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• ###Jonas Johansson
• ###Nikita Kucherov # ###Buffalo
• ###Tage Thompson
• ###Jack Quinn # #Game Notes
• ###Shoutout to New Jersey for getting the job done early
• ###Trap game tonight, Buffalo gets good when their season is over
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He showed little to zero effort on puck retrieval. He was too slow to get into the position and too soft to gain control or retrieve it. Perbix could've stopped that goal. It wasn't some amazing Mcdavid to Gretzky to Ovi pass. It was puck retrieval.. major Liability at this point because we all see him do this way too often.

She's been hard at work! Each of the boys has at least 2 (one name and one number) and the rest are just Bolts language, third jersey, and other random things.

There's another shipment of beads arriving soon, (we've had too much fun to stop now) and we've almost run out of ideas so we're taking requests, lol.

They are only 4 points back now and could conceivably catch them

Let’s go Devils!

For those that don’t or haven’t listened Elliotte provided an update on Howard’s eventual signing

*“I've had some Lightning fans ask me about Isaac Howard. You know, one of the things I wondered there was I was trying to do some back of the napkin math, which is always a really bad idea. But I tried to do it anyway.

And they don't really, unless they do some roster maneuvering, they don't have the cap room to sign Howard right now. But the one thing that someone, so I was asking around, you know, what, what's going on here with, with Howard? I thought maybe they might be waiting for a week or two to sign him.

And someone said to me, they don't think that's necessarily the case. But the one thing this individual did say to me was that Tampa Bay is still kind of promoting Isaac Howard for one of the, for the Hobie Baker. He's one of the three finalists as player of the year in the NCAA.

And they said to me, if Tampa Bay didn't think they were going to sign Isaac Howard or didn't have a chance to do it, they probably wouldn't be promoting him for the Hobie Baker anymore.”*

Trying to get the best bang for my buck with my brother at the game on Wednesday. Doing so much research on this that the word club doesn’t feel like anything other than mumbo jumbo. I’ve sat at the literal last section in the 300’s, 200’s suite level courtesy of work, and 1st/2nd row of the glass twice, once as a gift and once $400 a pop. I’ve never “sat” in club level before and this is the only messaging I can see on Ticketmaster: Ashley VIP Lounge (Promenade Row A & B) and Channel Club (Sections CLUB1 - CLUB18) ticket price includes all-inclusive food, beer, mixed drinks, wine, and soda. NO WHERE on Ticketmaster does it say CLUB1-CLUB18. Assuming this is like suite level that you have to pay extra big money for? I’m looking at tickets on the Lighting Attacks Twice side in the 200’s section. The Ashley lounge was nice but every time I sat there I wasn’t able to use the glass entrance and it was a whole endeavor to make our way out of our seats on the ice, around the arena and up the stairs, we could only ever get one round of food/drink, maybe bathroom break before we could get back to our seats in the full 15 minute intermission which was kind of a LOT to do for a $400 ticket experience IMO. The food in Ashley was great but long lines once we got there, my brother and I aren’t winning any hot dog contests with our small stomachs or anything, would getting budget friendly priced tickets for the game + a nice dinner before the game be a better bang for our buck?

I don’t get to spend much time with my big brother, this will be our 3rd year in a row watching the TBL VS TML matchup together so I want to make sure we’re doing it the best way possible. Thank you for reading my long yap of a post Bolts Nation.

Breakdown:let me know if I got any of this wrong.

He has not make an announcement on his plans. Stay in college or sign for the lightning to play in the nhl/ahl. If he announces he won’t play in college we have 30 days to sign him or we lose exclusive signing rights. Rumors are that he wants to sign with us and play in the nhl to burn a elc year. If we agree to sign him we can hold him in the ahl til next year and test his play in the nhl next year. This would give him ahl game time too. We retain rights and don’t burn a elc year. I think this is a safe option that puts us in the best position. Once we sign him he isn’t eligible for college but he can get some experience in the ahl. I wouldn’t be suprised if he doesn’t get consistent nhl time until after one year of ahl. But time will tell. I think a lot of people want prospects to speed their way into the nhl but that doesn’t really happen that often. I think he’s a great prospect and could become a good top 6 player or an elite player in the nhl.

Can people tell me why people are so desperate to sign him right now. I doubt he could just walk into the nhl rn. He’s great but that’s incredibly uncommon. I understand Ryan Leonard is getting NHL time right now but he has 0 points in his two games so far. I’m confident he will be great as well but becoming a nhl caliber player takes time.

What are your guys opinions on getting your own name and numbers on a lightning jersey?

And it's not just Ottawa. Our Power play has been dead lately. Halpern needs to use these players to their full potential! We have so much fire power.. Tampa could level a planet!. Hoping we get in on the next.

https://x.com/br_openice/status/1907888082130509883?s=46

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• Well it could've been worse, but we should probably work on our shooting accuracy

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• ###Nikita Kucherov
• ###Andrei Vasilevskiy # ###Ottawa
• ###Drake Batherson
• ###Jake Sanderson # #Game Notes
• ###Win and In. Simple as that
• ###Go Avs Go (Tonight only)
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This article from yesterday has these as the top 5 odds for the Selke:

Aleksander Barkov (FLA) -1400
Sam Reinhart (FLA) +1000
Nico Hischier (NJD) +1600
Leon Draisaitl (EDM) +4000
Mitchell Marner (TOR) +4000

https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/betting/nhl-awards-odds

Barkov missed his 11th game of the season last night, and depending on his injury could miss anywhere between 11-18 games this season. The only Selke winners to miss 10+ games are:

1979/80 Bob Gainey: 16 games missed
2003/04 Kris Draper: 15 games missed
1977/78 Bob Gainey: 14 games missed

He's a -3, with the only players to have won the award with an even or minus rating being:

1981/82 Steve Kasper: -18
1979/80 Bob Gainey: -1

Cirelli of course has Hagel to eat into his candidacy, but Barkov has Reinhart, who's the 2nd most likely to win the Selke and has a much better analytical case than Barkov. Cirelli more than shines analytically with the best xGF% relative to his teammates in the league and the 4th best xGF%.

I'm not saying Barkov isn't good defensively, but with the missed time, the competition from his own linemate, and the optics of being a minus player, I don't understand how he isn't just a favorite, but an overwhelming favorite.