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Play Romanov and Leskinen to death ... bench Perry and Stall just to give their legs a rest ... waive the white flag

I am of two minds ... it would take a shortened bench and tons and tons of effort to come close ... I do hope they play hard but think this is a time to roll four lines and six D ... not grind the players down with little hope for success ... drop Drouin to the 4th line (because he deserves it) ... move Stall into his spot ... KK back to centre and put Byron with TT&PD

Wonder if Yzerman wants him back ...

It shouldn't, in so much as the issues have been there for a while ... and they wouldn't change if Habs were up 3-0 ... he should already be seeking out help

Prime time for Primeau ? ? ? ? ? ? ? More to shake up the team than blaming it all on Allen ... although the third goal ......

NOW it may be

Time for a shorty

That was a stupid (IMO) challenge ... the contact with the glove was not obviously intentional ... as would have been a tap/slash for example (apparently one of the examples the NHL offered of when there could be interference without the player being in the crease) ...

One behalf of sbhatt:

Think the issue is that ideally Staal needs to be a 4th line player, at most a third line winger, with PP time as appropriate ... that would necessitate KK moving back to centre ... Byron or Lehkoen the logical RW for Tartar and Danault ... PB and AL's goal scoring is about the same this season, but Byron has more assists ... so I would favour him

Apparently, according to TSN690 broadcast crew, the pre-game music was loud enough that it was shaking the cards off the seats

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He had 3 pro seasons (8 goals in 55 NHL games, 21 goals in 84 AHL games) before the injury ... from what little I recall of seeing him, don't think he would likely have been more than a bottom 6 NHLer for a couple/few years

You Berra math? ... "Baseball is 90 per cent mental. The other half is physical."

Regardless of how he plays tonight it doesn't (IMO) change the need for a puck moving LHD to pair with Weber, or in the absence of that a veteran top 4 RHD to anchor the 3rd pairing

Byron and Lehkonen for Crosby with 50% retained by Pens?

At 14:31 Clown (err Clune) got an interference penalty for a hit on Caufield (see below) ... at 16:46 Pezzetta and Clune got fighting majors ... fill in the blanks ... Rocket players at least respect the kid

A good summery by Eric Engels of the Habs trade deadline situation ... but sheds no real light on what to expect

It was a shot at the "game" (manicured fairways, billard table greens) not the post ... and nice to see Canucks succeed at anything

Always nice to see a Canadian succeed at outdoor billards

Difference being he was not brought in as a "wing and a prayer" top 9 option ... I always suspected that MB just filled out the taxi squad as a favour to Frolik, or his agent

That may change as the available options decrease

Wouldn't have minded him for the 3rd pairing RHD ... would have been OK with making it the Blackhawks third (almost assuredly better than Florida's) and a 4th for Sabres to retain 50%

Count me out

From Ducharme's Zoomer (modern presser"), no news on Gallagher but hopefully there will be some time next week ... asked about Caufield he said the kid can score goals, great hands around the net