To my surprise, Washington are accumulating some constant performances that puts them in the the top of the league. They are now 1 point behind the Devils with 4 games in hand. The big question is, will they carry on like that in the playoffs?
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Team USA is now 2-0 at World Juniors after taking care of Team Latvia, which Team Canada couldn't do:
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In other action Czechia bullied Kazakhstan 14-2.
Latvia no match for 2-0 Team USA at world juniors
Team USA, the tournament's defending champion, defeated upstart Latvia 5-1 on Saturday in the world junior hockey championship in Ottawa, Ontario, allowing the Americans to improve to 2-0 in Group A play.
Rangers lose 5-3
The Rangers lost again. This time to the Florida Panthers. However although they played well & outshot the Panthers 36-26 it’s hard to win games when your star goalie sucks & let’s in 4 goals on only 25 shots.
The Rangers lost again. This time to the Florida Panthers. However although they played well & outshot the Panthers 36-26 it’s hard to win games when your star goalie sucks & let’s in 4 goals on only 25 shots.
Jesse Puljujärvi being put on waivers by Pittsburgh, probably the worst 4th pick in the NHL. He should have stayed near home and played the European style of hockey.
Pittsburgh Hockey Now is reporting that this has more to do with Kris Letang's unknown status ('undergoing testing") and freeing up roster space for a depth defensemen, than it does with performance. Although Puljujärvi has not played in a game since December 7. Reportedly the Devils will claim him.
Looks like the Oilers are bringing up goalie Olivier Rodrigue from the AHL. They do have goalie issues plus other things ( why has the goalie coach not been fired years ago? )
I don’t know if he’s the worse 4th pick because there’s been many stinkers over the years who were picked 1st overall: Patrick Stefan, Nail Yakupov, Erik Johnson, Rick Dipietro, Alexandre Daigle, etc. Nolan Patrick was projected as a top 2 pick in Nico Hischier’s draft pick & ended up being picked #2 by Philly. By the way i consider Jesperi Kotkaniemi one of the worst 3rd overall pick ever & the second he was picked by Montreal overall over Brady Tkachuk i couldn’t believe it! I say “What? Is that a joke?” I took out my Hockey News NHL draft guide & KK was projected no better than #15-19 by many scouts!
Found this article
First off all my assumptions that are on this are based on evidence and previous knowledge of Oilers Goalie Coach Dustin Schwartz. I personally believe that he fails in a major aspect of goalie coaching in which part of the job of being a goalie coach is addressing and appropriately dealing with the mental strain goaltending can be in any league of hockey. It is evident to me that goalies in Edmonton often struggle, you could argue maybe the goalies weren’t good. That can be true but goalies that have struggled under Schwartz that did find decent success outside of edmonton include Stolarz, Talbot and to some degree, Brossoit. While Laurent Brossoit is injured, i cannot fully say he found success.
The oilers have cleaned coaching staff multiple times yet Dustin Schwartz still remains. If you look at all of our goalies during the tenure, the best goalie the oilers had in terms of save percentage was Mike Smith, a goalie on the tail end of his career who used his own goalie coach because he didn’t believe that Dustin Schwartz knew what he was doing. While Schwartz found success in the WHL with a stacked Oil kings team, we have found that success in lower leagues doesn’t always translate to the big leagues, a great example would be Dallas Eakins, while his style worked in the AHL, it flopped hard in the NHL.
Recently i heard former star goaltender Henrik Lundqvist criticizing the positioning Stuart Skinner was doing in one of the games. While part of it yes can be on Stuart Skinner, the fact other goalies struggled with Dustin Schwartz still makes this partly on Schwartz. In interviews it is clear that Skinner is deflated, not confident. That is something a goalie coach needs to address. When Stuart Skinner and Mike Smith were together, Skinner seemed more confident. I believe Mike Smith knew how to address the situation and help skinner in his confidence. While Mike Smith was at times reckless and hot headed, he played very well.
Sam Bennett was checked into Shesterkin by defenseman Ryan Lindgren, which caused this injury. Friendly fire!!!!!!!!!
Source: Rangers place goalie Shesterkin on IR
The struggling Rangers placed goaltender Igor Shesterkin on injured reserve with upper-body injury, a source told ESPN.
The 2 Coles, Hutson and Eiserman, Boston U teammates, have led Team USA Past Team Canada 4-1 at the World Juniors:
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U.S. beats Canada, wins group at world juniors
The U.S. scored a 4-1 victory over Canada to take the top spot in Group A at the world junior hockey championship on Tuesday.
Spurgeon Out 3 Weeks After Being Slew-Footed By L'Hereux!
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Zachary L'Heureux slew-foots Jared Spurgeon - ESPN Video
Predators' Zachary L'Heureux was handed a three-game suspension after injuring Jared Spurgeon during their game on New Year's Eve.
Look at this, goalie Wedgewpood is collided with by Zach Benson, and is writhing in pain inside the goal, there is no whistle, then Benson scores an easy, uncontested goal! (easiest goal of his life)
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When I watched this initially in real time, I thought Wedgewood was flopping, because the contact did not seem so bad, but clearly he was not flopping. I am wondering if the refs thought it was a flop and punished Wedgewood by not blowing the whistle??????? Actually the refs told Bednar that Benson was shoved into Wedgewood by a Sabres player, so it's a self inflicted injury and a play on situation. I was not aware that was the rule. Also, it appeared to me that Benson was lightly checked, at best.
Avs coach livid over no whistle with goalie hurt
Avs coach Jared Bednar said it was "insanity" for officials not to blow a play dead after goaltender Scott Wedgewood was down in the net and hurt during Thursday's game against the Sabres.
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