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Well it wasn't gonna be Kane that's for sure

Read somewhere that we have something like four back to back nights of games in October and two in November.. that should give both goalies plenty of an opportunity to pull ahead for the starting job early in the season. And if both shine, even better! This is a great "problem" to have

Agreed, having two solid goalies is not a bad thing.

Tandem.

Did you really suggest a cab in a Patrick Kane thread?

So you want to pick and chose and look at ONE season where he produced half his goals on the power play and say he "lives and dies by the powerplay"? Hows this. AHL stats 2011-2012 - 22 goals only 7 on the powerplay 2012-2013 - 23 goals 9 on the powerplay 2013-2014 - 7 goals - 1 on the powerplay There is literally no statistic you can give me that he lives and dies by the PP except for last season where he happened to shine on the PP. Literally his entire career in the AHL or college career shows that he didn't simply rely on the powerplay. Not only that, his rookie year in the NHL adds to it as well (bigger defenders) College, AHL, NHL numbers.

7-2 final.

Someone had to put their twenty cents in.

Ovechkin is the goal scoring god period. He is in his own league and no one is close.

Tatar! Maybe Cleary.

I see the word "moved" or "move" a couple of times there. I am usually very very light on criticism of Holland, but when was the last time he moved a roster player? Of all the boring anti-Holland rhetoric, this is one of the few points I always agree with.

Richards will be gone, Datsyuk will retire, Quincey gone, Franzen will retire, Miller will move on, Smith/Kindl/Both will be moved, Andersson will be waived, Helm (may) be traded or allowed to walk. We'll be fine. I'd even be amenable to letting Nyquist and Pulkkinen battle for the next year or so, and then move the one you don't want to keep. Some others might throw Tatar in that group too. Obviously I wouldn't, because I think he's WAY better than the other two.

Larkin is definitely looking like a stud. I'm honestly torn. If he is going to stay up, it shouldn't be in a fourth line role, IMHO. I think he (and the Wings) long-term would be better served by him being the stud 1C dominating in GR than only having spot duty in the NHL. The opportunity to further develop chemistry with Mantha and AA or Bertuzzi could lead to a line that has a bigger impact than Tampa Bay's vaunted triplets line. Pavel's injury does seem to leave a door open for him, though.

Over the last two seasons ovie has scored 49 of his 104 goals on the pp. I don't understand what the problem is with scoring a lot of goals on the pp is.. don't you want guys who can put the puck in on the pp?

Depending on what's on them, sure. The person below me likes tuna salad.

It's hard not to get excited, preseason or not we've got some serious depth. I'm looking forward to Saturday's game so we can show Babs what he walked away from.

We have the best prospects in the nhl no doubt, Blash has this team scoring like it's the pre cap era

Now that's a good ol fashioned ass whooping

Um. These kids are NHL ready. By like a mile. Wow. Blashill has some tough decisions to make.

Just wow. What a nice play by all three guys.

On paper.

One way to avoid this kind of craziness....Call girl. Go out on date at Kanes $$ value he could get top quality what happens happens. Strictly business. Sounds crass but hey you have a big bank account and until you find the ONE you take care of base needs via a business method. No dragging into court, no chance of paternity suit, no baggage etc. Still can date but avoid the traps of potential money grubbers.(as far as the current situation I dont have a clue nor would I profess to) Kinda like taking a limo vs driving after drinking is best way to avoid the DUI...

Not sure how you can say Ovechkin is the goal scoring god and no one is even close. You'd have to at least admit that Stamkos is close. If you take the past 6 seasons, both have missed sometime, but Ovechkin has scored 256 goals and Stamkos has scored 253 goals. Stamkos has a better gpg stat over that period....if that's not AT LEAST close, not sure what would be as some would argue that Stamkos is the better goal scorer using those stats. Perhaps it's because Ovechkin had 53 last year to Stamkos' 43 and the year before, Ovechkin had 51 to Stamkos' 25, but Stamkos only played 37 games, so that's a 55 goal pace over 82 games.

Forwards Goals - Tatar ( 33 G - 29 A - 62 P ) Assists - Zetterberg ( 19 G - 43 A - 62 P ) Points - Nyquist ( 31 G - 37 A - 68 P ) Points / Game - Datsyuk ( 62 GP - 59 PTS - 0.95 P/G ) Defense Goals & Points - Green ( 14 G - 37 A - 51 P ) Assists - Kronwall ( 7 G - 39 A - 46 P ) Power-Play Goals - Nyquist ( 11 G - 14 A - 25 P ) Assists & Points - Zetterberg ( 5 G - 22 A - 27 P )