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and here it is, below this tweet I'll throw out some of the rules I put in place to create this team. I find it fascinating what could have been on many picks we made. Most of the close results are absolutely better outcomes. Some up for debate, and some are meh. 1998-2017
Decided to put together what a homegrown
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team could have looked like if we selected the next consistent NHLer available every draft with our highest pick(s*)
Stay tuned.
I’m being dead serious right now - the NHL can’t be taken seriously with a rule where an obvious goal turns in to a penalty bc they can’t review it, but an offside goal by a fraction of an inch gets 10 minutes of iPad deliberation. Definition of fucking stupidity.
For this series and this series only
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fans I’ll be rooting for the
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to beat the breaks off the
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. You don’t have to agree with me but I’ll take class over ass any day.
@R_ai_NGERS
do your thing for New York
Insane how the Rangers can get away with 6 penalties in the first period and now every
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infraction gets called. NHL has their motives man. Impossible to ignore it.
Crazy how Patrick Kane will speak up when its time to devalue himself at the trade deadline but not when his teammate is getting sexually assaulted from within
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I think I can safely crown my 2023-2024
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MVP now. Without a doubt, it was Kyle Palmieri this year. My MVP award is larger than points or just goals. Its about bringing it every night.
Previous winners:
22-23: Brock Nelson
21-22: Ilya Sorokin
20-21: Mathew Barzal
Thats another loss on Lane Lambert, I have to be honest guys - this might be the worst coach in
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history. You have to be mentally (keep it PC mike) slow to put Martin and Clutterbuck at 50 years old out there with a minute left.
Oh, and watching Barzal literally own Tavares in these games in terms of putting the team on his back feels so damn good
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- I can tell you who's actually worth their money.
Final
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thoughts: no matter what happens this year...I do not think Lane Lambert is our guy.
First line Bailey...changing up a winning formula...Durandeau down and Holmstrom out for guys who should retire.
Not my type of coach, too many poor personnel decisions imo
If I'm the
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I'm on the phone with Lou offering the
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a strong package for Varlamov and Mayfield. Multiple firsts, high end draft pick. Wasting McDavid is insane.
No matter what happens tonight this year was a success
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no matter what happens for the rest of the series and playoffs, it was a success. It's not where we want to be but with some adjustments this team could compete for the next few years easily.
The all serious tweet
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:
- Engvall looks better away from Brock Nelson
- Palmieri looks better away from Brock Nelson
- Pageau looks better in a top 6 role
- Cizikas looks okay in a top 9 role
- Sebastian Aho is good?
what a weird way to go on a pseudo run
Bo Horvat is going to take a lot of shit from everyone. I fully expect this guy to come back next year and drop 40 goals on our heads. Fun to think optimistically there.
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Dude I'm sorry, I know Kucherov is one of the best players in the league and he'll probably go down top 100 of all time. But he might be one of the dirtiest in that category as well. And he gets away with most of it.
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I have noticed the Barzal slander completely fall off the face of the earth and the saddest part is that he's basically been playing close to how he always has, he just has one higher end top 6 linemate now like the majority of NHL teams have. More shots, more space
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@DynoDangle
Isles twitter is hilarious. There is no conceivable way Dobson out produces Karlsson this coming season. I hate the Pens too but they will take the Isles playoff spot this season.
Many have given up on him and thats fine. Seen it with Barzal. Seen it with Horvat. Heck, I'm still not sold on Noah...but if there's one thing here that stands out to me. Its that he cares. Most of this
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playoffs has been Anders line busting their asses and not much else.
Reports are that former NHL enforcer, Chris Simon, just took his own life
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The frustration and sadness I have built up inside that so many of these ex-players are suffering in silence hurts.
He was a tough guy I really enjoyed watching as a kid. This is an epidemic.
If Kadri, Romanov & Dobson are all signed and everyone fuckin knows on the inside why is it being kept a secret?
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Does Lou think this is pre-cell phones?
I can honestly now say I'm okay with calling up Iskhakov and Maggio, scratch/bench/waive/send down whoever you want. Put Barzal back with Horvat.
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Here are the positives so far for the
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Barzal & Horvat chem
Dobson looks like a 1B top pairing defenseman
We have the best goaltending in the league
The team has 13 points in 10 games
our 2nd line is one of the best in the league
Holmstrom improved
thats about it.
Mat Barzal last night:
— 1 goal
— 1 primary assist
— 9 shots on goal
— on-ice for 63 shot attempts for (11 against)
— on-ice for 36 shots for (7 against)
— on-ice for 5.93 xGF (0.23 xGA)
Barzal has been an absolute force.
On a team with Barzal, Horvat and Nelson all on the same line...Kyle Palmieri has been playing like a franchise player since Roy took over.
Not sure how long it'll last but he cut a lot of the cutesy shit out of his game and just decided to barrel through opponents
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What Roy has done this year is infinitely more impressive than what Lane did last year. But the work has just begun. Settling for anything less than a couple rounds is loser mentality. Why not us? One last run with some of the 4th line.
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Whatever happens tonight against Pittsburgh, I'd be lying if I didn't get to admit what Lane and the
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are doing right now is special. I can't think of a single other NHL team down 3 top 4 defensemen and competing. A lot of the numbers community loves to ignore that.
Barzal has 3 points in 4 games, the team is 2-1-1 and somehow the narratives already have risen that he's not good enough, not someone else, blah blah blah.
These people ignore the blatant issues on the team and only discuss the engine that keeps it going, insanity
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also a friendly reminder that whether the
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win or lose that your life will indeed go on and there are much more important things in life that matter more. Talk to your loved ones, play a good video game, read a book for once. This shit is meaningless in the grand scheme.
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Barzal on Parise signing with COL:
"I'm sure that if we would have won 8 of the games that we probably could have this year, and we were 15-16 points, 10 points even ahead of where we're at today, I'm sure he'd been in blue and orange."
Since this tweet:
- Lou added Bo Horvat and HANDSOME Pierre Engvall
- Bailey has been relegated to water boy
- The Islanders have won at a .600+ clip
- The boys stopped laughing and goofing around and stepped the fuck up when Barzal went down
- I swallowed my pride
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baby
Thats it for me guys. I hope everyone enjoys the rest of the season. I'm not spending another second of my time or a cent on a GM/coach/team thats lifeless and doesn't give a fuck about making the playoffs.
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see you guys next year. Bye twitter.