GDT: TankTown Express: Stop Biting

[TheDizee]

stars have 10 tonight in buffalo!

hopefully MTL wins as well

 

[Robb_K]

I was getting nervous until Rosen decided he knew what was best for the team there

Rosen is a keeper. One of our most unselfish team-players!

 

[BleedBlue14]

Man Vrana wheeling around in number 15 reminds me so much of pre-injury Fabbri. Fun guy to watch skate

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

hull bobblehead, we went blues coozie, and wine glass all in same package. it's like they are trying to tell us something about brett.

 

[Brockon]

I'm kind of curious of how bad at faceoffs can you be to be a full time center. I think that's a big factor for Buchnevich. In looking this up, I realized that Barzal is horrifically bad at them, to the point where they go out of their way for him to not take faceoffs. Zegras and Chytil also are very bad at them, Beniers and Thompson. Eichel is bad at them, but shown some improvement in recent years. MacKinnon sucks at them.

Most of those guys are either more 3rd line guys or young guys, Barzal, the Islanders hide, but Eichel and MacKinnon give me a bit more hope of Buch successfully moving to center. If Buch can just get to 45% for faceoffs, and maintain his offensive production, then moving to center is a good move. Most good top 6 centers are also good at faceoffs, but there are some exceptions.

Thomas has become very good at them, so if we can get a good defensive center that is good at faceoffs, we'd probably have enough guys to handle key situations and Buch would be good enough for normal play. And if we won the lotto, I can't think of a more ideal situation to put Bedard for Fantilli with to help with their development.


2-15-4 is crazy, even for a team like ours. We have a 99.5 point pace with him out of the lineup.

What's even more wild, when he gets more ice time, we win. In his 3 highest ice time games, we are 2-1-0.

McDavid was sub 44% for his first 3 NHL seasons, and sub 50% for the next 3 seasons. It's only this year and last that he's been over 50% on the dot... Give me a reasonable argument that McDavid isn't a legitimate full time NHL center.

MacKinnon, RNH, early Stamkos, early Thomas, early Backes... It's fairly common for 1st round centers to take a few years to adjust to winning near 50% of their draws - Crosby, Barkov and Seguin being exceptions to that, caviat with Seguin being he didn't take many draws until he was traded to DAL.

 

[kimzey59]

hopefully MTL wins as well

Montreal headed to a shootout.
Zona up 1-0 on Nashville.

 

[i aint Dunn yet]

who follows the golden domes ? hows barbie doing ?

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

Montreal headed to a shootout.
Zona up 1-0 on Nashville.

looks like philly put up good effort but lost 1-0 to canes tonight. hope for them yet.

 

[simon IC]

Alright, it's happening, let's see how Buch does.

Yikes! That fourth line ...

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

who follows the golden domes ? hows barbie doing ?

really good. mostly playing on first line with eichel.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

who follows the golden domes ? hows barbie doing ?

Hard to tell. Vegas fans forgot that they have a hockey team.

That board is dead. Why is there a team there?

 

[i aint Dunn yet]

really good. mostly playing on first line with eichel.

nice .. i thought he was playing # 1 lw

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

montreal lost in shootout. still, they got point. if we can lose in regulation could be solid night for us.

 

[DoubleK81]

Hard to tell. Vegas fans forgot that they have a hockey team.

That board is dead. Why is there a team there?

HF is not an indicator of how many fans there are here in Vegas.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

HF is not an indicator of how many fans there are here in Vegas.

I would say that HF is a strong indicator of how many fans a team has.

It is the largest website for ice hockey fans.

 

[DoubleK81]

I would say that HF is a strong indicator of how many fans a team has.

It is the largest website for ice hockey fans.

Well, I live in Vegas and can tell you with absolute certainty that HF is a weak indicator of the fanbase here.

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

mcdavid back

 

[DoubleK81]

mcdavid back

Thats a dirty edit.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

mcdavid back

McDavid is illiterate.

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

Well, I live in Vegas and can tell you with absolute certainty that HF is a weak indicator of the fanbase here.

in fairness, most folks in vegas are illiterate.

 

[i aint Dunn yet]

i dont think i like buchy at center .... all 3 mesh .. idk

 

[ChicagoBlues]

in fairness, most folks in vegas are illiterate.

Ahhhhh....you do what I do sometimes. You edit and re-post because of that stupid post-merge nonsense.

 

[DoubleK81]

in fairness, most folks in vegas are illiterate.

I'm not going to argue with you on that one, we also have some of the worst drivers i've ever seen.

 

[Bye Bye Blueston]

Thats a dirty edit.

didn't like how it combined my posts. resposted.

 

[i aint Dunn yet]

right in the mask