tomh009

What happened to Armia? Did it look serious? We really don't need any more injuries right now. 😓

Kotkaniemi still wearing a no-contact sweater in today's practice.

The orange is certainly distinctive, but I much prefer their classic blue sweaters -- or even the third sweater they have this year.

Not good enough, to be sure. This makes winning at the Peg on Monday all that much more important.

That's five power plays for the Oilers. Well, at least they don't have any dangerous high-skill players on their team ... 😣

You missed a very solid end to the period. I don’t think the Oilers got a single attack going in that time. We’re a goal down going into the third but very much not demoralized.

Yeah. Can’t give McDavid opportunities like that. 😪

The second period has looked far better. Let’s hope Weal’s second penalty doesn’t kill the momentum.

Let’s hope Mete is back for the Jets game.

Alas, no. It’s still Reilly.

It really demonstrates that even a first-round pick is far from a sure thing.

The Athletic’s analysis estimates that adding Hall bumped Arizona’s projected winning % from .473 to .504. That’s 3.1%. Over Arizona’s remaining 46 games that’s an additional 1.4 wins or 2.8 points before he files his UFA papers (and assuming no games lost to injuries). Personally, I don’t think that’s a great return for a first and a third. But admittedly it could be the difference between playoffs and no playoffs.

35 games down, second in the somewhat sad-sack Atlantic division. In spite of the long losing streak, on pace for about 94 points. Need to do better than that to have confidence in a post-season but we're not out of it yet. Kotkaniemi and Mete should be back soon, Drouin not for a while yet. It will be interesting to see whether we can snatch a playoff spot from the jaws of mediocrity.

A second point secured by the MAX!

Very much true. But for sure we are not a championship contender this season. I don't think we would be even if we got a rental player or two.

Good to hear that they are back on the ice!

Getting Drouin, Mete and Kotkaniemi back will be a roster change of shorts. It’s possible that their return, plus backup goaltending from Primeau, might be enough to get us into the playoffs. Might. A lot will depend on how our divisional rivals play for the rest if the year.

So, how long before he can get additional conditioning? 😀

Yes. All the stats say that we are controlling the game and getting scoring chances. The score says we’re not able to put the puck behind Bernier.

Shots, chances and Corsi % are lopsyin our favour, but the score, not so much.

Thanks! Am traveling (and in the wrong time zones) so missed that altogether.

Shot total not so high (32-27 for Rochester) but Rochester scored three PPG on five opportunities to blow out the score. Still, even without those, you can't win if you don't score a goal.

Is Primeau still the backup? He already played in Laval (and Kinkaid was the backup there).

Things are quite mum in Finland.

A week later ... Today: Buffalo (33 games): 2 points ahead of the Habs Habs (32 games) Tampa Bay (30 games): 1 point behind Florida (31 games): 1 point behind Toronto (33 games): 1 point behind We do look like a solid bubble team!