Post-Game Talk: Renewable Biofuel

[GENESISPuck94]

I don't blame Laviolette.

He has the players he has on that line. You can't expect him to shorten the bench in game 7 of the season which we're winning.

Goodrow has to go and better players need to be added. It's not that hard. Get fast players who aren't good at anything else. Speed is key. They never should have gotten rid of Gauthier just to add a UFA version of Gauthier at the deadline.

Hot take apparently: Gauthier was perfectly fine as a 4th liner. Speed, size, and forecheck. And cheap. And young enough to develop into something more.

Plus, his nightly run over the opposing goalie was amusing.

 

[IDvsEGO]

Hot take apparently: Gauthier was perfectly fine as a 4th liner. Speed, size, and forecheck. And cheap. And young enough to develop into something more.

Plus, his nightly run over the opposing goalie was amusing.

Gauthier was fine for the 4th line except he kept trying to score, but couldn’t. Some nhl players accept that they can’t really score in the nhl so they build their game around what they do successfully. He refused.

 

[GENESISPuck94]

Gauthier was fine for the 4th line except he kept trying to score, but couldn’t. Some nhl players accept that they can’t really score in the nhl so they build their game around what they do successfully. He refused.

Nobody should stop trying to score. That's the purpose of the game, to score more goals than the other team.

 

[FultonReed]

Missed the 2nd half of this game, early flight this morning. Laf continues to score goals, and starting to look like that 1stOA we’d hoped. I saw the Foxy Goal, and it was Foxy, Well not the usual Foxy but it was still Foxy

Did we get outplayed most of the 3rd? seems to be that way. The period I saw thought we looked good. Anyway, I shall be reporting from Orlando FL this weekend and next week, @FultonReed you still down there?

I hate airports.

Oh and better late than never…

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i wish i was still down there. we'll run into each other one of these days. have a blast, say hi to Chip and Dale for me!

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I used to laugh at things like "oh, the long trip."

Then I started speed-solving Rubik's cube at a semi-serious level.

I will 100% be like "this lighting isn't ideal, that's an extra 2 seconds."

You're even nerdier than you seem.

 

[kovazub94]

I just want to reiterate something Valley said in the postgame show....

He said Quick hasn't been venturing outside the blue paint. Cause that is what Benoit Allaire preaches to all his goalies. This way, they can stay in position and not find themselves in the twilight zone unable to recover. And we all know Quick to be an aggressive goalie who likes to cut down the angles,.. relying on his agility to get back into position. But he is now 37 and can't be as quick to recover as he once did.

But when you have a two-time Stanley Cup Champ, team up with a legendary goalie coach,... that could easily rejuvenate, what is certain to be a Hall of Fame career.

I can't tell you how ecstatic I am, having him on this team. There is no doubt Shesty can learn a thing or two from him, making him even better. And if he gets injured, having Quick under the tutelage of Allaire, and having a team in front of him that can defend, I feel confident we can continue winning more than our share of games.

Speaking of defending, (I know it's early, but I see no reason this can't continue) we are tied for 2nd in goals against. Boston who is leading and Vegas who we are tied with,... are both undefeated in regulation.

Love how positive you’re. I’m a lot more reserved in my judgement (or maybe how much of a projection is required) but I’d rather try bringing you down from a cloud than walking someone off a ledge. Cheers!

 

[kovazub94]

He wasnt, so… We can “what if” it all we want. If our 1st line was playing to their ability or a puck or two that hit the post went in, we might have won by 5 or 6.

And the bigger question - to what end???

 

[Machinehead]

You're even nerdier than you seem.

Yes, but I'm also about 8 seconds away from technically being a professional athlete.

 

[Rongomania]

Head of security at work here comes up to me after not seeing me for a few days and says: "S'what's goin' on with Kakko, man?"

Me: "Zibanejad always starts the season slow, don't you worry man."

 

[duhmetreE]

Head of security at work here comes up to me after not seeing me for a few days and says: "S'what's goin' on with Kakko, man?"

Me: "Zibanejad always starts the season slow, don't you worry man."

does he though? or did Covid Mika start this narrative?

 

[egelband]

He could definitely pull off Genesis era Peter Gabriel for Halloween.

He looks like the anime version of a hockey coach.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Yes, but I'm also about 8 seconds away from technically being a professional athlete.

My only nerdiness is doing fancy excel formulas, nothing cool like Rubik's cubes.

 

[Machinehead]

My only nerdiness is doing fancy excel formulas, nothing cool like Rubik's cubes.

I find it to be very therapeutic

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I find it to be very therapeutic

Dude, I was a pig in shit at work because I was doing excel all week. So I get it.

 

[Machinehead]

Dude, I was a pig in shit at work because I was doing excel all week. So I get it.

That's something I wanted to be good at but never found time to practice. The good thing about cubing is that a high quality speedcube weighs 3 ounces. I never leave the house without one. I get to practice constantly just by replacing doom scrolling.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

That's something I wanted to be good at but never found time to practice. The good thing about cubing is that a high quality speedcube weighs 3 ounces. I never leave the house without one. I get to practice constantly just by replacing doom scrolling.

I learned most of it by doing my sports analytics blog on my own time. At first I thought I was an expert because I used pivot tables and vlookups at one of my first jobs. Then I started practicing on my own. Then I got finance jobs. If you get a finance job you'll learn.

 

[Machinehead]

I learned most of it by doing my sports analytics blog on my own time. At first I thought I was an expert because I used pivot tables and vlookups at one of my first jobs. Then I started practicing on my own. Then I got finance jobs. If you get a finance job you'll learn.

See now that's math. That connotes a lot of brain power.

People think of cubing as brainy but it's way more physical than you would think it is. I spend hours and hours training my hands to solve the cube and the rest of it is mostly keeping my mind *out* of the equation.

I have actually been asked many times if I'm doing the math in my head. Buddy, I solve it in 28 seconds. I can't do calculus in 28 seconds.

I am conventionally "smart" but that's correlational. That's why I was interested in a puzzle to bring with. It's a physical skill more than a mental one.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

See now that's math. That connotes a lot of brain power.

People think of cubing as brainy but it's way more physical than you would think it is. I spend hours and hours training my hands to solve the cube and the rest of it is mostly keeping my mind *out* of the equation.

I have actually been asked many times if I'm doing the math in my head. Buddy, I solve it in 28 seconds. I can't do calculus in 28 seconds.

I am conventionally "smart" but that's correlational. That's why I was interested in a puzzle to bring with. It's a physical skill more than a mental one.

It's pattern recognition that's related to math, no?

 

[Machinehead]

It's pattern recognition that's related to math, no?

Pattern recognition is huge, yes, but your response to it needs to be muscle memory. The most important element in cubing is being as a fish in water. I never think about the math or geometry behind it.

You memorize a solution to each possible pattern and do it over and over again until it's like breathing.

I'm u30 and the lowest level pros are around u20. The biggest difference is that I actually don't read the cube that well. I'm very good with my hands.

I can do single-tap double-turns, which means I spin layers so hard, I can make them go 180 degrees. Most people have to hit it twice to turn it twice.

 

[Rongomania]

does he though? or did Covid Mika start this narrative?

Meh weren't we all total ass last year until the
'great helmet toss' ?

 

[hackeyman]

It is possible to get a point and not get a plus. If he made the first pass and then went to the bench before the goal is scored. Don't know if that was the case though.

Yes that is what happened.

 

[Guyute]

Pattern recognition is huge, yes, but your response to it needs to be muscle memory. The most important element in cubing is being as a fish in water. I never think about the math or geometry behind it.

You memorize a solution to each possible pattern and do it over and over again until it's like breathing.

I'm u30 and the lowest level pros are around u20. The biggest difference is that I actually don't read the cube that well. I'm very good with my hands.

I can do single-tap double-turns, which means I spin layers so hard, I can make them go 180 degrees. Most people have to hit it twice to turn it twice.

Smh

 

[Peltz]

Man the Oilers board has completely imploded. They'll be fine when McDavid gets healthy.

 

[Kane One]

Man the Oilers board has completely imploded. They'll be fine when McDavid gets healthy.

Meh. McDavid will have games where he scores 5 goals and still lose 6-5, pulling the Ohtani-Trout Special.

 

[will1066]

I find it to be very therapeutic

Is this why you bring a rubik's cube to bars?