I'll admit, I only knew that because Dano was on my NHL 13 Be A GM team for a long while
GDT: Game 1: Columbus at Buffalo | 10/9 7PM EDT
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I'll admit, I only knew that because Dano was on my NHL 13 Be A GM team for a long while
To me there's no question that Erixon should be playing at least 16 minutes a night for us, if not 20+. He's too good to scratch.
I'd work Murray back in gradually and if outplays Savard, put him on the top pair with Jack.
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Love the win, but man is Buffalo terrible. Enroth kept that game a lot closer than it should have been.
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Good start! Wennberg looks like the real deal, he's not going anywhere. Bob was very good. And for all the Boll haters, his line was very good all night, played in the offensive zone most of the time and he had an assist, he looks healthy, made good decisions with the puck, had a couple of good shots and stood up for Skille. So everyone get off the dude for a bit, it's getting very old...
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Well, him and the crossbar. Could have, probably should have, won this game by 4 or 5.
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Don't force the Boll hate for no reason, he did the right thing, he stuck up for his teammate
Sure I did. I politely said he's out of shape and his timing is off because he missed all of training camp with unrealistic salary demands. I just said it with nicer words the first time.
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By punching a dude when all he did was shove Skille with an upcoming PP because of it? No, he made the wrong play.
He played a good game, but that was one of his questionable moments.
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98% of the people on here don't understand the roll of a Boll, I thought Boll's line was very good tonight. I think they all hate on him because the girls all like him, haha
I'd rather have neither in the box. But don't look at me in that tone. I'm the Head of the Church of Bollism.
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He shoved Skille aggressively from behind and didn't show signs of letting up, as he was sticking up for his teammate that Skille hit cleanly, like a good teammate should, I will take that every day of the week, we win by being aggressive and not backing down in the other teams barn, not by drawing power plays.
Hartnell's play on the Buffalo goal reminded me of how I used to play defense in NHL '94; I would just rush towards the puck carrier, and when I missed, I would just keep alternating players until there was no one left between the opponent and the goal. 
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I am fine with Boll assisting his teammate who was getting shoved or grabbed onto. But the guy didn't throw punches at Skille, or Boll, and he was given a penalty for roughing. Boll should have been smarter, and just restrained the guy. There's a line between being a good teammate and being stupid, he went on the stupid side. But other than that he played a good game.
I really liked what I saw out there. This team is much faster than last year. All the "AHLers" showed they belonged. They are playing a quick tenacious game. We are going to be fine.
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You are joking a bit, but I've always thought parking Boll in front of the net on the PP wouldn't be a bad idea, ala Holmstrom
That's what I wanted to do with Umberger. Despite his faults, Umby can really redirect a shot.
Boller had a good game. I think you can come up with better arguments in his defense than saying "He spared our fourth line winger from having to sit in the box".
I wouldn't be so quick. You might be right but the real test for the youngins isn't going to be game 1 against Buffalo, it'll be later on when they're running out of gas against the better teams. Wennberg is ready to play a top-six role (though I'd still prefer to make him do it on the topline in the AHL for a stint), Chaput looks great out there, and Dano sometimes does. I think Dano will be hard pressed to stick once we get healthy.
