Austrianwing

Panik! What a keep in, and then getting to it...

Zadina to Vrana! Gotta say I like seeing that!

Absolutely... I guess I kind of understated that in my comments, but that is exactly what I was really happy to see. He seems to see offensive possibilities, figures out how to use his skating to make it happen, and then put the puck on someone's tape where they have a chance to do something with it. There is definitely more to his game than just run and gun breakaway skills.

I wasn't really paying attention closely enough for any real analysis, but... Panik did seem to show a few moments of intensity, but on the whole did not accomplish much. Not sure how much of that is just him being the player he is at this stage, vs often managing to do the wrong thing with a new team/ new system. Hoping the latter is at least part of it, and he becomes a little more effective. Vrana does float a little occasionally, and is unlikely to be contending for any Selke trophies, but not unusually so for an offense first kind of player. It's pretty clear the guy can skate and shoot, but it was nice to see that he can make good smart passes. A little bit of creativity and offensive zone IQ is certainly good to see on this roster. Not sure he will be able to 'drive' a line, but I expect he will produce on the nights that the team around him is not in 100% dumpster fire mode like last night. I'll leave it to someone else to detail all the flaws in their games, lol.

Gotta say that was some nice skating and passing from Vrana. Not even Flip could come up with a reason to pass up taking the shot with that feed, lol.

Oooof! Or should I say Woof!

GDT title is seeming even more appropriate as of a minute ago...

I feel bad for Hronek, but really this is a pretty good outcome keeping draft odds in mind

They seemed to get better as time went on this game.

I'm 2/3s drunk already, but Lindstrom has seemed calmly effective at both ends tonight.

Talk about mixed feelings

Funny how Gino was looking over at Luke when he snapped off that shot. Like "look for the rebound!"

Out due to non-covid illness apparently

I won't disagree, but I'm happy to see that they haven't 'collapsed'. They are hanging in there...

Yeah, losing is one thing, but sitting in the other guys' barn you want to at least feel like it was competitive. Is it just me, or are those Dallas Unis almost like camouflage on screen?

Lol, was about to create a 4/19 - Created by an amateur because no-one else did - GDT In the meanwhile... Dammit Helm! And: Of course! Sigh.

Is it just me, or was this game played as boringly as it was badly?

Dangit, I thought the whole getting scored on by Forsberg thing ended years ago

Ugh! It's been driving me nuts watching that. I mean, a drop back could work, but if it's going sixty+ feet back to someone standing pretty much motionless, you are accomplishing less than nothing.

Guess they think DeKeyser is ready for a full game, if they aren't going with 7 D. Wonder how it will work out if he is really going to be on the first pairing.

Hahahaha. Love that brief clip of Hronek scowling. He really is a little bit bad-tempered

Ugh, that looked a little ugly. Hope Larks is allright

Wooooooooo! That's been a long time coming, hahaha

Missed that last power-play. Did it look any better at all?

Wooooo! Nemeth! Wow, first in 70+ games!?