tommer-1

He's gonna stay in ANA if he's ready. Just like Zegras and Drysdale and McTavish and most likely LaCombe. Your age doesn't matter. Your ability to play NHL hockey does. If he's not ready, NO fan should want him in ANA "just because". You said GMPV has stated "he doesn't expect Carlsson to be here all year". He's never said that. At all.

Where has he stated that? All I've seen him say is that they are going to put him in the best place for him - whether that's ANA, SD, or Orebro. That to me sounds like they are going to first see if ANA is the best place for him. And if it is, then he's staying.

It was a joke.

Thrun had 2 goals and an assist for the Sharks tonight. Another massive GMPV miss, apparently...

So what's Zegras' ask in all this? How come we only know GMPV's rumored offer? What is the rumored ask from the Zegras camp?

If I were Zegras and Drysdale, I'd be more than a little worried that my team will go through the preseason and get 5-10 games into the regular season and start to look pretty good without me there. Just something to think about. The team is not going to automatically play terrible hockey just because those two guys are not in the lineup.

One of the drills they were doing was one-on-one, with the defender having no stick. That's very uncomfortable. And, from a person who doesn't understand hockey, might seem odd or useless or dumb. But what it does is force you to move your feet and stay right on your man. It's a bad habit when defending to rely too much on your stick. Your stick is 100% useful in playing defense, and you can make plays with it, but your positioning and mobility are more effective. The puck is MUCH smaller than the man, therefore stop the bigger target. They played A TON of stick-checking hockey the last few seasons. It's a bad tact. I think it's what he was mentioning when he said he was asking Terry why he got beat on a drill and Terry didn't really have an answer. It was probably something along the lines of him relying too much on his stickwork to play defense, and not utilizing his mobility and positioning. There was a clip from rookie development camp where McIlvane was explaining to Carlsson about eliminating a play. He (paraphrased) said "Look, you have the size and the skating ability, you don't have to blow guys up to kill the play. Use your body and just get in their way, cut them off."

Just, oooof.

Absolutely! GMPV and HCGC just going, "We're good!"

Exactly what I though when I saw Carlsson between Terry and Killorn. I made the joke that Carlsson was taking Zegras' spot, but in reality that Carlsson line and the probable 4th line of Leason/Carrick/McGinn are the only ones that would make sense on Opening night. And I could for sure see Vatrano/Strome/Silf or Jones. And that leaves Henrique/McTavish/Zegras. I would LOVE to see those 4 lines Opening Night.

You know what is interesting about those three pairings on the blueline? 1. They are each in a different practice group 2. On paper, they are the three best pairings on the entire blueline.

Lookie there: Carlsson in between the likely 1st line LW (Killorn) and RW (Terry). I wonder who was supposed to go in that spot??? And what's this? Fowler with Helleson? Mintyukov with Lyubushkin? And Zellweger with Gudas? Huh, that almost looks like a potential starting 6 on the blueline, minus maybe one RH guy... No McTavish is no good.

Definitely was worth the time.