While luck and other teams being bad certainly is a part of it, I also mentioned that the Sens expected goals% is 50% (not zero, as you interpreted it) and that Craig Anderson is playing very well. He’s been a good goalie for years now, so not sure how you can attribute that to luck.

Yeah, glorious times. I just didn’t notice the scrimmage jerseys in the GIF.

Let me clarify: it’s not sustainable for the Senators because they don’t have the FWD or D depth to be able to consistently control the shot and chance percentages. They’ve done well this year to find the net when they have the chance, but on the nights they’re not, they look woefully over matched.

Because it’s not really sustainable long-term. By not attacking the Senators invite teams to come pepper them with shots. Their expected goal% has been hovering around the 50% mark. The Rangers showed they could break that in 4 of the 6 games they played them (even if they didn’t win 2 of them). The Sens are where…

Wait, was that a real season game? Not because of the glow puck, but because of all the empty seats.

Barry, thank you.

THIS. The sticking point with this trade is that Hall was worth so, so much more than Adam Larsson. He’s an ok to good second pair defenceman. Hall was deemed as part of the problem in Edmonton, when the real problem was the lack of an actual defense (and goaltending, but they made a shrewd move with Talbot given his…

Ha, what is so bad there? Mike Fisher (UFA) is ok but is 36 and replaceable. Johansen (RFA) will get a deserved raise with the Fisher money off the books and he’s only 24. The top 4 D are all back at the same cap hits, and Matt Irwin (one of the best depth D-men) is back on a 650K steal. Arvidsson (RFA) will get a…

2016-17 expected goal rankings: Nashville (10th) > CHI (17th).

My answer is definitely not Messier. I would take Byslma in a heartbeat now, even Sutter too. Basically, anyone who is willing to acknowledge that mobile, skating, puck moving d-men are much more important nowadays than ever before (Clendening should be in for Girardi or Staal or Holden on any given night). Your “bad”…

I’d be willing to lose the RFA draft picks for Eichel if it meant he’d be a Ranger and eventually run AV out of town. One issue: I want AV gone yesterday.

Random comments:

I have a round scar which is about half the size of a penny on my left calf. Never trust your younger, 9 year old brother that he won’t toss the dart while you pick you your throws. Prick.

There is, at least, no other team in better shape to withstand the lengthy loss of their top goaltender.

Same here. Grandpa Ray built a rink for his kids all throughout the late 60s and 70s. He couldn’t do that for me, but he and my dad taught me how to skate. His only advice when I got towards Pee-Wee’s and started becoming a center? “Don’t listen to your Father, he was a winger and you’re a center because you’re…

The Sheepdog (pictured) is the best type of dog because:

Of course Eric is spelled Erik in this case.

I’m sure the Kings are happy to have their backup back from his injury.

Meanwhile, on hockey twitter, a reporter who said Radko Gudas left with his sticks led to a similar reaction today.