AtlantaHotWings

Put a real winning team on the ice then the fans will come. No one wants to drive downtown and watch a meh or worse team. Well unless you are a lions fan.

Don't give up lil buckaroo.... If you run the bottom 8 and calculate where they are all currently and based on a win for their games in hand the picture looks brighter for us. 3 - way tie for second place overall loser!! Plus if we lose Howard and Gus to trades we could see our chances increase ! I am going all in on the tank and will give up games like yesterday where we fight yet lose. The team isn't mailing it in totally and young guns are learning. So I am oddly okay with the current state of the team. But hey I lived through the Dead Wings era and this isn't even close to that pain so maybe that helps me cope.

and people say Holland only works 3 days a week ....oooooor is this a move by StevieY?

Stevie is controlling Holland via Jimmy D....

Everyone above us has a game in hand AND is currently from 1 to 4 points ahead of us so even if they lose we are behind them!! Ottawa has a game in hand and if they win it goes to ROW and we are 31!! We have a really good shot at getting another GREAT piece for the rebuild. I am firing up my enthusiasm for the stretch run after the trade deadline.

Decided to see how we were doing and built a spreadsheet...yeah early morning conf calls are a drag. So I go by who ever has played the most games of the bottom 8. Then pull everyone up to that and those games in hand are calculated as wins. Then I sorted by points then ROW. Not super science and I know the games in hand aren't always going to be a win. Just figured I would put this out there and have a little fun with as we count down the season. But the good news if there can be good news in this. Is that IF everyone loses their games in hand we are still 31st with the lowest ROW. So those games in October meant a lot ...in the old days it meant points now it's about good draft picks.

and Santa Kenny reaches into his bag and it's a NMC for you !!! a NTC for you.... 5x8 for you!! LOL @ the image of Kenny in a Santa suit giving out contracts like presents...

and Rask on IR.... https://www.nhl.com/news/tuukka-rask-placed-on-injured-reserve-by-boston/c-304280126

I have seen this prospect out of the KHL looks pretty good passing and has unreal skills with the puck. His defense is absurd pick pockets people all the time. His name escapes oh wait it's something like Datsyuk? Issue is he is a bit older and has a family in Russia otherwise an ideal prospect. I loved Dats when he was here but that ship has sailed. I look at it as we lost Dats gained Cholo who is a piece of us moving forward. He left due to family needs heck even StevieY has moved back due to family and he was a 3 hour flight from MI. What if things flare back up for Dats he can't just jump on a plane to fix it on an off day. Guessing like others this is an agent ploy.

aah the articles about the pending trade deadline http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/25769640/nhl-trade-deadline-preview-possible-moves-watch-all-31-teams this cracked me up... "Gustav Nyquist is chief among them. The winger has been the second-best forward on the team this season, not coincidentally in a contract year. He has a no-trade clause -- it's Ken Holland, so of course he does -- that could gum up the works for a trade, but there would be a market for him." and .. "It wouldn't be an NHL trade deadline if Thomas Vanek wasn't at least mentioned. The 35-year-old winger, who has played for five teams since 2016, is a free agent this summer. He also has a no-trade clause -- again, it's Ken Holland, so of course he does." which one of you wrote this article!!!

oops my edit from last night's win didn't save. Thanks Toby for the catch with everyone winning games in hand we have the best odds dependent on how to sort out the tie with Sh*tago. with no one winning their games in hand We lose a lot of potential % of getting number 1. I think I am becoming a fan of 7 other teams to win a lot in the next couple of months!!!

same here and also for poop cannon trying to figure out how to work those into my next staff meeting.... Well we just ate a poop sandwich on that deal....LOL Well sheet might as well shoot off the poop cannon on that idea!! Those were my first 2 thoughts....

Thought this deserved a mention here. https://www.nhl.com/news/jack-hughes-kaapo-kakko-top-central-scouting-midterm-rankings-for-2019-nhl-draft/c-304024912 US people think Hughes #1 European folks think Kakko #1..Me I would be happy with anyone in the top 5 that can help us.

plus we own the ROW on our competition for 31st need LA and others to go on a little run give us some breathing room

Chicago is 2 points behind us and same number of games played. Seems captain serious is doing well leading his team in tank mode Worst case now is we pick 5th so who would the panel choose?

or maybe goaltenders playing goal as if they are on drugs. Or LA has the Flyer goalie syndrome

Watching NHL Network during breakfast and who is the first star? Mr Tyler Ber-three-zzi!

which means kids are growing AND we get a good draft pick to keep our recovery going. Shore up the D and who knows what happens in 2020

Skinner .....Buffalo people don't have jobs ... https://www.nhl.com/news/2019-nhl-all-star-last-men-in-winners-selected/c-303786452?tid=277549086

Well if there was a time machine we all would have bought Apple @ 10 bucks and I would have hid some money for the divorce...baahaaa

If it was domestic, DUI, grand theft auto etc. reporters would have the mugshot easily by now. I am going with voodoo rituals in the locker room to keep his mojo. The Blue Jackets were tired of the complaining by the cleaning crew of the chicken blood. Or maybe a Pete Rose thing where he placed bets on the Jackets? Soo I am super curious...

I assume you are telling me the fix is in for a non-Wing to get the spot? Also saying "Bless your heart" can be interpreted multiple ways down here...LOL

in that case he would definitely increase our D scoring...

Hockeymom I fulfilled my duties voted 10 times for Captain Larkin each day since your post. I haven't found a place where you can see who is leading the vote

Well thank God there is no time machine for 2014...