Is he still on SJ? How is Kostin doing for you guys? He's a guy that I'd love to get back but his AAV is too high for us to fit him in without a 3rd team retaining. Smith isn't that great of a fighter but does he hit lots?
It wont be because the Habs initiate. We lost Laine to a knee on knee and Dach was targeted with an elbow. If the perpetrators in BOTH cases were punished then there would be no need to pay back and deter.
The Laine hit didnt look intentional to me. Maybe thr Dach hit was. Behind that an Wi-Fi going anfter a star is a code violation. And you know the stupidity works. If two wrongs make a right in your view so will four and six. I don’t really care about what teams are involved so much as it’s just going to force the league to act if the stars actually get attacked and injured.
So the league should act.
Define targeting. Both will be hit legitimately. If a legitimate hit is targeting then the league is broken. Which it may be.
This would be my dream come true tbh. Fast, young and has an upside. I think he'd be our youngest player too.
I honestly can't shake the thought that the 2 best guys we could get for 2RD are Gudas and Larsson and neither guy would come to our team. Either one would be so welcome as 2RD IMO.
A fighter will do nothing to deter anyone. We need the boys on the bunch to grow some nuts and add that element.
Their defense is a mess. Broberg playing well, just coming into his own. He was good in playoffs. They miss him.
Your wife apparently likes her 1 minute warrior.
Did the Stecher and Perry fights today impact the game?
They did. And it proved that we don't need a fighter. We need the guys on the bench to step up and show some passion. They did last night, and we won. No need for a knuckle dragger.
It’s all you look for a guy to punch faces yet we haven’t had one for years and are doing jus fine
I didn’t say anything about a knuckle dragger. Read the post I quoted. You said ‘(fighting) doesn’t impact the outcome of games’. One day later you admit that it does. Seems strange.
Fine, having a fighter in the lineup doesn't do anything to affect the outcome of games. I also said numerous times that we needed the guys on our roster to show some toughness rather than trading for a fighter. Looks like I was correct in my overall point, even if I said one piece that was incorrect.
I mean you can't expect them to do that on a nightly basis.
Fighting doesn't happen or need to happen on a nightly basis. As long as we have guys willing to step up when they need to, we don't need a fighter. Adding a 2RD is the priority, and someone who is more equipped to fight would be a great fit. But this team isn't going to live and die based on not having a fighter in the lineup. We can always add more speed and toughness, I'm not saying the team is perfect, all I'm saying is that adding those elements isn't going to help much when the team, until last night, hadn't shown any heart this season yet.
I just saw it more as some vets made a gutsy play to do what the team needed because no one else would
