Pre-Game Talk: Countdown thread to 24-25 Season (T - 6 hours)

Who's going to be the surprise of this camp ?

  • Beck

    Votes: 10 4.1%
  • Kapanen

    Votes: 150 61.0%
  • Heineman

    Votes: 4 1.6%
  • Mesar

    Votes: 16 6.5%
  • Engstrom

    Votes: 36 14.6%
  • Farrell

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Trudeau

    Votes: 3 1.2%
  • F. Xhekaj

    Votes: 7 2.8%
  • Tuch

    Votes: 14 5.7%
  • Hughes

    Votes: 2 0.8%
  • Davidson

    Votes: 4 1.6%
  • Kidney

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
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overlords

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Other players did, but Pare refused to fight.

For Arber refusing wasn't an option. Most players won't go up and sucker punch a guy unless you're Max Domi. Xhekaj was incensed and went after him. Guy turtled.

Nobody tried to fight Paré before Arber did, and somebody clearly had to. Andy had two golden opportunities on both the shift of the injury and the shift where arber got a hold of him, he did nothing but skate soullessly around the ice. Nobody had to 'sucker punch', which isn't even what happened when Arber fought. Anybody could have just jumped on him and thrown him around a bit and drawn coinciding 5s and an extra 2. That's a team toughness/ coaching awareness problem.

The point I'm making is that Marty could and should have avoided losing another D so early if he had just opened his eyes for a second. Maybe his system is too confusing for lame brains like Andy, the nascar driver of hockey players, who can't juggle turning left and realizing some plug just ripped up your best forward's knee.
 
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Adriatic

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Been saying this forever but we need real toughness up front. If Tuch and Florian pan out great..but it would be nice to have that element this season. Don't like that it's always gotta be Arber to do this.
 
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I like Heineman but I have higher aspirations for him than the 4th line.
The 4th is where any new rookies will start with the current line-up. Suzuki did it, not sure why people are acting like it's wrong.
 

Tyson

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The 4th is where any new rookies will start with the current line-up. Suzuki did it, not sure why people are acting like it's wrong.
Pezzetta will not get waived that I am sure of. Heineman and Pezz are two totally different types of players. Pezzetta is the 13th forward.
 
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Tyson

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was this confirmed anywhere or is this just HF saying HF things and turning them into HF truth?
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that MSL is not a fan of team toughness. It's called an opinion which could be wrong. It's called a hockey discussion forum where people voice their opinions, perhaps you didn't get the memo.
 
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It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that MSL is not a fan of team toughness. It's called an opinion which could be wrong. It's called a hockey discussion forums where people voice their opinions, perhaps you didn't get the memo.
hey chill out. Not every question is disguised as an insult.
 

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You are right but the amount of condescending posts on this site often times put people on the defensive
yup. That's why I don't post much except to say non sense in the GDTs

So we don't actually know for sure that MSL hates physical play. Maybe he just thinks the team is not suited for it or would prefer if Xhekaj focused on the rest of his game (I personally think he has a lot more to give offensively).

I'm with you though. I love what Xhekaj did to Pare and I wish he could inflict pain on more players , as long as it's not something insane like what McSorley or Bertuzzi did (I want pain, not injuries)
 
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yup. That's why I don't post much except to say non sense in the GDTs

So we don't actually know for sure that MSL hates physical play. Maybe he just thinks the team is not suited for it or would prefer if Xhekaj focused on the rest of his game (I personally think he has a lot more to give offensively).

I'm with you though. I love what Xhekaj did to Pare and I wish he could inflict pain on more players , as long as it's not something insane like what McSorley or Bertuzzi did (I want pain, not injuries)
We think alike sir
 
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what'd you just imply about my mom?!
your mom was a Pierre Dagenais fan

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