GDT: gdt i guess? @ jacket in like 25 minutes

[Ridley Simon]

So I finally had a chance to watch his goals.

I mean. Whoa? They were literally effortless snap shots. Almost the same spot. He just snapped the puck at a spot, hit, 2x.

One was bottom right, the other was bottom left. And they weren’t overpowering — just placed ideally.

Pretty pretty pretty cool.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

Hi mods! Can we go live, please.

Do I have to enable live threads somehow? I never see them

 

[Corby78]

Well on a night when the goalies and posts were stopping anything and everything, I’ll happily take a 2-1 win. I don’t care who it’s against

Shades of Holtby

 

[usiel]

Another great post game speech. And Pro with the gold chain!

LHA (large human alert).

 

[Calicaps]

Do I have to enable live threads somehow? I never see them

nope. it's a moderator super power

 

[usiel]

nope. it's a moderator super power

The top Avengers super power to select a check box.

 

[AlexModvechkin8]

Big win tonight for many reasons, one of them being they got absolutely zero help on the out of town scoreboard. Flyers, Islanders, Devils, and Penguins all won.

 

[SherVaughn30]

Lindgren's got his groove back

and Pro... finally has a shot now too to add to his pretty big toolbox?!

2 straight good games doesn't make Lindgren groovy just yet! He has to keep up his better play of late. Thompson/Lindgren are now closer to being a 1A/1B. I would still like Carbs to do Thompson 2 to Lindgren every 1, ratio.

 

[SherVaughn30]

Big win tonight for many reasons, one of them being they got absolutely zero help on the out of town scoreboard. Flyers, Islanders, Devils, and Penguins all won.

Flyers/Isles I'm not too concerned about as we are 3-0 against those 2 teams. Devils we are 1 point up on and we still have 4 games in hand on them. Pens have been playing better of late, but their goaltending/defense is still the worst in the league, plus we have 3 games in hand on them. Canes are behind us because they have goaltender health issues. Right now it's the Caps Metro to lose, and we are doing it without our best goal scorer.

 

[marcel snapshot]

Pro showing a great release on both goals. First goal, pass from Dibie gets off his stick immediately. OT winner, he waits a beat for Strome’s flash screen and then rips it. He didn’t have that kind of shooting touch last year - some really impressive and important development steps in his game.

 

[Neil Racki]

I was never a Pro hater but I wasnt a believer either. I thought hed make an NHL paycheck for 6-10 years as a 3rd liner spot duty top 6 guy but I didnt think he'd end up being a solid top 6 like a lot of yall projected .. but hes a legit top 6

Big Pro!

 

[Random schmoe]

I was never a Pro hater but I wasnt a believer either. I thought hed make an NHL paycheck for 6-10 years as a 3rd liner spot duty top 6 guy but I didnt think he'd end up being a solid top 6 like a lot of yall projected .. but hes a legit top 6

Big Pro!

This is me too.

When they signed him to the extension I cocked an eyebrow and mentally said "really? Isn't it kind of too soon for this kind of deal, and what makes them think he'll be enough of an asset to lock him in at that salary for 6 years?"

I guess it's a good thing they have professionals making those decisions.

 

[kicksavedave]

Do I have to enable live threads somehow? I never see them

There is a setting in your personal settings that lets you turn off live threads. Check that out, or might be set to block them for you.

 

[895]

Personally I hate live threads. It causes posts to appear out of order for me.

 

[Midnight Judges]

I was never a Pro hater but I wasnt a believer either. I thought hed make an NHL paycheck for 6-10 years as a 3rd liner spot duty top 6 guy but I didnt think he'd end up being a solid top 6 like a lot of yall projected .. but hes a legit top 6

Big Pro!

Yeah me too. I thought he was ok but he has taken an enormous step forward.

5 x $3.4M is highway robbery for a nearly PPG player who isn't getting PP minutes.

 

[895]

If only we had signed CMM to a 5x3.4m we could have an entire first line locked up for like 15m long term.

Things are looking very good for sure. So good that I'm paranoid that something terrible will happen because this isn't normal, for us at least.

 

[Chokingdogs]

Personally I hate live threads. It causes posts to appear out of order for me.

Me too, drives me f***ing nuts, I’m never watching a game from opening whistle, always on delay.

Is there NO way live threads can be un-lived through my user profile settings or whatnot??

 

[Neil Racki]

CMM .. starting to feel himself a bit too much? Lil puck hoggy when he has it and demanding when he doesnt?

 

[Ridley Simon]

CMM .. starting to feel himself a bit too much? Lil puck hoggy when he has it and demanding when he doesnt?

I didn’t see last game — what happened?

 

[kicksavedave]

Personally I hate live threads. It causes posts to appear out of order for me.

Well there's a setting for that.

 

[Neil Racki]

I didn’t see last game — what happened?

Net scramble and he was in an open space slamming his stick on the ice (right move ... he got fed the puck and got a good shot off)

Went 1v4 .. and almost drew a call

A growing feeling watching him play .. as a former puck hog.

probably a positive sign of his growing confidence and Id guess Carbs is telling him to nurture and grow that, shoot more not less etc

 

[Dr John Carlson]

Agreed on being wrong about Protas. Prior to this year I thought he was a big body with sufficient skills and skating to be a bottom sixer for a while. Now he has good skills and great skating to be a top sixer for a while. Steal!

 

[Ridley Simon]

As maybe the leader of the “Protas will be great!!!” Fanboy club, I can just say this:

I have been watching hockey a long long long time. Seeing Protas last year, I could truly “see” what he was trying to do with so many of his plays.

His vision and his hands and his passing were terrific — but he wasn’t 100% there. But you could SEE it.

He reminded me so much of a young Peter Bondra, in that with PB, you could see the skill, the shot, the speed — but it was just off a little bit. Just not quite there.

And then it was. And now same for Protas. You can simply tell that once the game slows down a little bit (experience), great things were going to happen.

And here we are. I love it.

My drunken proclamation of 80pt seasons was probably a bit much. BUT, maybe not by a lot? Unless injured, 60pts should be in the bag. Perhaps even 70.

 

[Neil Racki]

As maybe the leader of the “Protas will be great!!!” Fanboy club, I can just say this:

I have been watching hockey a long long long time. Seeing Protas last year, I could truly “see” what he was trying to do with so many of his plays.

I thought he was big kinda-stiff "power forward" type .. that didnt play a power game and handled the puck like a bouncing grenade at times.

His positioning and IQ (and that f***ing shot .. good lord) is really impressive to watch with and without the puck

 

[StrikingDistance]

It almost like this organization knows what it is doing.