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If Sanderson was deployed like Dahlin and playing with a younger veteran I think the offensive production gap would be a lot smaller.

Devon Toews extended for 7 x $7.25M.

Matthews is on fire -- first player to get back-to-back hatties to start the season since Ovechkin in 2017-18; before that you have to go back 100 years to Cy Denneny, Joe Malone and Reg Noble, all in 1917-18.

DeBrincat has 3 goals in 2 games and is +3. Good things happen when you don't play lazy.

wprager wrote:Matthews is on fire -- first player to get back-to-back hatties to start the season since Ovechkin in 2017-18; before that you have to go back 100 years to Cy Denneny, Joe Malone and Reg Noble, all in 1917-18.

DeBrincat has 3 goals in 2 games and is +3.  Good things happen when you don't play lazy.

I love how everyone is going crazy about Debrincat like he never did that with the sens. He had multiple games like that.

Matthews will run away with the rocket. He’s the second best player in the league IMO

Tampa, Florida and Buffalo at the bottom of the Atlantic, just like everybody thought.

Way, way *WAY* too early but it's nevertheless fun seeing the Leafs below the Sens in the standings.

Liljegren with a high ankle sprain after being (marginally) slew-footed by Marchand into the boards. No penalty, zero response from his team mates. Keefe "hated everything about that play".

Apparently the wikipedia page for Woodcroft had him as "former coach for the Edmonton Oilers" some time last night. Someone jumped the gun. But by how long? I think they do a roster shake-up first, before any other moves. They need a goalie who can stop pucks occasionally. They also need an upgrade on D. They also need an upgrade in their bottom 6. The more I think about it the more I think the GM has to go. It's a lot easier being GM of a team with Nik Lidstrom on it.

Well, there you go.  Holland is gone.

EDIT: maybe a bit premature.

Yeah, looks like a fell for it. Still, could be soon. The team is a mess and needs major upgrades everywhere -- that's on the GM.

wprager wrote:Well, there you go.  Holland is gone.

EDIT: maybe a bit premature.

Where are you getting all this?

Flo The Action wrote:

wprager wrote:Well, there you go.  Holland is gone.

EDIT: maybe a bit premature.

Where are you getting all this?

I was stupid and didn't check number of replies or followers.

Apparently he's in his last year and expected to retire after this. In that case unlikely they fire him. And like I said earlier first step would be a roster shakeup, anyway.

Remember when Debrincat had a completely unsustainable hot start? The guy is ice cold now

Well there it is. The Oilers are moving on from Woodcroft and Manson. Knaubloch is going to be the next HC (according to Seravalli). Coffey will also step in as assistant

wprager wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:

wprager wrote:Well, there you go.  Holland is gone.

EDIT: maybe a bit premature.

Where are you getting all this?

I was stupid and didn't check number of replies or followers.

Apparently he's in his last year and expected to retire after this. In that case unlikely they fire him. And like I said earlier first step would be a roster shakeup, anyway.

I also heard that Holland is in his last year and might retire after this season.

Glad he had time to make another team a mess after the red wings.

Brad Treliving is well on his way to doing the same in Toronto

Leaf fans already chasing Klingberg out of town

Why did someone lock the Ottawa thread?

There are two threads The locked one is an old one that got too long I think. Maybe the second one also got locked?