A difference I've noticed between a winning team and a losing team:

TBL is dominating the Jets. Jets can barely pass the blue-line.

TBL scores the opening goal. The Jets tie it up.

TBL is still dominating the Jets.

Now, every Jets team I've ever watched, TBL scores another goal.

This year's Jets, the Jets manage to weather the TBL assault and slowly start to gain in territorial advantage.

[Listening to the radio's between-period analysis, they mentioned TBL was playing with 5 D-Men, which meant that sustained pressure and long shifts were very taxing for TBL.]

The Jets score and then score again.

It felt really foreign to me, like watching all those decades of losses to the Oilers from the other side.

It seemed really odd to me that Ryan Hartman was fined for high-sticking Perfetti, where as there was no suspension or fine to Ryan Strome for kneeing Kyle Connor.

It turns out Hartman is on tape explaining his reason for giving Perfetti stiches, but that supposedly wasn't why he was fined:

https://winnipegsun.com/sports/hocke...or%20a%20tooth.

Something about The Code.

I would love to hear what Strome said. I wonder if the broadcasters have some or all of the bench and ambient mic recordings saved somewhere.

In Formula 1, anything said on the radio is out there. How much would you like to get audio from between the benches?

Whoa! A shutout for the Leafs in LA

Same talk and sources as Matthews deal and hearing more good than bad that Nylander deal is getting close, saying 11.25 aav have no idea how and 8 years possibly and hearing they might go with what I said and a signing bonus to front load it.

Oilers one point out of a wildcard spot

Damn they look good

Yep! Didn't want to post my noob review because I didn't know if you may watch on DVR.

Jones made some incredible saves. Leafs had good scoring chances early that got stoned as well. Nylander had a great game. Hope you can keep him. Only other player I know anything about is Domi who the Stars picked up last year for their playoff run. Solid player. Liked him when he was here.

Maybe I luck boxed into watching one of their best efforts of the year, but they looked competent to me. Oh, and Nylander had a sweet empty net goal at the end of the game. Love me some empty netters.

I would say arrow pointing up for this team. I'll try to catch more games and sweat you. Grats on the win!

I was curious on how long the Samsanov contract was and how long the Leaf's may have a similar situation to the OIler's with Campbell . Surprised to see he is a UFA at the end of the year so not that much of a deal.

Jones had a good night from the highlights I saw

Only 1 year deal for Samsanov.

57 shots and we barely won, yikes.

I don't know what I have to do to get Bruins - Canucks 2 in the finals. But my body would be ready.

Nobody on their roster still left from 2011, right? I think we just have Marchy.

Less than 8 minutes gone in the 1st in the PIT BOS game and its 3-2.

Action I tell ya.

Stars Avalanche in 30 minutes.

contract VGK without adin hill in net, they are garbage.

actually, they probably will be garbage when he comes back. so still contract them.

is lehner never returning to the nhl?

good question. the only talk I've heard around here is that he is still "rehabbing". Not sure the last time I saw him make a public appearance for VGK.


The crazy thing is that I think he would actually wake this zombie team up if he he'd start a game in January.

The current Wild team is pathetic. Watched the game last night and even a Lightning team with 3 starting defensemen out, Wild had zero chance. I'm OK with the Hartman play too btw.

They’re without Kaprizov and Zuccarello their two best players.

grrrr, now it is being reported just like Marner's father, Nylander's father is what is slowing down a deal getting done. These idiot fathers get out of the way and let their big boys make decisions for themselves.

the "meddling parents" stories almost pretty much always untrue. like 99% of stars are signed to massive agencies, cmon man


these are like the #2 bogus tabloid bs story only behind "[player] is banging his teammate's gf/wife/mom/sister/etc"

It was tsn reporting so ya,lol.

If Dickie Dunn reported it, it must be true!

Don't be surprised if this is all a distraction and they are trading him.

weird

yeah i was gonna say that problem with tml media coverage is that there are the same number of stories there that exist with say the columbus blue jackets, but like 1000x the media, so...

and in there are a lot of literal tabloids like the toronto sun and all the crappy dailies etc who have zero qualms about running nonsense or just making stuff up. the fact that tsn and sportsnet also apparently get in on the act is super depressing


lol

ya that's what I mean, forget where but someone showed an old clip of Don Cherry when Nylander 1st signed and he was ranting no stars want to come to Toronto, why would they? meaning the media,lol

We're #1!