Moose Season Discussion

[ICdave]

Moose pick up much needed first game of two-game set win over Stars:









Game recap here.

 

[Crocket]

Capo is sure having a season.

 

[jetsmooseice]

Congrats to Henri Nikkanen for finally getting a point in his 36th game of the season! He scored yesterday afternoon. Talk about a dry spell...

 

[jetsmooseice]

Also I note former Winnipeg ICE playmaking D Ben Zloty played his third game for the Stars yesterday.

He also seems to be slowly evolving into 1992 Jaromir Jagr

 

[Atoyot]

Congrats to Henri Nikkanen for finally getting a point in his 36th game of the season! He scored yesterday afternoon. Talk about a dry spell...

And now he's got his 2nd point

 

[jetsmooseice]

And now he's got his 2nd point

He's on fire!!!

Nikkanen fun fact: he was actually selected by the Winnipeg ICE in the first round of the 2020 WHL import draft but he never actually played a game for them.

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

And now he's got his 2nd point

He's on a heater.

 

[Atoyot]

Nikkanen gets an empty net, had another assist that was taken away.

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

Nikkanen gets an empty net, had another assist that was taken away.

Where has that been all year?

 

[ICdave]

Big sweep for the Moose as they scored 13 goals in last two games:









Moose going streaking as they sweep two-game weekend set with Stars winning 6-2 as they get third straight W.

Full recap here.

 

[Atoyot]

Moose up 2-1 after the 1st. Lambert with a goal and an assist, assist given to Jonsson-Fjallby for now but that's incorrect.

Milic was mostly good, but awful goal to let in.

 

[Atoyot]

Missed most of the 2nd, 3-3, another assist for Lambert for a 3 point night.

 

[Atoyot]

I really can't see Lambert as a center in the NHL.

 

[Atoyot]

Malott completes the hattrick to tie it at 4.

EDIT: Capobianco continues to be great offensively, bad defensively. Great at delivering very tippable shots.

I still don't see Askarov being overly successful. Always fun to watch the Hasek type goalies but very rare that they work out without a great defense in front of them at the NHL level. Too easy for more skilled players to exploit.

Fjallby 5-4.

 

[Upperdeckjet]

I really can't see Lambert as a center in the NHL.

Such an exciting player to watch. I am hoping he can develop / refine those center responsibilities.

 

[Atoyot]

Such an exciting player to watch. I am hoping he can develop / refine those center responsibilities.

Yeah I think he'll be a player, I just don't see him doing what he needs to do to be successful as a center. When he does find himself in a position to make a defensive play he tends to try to use his stick a lot and takes penalties.

 

[Atoyot]

Moose win 5-4 with a few amazing saves by Milic in the final seconds.

After the final buzzer L'Heureux cross-checks Ford in the upper back hard, then sucker punches him when he turns around, Viel goes after him and then when they're separated L'Heureux goes straight to Ford and sucker punches him in the face again. They fight but neither got any good shots in.

I'm going to find a way to record this, what a loser L'Heureux is.

 

[ICdave]

Moose going streak as they win fourth in a row defeating Admirals 5-4:











They put some distance between themselves and Chicago/Iowa. Jeff Malott with his first career hat trick. Jets prospect Brad Lambert with his first three point game.

They head to Iowa next.

 

[trebendan]

Next time a call-up is required, I think Mallott should be given a chance.

 

[jetsmooseice]

Next time a call-up is required, I think Mallott should be given a chance.

He is never even part of the conversation, he's just stuck in that "career minor leaguer" box despite decent scoring prowess. Why is that? Is that a Winnipeg-specific thing or would he be in the same situation with most NHL teams save for maybe the bottom-feeders?

Anyway, that's four in a row for the Moose, bay bay. There's some life left in that bunch! They're going to have to go on one hell of a heater to make the playoffs at this point but it's encouraging to see that they're still playing hard. I might have to make it down to CLC to catch a game soon. (And when I do, it will end up being the usual 4-1 loss haha)

 

[ICdave]

Moose continue to roll as they score four times in 3rd to win 4-1 (5th straight victory):

 

[ICdave]

Worth noting:

 

[hn777]

Worth noting:

I'd rather AJF than Kupari on the Jets.

 

[Atoyot]

3 more points for Lambert, unfortunately Delia getting lit up a bit.

 

[ICdave]

All good things come to an end as Moose lose 6-3 to Wild which halts 5-game win streak: