GDT: Aves @ HCes
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Hornstar
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That was a fun one. The utah crowd was down 4 and never stops screaming. Their first goal they went nuts in there. Players are gonna love playing there
25 was all over the place. 94 and 28 work their assess off every shift. 8 is a thing of beauty in person. So lucky he’s ours!!!!!!
Lots of praise to juice but I didn’t see many saved that were tough. Really hoping for the shut out.
Great night!!
25 was all over the place. 94 and 28 work their assess off every shift. 8 is a thing of beauty in person. So lucky he’s ours!!!!!!
Lots of praise to juice but I didn’t see many saved that were tough. Really hoping for the shut out.
Great night!!
Bone Breaker
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Ill just leave a cool trivia here: Annunen means "winning" in finnish. 
Grigowski
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Yeah, i am pretty sure the players enjoy playing there a lot more than Arizona. Hell, even the visiting team enjoys playing there way more.
But that "crazy crowd" wont hold up forever.....Thats just how "expansion" works. Same happened in Atlanta.
Ihan hyvä yritys. Annu on naisen nimi ja -nen tarkoittaa pientä. Eli pieni (Annu-niminen) nainen.Ill just leave a cool trivia here: Annunen means "winning" in finnish.
expatriatedtexan
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Couple of thoughts about tonight's game:
1. Bo who? God damn we fleeced Buffalo. Mitts is a f***ing gamer. Doesn't matter who we put with him, he makes use of them and they find a way to produce points. He's got special vision, ungodly patience and the IQ and skill to put it all together. I honestly think he's the proverbial center that makes those around him better than they are.
2. Justus had himself another solid start. They only reason we have a goalie controversy is because our head coach is mentally Pejorative Slured.
3. Team effort was extremely solid. You can literally see where guys like Ivan, Kovy and even Kivi all of a sudden see the importance of a particular puck battle and something clicks, they speed up and just will not be denied. First to the puck and strong play with it. I think this stuff just simply cannot happen with Georgiev in net anymore. The team has no faith in Georgiev anymore and the stark contrast in regards of the team's play in front of each is really telling. They still try for one of them.
4. Really hope that RosCo is okay. I thought it was funny though that Bednar rewards Ivan by elevating him to Colton's spot and Ivan does his best Colton impression on a snipe for a goal. I have a feeling that Ivan is going to force Bednar to keep him up as we eventually get healthy.
5. Kovy had a strong game. It's a freaking shame he's not getting the offensive points, but watching his game...I do not feel like he's lacking. Sure I've seen some mistakes but he's a rookie and it even takes vets time to fully get into Bednar's system and gain his trust. Hope he doesn't get frustrated and just keeps playing his simple and sound game and the points should come.
1. Bo who? God damn we fleeced Buffalo. Mitts is a f***ing gamer. Doesn't matter who we put with him, he makes use of them and they find a way to produce points. He's got special vision, ungodly patience and the IQ and skill to put it all together. I honestly think he's the proverbial center that makes those around him better than they are.
2. Justus had himself another solid start. They only reason we have a goalie controversy is because our head coach is mentally Pejorative Slured.
3. Team effort was extremely solid. You can literally see where guys like Ivan, Kovy and even Kivi all of a sudden see the importance of a particular puck battle and something clicks, they speed up and just will not be denied. First to the puck and strong play with it. I think this stuff just simply cannot happen with Georgiev in net anymore. The team has no faith in Georgiev anymore and the stark contrast in regards of the team's play in front of each is really telling. They still try for one of them.
4. Really hope that RosCo is okay. I thought it was funny though that Bednar rewards Ivan by elevating him to Colton's spot and Ivan does his best Colton impression on a snipe for a goal. I have a feeling that Ivan is going to force Bednar to keep him up as we eventually get healthy.
5. Kovy had a strong game. It's a freaking shame he's not getting the offensive points, but watching his game...I do not feel like he's lacking. Sure I've seen some mistakes but he's a rookie and it even takes vets time to fully get into Bednar's system and gain his trust. Hope he doesn't get frustrated and just keeps playing his simple and sound game and the points should come.
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Vaslof
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^ Above he confirms that Annunen does indeed mean victory!
TruePowerSlave
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Mitts is definitely the superior player atm, even Buffalo needs him more than Byram
WinnunenIll just leave a cool trivia here: Annunen means "winning" in finnish.
Kivirantanen scoring another goal again, unlike actual Rantanen
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nightonthesun
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- Mittelstadt is awesome, and has consistently been so for a while. Underrated?
- Annunen has been solid. Adversity is coming, guaranteed, but the difference in how the team plays in front of him is what matters.
- I really expected bednar to go back to “our guy” tonight. Starting Annunen again is significant. I wonder if 40 is truly done here.
- Cale apologizing to Kovy for shooting and scoring is so Cale. Such a sweet boy.
- Kovy has more than earned his spot here without racking up points… awesome.
- What happened to Rosco? I missed the injury.
- Time for some quality opposition now that they’ve righted the ship.
- Annunen has been solid. Adversity is coming, guaranteed, but the difference in how the team plays in front of him is what matters.
- I really expected bednar to go back to “our guy” tonight. Starting Annunen again is significant. I wonder if 40 is truly done here.
- Cale apologizing to Kovy for shooting and scoring is so Cale. Such a sweet boy.
- Kovy has more than earned his spot here without racking up points… awesome.
- What happened to Rosco? I missed the injury.
- Time for some quality opposition now that they’ve righted the ship.
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dahrougem2
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What I love about him is to go with his skill/vision/IQ is a legitimate work ethic. He's dogged on pucks and HATES losing battles. He tried to make a play just inside the offensive blue line last game against Seattle and lost it. Kraken were coming up the ice 3-on-2 and he turned around, was haul assin' and stripped the Kraken player of the puck to stop the rush immediately.
We got ourselves a gamer. I loved Bo, but his play here was only trending downhill since the 22 championship.
Mittelstadt has become one of my favourite players league-wide.
niwotsblessing
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In addition to all of the praise above: Malinski's power move to set up Mitts' goal- professional grade.
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My favorite thing about Mitts is he's such a perfect compliment to so many of our players too. We have a ton of guys that are fast north/south guys and our fair share of dummies while Mitts is just such a smart player. He just adds a level of IQ desperately needed to the team while also having tons of work ethic and talent to go along with it.
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You guys are so traumatized because of your goalie situation. Few days ago you were ready to throw Annunen under the bus and now you are on Annunen hype train. 
I told you guys during the last season, that Annunen should have gotten more starts and a lot of you were saying that he is not a nhl caliber goalie and that he has a low ceiling.. "I just dont see it" was a common comment. The Dude is 24 years old. There arent that many goalies playing on this level at that age. All you nonbelievers should be a shamed and praise Annunen every night before you go to sleep! 
Just let him play and dont get too depressed when he eventually plays a bad game, that will happen a lot of times. You have great goalie there for a number of years.
I told you guys during the last season, that Annunen should have gotten more starts and a lot of you were saying that he is not a nhl caliber goalie and that he has a low ceiling.. "I just dont see it" was a common comment. The Dude is 24 years old. There arent that many goalies playing on this level at that age. All you nonbelievers should be a shamed and praise Annunen every night before you go to sleep! Just let him play and dont get too depressed when he eventually plays a bad game, that will happen a lot of times. You have great goalie there for a number of years.
You guys are so traumatized because of your goalie situation. Few days ago you were ready to throw Annunen under the bus and now you are on Annunen hype train.
I don't know anyone on the roster that goes by the name of Annunen but I do know that we have a goalie named Cheeks that's killing it right now.
The problem is still that he doesn't have a single (?) start against a serious cup contender in his career.You guys are so traumatized because of your goalie situation. Few days ago you were ready to throw Annunen under the bus and now you are on Annunen hype train.
That's not his fault, but it doesn't make it any less true.
edit. He played one Oilers-game last season, so that's something.
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Utah has the workings of a very good team, so that was a good win. Could've done better in the third clearing the zone but otherwise I thought that was a pretty solid performance.
And I just knew if they were going to break the shutout it was going to be when de Haan was on the ice. I cannot believe for an instant that Ludvig is that much worse than him.
And I just knew if they were going to break the shutout it was going to be when de Haan was on the ice. I cannot believe for an instant that Ludvig is that much worse than him.
