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Todd Ingarfield's avatar

Glad you are going to use Bluesky some. Hearing there is more and more hockey and sports content with less of the other stuff, so going to give it a try.

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David Castillo's avatar

Good man! (It helps that a lot of good hockey people migrated there all at once)

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ZisforZubov's avatar

I feel ever so vindicated on my Oscar push back.

That goal was text book Grouch shit!

Gotta respect them garbage goals, they're still goals.

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David Castillo's avatar

Still not sold on his long term value though. Fourth liners still need to produce, especially in the modern game. His offense has never been good, so we'll see; even his goal was a bit of lucksack. He's earned a long leash, but he's got a long way to go if he wants to earn himself that elusive William Carrier spot.

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ZisforZubov's avatar

Casting him as a Carrier is a lofty goal that I don't see happening.

A Curtis McKenzie career is no small feat, and something more akin to what I'd expect from Back over the long haul. Maybe something along the lines of Kivi's come up.

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Tim's avatar

"team that has relied too much on an aging core, and a few savvy trades.". Is it me or is this Monty's second team in a row in the same boat? Fortunately for us, Nill got serious about drafting back around 2018.

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Pat's avatar

Back had a really good game and deserves to be in against the Wild.

But why not scratch Blackwell and bring Bourque back?

Oh, and please continue the healthy scratch of Dumba. And maybe waive him down. My guess is that he’s not that popular in the locker room. Why else would PDB take the liberty to scratch one of the most recent UFA signing of Nill. Your don’t do that unless you know your phone is not going to ring afterwards.

Dumba will go high up in the column mistakes of Nill.

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David Castillo's avatar

While this is all true, I do wonder about the ceiling on Smith. Recall that he looked worse than Dumba, and then it became the opposite once the regular season started. He's been solid. But I'm still skeptical.

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Pat's avatar

Judging Vets during preseason is a perilous adventure.

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David Castillo's avatar

Except he's been bad for longer than the preseason. I don't think he was bad in New Jersey, granted, but he kind of earned his healthy scratches, for lack of a better term.

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Jon Edwards's avatar

You're leaving Twitter? I love your posts.

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David Castillo's avatar

Haha. Not likely. The shadowban on Substack links (linking to a Substack article doesn't generate a preview, and since Twitter downranks external links to begin with, the links themselves get lost) just pisses me off, so I'm always angry about that, but hey -- it's the digital stew from which I was born, so I press on. And will continue to.

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Jon Edwards's avatar

Gottcha. I was just worried cause god knows I already have too much social media. The thought of getting another one might make my head explode. Anyway, cheers mate. Have a great weekend.

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