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Anybodyhome Grand Master

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Aho is not where he needs to be. KK is not holding up his end of a big contract. Jarvis has been absent for several games. 

Kochetkov may have heard all of the hype. Raanta is Mr. Softy and Anderson is on vacation.

This team can be special, but all the pieces need to be working together.

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7 hours ago, USDepartmentOfSavagery said:

The team is special imo. Our bottom contract player should not be out-working our stars. 

Honestly, Martinook maybe be our best player in the last 10 games or so. He is definitely consistent and plays hard. This is the best I have ever seen him play.

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I’ll echo the sentiment that the first line does not look like a first line.

With that said, Kochetkov really should have saved 3 of the 4 goals that he gave up.

I also think the Canes need to find a player like Ekholm. We’ve been missing that type of physical presence probably since Michael Ferland. I’d like to see the Canes acquire a physical defenseman that can rotate in and out of the lineup with de Haan.

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14 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

I also think the Canes need to find a player like Ekholm. We’ve been missing that type of physical presence probably since Michael Ferland. I’d like to see the Canes acquire a physical defenseman that can rotate in and out of the lineup with de Haan.

They've had the opportunities to acquire that player and have not pulled the trigger. It can not be Burns nor could it have been Hamilton or DeAngelo when they were here, because of their PP and offensive skill set. 

That being said, I think we've had guys get hurt because there's no threat of retribution. What Ekholm did to Necas last night was borderline penalty when he didn't let him back on the ice after he was knocked into the bench. Our top line guys were getting knocked down on the ice all night, and this from a team with a pretty weak blue line. The Preds had no business being in that game last night, but the Canes let them dictate the play and the physicality.

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1 hour ago, Anybodyhome said:

They've had the opportunities to acquire that player and have not pulled the trigger. It can not be Burns nor could it have been Hamilton or DeAngelo when they were here, because of their PP and offensive skill set. 

That being said, I think we've had guys get hurt because there's no threat of retribution. What Ekholm did to Necas last night was borderline penalty when he didn't let him back on the ice after he was knocked into the bench. Our top line guys were getting knocked down on the ice all night, and this from a team with a pretty weak blue line. The Preds had no business being in that game last night, but the Canes let them dictate the play and the physicality.

Yeah it’s sad that Svech is probably are most imposing player when it comes to roughing it up at times but Svech can’t be trading penalties with Ekholm, it’s not worth it for us. Need a third pairing defenseman that can play but also rough it up a bit when needed.

It kind of irked me that Pacioretty was the only one that even remotely did something by giving Ekholm lip service.

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41 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

I’d like to see Rod give the below a try:

Pacioretty - Aho - Jarvis

Svechnikov - Stastny - Necas

Martinook - Staal - Fast

Teravainen - Kotkaniemi - Noesen

Extra - Stepan

I think Max will move up to another line once he gets his game skates under him. His ice time last night was a hair over 16 minutes and I think he was surprised how gassed he was. It's going to take a few games for him to get back into game shape.

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2 minutes ago, Anybodyhome said:

I think Max will move up to another line once he gets his game skates under him. His ice time last night was a hair over 16 minutes and I think he was surprised how gassed he was. It's going to take a few games for him to get back into game shape.

For sure, I just think a bit of demotion would do Teravainen some good. That first line hasn’t been great but I still see Aho and Jarvis trying, Turbo looks like he’s going through the motions at times.

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7 hours ago, MillionDollarCam said:

I also think the Canes need to find a player like Ekholm. We’ve been missing that type of physical presence probably since Michael Ferland. I’d like to see the Canes acquire a physical defenseman that can rotate in and out of the lineup with de Haan.

We had a guy like that in Hakanpaa(sp?) 

I never understood why we seemingly made no effort to resign him. While not a goon, he was never shy to mix it up when needed. He also fit our style of play and certainly wasn't a liability anywhere on the ice.

I miss the ice cream man...

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42 minutes ago, Stumpy said:

We had a guy like that in Hakanpaa(sp?) 

I never understood why we seemingly made no effort to resign him. While not a goon, he was never shy to mix it up when needed. He also fit our style of play and certainly wasn't a liability anywhere on the ice.

I miss the ice cream man...

Yeah I liked Hakanpaa would have liked to have him back.

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