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Ya hopefully they axe this situation.

Really....I mean....really??? Somehow, you find a way to blame the NHL and see favours for PIT on this play? Shouldn't have been a penalty, agreed, but any other team and any other ref, seeing that at full speed, it gets called, period!

I mean, sure. I'm not outright saying he's the best coach in the NHL. The sample size is far too small at this time. But, like xtrememachine1 said, he does seem to have a Babcockian ability to get the most out of his team. It helps to have the kind of talent he has at his disposal (Crosby alone could probably make Mike Milbury look like a tactical genius), but I don't think just any coach could've led the Pens to the Cup last season and I don't think just any coach could have this Pens team -- missing the personnel it's missing -- performing as well as it's performing right now. I guess the million-dollar hypothetical question is this: If you switch the head coaches in this series so Sullivan is behind the Caps' bench and Trotz is behind the Pens' bench, are the Caps leading the series 3-1? Just some food for thought, nothing more.

So I was thinking. The current narrative is "The Wings must become a team that is hard to play against. To that end, they must get bigger, tougher, more physical." In terms of forwards, we're actually not necessarily all that far from being "big and hard to play against." In terms of defensemen...well, looking at our top D prospects, it's skill and skating and possession prowess. (Good!) A part of me wants to live in a reality where Ken Holland has privately gone full mad scientist and is building a Frankenstein's monster: a Godzilla forward group + a Speedy Gonzales defense group. Klim Kostin, Victor Ejdsell, Givani Smith, Mantha, Nosek, Svechnikov, Abdelkader, Jagr/Hanzal... Green, Jared Spurgeon, Hronek, Jensen, Hicketts, Cholowski, Saarijarvi... Crazy? Yes.

May the 4th be with you!

Very simple. Holtby has been subpar in the playoffs. If he played like this in the regular season, they would have been a 4 seed. Their so-called top defense has given up too many good scoring chances. Those defensive players are overrated trash. They've scored plenty of goals, but no offensive players have stood out and too many players aren't cutting it in big moments. Also, as I stated earlier, no-neck Barry Trotz has never gotten far in the playoffs himself. They should have found a more proven playoff coach to replace Boudreau and Hunter. Hanta yo baby!

Watching the game last night, I'm pretty impressed with Fowler. He'd most definitely be our #1. SoSo sick of all the McDick sucking though. I hate the Ducks, but I almost wish they'd best them just to not hear his name for a few months.

Lefty, he has 2 years left. Unless his contract is blocking us from re-signing someone, or signing a stud I'd rather just let him play the contract out. If we buy him out that is 4 more years of a cap hit.

Street with an empty-netter.... Griffins win 4-1

Pretty sure the caps just got a high stick after no contact.. Bonino should play soccer.

Picking at number 9? This is a good number to pick at. I like this.

Good. Now we can trade our other Czech goalie.

Go easy on Pierre. Kris "Kristopher Letang" Letang is out for the postseason and Pierre doesn't know what to do with himself.

Green is the only one, and he's best left for the deadline, assuming Holland doesn't decide to go full retard and extend him 3 more years because they're sitting in the 9th spot and are almost int he playoffs.