fuck that guy. I want this series to go deep if the Stars win, but from a Hockey Karma perspective, certainly wouldn't mind bitch ass Stone and that shit franchise getting swept.
  19. All of the other teams up 1-0 in their series have better book odds to win their series than Toronto does up 2-0. Granted, the others won a road game, but still!
  20. Seguin had a couple of goals I believe (including the game 3 OT winner). He's been solid on faceoffs. I think Seguin of that group has had a pretty good playoffs so far. Duchene had those 2 great assists on huge Wyatt PP goals but I'm definitely waiting for him to break out. He's clearly been frustrated and just off a bit (including on some passes last night it looked like he was trying to force). He's due for a big game. Benn is getting older and it is what it is. He had a bad game last night in particular although has also looked good in spurts (I think game 2 Avs in particular maybe). But to your point, yes, we need more out of these guys. Robo was just shaking rust off last night. Was glad to see he didn't seem to need reduced minutes. Hopefully no setbacks and he can get back to it.
  21. I thought that was pretty good shit actually. Points for creativity. If we have one of those games where at the AAC where Helle lets in a few softies and we are rolling, I wouldn't mind throwing that back at them.
  22. That's 1! Great win. Lot's to clean up. Too many turnovers leading to good looks. But gritty fucking win down the stretch after another Miko superman performance. Unreal by Miko. Great game by Otter. Lot's more to digest between now and Friday but great start to the series!
  23. I'm still plenty nervous. Jets were my pre-playoff cup pick based on regular season. Not just how much they outplayed us in the series but Tiffin had a couple of regular season articles breaking down their top power play, etc. that highlighted how impressive they were. But then of course, they get to the playoffs and completely lay an egg on the road and weren't really even competitive. Granted, that was a Blues team that didn't lose at home in their last 15 games or something but still. I think all together I favor stars slightly and I certainly felt the inverse before the Colorado series. I'm pretty sure I posted here I actually felt better about the Colorado series after losing game 1 as I saw enough there that we flipped the switch from last few weeks of regular season, but I still kind of expected Colorado to pull that series out right up until Miko scored to tie it up and then i knew we were winning. This is going to be a completely different series though. They don't have the star power but good all around team with suffocating defensive structure and elite goaltending (if he's on). They beat us last game playing conservative, shutting us down and then pouncing on mistakes. If Morrissey is out hopefully that is something we can exploit. Would be huge to get game 1 tonight. I'm leaning slightly towards the Stars but fully expect some swings this series. Our top line is going to need to continue to score but would be great if they got a bit more support starting tonight.
  24. As expected, Miro officially out and Robo officially a gametime decision. Per Jets coach, their entire lineup is "gametime decision" LOL. But all signs point to Scheifele in and Morrissey out for them. Miro not surprising but pretty damn clear he was never really that close in the Avs series. I was holding out a decent amount of hope we would be able to go game 6 (last Thurs) but 6 days later and still not ready. I guess we are probably now crossing fingers for game 3 Sunday but sounds like it will be whenever medical clears him. Who knows if they actually have a date in mind or it's largely based on post skate evaluations.
  25. Looks like they are likely getting Scheifele back per Jets morning skate reports. He's back with the top line. Morrissey not with a D pairing so he may be out and also Stanley (although he was playing low minutes and I saw chatter from Winnipeg fans they wanted him benched regardless after play last series).
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