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4 goals against Rinne. That doesn't happen to often.

Bunghole !

Good Pk with a few nice saves by Monster.

f***.

I like it.

Millertime !

He has tires. Isn't that enough ?

Intense game, going up and down the ice. We had a few problems clearing our zone in the first few minutes. Nice shot by Smith was deflected from a Nashvilles players stick into the upper right corner behind Rinne. Weiss with a great play to enter the O-Zone on that play. Edit : Seems I'm a little late.

Smitty ! Nice one.

Finally able to watch some hockey again. I was skiing last week, looks like I missed some great games. How did we look during the road-trip ?

We were lucky there.

Our transition game works so far, thats always a good sign.

Don't think so, I can't remember one. Probably a shot that went wide.

Oh my, O'Halloran calls the game tonight. Nevertheless PP Wings.

And here we go. LGW !

Huge game tonight. I'm lucky that I don't have to work tomorrow and can watch the game ! LGW ! Am I the only one who believes that Creative Assembly (developer of the Total War - Series) stole their Logo from the old Habs ?

Things like that ar always terrifying to hear, especially if your nearing that age. RiP Steve Montador, you at least made a dream of many kids come true and lived a live as an NHL-Player. It's the best. Except for House of Cards maybe.

It's not so much about what Franson is, it's more about how much does he improve the team. I don't watch as many Leafs games as you guys but from what I saw and read in his stats he is more or less on par with Kronwall regarding offense but worse defensively. In my opinion that makes him very good top 4 defender and a decent top 2. But we already have two, maybe three of that in Quincy, Ericsson and arguably DeKeyser. Sure, they don't have the offensive upside of Franson but they make that more or less up with their better defensive play. So, would Franson have improved us ? Sure, we'd be a little bit more flexible and deeper on our blueline and increased our production a little bit. Would that be nice to have ? Of course. Would it worth the price of a top pick + prospect ? No. What we really need is a offensive top 2 D-Man to complement Kronwall on our first paring not another top 4 guy. Franson simply isn't that guy. And the price paid by the Preds is to high for just "nice to have", especially considering Franson is an UFA this summer. I'm glad Kenny stayed away from him and I hope he also doesn't trade for Petry for the same reasons stated here. The far better options are to get Yandle or to stay pat and try to sign Green this summer.

This. I don't think that Franson would have been a significant improvement for us. He's a very good second pair defenseman, but we already have 2-3 of these.

Dangerzone (as my Avatar would say.)

Helm. Well deserved at this point.

Not a bad first. I also liked Howard. Not much he can do about that first one.

Kronner !!!

Could also become a long night with a hot away-goalie standing on his head. Time for our enforcer.

We're coming closer.....