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They played an okay game for the most part, especially the defencemen.

Next game is in Bakersfield on Tuesday at 10:30 AM; it's the Condors' annual School Day game.
 
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Lidster was 22 in his final season at Colorado College. He scored 56 points; his next highest teammate had 32. Then he moved to the Olympic team and played well. He arrived in Vancouver at age 23 with the expectation that he would be a legitimate NHLer. Lidster was way above Felton on ability.
 
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Blue and Green said:
Lidster was 22 in his final season at Colorado College. He scored 56 points; his next highest teammate had 32. Then he moved to the Olympic team and played well. He arrived in Vancouver at age 23 with the expectation that he would be a legitimate NHLer. Lidster was way above Felton on ability.
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Incorrect. Lidster was drated after his first year at CC when he was turning 19 and then played three more year of college and 59 games with Canada. If he wasn't 24, he was just turning 24 that same year. The age difference Felton is in months, not years. Doug was born in 1960, and he turned pro in 1984.


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From what I can gather, Aman takes a careless tripping penalty with under three minutes remaining, and Coachella Valley scores late in the PP to win it in regulation.

Looking at this Abbotsford Canucks roster in September, I really thought they'd be better. But they're getting next to nothing out of their veteran players.

I'm assuming that both Blais and Di Giuseppe are hurt. And Wolanin wasn't in the lineup either. They desperately need some of their veteran players to start stepping up, but you'd expect guys like Aman, Bains and Sasson to be scoring more.
 
Megaterio Llamas said:
Incorrect. Lidster was drated after his first year at CC when he was turning 19 and then played three more year of college and 59 games with Canada. If he wasn't 24, he was just turning 24 that same year. The age difference Felton is in months, not years. Doug was born in 1960, and he turned pro in 1984.


Doug Lidster Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com

Statistics and Records of Doug Lidster, a hockey player and coach from Kamloops, BC born Oct 18 1960 who was active from 1977 to 1999.
www.hockeydb.com
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I don't see anything incorrect. Lidster turned 22 right at the start of his final college season and he was 23 years, 5 months when he played his first game in Vancouver.
 
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VanJack said:
From what I can gather, Aman takes a careless tripping penalty with under three minutes remaining, and Coachella Valley scores late in the PP to win it in regulation.

Looking at this Abbotsford Canucks roster in September, I really thought they'd be better. But they're getting next to nothing out of their veteran players.

I'm assuming that both Blais and Di Giuseppe are hurt. And Wolanin wasn't in the lineup either. They desperately need some of their veteran players to start stepping up, but you'd expect guys like Aman, Bains and Sasson to be scoring more.
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That's not far off. Blais was kind of blase, but he is hurt. PDG is also i njured. Wolanin was playing the worst hockeyu of his Abby career but he is also banged up.

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I don't see anything incorrect. Lidster turned 22 right at the start of his final college season and he was 23 years, 5 months when he played his first game in Vancouver.
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Your skipping the post collegiate season with Team Canada. He was born in 1960 and signed in '84 as I said. I remember all this quite vividly. The signing age difference is maybe six months.
 
I don't know what happened to Karlsson....guessing he's hurt as well. He's a guy they really miss, particularly down low on the forecheck.
 
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Yeah give EP2 a couple of years and let him develop. Let him cook. As it stands, a rookie isn't going to make a difference on our D - we need a top 4 experienced minute-eater who can play in all three zones.

Hopefully he doesn't get traded for that fix but I'm sure every team would ask for him.
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For sure.
 
Stamkos really benefitted from having high end players around him in Tampa with Kucherov, Point and Hedman. He's got nothing like that around him in Nashville. Same with Marchassault.

I just can't see it working out in the long term, and Trotz will have to break the bank on buy-outs.
 
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Stamkos really benefitted from having high end players around him in Tampa with Kucherov, Point and Hedman. He's got nothing like that around him in Nashville. Same with Marchassault.

I just can't see it working out in the long term, and Trotz will have to break the bank on buy-outs.
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Probably the wrong thread ...?
 
Abby are underway in Bakersfield. Ty Young has the net. D: Woo, Brisebois, Felton, Kudryavtsev, McWard, Hirose.
 
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Yeah, I noted that and thought, you've probably just missed something, Lindgren: he got called up and everybody but you knows it.
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The team that they have out there today, it will be a genuine accomplishment if they can pull out a win. One point would be a decent result.

Killed a penalty early in the game; Stevens hit the post on a SH rush.
 
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First Abby PP passed with nary a single chance. Got a second PP when Bakersfield was caught with too many men on the ice. Stevens made a good pass to Wouters, his shot was stopped by the goalie's pad but the rebound went to Sasson who deposited the puck into a mostly unguarded net. 1-0 Abby late in the first period. EDIT: Smith took the original shot, not Wouters.
 
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Team played a very solid, disciplined first period. Young faced only eight shots and none of his saves were particularly difficult. Having lots of depth on defence helps and the forwards did a good job defensively, too. The situation on the wing is wild: no Bains, no Di Giuseppe, no Karlsson, no Blais. Going to have to try to scratch out whatever offence they can and continue to play sound defensive hockey.
 
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Didn't care for Klimovich's first period, a couple of wandering moments that could've gotten his team in trouble. But he sure can shoot. Early in the second period he took a pass from Kudryavtsev and from the high slot he blew a wrist shot past the goalie, nicking inside of the post as it went in. 2-0 Abbotsford. Shortly afterwards, Nielsen threw a long wrist shot toward the net, tipped at the edge of the crease by Twarynski but hit the crossbar. Another good close-in chance on the following shift, too. Then a rather weak PP.

Defencemen playing well. This has been a great start to the game. Coaches have got to be very pleased so far, especially considering how many of their better players are out of the lineup.
 
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