Jdog99

Fair enough. But are you actually willing to put some sort of stake in the ground...anywhere you like...that we can revisit at seasons end to determine how the players compare?

Sure...name a stat or two... Lets say Tro averages a ppg this season...would that be enough for you to admit "hes on another level" than stromer? Would any objective result over the next season or two sway you?

Is there a particular objective result on the go forward you could agree would prove "Tro significantly > stromer"? What would that be?

Moving Laf back down to 3LW next to Chytil could be the most effective adjustment

we'll have to wait and see how the stats play out this season, but i've seen trochek knife through defenses a bit with the kind of authority i rarely recall seeing from strome. and he's buried scoring chances in a way i rarely recall seeing Strome do. "plays with more confidence" : i mean we're making those kind of judgements all the time. Kakko, for instance, I think is obviously playing with more confidence this season. Panarin is skating and carrying the puck with a lot more confidence it seems as well. I suppose you can look at various advanced stats to back it up, which admittedly is outside my wheelhouse.

Tro doesnt just shoot more than strome...he actually hits the net... consistently. And not prone to choke on wide open chances. He plays with a ton more confidence than strome. Looks a tier above to me. And nevermind the regular season, if above carries through or is even amplified in the playoffs, its a blowout between the two.

would rather have someone like Blais for the next 5 years than goodrow.

wow - i did not expect trochek to be this good. legit goal scorer and top 6 offensive talent. full class above strome.

laf not lookin confident...

Laf is not looking very effective tonight...

meh...ill give kreids a pass untill playoff time this year...like he said, only thing left for him to do is bring home the cup

just caught up on espn plus and wanna say...the refs can take 5 minutes to masturbate but they're not allowed to actually take back the call

Thing is, we had a whole bunch of crossbars/high quality chances we didn't capitalize in the first two periods that make this a different game otherwise. Yes we were sloppy, but I hope GG doesn't go full on 'discipline' to the point that we overcorrect and struggle on offense.

who are some potential deadline acquisitions?

Pretty much what I could figure. The top 6 looks set with Kakko and Laf. Blais looked too good last night not to be in the top 9. So the only option left is bumping Vesey.

Strome and Trochek will drop the gloves - you heard it here first.

Main takeaway: Halak > Georgiev

man this team is scary good

miller needs to be on that pp2

holy sht...who the hell is boldy

thats a f'n jagr goal from kakko...like early 90's jagr

strome sends that wide by 5 feet

the broadcasting board ads are disgusting. an absolute disgrace and a spit in the face of hockey fans.

what we're gonna need for the playoffs is a third line thats a threat...we already have plenty of of talent to fill out the top 6, but we'll need reinforcements if one of those lines gets shut down or goes cold. to the extent that you lose depth trading for kane, it may be a negative.

If he was in the east i might feel a bit different