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 Kr55
Messages: 12884
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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| tardigrade81 wrote on Sun, 25 January 2026 15:08 |
| Kr55 wrote on Sun, 25 January 2026 06:31 |
| PlusOne wrote on Sat, 24 January 2026 22:51 |
Brought over from the GDT;
| Kr55 wrote on Sat, 24 January 2026 23:39 |
| PlusOne wrote on Sat, 24 January 2026 21:48 |
| Kr55 wrote on Sat, 24 January 2026 22:29 |
Stastney nice deflection goal now. But past Ingram.
Now someone else on our team almost kicked one in on Jarry. This team is in disarray.
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Stastney seems to have stuff like that happen to him a lot. I dont know if it is bad timing and angles by him or simple bad luck but he has a lot of pucks bounce off of him and towards the net.
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Our bottom 4 D and bottom 6 forward group might collectively be the crappiest looking I’ve seen in years.
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I disagree on the bottom 4 side. I dont think Nurse is as bad as some believe. If he was being paid a couple million less I maintain that a lot of fans would love him. Walman has had a rough time since coming back from injury but I still think he is a good enough second pairing guy.
Bottom 2 is a concern.
They dont even need good play from the bottom half of the roster. The top half is good enough to win with acceptable play by the supporting cast, including goalies.
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IMO Nurse is having a rough season. His xGF is his lowest in over half a decade. Lots of our D have had abysmal stats with him, and it even got Stecher traded to went on to be perfectly fine with Toronto (and he was fine here too in his time away from Nurse, but we decided to just ignore that).
Also really strangely he seems to have lost trust to be on the first PK unit. Maybe rightfully so. His xGA/60 on the PK is his highest of his entire career while getting his PK time against 2nd units instead of first units. No idea what happened there, but this has lead to his overall use dropping ~1:30 per game. Not even taking advantage of that elite athletic pedigree anymore. Lowest ice time/game since his 3rd NHL season.
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Nurse isn’t worth anything close to what he is getting paid. He is what he is. Some defend him, he’s a decent player but when your defense top pairing is Nurse and Bouchard you will have issues. It’s a good thing they both adding to scoring depth, so it makes up for the bone headed turnovers and bad defense they display
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I personally wouldn't compare Bouch and Nurse. Bouch's issue can be effort level defensively, but he is capable of playing a very elite level of defense when he is trying and makign the effort to read plays.
Nurse can try as hard as he likes, but his ability to read and react to plays has never really improved his entire career. He has always depended on his skating ability to make up for the slow processor up top. And every year that skating ability gets a little weaker.
One guy ups his effort level when gamess matter most and we have seen some amazing 2-way hockey from him for extended periods in the playoffs. The other guy is always in a constant battle with himself, trying to keep up with the play and skate his way out of trouble he keeps landing himself in because of poor reads.
Very very different players.
[Updated on: Sun, 25 January 2026 17:14]
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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