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Is there some weird logical reason the NHL has zero games on night 4 of the season?
Or is this just the NHL being the NHL?I was thinking the same thing. If I’m home, I try and watch a period or two every night, obviously not tonight. Also, to touch on boiler’s earlier post, they do have more assets upfront on the way than defensemen. KD needs to restock Rockford with some dmen in the ‘26 draft, because fairly soon Allan, EDM, and KK will no longer be waiver exempt.
Is there some weird logical reason the NHL has zero games on night 4 of the season?
Or is this just the NHL being the NHL?Did Foligno just randomly become great at faceoffs for 2 games or did I forget that he was always good?
Sorry to you and everyone for how difficult it’s been to comment or reply lately — it’s often not working, and unfortunately, it’s out of my control. I really wish I could fix it.
That said, Bedard is only going to get better. He worked hard this summer and clearly wants to take the next step. If he can improve his faceoffs, it’ll make a big difference in the long run. Honestly, the Blackhawks should consider hiring a faceoff specialist to help both Bedard and Nazar take that next leap.
Artie got schooled but he’s a reacher and takes stick penalties.
I was especially disappointed to see Nazar take that bad tripping penalty.
He was reaching around the entire opponent’s body for a puck he had no chance at.I suppose we are all guilty of “jumping” these youngsters into veteran smarts they don’t have yet.
Less penalties, especially the lazy dumb ones, are a goal that could give them 4-6 team points this year without any other improvement.
I know I’ve complained about a few play Arty hasn’t made but I’d rather he be out there than Murphy and Grezel.
So long as they feel as though they are not ruining his development at the NHL level.
The soft calls by the refs have got to stop, ridiculous.
Still don’t understand Nazar getting a penalty for being cross checked several times in the back.
Gotta love the Rat drawing that trip on Artie. Kid left his stick out there and Marchand simply skated thru it and went down… Artie got schooled but he’s a reacher and takes stick penalties. Might take a while but that’ll get cleaned up to some degree. ….. Be fun to see this beast in 5 yrs. For now though it’ll get funky.
Hey MH, yea man good old Ralphie Boy and Norton were the real deal and hilarious together and there were a few times Ralph was “ascared”.
Remember Soda 2 yrs ago? One of the most miraculous yr to yr improvement for a hockey player I’ve seen. But yea, there are times he gets a bit scrambly but that’s not a deal breaker. He provides competent depth and maturity to the pipeline but is probably a placeholder in the big picture. ……. Gonna be fun in 2ish yrs when Commesso will be an NHLer. For now it looks like Knight will stand in his way but you never know.
I’m a big Hrabel guy but I watched Gajun enough in the USHL to see the kid has real talent, and question marks too. He’s a wild horse kinda prospect that is really talented and athletic (think Shesterkin style) but his teqnique is raw.
I know I’ve complained about a few play Arty hasn’t made but I’d rather he be out there than Murphy and Grezel.
So long as they feel as though they are not ruining his development at the NHL level.
The soft calls by the refs have got to stop, ridiculous.
Still don’t understand Nazar getting a penalty for being cross checked several times in the back.
B Bag, excellent post and points. Indeed, I didn’t do even close to a deep dive into the fancies when posting about Artie. I just rarely do that anymore, so many hours down the NST rabbit hole I get PTSD when I visit the site and as a result depend greatly on guys like you who contribute to that discussion…….. The eye test shows me very little structure outa Artie, a lot of inconsistency yet his CF% is excellent. Tells me without sliding all the way to the right at NST to see zone starts that Artie is sheltered. Eye test says that right?
But still brah, the eye is telling us Bedard and Nazar were dangerous in Florida but they had 25 CF% and you know they’re sheltered. 19 yr old Artie was 53 CF% being sheltered in the same game.
I’m with you dude. We see what the kid can do at 19. I’d love for him to get 50-60 games in the AHL and come back later in the yr and stack his physical traits on top that foundation. But if he stays up and is able to stay paired with Kaiser I don’t think he’ll be stunted like KK was.
Burakovsky. The play where he took a pass near the sidewalll deep, turning head up immediately looking at the slot, sees Bedard weakside, his feet move a tad to get a clean passing lane, the instant it opens his hands zip a flat pass in Bedard’s wheelhouse and he strikes.
That’s other level top 6 IQ, feet and hands. It’s in there with this 30 yr old who shows back class all the way back to the Hlinka. Guess we’ll find out why he’s been a middle 6er, only hit 60 pts once and in his 700 NHL games averages a bit over 1/2 point per. ……. But make no mistake, Burakovsky has serious traits, always has, and IMO is the 2nd best talent, after TT, he’s played with in the NHL.
Tried to respond to you Frenchy, TWICE, in your article about mates for Bedard yesterday before I said Fu#& this. Basically I was posting to my eye Bedard is different this yr. So different that I don’t think who his mates are the kid is gonna be dangerous. The surety in everything he does, combined with 2 NHL seasons and offseasons, is vastly different even when he had the nice hollow points rookie yr. Sure, the better his mates the more points and all that kinda stuff but this kid is gonna get a few HDCF every game no matter his mates. Combine that with what I feel is the best shot I have ever seen the kid looks like he won’t be denied.
How much he can make his mates better yet, the mark of a top player, we’ll see but I don’t think his mates can drag him down.
