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I actually liked the effort of the guys last night when you consider we were playing with 9 fowards and both our top centers were missing. We had a lot of chances and while we were definitely going to lose that game after the first (it was like the wind was sucked out of the room at the arena) they kept working and tried to get back in it. Kudos especially to Veleno, Rasmussen, and Fischer who were out there for some of the roughest minutes I've ever seen anyone play in a hockey game. Those three were dogs last night. My big takeaways were, A) we've got to figure out our goaltending. Not like "who's the starter" but rather "which two are we keeping". We need skaters occupying that last roster spot. B) If Kostin isn't playing in last night's game then why's he on the team? He looked really good two games ago and was out last night. What gives? C) Holy f*ck the penalties. We take sh*t penalties ALL THE TIME and it's killing us. Perron, Rasmussen, and Walman all took dumb penalties last night that hurt us as much as losing Larkin. We have to learn to play disciplined hockey. D) If we're going to take penalties at least be physical and earn them. I was fine with what Perron did after Larkin's injury, but otherwise we didn't respond until the 3rd when the game was out of reach. At that point we had a meaningless fight and Seider threw a few hits that didn't matter. Set the physical tone from opening puck drop against teams like that. I mean, we're taking penalties anyway. I'd rather they be for roughing than for tripping or slashing. Ugh.

Brilliant decision to not dress Kostin against one of the most physical teams in the league

How does Joseph get 2 minutes for pretty much the exact same thing that Perron got five and an ejection for?

Breaking: Brady Tkachuk looks even dumber in person. Brady Tkachuk looks like what would happen if Keith Tkachuk f*cked one of those circus peanut candies.

Off of Kevin Weeks post on X **Medical Update** I’m told all scans are negative (clear) for @DetroitRedWings Captain Larkin. No timeframe for his return. #LGRW #HockeyTwitter #HockeyX #Michigan #PureMichigan

I understand what you’re saying but I don’t think last night was the same thing as those two games last season. Last year we were bullied and humiliated on the ice with a full compliment of forwards and no injuries. Last night we played without a significant portion of our team after a really really scary on ice incident and battled like hell to the final buzzer. The score might have looked the same but the effort wasn’t.

Did I miss something with respect to Kostin? I'm still not seeing anything about him online.

Exactly. You know what the Sens bring to the table. And you sit our most physical forward for this gimmicky 11/7 line up. Newsy has been blowing it lately with his decisions. Like playing 4 forwards on the power play when you are up 4-0.

Cant dress P U S S Y boy defensemen and give them 30 minutes against a team with bullies. We have to get meaner. Simple as that.

These coaches are full of questionable decisions lately.

You see what Ottawa's doing with a lead? They're not sitting back. They're continuing the attack. Derek Lalonde should take notes Down to 9 forwards and no top six centers. There will be no comeback tonight.

^^^THIS Seider is such a *****...fackin wreck someone instead of turning over the puck.

A guy who should have been kicked out of the game gets the primary assist on the 3-1 goal

Why is it this leagues officiating and hockey ops allow all these liberties to go largely unpunished against a star level player like Larkin.

Joe Veleno really looks good tonight

Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaane!!!!

Are we about to be without our top two centers? That was a cross check right to the Head. Should be 10 and a game minimum

Not sure my thoughts on this one are reliable, I stopped at one of Michigan’s fine dispensaries before I came to the game lol