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Milli Takım son 16'da!

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Milli Takım son 16'da!

A Millî Takımımız, 2024 Avrupa Şampiyonası (EURO 2024) F Grubu üçüncü ve son maçında karşılaştığı Çekya’yı 2-1 mağlup ederek grubunu ikinci sırada bitirdi ve diğer maçın sonucundan bağımsız olarak son 16 turuna yükseldi. Ay-Yıldızlılarımıza galibiyeti ve turu getiren golleri 51. dakikada Hakan Çalhanoğlu ve 90+4. dakikada Cenk Tosun kaydetti. Rakibimiz Çekya’nın golünü ise 66. dakikada Tomáš Souček attı. Çekya, karşılaşmayı Antonín Barák’ın 20. dakikada gördüğü kırmızı kart nedeniyle 10 kişi tamamladı.

ALMANYA (

İGFA) – Hamburg’daki Volkspark Stadyumu’nda oynanan müsabakayı T.C. Gençlik ve Spor Bakanı Osman Aşkın Bak, TFF Başkanı Mehmet Büyükekşi ve eşi Zehra Büyükekşi ile TFF Yönetim Kurulu Üyeleri tribünden takip etti.

Bu galibiyetle birlikte grup ikincisi olarak tur atlayan Millîlerimiz, son 16 turunda D Grubu’nu lider bitiren Avusturya ile eşleşti. A Millî Takımımız ile Avusturya’yı karşı karşıya getirecek olan son 16 turu müsabakası 2 Temmuz 2024 Salı günü Leipzig Stadyumu’nda oynanacak ve maç TSİ 22.00’de başlayacak. F Grubu’nun diğer maçında ise Gürcistan, Gelsenkirchen’de oynanan müsabakada gruptan lider olarak çıkmayı bir önceki maçta garantileyen Portekiz’i 2-0 mağlup etti. 2024 Avrupa Futbol Şampiyonası (EURO 2024) F Grubu’nda son maçların ardından oluşan puan durumu şöyle:

EURO 2024 F Grubu Puan Cetveli

Takımlar

1.PORTEKİZ

2.TÜRKİYE

3.GÜRCİSTAN

4.ÇEKYA

Karşılaşmadan dakikalar

İlk yarı

2. dakikada Çekya, ilk tehlikeli atağı geliştirdi. Barak’ın pasına hareketlenen Provod’un ceza sahası sol çaprazından sert vuruşunda, kaleci Mert Günok topu kornere çeldi.

18. dakikada Çekya gole yaklaştı. Coufal’ın uzun taç atışında Soucek, kafa vuruşuyla topu arka direğe gönderdi. Boş durumdaki Hranac’ın kafa vuruşunda meşin yuvarlak üstten auta gitti.

20. dakikada Çekya, 10 kişi kaldı. Orta saha mücadelesinde Salih Özcan’ın ayağına basan Barak, ikinci sarıdan kırmızı kart gördü.

27. dakikada A Millî Takımımız etkili geldi. Ferdi’nin sol kanattan yaptığı ortaya hareketlenen Arda Güler’in kale sahası önünde şık volesinde top savunmaya çarpıp kornere çıktı.

45. dakikada Çekya öne geçme şansını kullanamadı. Hızlı hücumda Provod, ara pasını ceza sahasına gönderdi. Topla buluşan David Jurasek’in vuruşunda, kaleci Mert Günok gole izin vermedi.

İkinci yarı

46. dakikada Ay-Yıldızlılarımız etkili geldi. Merih Demiral, savunma arkasına uzun pasında Barış Alper Yılmaz’ı topla buluşturdu. Barış’ın kale sahasının sağ çaprazından bekletmeden yaptığı kafa vuruşunda, kaleci Stanek topu çıkardı.

51. dakikada Millîlerimiz golü buldu. Ceza sahası önündeki İsmail Yüksek, yerden pasını Hakan Çalhanoğlu’na gönderdi. Hakan’ın kaleyi çaprazdan gören pozisyonda sağ ayağıyla gelişine yaptığı sert vuruşta top, uzak direk dibinden ağlarla buluştu: 0-1.

66. dakikada Çekya eşitliği yakaladı. Coufal’ın sağ kanattan uzun taç atışında Soucek, topu kafayla kale sahasına doğru aşırttı. Chory ile birlikte yükselen Mert Günok, topu kontrol edemedi. Chory’nin yaptığı vuruşta çizgi üzerinde topa müdahale eden Samet Akaydın, gole izin vermedi. Dönen topu sert vuruşla filelere gönderen Soucek, durumu 1-1 yaptı.

90+4. dakikada A Millî Takımımız öne geçti. Cenk Tosun, Orkun Kökçü’nün pasıyla ceza sahasına girdi. Rakiplerinden kurtulan Cenk, yaptığı sert vuruşla topu köşeden ağlara göndererek Ay-Yıldızlılarımızı 2-1 öne geçirdi.

Stat: Volkspark

Hakemler: Istvan Kovacs, Vasile Marinescu, Ovidiu Artene (Romanya)

Çekya: Stanek (Dk. 55 Kovar), Holes, Hranac, Krejci, Coufal, Soucek, Provod (Dk. 75 Lingr), David Jurasek (Dk. 81 Matej Jurasek), Barak, Chytil (Dk. 55 Kuchta), Hlozek (Dk. 55 Chory)

Türkiye: Mert Günok, Mert Müldür, Samet Akaydın, Merih Demiral, Ferdi Kadıoğlu, Salih Özcan (Dk. 46 Kaan Ayhan), İsmail Yüksek (Dk. 63 Okay Yokuşlu), Arda Güler (Dk. 75 Cenk Tosun), Hakan Çalhanoğlu (Dk. 87 Orkun Kökçü), Kenan Yıldız (Dk. 76 Kerem Aktürkoğlu), Barış Alper Yılmaz

Goller: Dk. 51 Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Dk. 90+4 Cenk Tosun (Türkiye), Dk. 66 Soucek (Çekya)

Kırmızı kartlar: Dk. 20 Barak, Dk. 90+8 Chory (Çekya)

Sarı kartlar: Dk. 31 Salih Özcan, Dk. 37 Kenan Yıldız, Dk. 49 İsmail Yüksek, Dk. 65 Mert Günok, Dk. 66 Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Dk. 68 Uğurcan Çakır (Yedek kulübesinde), Dk. 81 Mert Müldür, Dk. 85 Samet Akaydın, Dk. 90+5 Kaan Ayhan, Dk. 90+8 Arda Güler (Türkiye), Dk. 34 Schick (Yedek kulübesinde), Dk. 84 Jaros, Dk. 85 Cerv (Yedek kulübesinde), Dk. 90+1 Krejci, Dk. 90+8 Soucek (Çekya)

Volkspark Stadyumu’nda büyük coşku

A Millî Takımımız ile Çekya arasında oynanan karşılaşmada tribünler tamamen doldu. Volkspark Stadyumu’nun büyük bölümünde Türk taraftarlar yer aldı. Ay-yıldızlı forma ve bayraklarla tribünde yer alan taraftarlarımız, Millîlerimize büyük destek verdi.

Çekya ile 12. randevu, 6. galibiyet

A Millî Takımımız, Çekya ile 7’si özel, 5’i resmi olmak üzere 12 kez karşılaştı. Bu müsabakalarda Ay-Yıldızlılarımız 6, Çekya 5 kez galip gelirken, taraflar bir kez de berabere kaldı. Bu maçlarda 16 gol atan Millîlerimiz, kalesinde ise 22 gol gördü. TARİHİMİZDEKİ 629. MÜSABAKA

A Millî Takımımız, 101 yıllık tarihinde 344’ü resmi, 285’i özel 629 maç oynayıp biri hükmen 244 galibiyet, 148 beraberlik, 237 yenilgi yaşadı. Ay-Yıldızlılarımız, 270’i deplasmanda, 272’si Türkiye’de, 87’si ise tarafsız sahada çıktığı maçlarda, 3 tanesi hükmen galibiyet sonucunda 857 gol attı, kalesinde 902 gol gördü. Bugüne kadar 91 farklı ülke takımıyla mücadele eden Millîlerimiz, 629 karşılaşmanın 545’ini Avrupa, 34’ünü Asya, 24’ünü Afrika, 23’ünü Amerika, 3’ünü de Okyanusya temsilcileriyle yaptı. A Millî Takımımızın teknik direktörü Vincenzo Montella tarafından belirlenen 26 kişilik EURO 2024 kadrosunda şu isimler yer alıyor:

Oyuncu

Kulüp

Doğum Tarihi

A Millîlik Sayısı / Gol

İlk A Millîliği

Forma Numarası

KALECİ

Altay Bayındır

Manchester United

14.04.1998

10/0

27.05.2021

Mert Günok

Beşiktaş A.Ş.

01.03.1989

31/0

24.05.2012

Uğurcan Çakır

Trabzonspor A.Ş.

05.04.1996

27/0

30.05.2019

DEFANS

Mert Müldür

Fenerbahçe A.Ş.

03.04.1999

26/2

11.10.2018

Zeki Çelik

AS Roma

17.02.1997

47/2

05.06.2018

Abdülkerim Bardakcı

Galatasaray A.Ş.

07.09.1994

10/1

16.06.2023

Ahmetcan Kaplan

AFC Ajax

16.01.2003

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Merih Demiral

Al-Ahli Saudi FC

05.03.1998

47/2

20.11.2018

Samet Akaydin

Panathinaikos FC

13.03.1994

9/0

19.11.2022

Ferdi Kadıoğlu

Fenerbahçe A.Ş.

07.10.1999

18/1

04.06.2022

ORTA SAHA

Hakan Çalhanoğlu

FC Internazionale Milano

08.02.1994

89/19

06.09.2013

İsmail Yüksek

Fenerbahçe A.Ş.

26.01.1999

16/1

22.09.2022

Kaan Ayhan

Galatasaray A.Ş.

10.11.1994

61/5

31.08.2016

Okay Yokuşlu

West Bromwich Albion FC

09.03.1994

41/1

17.11.2015

Orkun Kökçü

SL Benfica

29.12.2000

31/2

06.09.2020

Salih Özcan

Borussia Dortmund

11.01.1998

20/0

29.03.2022

FORVET

İrfan Can Kahveci

Fenerbahçe A.Ş.

15.07.1995

32/2

23.03.2018

Yunus Akgün

Leicester City FC

07.07.2000

10/2

04.06.2022

Kenan Yıldız

Juventus

04.05.2005

10/1

12.10.2023

Kerem Aktürkoğlu

Galatasaray A.Ş.

21.10.1998

32/6

27.05.2021

Arda Güler

Real Madrid CF

25.02.2005

10/2

19.11.2022

Barış Alper Yılmaz

Galatasaray A.Ş.

23.05.2000

18/2

13.11.2021

Bertuğ Yıldırım

Stade Rennais FC

12.07.2002

3/2

08.09.2023

Cenk Tosun

Beşiktaş A.Ş.

07.06.1991

52/20

15.10.2013

Semih Kılıçsoy

Beşiktaş A.Ş.

15.08.2005

2/0

04.06.2024

Yusuf Yazıcı

LOSC Lille

29.01.1997

45/3

11.06.2017

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Hiiii! I have a newfound crush on Sir Nolan Patty and was wondering if you could list some facts/details about him .... likes and dislikes etc.! Besides his legendary hockey family and deadpan charm haha thank you!

lol i love that you think i’m some sort of nolan patrick expert (i do know way too much about that boy)

so i’m just gonna go with whatever comes to mind first

i’m sure you know this guy is GREAT at hockey (despite what the haters say nolan is NOT a bust)

he was drafted second overall in 2017 (right after his bf nico) ((his other bf is tk))

idk if this is true or if nolan was joking around but he says his fav animal is a platypus (i’m p sure he was joking)

he loves golf

and fishing

and hunting

he has a dog named charlie

i think he named his dog charlie bc that’s what his grandpa used to call him

and he has a “C” tattooed on his arm for charlie (the nickname not his dog) ((does that make sense? lol))

this man now has so many tattoos (most of them are on his thighs)

p sure his first one was at 16 and its his grandpa’s initials and 63 underneath them

his bday is september 19 (we love a virgo)

apparently he doesn’t know how to tie his shoes

he def doesn’t know how to tie his ties

OH he hates the philly media,,, says they’re all irrelevant lmao

his mom’s credit card got hacked once, someone used it for porn, and nolan was blamed

he used to eat a ham and cheese sandwich before games (doesn’t anymore)

nolan hates country music

one of his favorite bands is mt. joy (they’re really good)

before he was drafted by philly he was on the brandon wheat kings

his roommate is kevin hayes

seems to have a love/hate relationship with gritty lol

nolan’s first nhl fight was against david krejci

he doesn’t want anyone talking about his rosy cheeks

more often than not you’ll see him with greasy hair

its a great flow but it’d be better if it weren’t greasy all the time

tk’s famous “atta boy johnson eat up bud, eat up” came after nolan’s hit on johnson during the 2019 stadium series (he had it coming after his hit on nolan)

philly patty and winnipeg patty are two completely different people

philly patty is hella stoic and focused on hockey

winnipeg patty is chill and gives off big 90s lesbian vibes

he’s scared of mice

he also loves sushi

ok that’s all i could think of rn

#nolan patrick

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puckingficrecs · 7 years ago

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The shapes of the city, the blue line of the Charles River leading to the harbor, the throngs of feisty fans in black and gold outside the Garden, stay the same. Their hero is what has changed. David Krejci returns to Boston. David Pastrnak is waiting.

#p David pastrnak #p David Krejci #a bookhousegirl #under 20k #rated m

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brandoncarlo · 7 years ago

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everyone: the bruins are just the bergeron line

me, knowing david krejci has gone from a 0.50 p/gm player to a 1.75 p/gm player in the playoffs multiple times in the past few years and lead playoff scoring twice: mmhm

#my stuff #text

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ao3feed-hockey · 8 years ago

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Why We Fight

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2jlrNfv

by lllookalive

Bonfires! Breakups! All-ages night at the local club, underage drinking, and reminders of how everything tastes better when you're stoned.

Welcome to a tale of bros being bros, bros boning bros, and little bros being best. Where high school hockey is more the vehicle than the actual destination, and sometimes we all have to settle for a good face-punch being the most efficient form of communication. Come for the melodrama, stay for the dicktouching.

(This story is done. Hereafter I'll be posting two chapters a week on Mondays and Thursdays roughly until the end of time.)

Words: 2642, Chapters: 1/77, Language: English

Fandoms: Hockey RPF

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Underage

Categories: M/M

Characters: Jonathan Toews, Evgeni Malkin, Patrice Bergeron, Milan Lucic, David Krejci, Brad Marchand, Tyler Seguin, Tuukka Rask, Anton Khudobin, Shawn Thornton, Patrick Kane, Andrew Shaw, Brandon Bollig, Brent Seabrook, Duncan Keith, Michael Frolik, Marcus Kruger, Daniel Paille, Johnny Boychuk, Daniel Carcillo, Bryan Bickell, Amanda Bickell, Joe Thornton, David Toews, Sidney Crosby, Chris Kunitz, James Neal, Marc-Andre Fleury, Tanner Glass, Pascal Dupuis, Kris Letang, Carey Price, P. K. Subban, Beau Bennett, Simon Despres, Denis Malkin, Corey Crawford, Ray Emery, Brandon Saad, Brandon Pirri, Alexander Ovechkin, Brendan Gallagher, Alex Galchenyuk, Sam Gagner, Torey Krug, Adam McQuaid, Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle, Marian Hossa, Paul Martin, Rene Bourque, Brandon Prust, Jamal Mayers, Niklas Hjalmarsson, Johnny Oduya, Dougie Hamilton, T. J. Oshie, Ben Smith

Relationships: Patrice Bergeron/Evgeni Malkin, Jonathan Toews/Milan Lucic, Jonathan Toews/Tyler Seguin, Patrice Bergeron/Carey Price, Jonathan Toews/Carey Price

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - High School, Underage Drinking, Underage Drug Use, it's just weed, shithead teenagers, Internalized Homophobia, Dysfunctional Family, Dysfunctional Relationships, Sex Positive, Hate Sex, Romantic Face Punching, Break Up, Multiple Partners

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2jlrNfv

#IFTTT #ao3feed #fanfic #hockey rpf

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mystlnewsonline · 6 years ago

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PITTSBURGH | Penguins end Bruins' 19-game point streak in 4-2 win

PITTSBURGH | Penguins end Bruins’ 19-game point streak in 4-2 win

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jared McCann scored twice, Matt Murray finished with 39 saves and the Pittsburgh Penguins handed the Boston Bruins their first regulation loss since January with a 4-2 victory on Sunday night.

Nick Bjugstad and Jake Guentzel also scored for the Penguins, who survived another late push by the Bruins.

David Krejci picked up his 19th of the season and John Moore got Boston within…

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#Bruins couldn&039;t complete #Columbus #Jake Guentzel also scored #LeadingNews #Penguins end Bruins&039;#Pittsburgh Penguins handed

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thrashermaxey · 6 years ago

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Ramblings: Stacking Mates, Shutout Season, PPPt/60, McCann, Zucker, & Bishop (March 8)

There aren’t too many teams that I would be keen to roster three players from. Stacking mates is often a recipe for feast or famine, and come time for fantasy hockey playoffs, an ill-timed famine can be the death of a squad.

That said, the Bruins and Panthers, who met on Thursday evening, are two of the teams you’d consider taking that swing on. Sasha Barkov and Jonathan Huberdeau have the ability to go off in bunches and are both clicking above the point-per-game mark. Meanwhile, Keith Yandle has been steadily plucking apples from the orchard.

All three factored in on the first two Florida goals as the Panthers jumped out to an early 2-0 lead. David Krejci brought the Bs to within one before the Bruins’ top line joined the party

Despite still missing David Pastrnak – who is inching closer to returning from a thumb injury, Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand refuse to slow down. Bergeron tallied his second shorthanded goal in as many games to knot the game at two. The assist, of course, went to Marchand.

Huberdeau clicked on his third point to regain the lead for a Panthers’ squad that should be looking towards the lottery and not the playoffs, but the Bruins were not to be outdone tonight. Matt Grzelcyk tallied the tying goal with 37 seconds remaining on the clock.

Then, it was back to Bergy.

{source}<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">AND WITH 7.2 SECONDS REMAINING. PATRICE BERGERON. <a href="https://t.co/aHoP299Vei">pic.twitter.com/aHoP299Vei</a></p>— Bruins (Guy Boston Sports) (@Bruins_GBos) <a href="https://twitter.com/Bruins_GBos/status/1103847503433216000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 8, 2019</a></blockquote>

Call it nine points in the last five games for Marchand and 80 on the season. Bergeron is up to 62 points in 51 games. Both are on 100-point paces.

Stack ‘em up!

Matt Murray made 25 stops and Sidney Crosby tallied for the sixth straight contest as the Pens blanked the Blue Jackets 3-0.

CBJ has lost three of their last four and is inching further away from the post-season picture. Missing the dance will be disastrous as the organization bet on itself and could be left holding the bag as the UFAs walk.

Joonas Korpisalo took the L in this one. Torts wouldn’t comment on why Korpisalo was getting the nod over Sergei Bobrovsky other than to say it wasn’t due to Bob’s performance of late. Columbus is riding three netminders right now, so perhaps it’s a just a rest situation, but it was a strange time to sit your number one if he’s healthy. The two teams meet again on Saturday, in what is shaping up to be a must-win for Columbus. If Bob is healthy, expect him to be tending the twine.

Watch the updates.

Jared McCann is loving life in the Steel City. The former first-rounder is breathing fresh air playing on the left-side of Crosby and Jake Guentzel. He has three goals and six points in his last five games and is seeing upwards of 17 minutes a night at even-strength. He’s yet to break onto a power-play unit, but if he continues to show signs of offensive life, that second unit should come calling soon.

We’ve all fallen for the third fiddle before, but McCann has always been a skilled, yet feisty player. He could be a nice fit on that line. Let’s see how the remaining games shake out, but we could be looking at a sleeper for 2019-20.

In the most predictable result of the evening, the Sens lost again. This time to the Islanders. There isn’t much left to say about Ottawa. They stink and are going to watch Colorado draft an elite talent in June. Tough times.

Meanwhile, the goaltending on the Isle continues to be stellar. With Robin Lehner out with a suspected concussion, Thomas Greiss handled this one easily. He’s up to a .929 save percentage on the season.

On the flip side of the predictability scope, the Lightning lost. No, it’s not April 1st, this is not a drill. Devon Dubnyk made 25 saves and Jason Zucker recorded the natural hat trick as Minny bested the best team 3-0 on Thursday.

After being moments away from being dealt to Calgary at the deadline, Zucker has been making good. The 27-year-old has five goals in five games and is enjoying the addition of Ryan Donato. Donato has been making the best of his opportunity in Minnesota. He has nine points in the eight games since the trade from Boston and has weaselled himself a gig on the team’s top line and top power-play unit.

We’ve got ourselves another sleeper alert.

Alex Radulov returned to the Stars lineup and notched his first-career hat trick against the Avalanche. Jamie Benn had a goal and an assist to give him five points in his last two games, while Ben Bishop recorded his second consecutive shutout.

Bishop has been dynamite this season and should be in the thick of the Vezina conversation despite missing some time due to injury. His 0.930 save percentage in 39 contests sits second to only Andrei Vasilevskiy.

He’ll be 33 by the time puck drops next fall. I’ll be wary of him on draft day.

Apparently, it was the evening of shutouts. Darcy Kuemper and Yotes blanked the Flames 2-0 on Thursday. Clayton Keller opened the scoring and Jakob Chychrun put the icing on the cake. Keller has just five points in his previous 15 contests. The sophomore slump has been wrapping its claws around the 20-year-old.

Bigger things are coming down the line. Hold on.

The Canucks took on the Oilers on the road after an energy-filled victory on home ice against the Maple Leafs the evening before. They didn’t muster the same effort in this one.

Connor McDavid recorded two assists – his 60th and 61st of the season to join Joe Thornton as the only active players with three consecutive campaigns with at least 60 helpers.

Brock Boeser chipped in with two assists of his own but it wasn’t enough as the Oil took this one 3-2.

These two squads are battling for lottery balls at this point, so maybe we actually give the win to VanCity. What can I say, I'm a wide-eyed optimist.

Chicago and Buffalo had some fun in a back-and-forth affair that needed extras. Chicago completed the first period up 2-0 only to see Buffalo score three in the second frame. The third period was highlighted by alternating tallies and a scoreless overtime period.

All three Hawks – Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane, and Alex DeBrincat scored in the shootout for the victory.

The Hawks jumbled their lines ahead of this one with Kane sliding down to “L3” with Artem Anisimov and Dominik Kahun. Fret not though, he chipped in two assists and skated a team-high 25:13.

That’s three wins in four tries for Corey Crawford since returning from the IR. Unfortunately, not a quality start in the bunch. The Blackhawks will continue to try and score their way out of trouble, but that method can only work for so long.

{source}<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Passing greatness.<br><br>With two helpers today, <a href="https://twitter.com/88PKane?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@88PKane</a> has passed Steve Larmer to take sole possession of 4th in points in franchise history. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Blackhawks?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Blackhawks</a> <a href="https://t.co/CCXWSVdo3S">pic.twitter.com/CCXWSVdo3S</a></p>— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) <a href="https://twitter.com/NHLBlackhawks/status/1103842767380377602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 8, 2019</a></blockquote>

The Sharks defeated the Habs 5-2 in one of the late affairs. Brent Burns recorded his 60th assist of the season in this one. The 33-year-old is on pace for 89 points, which would be the second most we've seen from a blueliner in the last 25 years (Ray Bourque – 91 points in 1993-94).

Not bad.

The Blues blanked the lowly Kings 4-0 in the final game of the evening. Vladimir Tarasenko potted a goal and added an assist. After the rocky first half of the season, Tarasenko has made good on owners who displayed patience. The 27-year-old has 29 points in 21 games dating back to January 15.

It was Jake Allen who completed the goose egg in this one. You know things are going your way when Allen has four quality starts in his last five contests.

Our Report Generator on DobberHockey continues to be improved. The most recent addition has been in the PP Data area where Eric Daoust has included PPPt/60 – which is essentially how many power-play points a player gets for every 60 minutes of power-play deployment. It’s a mouthful, but it provides tangible evidence to support how effective a player is on a man-advantage unit.

To me, this is a potential gold mine. Teams are constantly looking to improve their special teams’ production and finding players who are thriving in a limited role would likely be a good starting point in attempting to unearth assets that will see their value increase with further opportunities.

At the top of this list, we see the elites. Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point, Pastrnak, Phil Kessel, Burns, etc. But what I’m looking for are those undervalued players. Here are a few that stood out to me.

Jack Roslovic – Pegged by many as a prime candidate to steal the second line centre gig in Winnipeg this season, Roslovic has found himself locked in the bottom six skating fewer than 10 minutes a contest and very few power-play opportunities. However, in his 45 minutes of man-advantage action, the 22-year-old has produced 7.9 PPPt/60. That number puts him a shade ahead of Patrice Bergeron.

The Jets are going to run into cap issues soon, and when they do, Roslovic will be there to eat up offensive minutes for a reasonable price. He'll be another good bet to garner more interest next season assuming Winnipeg doesn't find a way to add a centre this offseason.

Kevin Labanc – The Sharks have a bevy of forward talent to choose from when an opponent heads to the sin bin. But it's Labanc who leads them in PPPt/60. His 7.1 PPPt/60 is amongst the league-leaders and not due to small sample size. His 145 minutes of man-advantage action is less than the big dogs, but still averaging out to over two-minutes per contest.

He'll need to continue to fight off Timo Meier for that top unit spot, but Labanc has shown capable of improving production year-over-year. A few more minutes per night and we could be talking about a 65-point forward next season.

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from All About Sports https://dobberhockey.com/hockey-rambling/ramblings-stacking-mates-shutout-season-pppt60-mccann-zucker-bishop-march-8/

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Arizona drafts, what could have been!

HOCKEY GM ADVICE

So the Coyotes have not been a competitive team for awhile and with the high draft picks they have had recently, they should have rebounded and been a playoff contender by now. Let’s take a look at the Coyotes first round picks from the past few seasons and what they could have gotten instead.

Let’s start all the way back in:

2004:

The Coyotes chose with the 5th overall pick: Blake Wheeler GP826 P666

Wheeler was the best available pick for the Coyotes, but after attending University he refused to sign with the Yotes so they lost him for nothing. Players that could have been taken instead are:

Mike Green

David Krejci

Andrew Ladd

2005:

The Coyotes chose with the 17th overall Pick: Martin Hanzal

Should have chosen:

Paul Stastny

James Neal

Keith Yandle

T.J. Oshie

Kristopher Letang

2006:

The Coyotes had the 8th and 29th overall pick choosing Peter Mueller & Chris Summers

Players could have chosen with 8th:

Claude Giroux

Brad Marchand

Nick Foligno

Picks with 29th:

Michael Frolik

Artem Anisimov

2007:

The Coyotes selected with the 3rd overall pick: Kyle Turris

Later traded for David Rundblad and a 2nd round pick.

Players they should have chosen:

Jamie Benn

Jakub Voracek

Logan Couture

David Perron

Max Pacioretty

P.K. Subban

2008:

The Coyotes selected with the 8th overall pick: Mikkel Boedker

Players they should have chosen:

Erik Karlsson

Jordan Eberle

Derek Stepan

John Carlson

Roman Josi

2009:

The Coyotes selected with the 6th overall pick: Oliver Ekman-Larsson

They nailed this pick.

2010:

The Coyotes selected with the 13th overall pick: Brandon Gormley

Players they should have chosen:

Vladimir Tarasenko

Evgeny Kuznetsov

Mark Stone

Jaden Schwartz

Cam Fowler

2011:

The Coyotes selected with the 20th overall pick: Connor Murphy

Players they should have chosen:

Nikita Kucherov

Johnny Gaudreau

Vincent Trocheck

2012:

The Coyotes selected with the 27th overall pick: Henrik Samuelsson

Players they should have chosen:

Shayne Gostisbehere

Colton Parayko

2013:

The Coyotes selected with the 12th overall pick: Max Domi

Later traded to Montreal, this was the correct pick.

2014:

The Coyotes selected with the 12th overall pick: Brendan Perlini

Players they should have chosen:

David Pastrnak

Dylan Larkin

Brayden Point

Viktor Arvidsson

2015:

The Coyotes selected with the 3rd and 30th overall picks: Dylan Strome & Nick Merkley

Players they should have chosen with 3rd overall:

Mikko Rantanen

Mitch Marner

Sebastian Aho

Mathew Barzal

Zach Werenski

Brock Boeser

Ivan Provorov

Thomas Chabot

Players could have chosen with 30th:

Sebastian Aho

Anthony Cirelli

Brandon Carlo

We will stop the list here as The past 3 drafts are still to early to determine. But here is what a roster could have looked like between 2004-2015

Benn - Point - Kucherov

Marchand - Aho - Marner

Keller - Krejci - Tarasenko

(4th line of current players)

OEL - Karlsson

Gostisbehere - Letang

Chychrun - Hjalmarsson

This is all what ifs, and the draft position would change depending on the success of players, but its amazing to see how many times teams blow a draft pick.

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Sølvpudspidsen. De tjekkiske ishockeyspillere er faldet væk, kun Pashasne forlod

Men så fik Randy Carlyle, den anachaistiske træner, ideen om fortsat at skubbe Ondřej Kašes bump i den første raid til kaptajn Ryan Getzlaf. Og se!

Kadana Zelenáč udnyttede pludselig den pludselig tilbudte mulighed. I anden runde af ænder mod Nashville tog han en energisk præstation, som træneren lignede en kanin fra en lommelygteannonce. Han lavede en 3: 3 sejr med imponerende 3: 3, bidrog til en 5: 3 sejr og blev den første stjerne af natten. Hvilken forfriskning til en lokal fan,Louis Blues med fremad Vladimir Sobotka havde nok håbet, at en person fra tilhængere Jagr, Hasek, Elias, Hejduk og Krejci når den berømte sølv trofæ.

Han har været under opsejling i yderligere neveselému finaler uden tjekkisk stemmer, som dette årtusinde skete kun to gange. I foråret 2007 var det stadig mere en tilfældighed, når blot besejrede Anaheim Ottawa. I juni 2014, hvor de mødte Los Angeles Kings og New York Rangers, allerede, derimod, afspejles fuldt ud krisen i den traditionelle hockey land, der ophørte med at give næring til håbet om verdensklasse.

Bare tre år senere, kan stå over for en lignende situation, i klubber er der stadig klubber, hvor tjekkere ikke arbejder. Borte er tider…

…hobbledehoy når Jaromir Jagr skinnede som adjudant Mario Lemieux i Pittsburgh.

…hvor fans af Buffalo Sabres bad jonglør Dominik Hasek sine oprindelige charme holdt deres chancer ellers gennemsnit hold til Cup.

< p>…hvor en engagerende Rez Colorado-New Jersey falske angriber Milan Hejduk, Patrik Elias, Petr Sykora og Bobby Holik.

…quarterbacken Frantisek Kaberle affyrede et afgørende slag finalen mellem Carolina og Edmonton Ales Hemským og Jaroslav Spacek i rapporten.

…da David Krejci to gange (2011, 2013) vandt scoring vyhecovaného playoffs, hvor hvert mål eller smurt bistand særligt sjældne.

den Tjekkiske hockey talent i realm af truede arter.På udkast sjældent får et særligt lattervækkende eksemplar. Så logisk, små vises i den afsluttende fase af en omfattende, eventyrlysten og divukrásného søgen efter sølv vrangforestillinger.

De skarpe skærmydsler mellem Ottawa og Pittsburgh deltager ikke hverken, derfor forblev den sidste repræsentant i den prestigefyldte tusindvis af kilometer væk kontinent enogtyve grød rookie, der bare sprang ind i sin femte Stanley Cup-duel 2017.

den mand, hvis vækst er mest sportslige underskrevet af sin far, i den anden periode forhøjet rolle statister i en af de vigtigste opgaver.Anaheim tabte 0: 1 til kampe og 0: 2 i anden hjemmehold.

I en virkelig usikker situation blev Carlyle blandet med angreb, og Pashas blev belønnet. "Han spiller med høj fart, han kan gøre sig til et lille rum. Selv om han ikke er en kæmpe, er han ikke bange for at gå til scrum, "trænede træneren ham. "Vi kan flytte det mellem forskellige rækker, hvilket giver os flere valgmuligheder. Du skal bare indse, at du ikke har råd til de ting, der er tilladt i kælderen på isen nu. "

Nej, Kaša er ikke Jagr, Elias eller Tailor. Men hans opfattelse er i det mindste en afledning i oversvømmelsen af store canadiere, svenskere eller amerikanere i slutningen af Stanley Cup for fans derhjemme.

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The Predators Don’t Need An Ovechkin Or A Crosby

The Stanley Cup playoffs begin today, and the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Nashville Predators enter as the betting favorites. You may recall Nashville’s Cinderella run to the Stanley Cup Final last spring as the lowest-seeded playoff team, and it did so largely thanks to the red-hot play of goalie Pekka Rinne. The 2016-17 Preds ultimately fell two games short of claiming the franchise’s first Stanley Cup (Sidney Crosby and company had other plans), but this season’s iteration has a chance to make that disappointment feel like a distant memory.

To be sure, last season’s Predators and this season’s Predators are two very different teams. In 2016-17, Nashville finished tied for the fewest wins in regulation and overtime among teams that qualified for the playoffs. This season, the Preds tied for third most. And it’s not as though their scoring totals are especially gaudy — they finished in a tie for seventh in goals for, 29 behind the league-leading Tampa Bay Lightning.

But there is one thing this year’s Predators have in common with last year’s: They’re succeeding without a bona fide offensive star. No Predator scored more than 61 points last year, and it’s been more of the same this season. Seven Predator forwards finished with at least 35 points, but none eclipsed 64. Four Predator forwards scored at least 23 goals, but there’s not a 30-goal scorer in the bunch. Nashville has plenty of players who can hurt opposing defenses, but it doesn’t have a Connor McDavid or an Alexander Ovechkin. Which is to say, it doesn’t have a single skater who is capable of changing a game by himself.

You might expect this from a team that nabbed the last spot in the playoffs, but it’s quite unusual for a Presidents’ Trophy-winning team. In the more than three decades that the award has been handed out, Nashville has the lowest top scorer of any team to receive it.1

Nashville won the Presidents’ Trophy without a scoring star

Total points of the top scorer on each year’s highest scoring team during the NHL regular season

Top scorer Year Team Name Points 2018 Predators F. Forsberg 64

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2017 Capitals N. Backstrom 86

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2016 Capitals E. Kuznetsov 77

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2015 Rangers R. Nash 69

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2014 Bruins D. Krejci 69

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2013 Blackhawks* P. Kane 94

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2012 Canucks H. Sedin 81

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2011 Canucks D. Sedin 104

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2010 Capitals A. Ovechkin 109

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2009 Sharks J. Thornton 86

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2008 Red Wings P. Datsyuk 97

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2007 Sabres D. Briere 95

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2006 Red Wings P. Datsyuk 87

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2004 Red Wings P. Datsyuk 68

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2003 Senators M. Hossa 80

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2002 Red Wings B. Shanahan 75

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2001 Avalanche J. Sakic 118

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2000 Blues P. Demitra 75

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1999 Stars M. Modano 81

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1998 Stars J. Nieuwendyk 69

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1997 Avalanche P. Forsberg 86

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1996 Red Wings S. Federov 107

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1995 Red Wings* P. Coffey 99

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1994 Rangers S. Zubov 89

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1993 Penguins M. Lemieux 160

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1992 Rangers M. Messier 107

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1991 Blackhawks S. Larmer 101

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1990 Bruins C. Neely 92

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1989 Flames J. Mullen 110

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1988 Flames H. Loob 106

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1987 Oilers W. Gretzky 183

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1986 Oilers W. Gretzky 215

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* Strike-shortened seasons prorated for a full season. The 2004-05 season was canceled because of a lockout.

Source: Hockey-Reference.com

If anything, this shows just how effective the Predators have been on the blue line and between the pipes. Rinne, at 35 years old, is having the best season of his career in terms of quality start percentage, and his marks for both save percentage and goals against average are better than his career averages. And among goalies who’ve played at least 1,500 minutes this season, Rinne ranks fourth in goals saved above average. As we’ve said before, though, goaltending is unstable — and no amount of great goaltending can make up for bad defensive play. Fortunately for Nashville, its roster is stocked with some of the best defensemen in the NHL.

Captain Roman Josi and P.K. Subban have each put together a solid case for the Norris Trophy, awarded to the league’s best defenseman, while Ryan Ellis and Mattias Ekholm each rank in the top 15 among qualifying defensemen2 in Corsi for percentage, which estimates a player’s possession rate by measuring the percentage of shot attempts directed at his opponent’s net versus his own net while he’s on the ice. Factor in Matt Irwin and Montreal Canadiens castaway Alexei Emelin — and the exceptional play of Rinne behind them — and Nashville’s defensive unit conceded the second fewest goals in the NHL.

Of course, sound defenses aren’t solely the result of good goalie and defenseman play. That tired old adage — that the best defense is a good offense — is true, especially in the case of the Predators. Despite their lack of an offensive superstar, the Predators rank second in goals for percentage3 and ninth in Corsi for percentage. They’ve built one of the more efficient offenses in the NHL not on the back of one superstar, but on the backs of many good to very good players.

And even though the lack of at least one high-scoring superstar is uncharacteristic of a Presidents’ Trophy-winning team, it’s not necessarily unheard of for a Stanley Cup-winning team — although it’s rare. Since 1986, five teams have won the Stanley Cup without a 70-point scorer. None of those teams were the best regular-season team, but Stanley Cup glory can come from unexpected scoring outbursts and hot goaltending.

Starless Stanley Cup winners aren’t unprecedented

How the 2017-18 Predators compare with Stanley Cup winners since 1986 in terms of each team’s top scorer in the regular season

Top scorer Year Team Name Points 2018 Predators F. Forsberg 64

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2017 Penguins S. Crosby 89

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2016 Penguins S. Crosby 85

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2015 Blackhawks J. Toews 66

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2014 Kings A. Kopitar 70

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2013 Blackhawks* P. Kane 94

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2012 Kings A. Kopitar 76

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2011 Bruins M. Lucic 62

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2010 Blackhawks P. Kane 88

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2009 Penguins E. Malkin 113

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2008 Red Wings P. Datsyuk 97

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2007 Ducks T. Selanne 94

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2006 Hurricanes E. Staal 100

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2004 Lightning M. St. Louis 94

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2003 Devils P. Elias 57

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2002 Red Wings B. Shanahan 75

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2001 Avalanche J. Sakic 118

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2000 Devils P. Elias 72

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1999 Stars M. Modano 81

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1998 Red Wings S. Yzerman 69

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1997 Red Wings B. Shanahan 87

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1996 Avalanche J. Sakic 120

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1995 Devils* S. Richer 67

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1994 Rangers S. Zubov 89

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1993 Canadiens V. Damphousse 97

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1992 Penguins M. Lemieux 131

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1991 Penguins M. Recchi 113

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1990 Oilers M. Messier 129

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1989 Flames J. Mullen 110

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1988 Oilers W. Gretzky 149

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1987 Oilers W. Gretzky 183

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1986 Canadiens M. Naslund 110

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* Strike-shortened seasons prorated for a full season. The 2004-05 season was canceled because of a lockout.

Source: Hockey-Reference.com

The 2003 New Jersey Devils and the 2011 Boston Bruins are each a very good analog for this year’s Predators. Neither team had a player score more than 62 points in the regular season, but each was the beneficiary of timely postseason scoring streaks. In the 2003 playoffs, the Devils got 18 points in 24 games from Jamie Langenbrunner and 10 goals from Jeff Friesen, who scored only 23 in the regular season. In 2011, it was David Krecji who stepped up for Boston — he notched 23 points in 25 postseason games and scored on 21.1 percent of his shots (a far better rate than his career mark of 12.2 percent).

Each team also benefited from hot goalie play: The Devils’ Martin Brodeur stopped 93.4 percent of the shots he faced in the playoffs after stopping just 91.4 percent of the shots he saw during the regular season, while the Bruins’ Tim Thomas stopped an astounding 94 percent of the shots he faced in one of the more memorable playoffs for a goalie in league history.

In other words, Nashville may have been more of an outlier for the Presidents’ Trophy because it doesn’t possess a stud (or several studs) who put up big numbers over the course of 82 games. But who wants that trophy anyway? The teams that claim it traditionally flop come springtime. Just ask the Washington Capitals. But if the Predators are able to steal a page from the playbooks of the 2003 Devils and the 2011 Bruins, the catfish will fly come June.

from News About Sports https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-predators-dont-need-an-ovechkin-or-a-crosby/

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Boston Bruins Provide Injury Update On Rick Nash

Boston Bruins Provide Injury Update On Rick Nash #NHLBruins

It feels like the Boston Bruins have a new injury every game with the latest injury being to veteran forward Rick Nash. Nash was a late scratch ahead of Monday night’s OT loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets with the initial thinking that he was going to be good-to-go. Shortly after game-time, it was announced that Nash would be game-to-game with an upper-body injury. After the loss, Boston Bruins…

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Los juniors de hockey checos no tendrán una medalla en la Copa del Mundo, los eslovacos sucumbieron 0: 3

El equipo checo perdió el tercer campeonato menor de cuartos de final en una fila, el último se sometió a una mejor y cuatro generaciones en torno Krejci, Olesz o Frolík en 2005 y ganó el bronce. Desde entonces, esperando en vano a los jugadores de hockey jóvenes a tener éxito.

Al mismo tiempo esto se suponía serie negativa finalmente se rompe cuadro construido sobre los jugadores de los jugadores del equipo de plata del año pasado de menos de 18 años de edad. Este excelente rendimiento después de duelo en Rusia (4: 1) recibió Pastrňák al. un oponente de cuartos de final aceptable…Pero la euforia de Año Nuevo reemplazó rápidamente a Sober de Año Nuevo.

Los entrenadores del entrenador Miroslav Preroost no pudieron anotar un gol en un partido importante, los eslovacos merecieron merecidamente. El equipo checo ha fallado en el torneo, solo el partido arriba mencionado contra los rusos ha tenido éxito.

"Hay una gran decepción porque el equipo tiene un gran potencial. Esperaba más y creí que después del partido con Rusia, cuando apareciera la individualidad, avanzaremos ", dijo el entrenador Preroost después del partido. "No tuvimos la suerte que tuvimos antes. Ni siquiera fuimos al frente de él ".

Los checos tenían un juego ligeramente abrumador gracias al juego de poder, pero los eslovacos eran más peligrosos. El portero Miroslav Svoboda, quien brilló en el último duelo, otra vez retuvo a sus compañeros de equipo varias veces. A los 14minutos después de que el Skalický disparó dentro del palo rápidamente envolvió una rueda receptora apuntando al gol directamente en la línea de gol.

La luz roja parpadeó, pero después del análisis del video, los jueces no reconocieron el objetivo. A las 18:46, sin embargo, Freedom no pudo repetir un bit similar. El final de Michal Kabáč del gol del arquero checo se inició desde la línea de gol. David Pastrňák, quien también estaba en problemas con la confusión, ya ha empujado el disco tarde.

Los checos han discutido y fueron mejores en el segundo. Paradójicamente, las primeras oportunidades del equipo llegaron a su fin, cuando Ondřej Kaše se empujó a Godla después de la derrota de Koja.Eslovaca brankáře agradable Deke a bekhendu překonal, pero al final sólo se dio en el poste izquierdo.

eslovacos con el tiempo centrado cada vez más a la defensiva y con frecuencia bajo presión justo lanzando discos fuera de la zona, al intentar iniciar una adición al pasar, hecho errores

Al igual que en los 34 minutos cuando Pastrňák fleeced zona de ataque en una de las defensas y pasan por delante de la puerta expuesta instado para compensar Patrick reacios pero falló.

Antes del final de la segunda tercera precipitó en Jakub Vrána de escape, pero tenía el disco fuera de palos portero y expedita salto Godla y discos vypíchnutím oportunidad frustrados. Ninguno de cercanías Kämpf no pudo dorážkou.

Los jóvenes checas fallaron incluso en el juego de poder.Al inicio del tercer periodo después de una serie delante de él Pastrňák meta sin tapar, pero sus heridas en el último minuto desinteresadamente saltó Jaros. Entonces fue un calambre. Por el contrario portero tenía varias gran libertad de intervenir para mantener la esperanza de un arreglo.

"decidió claramente el segundo período. Difícilmente se puede pensar en un éxito cuando no se convierten posibilidades. Tenían dos y cambiaron. Nuestros jugadores clave no presionar a través, "Checa entrenador Přerost lamentó que él no quería hacer excusas para pasar de Toronto a Montreal.

55 minutos después de haber perdido a tirar la zona de defensa Peter Cehlárik anotó en el pliegue y se volvió mucho espacio empujó repetidamente el disco hacia el objetivo.Cuando los checos jugar sin portero encajados por tercera vez, las estadísticas también inscribieron capitán eslovaco Martin Réway.

"Es una gran sensación y creo que todos en la República de Eslovaquia, están orgullosos de nosotros. Estoy seguro de que el juego se veía ", dijo el sitio oficial del torneo delantero Esparta.

Los jugadores de hockey eslovaco y confirmó que campeonatos juveniles en el territorio canadiense atestiguan. La elección de un entrenador Ernesta Bokroše siguió el equipo alrededor de Tatara o pánico de 2009, que terminó en Ottawa en el cuarto. La única medalla en la historia de Eslovaquia es de Winnipeg - hace 16 años Lašák, Gáborík, Nagy et al. ganamos el bronce.

"Fuimos realmente buenos en los cuartos de final. He visto los cuatro partidos checos.Así preparamos, porque esta batalla para nosotros es como jugar en Canadá contra EE.UU., "el entrenador mencionado Bokros rivalidad antiguos socios federales.

En eslovacos semifinal del domingo invite a favor de Canadá, que llamó a los daneses 8 0. Checa equipo de hockey sobre hielo en 20 años para volver decepcionado. Sin medall.

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What We Learned: Bruins have to pony up for Pastrnak

(Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend’s events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about it.)

Long-accepted fact: David Pastrnak was going to get something in the neighborhood of five or six years at an AAV of something like $5.5 million to $6.5 million.

High-end young talent, for sure. Gotta pay him as such. Just about any “insider” you talked to, whether on the management, player representation or media side, told you that was the term and number.

Only 11 forwards under the age of 22 have cleared 120 points in the past three seasons, and as you might imagine a good chunk of them are the high-end guys you’d expect to see here. Filip Forsberg, Sean Monahan, Connor McDavid, Sasha Barkov, Alex Galchenyuk, Nathan MacKinnon, Johnny Gaudreau, Leon Draisaitl, Nikita Kucherov, Elias Lindholm (maybe a surprise to some), and Pastrnak.

That’s it, and that’s with Pastrnak playing the fourth-fewest games of anyone in the group; last season was his first full NHL season.

In terms of points per game, Pastrnak is eighth. Tied with Leon Draisaitl. And Pastrnak scores more goals per game by a decent margin. And Pastrnak doesn’t have the benefit of playing a huge chunk of his minutes with the reigning MVP.

Which is why things just got a whole lot more complicated.

Because now we’re accepting, “Well, this is what guys coming out of their ELCs who scored at this level are worth now.” It used to be that your Halls, Saads, Barkovs, and Eberles set the market in the neighborhood of a $6 million AAV. That made sense just a month ago. But now you look at what Draisaitl pulled from Edmonton management — hell, look at what Kuznetsov, a very good player who’s also a few years older, snagged as one of the last guys worth paying in Washington.

It’s understandable that people would be hesitant to give a 21-year-old $8 million or more, but the Bruins didn’t have a problem giving Tyler Seguin $5.75 million and six years back in 2013-14. Turns out they had a problem with the player, for what the local media would have you believe is myriad reasons, but that’s a separate issue. There are no such problems with Pastrnak; he seems to throw checks at a rate sufficient for Boston brass, at the very least, and he scored a couple goals in the playoffs.

If it cost that much to play ball with a high-end talent like Seguin four years ago (it’s equivalent to about $7.3 million in today’s dollars), one supposes that $8 million isn’t an outlandish starting point for Pastrnak, who you’re probably not going to use to power his own line any time soon. That’s clearly the plan in Edmonton, but that Marchand-Bergeron-Pastrnak line is such a brutal force (they had a CF% of about 62 together last season, which is so far beyond phenomenal it’s tough to compute) that while you might want to redistribute that talent given the cost, it’s tough to justify. Not that Pastrnak would suddenly become any sort of lesser player — his under-lyings are all strong even when playing with inferior talent, though obviously nowhere near what he does with the big group — but the value for these three guys together is so high that Bruce Cassidy would be foolish to try getting too cute here.

The idea that the Bruins would trade this guy is silly. How many top-end early-20s guys can they justify trading away in a decade? The team is committed to keeping him, especially because they want to play up-tempo hockey and few can skate like Pastrnak. But that comes with the acknowledgement that if they wanted to keep the price down, well, that boat should have been pushed out quite a while ago.

Tough to say for sure whether foot-dragging on the team or the player led to Aug. 21 without a deal getting done, but that Kuznetsov extension got signed July 2, so there wasn’t a ton of time for the Bruins to set the market for good young forwards. Again, this comes with the acknowledgement that Kuznetsov is three years older and the Caps were buying more UFA seasons, even if that’s apparently starting to matter less in the grand scheme of things.

Nonetheless, Pastrnak was wise to be patient, especially because there was no way the Bruins could justify trading a player like this again.

The good news for now is that Boston has the cap space to add Pastrnak at even $8.5 million, and that if you lock him up for eight years you’ve got him for basically the entirety of his 20s. On the other hand, you can see where the Bruins might want to keep that price tag down because they already have four forwards carrying AAVs of more than $6 million. And the problem is two of them are Davids Krejci and Backes, both locked in for four more seasons and basically untradeable because they wouldn’t be worth a price point that’s significantly lower than what they actually make (i.e. Boston couldn’t even retain salary and expect someone to bite).

Indeed, the Bruins are in the same sort of position as the Oilers insofar as they’ve allocated a lot of dollars to a lot of players who aren’t all that good. Even beyond Krejci and Backes ($13.25 million combined, woof), they have three more years of Matt Beleskey — he of three goals last season — at $3.8 million. And Adam McQuaid and Kevan Miller are at $5.25 million combined. They also have buyouts for Dennis Seidenberg and Jimmy Hayes on the books for three and two more years, respectively.

This is basically a situation like Draisaitl’s. The GM should call the agent and say, “What does he want?” And then he should just give him that number. The Bruins can’t really afford to dither around here, specifically because of what they can afford to spend.

Hammering out a bridge deal when you have more than $10 million in cap space available doesn’t make a ton of sense either logistically or logically. For whom would you be saving that money? Pastrnak is the only guy they need to sign, unless they want to take a run at one of the few remaining worthwhile UFAs and, for some reason, give him a bunch of money on a short-term deal.

While the goalposts have certainly moved back a couple million dollars and years, this eventuality had to be acknowledged as a possibility. Waiting was always likely to result in a bigger payday, but it circles back to the idea that you gotta pay your stars and find ways to save elsewhere on the roster. That’s doubly true if those stars are in their early 20s.

So what’s the issue? You know this kid can play and you know what ‘capital-P Players’ his age cost now.

There’s no real problem here. Or at least there wouldn’t be if you could totally trust the Bruins to not-trade guys like this.

It’s an easy decision. Get out the checkbook. Why are we still talking about this?

What We Learned

Anaheim Ducks: It’s really hard to score 30 goals, man. Really hard. To do it consistently from year to year takes a huge talent level. I think Rickard Rakell is great, but I dunno if he’s that great.

Arizona Coyotes: That Coyotes defense. Hoo boy. Ekman-Larsson, Goligoski and Hjalmarsson is a strong top-three but then their next-best guy is Kevin Connauton.

Boston Bruins: Yeah, no pressure, kid. They just want you to take over from Zdeno Chara after this season.

Buffalo Sabres: Imagine looking at 19-year-old first-round pick with four NHL games under his belt and saying, “This kid might be a bust!”

Calgary Flames: Hey Glen, I wanna have $5 million dollars but we can’t always get what we want, bud.

Carolina Hurricanes: Wait, were we supposed to think Bill Peters was on the hot seat or something?

Chicago: The answer to this question is in the ages of the players when the contracts went into effect, and the quality of those players. Edmonton got a much better deal for McDavid/Draisaitl than Chicago did for Toews/Kane.

Colorado Avalanche: Hey, a new AHL team. That’s fun.

Columbus Blue Jackets: Seems like Columbus is basically done for the summer… except for that whole “We have to re-sign Josh Anderson and Alex Wennberg” thing. Which, to me, seems like a big deal.

Dallas Stars: Hockey teams always seem to do well in these things. Not sure why.

Detroit Red Wings: Ahh, hmm, well…

Edmonton Oilers: Yeah, $6 million is a lot to spend on your No. 3 center.

Florida Panthers: Jonathan Huberdeau, recently inducted into his QMJHL team’s hall of fame, could have a real good season in 2017-18.

Los Angeles Kings: The Kings know they need offense but not the kind of offense Jaromir Jagr provides. Okay, have fun out there.

Minnesota Wild: Funny that the Canadiens haven’t gotten this message.

Montreal Canadiens: Wow, Tony Hawk got to meet Youppi!

Nashville Predators: I gotta say: Slow down.

New Jersey Devils: Not that I’m any sort of Travis Zajac fan but this team could be really rotten again now.

New York Islanders: Yeah I guess if Eberle and Tavares do their ’09 WJC act again and average like two and a half points a game each, that’ll work out well.

New York Rangers: There’s a reason they should have put this guy on Mount Rushmore, baby!!!

Ottawa Senators: The only reason I’m excited for another season of Senators hockey is the dang Karlsson show, folks!

Philadelphia Flyers: Is Jori Lehtera a difference-maker? Man, I don’t know. Sure, why not?

Pittsburgh Penguins: Will Butcher really seems to be going to one of Pittsburgh or Buffalo. Those are the two teams you heard about through this whole process.

San Jose Sharks: Man, what a nightmare.

St. Louis Blues: Man, what a different kind of nightmare.

Tampa Bay Lightning: If the Lightning wanted to support long-time losers they’d be sharing revenue with the Canucks.

Toronto Maple Leafs: They’re not signing Tavares! Get over it!

Vancouver Canucks: I can’t bear to read this.

Vegas Golden Knights: Here’s an idea – Expand to Salt Lake City before Quebec City!!!

Washington Capitals: Philip Grubauer is gonna be a backup in Washington forever.

Winnipeg Jets: I’m really on the fence about whether Steve Mason is what’s going to get this team on track, and that’s not because of Mason. I just don’t think they have to coaching. I think that’s been the issue for years.

Gold Star Award

We’re less than a month from training camp. That’s wild to think about.

Minus of the Weekend

Sign Jagr.

Perfect HFBoards Trade Proposal of the Year

User “OvermanKingGainer” is out of his mind.

Calgary Trades: 2C Mikael Backlund (27 / 3.75M / 2Y Remaining) 4C Matt Stajan (32 / 3.15M / 2Y Remaining) Prospect LW/RW Morgan Klimchuk (21 / ELC / 2Y Remaining + RFA)

New Jersey Trades: 2C Travis Zajac (31 / 5.75M / 4Y Remaining) @ ~25% retained (4.3M)

Signoff

That’s what passes for entertainment these days? “Woozle wuzzle?”

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Ryan Lambert is a Puck Daddy columnist. His email is here and his Twitter is here.

(All stats via Corsica unless otherwise noted.)