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He is risen!! What a pass from Trocheck.

That's a damn good old fashioned hard work shift there

Haven't this much scoring in the old folks home since....uh...

Ryan Lindgren comes back from the dead so often he makes Jesus blush and we're talking about anyone else?

"A workhorse back with speed" "signs Gus Edwards"

I don't share your optimism, my man. Allen may be older and a little injury-nagged, but there's not a more reliable receiver in the league. Going to QJ or Palmer, or even one of the draft eligibles - that's a downgrade no matter how you look at it. Williams, I can take or leave. He's all big plays, and I can see Palmer stepping into that spot just fine, but it ain't open unless you have threats elsewhere. Maybe Odunze or Nabers will step right in and make sense, but as of right now, it's Quentin Dropston, Josh Palmer who can't seem to be able to stay on the damn field, Derius Davis (low key, I'm excited about him, actually, but it takes time), swapping Gerald Everett for Will Dissly, swapping Ekeler for Gus the Bus? This ain't pretty. Combine that with the fact that Harbaugh likes to build from the trenches out and you're left wondering here.

Hate to be this guy, but this isn't what we're accustomed to. It's actually far, far better. A .958 SV% is otherworldly goaltending.

Might just be a publicity stunt here. And if so, it's a heck of a move.

OR DID HE

You know who wouldn't look half bad as a Right Wing?

They've been found, individually paired up with the Czech supermodel bobbleheads being given away in the Pittsburgh Hustler club.

Trivia is Chris Kontos

I have no idea if it is, but I would guess that a high-danger chance exceeding .4 xGA is probably quite rare simply because goalies exist. We don't see many of these charts that say "4 HDCF, 2 xG", for example. It's usually pretty close to a .25 xG to 1 HDCF ratio Or put another way, there's a point where you're just dealing with outliers and the group doesn't matter much because the extremes are very rare.

Yep. Likely less threatening HDC, or Igor stole one or two real big ones (like, there's probably a .25 xG HDC and a .45 xG HDC and they get classified as the same)

Based on that, I would guess that the "threshold" for a high-danger chance is .25 xG on the play. Mid-danger is probably something like .1-.24 xG

He's taking the piss, mate. It's obvious this was a really well-fought win and a relatively even game.

Let's chat about a fun little series of realities... Jacob Trouba has missed five games so far this season. In those games, the Rangers have given up four goals, tallying wins against Ottawa, Colorado, St. Louis (shutout), the Devils, and the Hurricanes (shutout). In recent games, it's been obvious that Miller-Schneider is a very strong pairing, whereas Miller-Trouba has been, to put it mildly, a red hot mess. Trouba's absences co-occurring with Miller's best games and Schneider's ascension is a small sample size right now, but by the time Trouba's back, we'll have 10+ games of information to work with. So far, the early returns seem to be screaming that Braden Schneider is ready for much more responsibility, and Jacob Trouba might not be the best partner for K'Andre Miller. Is it time to talk about flipping Trouba and Schneider more permanently?

Oh, god no, he should not appeal. I don't think he'd be wrong to on the letter of the law so to speak, but fucks sake, we're trying to win a Cup. Shut up, adjust, and don't paint a bigger target on your back.

This is the thing that drives me nuts about the four games. Trouba got 2 for the same thing. Gallagher got 5. I'm sure somewhere, someone was just fined, and somewhere else, another got 3, someone got 1, hell, I'm sure someone got 6. I get a repeat offender penalty. I have no issue with this being a suspendable hit. I even understand tacking on a game for good measure, but like...can we get some consistency somewhere?

Usually you need to pay for the VIP for that kind of post-game treatment.

That, right there, is a playoff win.

Calling it now. Shesterkin gonna score tonight.

This third line can get it.

No, fuck that, get in a horse race with this team. I'll take Igor over anyone in a horse race.