tomh009

Hey, I'm willing to be inspired by any puck that ends up behind Hellebuyck!

Just need 1.222222 more goals tonight and we'll win this one! 🤪

And I won’t disagree with that!

Fleury is bigger and might be able to step into a 5D/6D role, but not second pairing. Leskinen and Brook aren’t much bigger than Mete, though. But, I would argue it’s not just size, it’s how you play. Mete is about the same size as a certain Mr Gallagher...

Anderson seems no worse for wear!

Lots of shots but they were not really getting into Campell's face. Contrast with what the Leafs have done (mostly in the first):

Nice to see Matthews taking a stupid penalty. 😀

I like this second-period team a whole lot more than the one in the last period.

I think that was with Tatar, Danault and Kotkaniemi. Apart from that, no. But the last five minutes of the period were a big improvement on the first fifteen, at least they were getting out of the D zone and getting a few offensive chances.

Yes. And their PP is deadly. That's why I was so pleased by the PK!

Amazing ... made it through that double PK. The PK team played brilliantly when two men down.

Perry was very patient ... just waiting for Campbell to slightly lift the pad, then flicked the puck underneath.

Urgh. Danault loses the puck battle. Weber can't control Matthews behind the net. And Allen doesn't cover the bottom of the net on the wraparound. The only good thing is that tere are still 59 minutes left.

Right. But they could just sign Danault in July, with no incremental cost to them ...

Maybe in 2022 or 2023 Weber will be ready to contemplate hanging up his skates, and we can offer him a nice front-office job to keep him in the organization. Of course this might induce some panic in Nashville ...

The point is that a prospect, even a blue-chip premium prospect, has risk associated with him. If he's 80% likely to become an elite NHL player, for example, he will have less value than a player who already is elite at the NHL level. At the moment I am not convinced that we would be able to get Eichel at any sort of reasonable price.

Need our forwards to support the D in order to minimize the dismantling.

Duh, it was an OT loss, not an OT win. Oops! Sadly, today was a regulation loss as Stockton scored in the third and then wrapped it up into the open net for a 3-1 win.

Alas, Stockton got one that back for a 1-1 tie at the end of second. After giving up five power plays to the Heat, the Rocket controlled the play much more, and outshot them 17-5 in the period. In spite of four forwards missing due to injury, and Leskinen and Primeau recalled, the Rocket are playing a solid game.

The Heat is 9-3-0 against other teams in the Canadian division -- and 0-5-1 against Laval. They have yet to figure out how to win against the Rocket. Let's see whether the boys can complete the season series without a loss. Still no sign of our injured forwards.

Maybe nobody tomorrow night. But there will be three games in four nights, five in six and six in eight. Only two of those six games are against the Leafs. But it's also quite possible that there is no plan for him to play, bar any further injuries.

I don't think Lehkonen really needs a change of scenery. The effort and hustle is there, he consistently works hard. For some reason he has trouble putting the puck in the net, but I don't think it's due to the environment or the effort.

Primeau and Leskinen both called up to the taxi squad. Primeau will back up Allen but not clear yet whether Leskinen will actually dress for the Habs (to give a night off for other D-men) or just fill the empty seat on the taxi squad.

Both Armia (as a rental) and Lehkonen (who will be an RFA) should have some actual trade value, they are not just bad contracts that need to be dumped.

I expect to see Byron back on the line with Tatar and Danault. And I expect Evans will be in the press box once Armia returns.