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LiseL

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Agree that Norris is the better player but I think we need the cap space to invest in a different type of player. Need more speed/physicality in the top 6 imo.
Norris seems to be working out fine and he's still young. If they keep the Brady-Norris-Drake line together, they need to find a winger to play with Stu. Maybe G is the player they should replace. He's lost a gear. Yes, he's good on the PK and F/O circle, but so are Norris and Pinto. They can then use that $6.5M to find that player.
 

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Norris seems to be working out fine and he's still young. If they keep the Brady-Norris-Drake line together, they need to find a winger to play with Stu. Maybe G is the player they should replace. He's lost a gear. Yes, he's good on the PK and F/O circle, but so are Norris and Pinto. They can then use that $6.5M to find that player.
I would be looking to get Pinto or Batherson playing with Stu soon... He will eventually shut down if his line mates are not doing it.
Hard to change when you win though.
 

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It's Boston that is missing the PO right now in terms of points % as Tampa takes 3rd in Atlantic and Boston falls behind NYR and us and out of the Playoffs with .532
So technically @swiftwin is still right
Boston won last night after he posted it, so by pts % we'd be out but for all intents and purposes, a difference of .001 is a tie since you can't get partial points. NYR currently hold the tie breaker.
 

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I would be looking to get Pinto or Batherson playing with Stu soon... He will eventually shut down if his line mates are not doing it.
Hard to change when you win though.
Stu may have to adjust his game and shoot more instead of setting up plays if his linemates aren't up to the task. The 1st and 3rd lines are really playing well, I think Perron will be on the 2nd line with Stu when he returns unless the 1st line production 5v5 really drops off.
 

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Stu may have to adjust his game and shoot more instead of setting up plays if his linemates aren't up to the task. The 1st and 3rd lines are really playing well, I think Perron will be on the 2nd line with Stu when he returns unless the 1st line production 5v5 really drops off.
He needs to shoot more regardless of his linemates.

It's insane some of the looks he has passed up - legit wide open in the high slot and he is dishing it out of the scoring area. I just hope it isn't injury related and he can make the mental adjustment.
 
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Stu may have to adjust his game and shoot more instead of setting up plays if his linemates aren't up to the task. The 1st and 3rd lines are really playing well, I think Perron will be on the 2nd line with Stu when he returns unless the 1st line production 5v5 really drops off.
Ya he does pass up some quality shots.
 

coladin

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It is hard to isolate this season from year's past. I am going to try and take this approach. New team. New management. new coaching. I know, same results, but the good stuff has been monumentally good, and when they have been good in the past, they were never this good.

I am going to cling to that for now, and with the wildcard still in reach, I am going to try and change my approach, or else this season is going to be extremely taxing
Still clinging...
 

Tuna99

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Remember in the pre-season when Clair Hannah asked Staois if Travis Green’s 4 year contract was 4 years because that’s how long it would take to turn the team around? Staois gave her a Samuel L. Jackson Pulp Fiction look and then said “Yes, that’s fair”

Update: It took 25 games Claire, about 3 years and 10 months ahead of schedule

Ottawa should put Staois in charge of the O-Line.
 

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