Preseason is over.  Time to get to the real season and do it in style like only Jagr can.

 

On 12/24/2017 at 10:52 AM, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Do the Russian athletes have to pay their own way?

According to his agent he is going back home so i'm guessing he'll be the caboose to team Lokomotiv.

didn't he play for the allah akbars or something?

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1293155&binId=1.1164782&playlistPageNum=1

https://globalnews.ca/news/3938341/molson-nhl-glasses-recall-health-canada/

DAL beats STL, MIN beats NSH, WPG beats NYI.

Look whose on top of the Central.

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Roslovic has officially been called up Tanev is on injured reserve

1 hour ago, iHeart said:

Roslovic has officially been called up Tanev is on injured reserve

Roslo on the grinder line. Excellent.

Hopefully Roslo gets some time with skilled players.  I can see why they were reluctant to call someone up as you have to reward a guy like Roslo by letting him collect the big paycheque but essentially he’s be either not dressing or playing 4th line. 

But good players find a way. 

Nice to see roslovic get a break but Dano at least deserves a shot at redemption on 4th line first

 

36 minutes ago, Floyd said:

Nice to see roslovic get a break but Dano at least deserves a shot at redemption on 4th line first

 

Yeah it’s very possible Roslo is just the extra forward.  He’s earned the big paycheque. 

Vegas. What a story. 

 

The rails will fall off for that team. Has to happen.

Connor Hellebuyck is named the NHL's first star of the week. He finished 3-0 over that stretch-- including a 35-save shutout over the Edmonton Oilers Sunday -- with a combined GAA of 1.67 and save % of .952.

1 hour ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Connor Hellebuyck is named the NHL's first star of the week. He finished 3-0 over that stretch-- including a 35-save shutout over the Edmonton Oilers Sunday -- with a combined GAA of 1.67 and save % of .952.

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On 31/12/2017 at 5:09 PM, FrostyWinnipeg said:

The rails will fall off for that team. Has to happen.

I won't sleep properly until it does.......I don't like things that defy all logic.

5 minutes ago, Noeller said:

I won't sleep properly until it does.......I don't like things that defy all logic.

Does it really defy logic, though? A proven GM, a proven HC, and some solid talent and depth - all significant advantages compared to previous expansion teams.

Florida gifted Vegas Jonathan Marchessault, Reilly Smith, and Gerard Gallant.  Without that trio we're looking at a very different team.  I hope VGK sent Florida a Christmas card.

William Karlsson going from fringe 3rd liner to star top six player helps too

8 minutes ago, blue_gold_84 said:

Does it really defy logic, though? A proven GM, a proven HC, and some solid talent and depth - all significant advantages compared to previous expansion teams.

It's a scrap heap! A junk pile came together to create a monster....I have no idea how it's possible.

Interesting article on where Laine ranks among some of the premier goal scorers this far into his career.

https://www.tsn.ca/laine-on-track-to-become-nhl-s-next-premier-sniper-1.956848

 

34 minutes ago, Noeller said:

It's a scrap heap! A junk pile came together to create a monster....I have no idea how it's possible.

A knightly scrap heap! It just seems like a perfect storm more than anything. Who knows if it'll continue but the Knights have themselves in a great position going into the second half of the season.

I saw an interview with Doughty and he said that Vegas is maybe the hardest team to play against b/c they give full effort on every shift. That what building a team full of grinders will give you. Getting breakout performances from guys like Karlsson and Haula doesn't hurt either.

I can totally understand a team like this being hard to play against because of the grinders, but I can't figure out how they're scoring....

Wonder how much of Vegas home success wains as team start making return trips. I think a lot of their success at home is more to do with unfamiliarity of building etc than the night life. Athletes are creatures of habit and like to have things known and comfortable.

VGK has some scoring punch.  James Neal has scored 40 in a season, Marchessault scored 30 last year, David Perron and Reilly Smith have both been over 25.  The expansion draft was kinder to VGK than any previous expansion team... they got some legit players.

9 minutes ago, Atomic said:

VGK has some scoring punch.  James Neal has scored 40 in a season, Marchessault scored 30 last year, David Perron and Reilly Smith have both been over 25.  The expansion draft was kinder to VGK than any previous expansion team... they got some legit players.

Legit players.  Good goaltending.  Hard to argue that on paper, they're a top 3 team in the league but good for them.  Good for the league too.

Probably a combo of an easy early schedule and teams taking them lightly - now they have hot goalies and confidence...

And aren't they basically playing a modern NHL trap?  Teams like that usually don't fall back down to earth