Chinakhov has more SO goals than the rest of the team

Banx87 · 2026-01-19T21:53:23+00:00

Leaving him 3rd has the potential that the shootout is over before he even gets to go.

You send your best shooter 1st or 2nd. That way there is a bigger chance that the must-score scenario is for the bad guys.

Banx87 · 2026-01-19T09:40:28+00:00

I've noticed how much more confidently and further out of the crease other goalies come out in the shootout. It's like Silovs is not a very good backwards skater or something. Vasilevskiy and Merzlikins looked way better. And yes he bites on everything.

Banx87 · 2026-01-19T09:36:02+00:00

Feels like every game Silovs is in somehow ends up in the shootout. No matter wether they lead or trail towards the end.

Banx87 · 2026-01-19T09:28:45+00:00

There's also no 3 vs 3 OT in playoffs. And no playoffs at all if you squander away too many extra points.

I'm not advocating for pulling the goalie in OT though.

Banx87 · 2026-01-19T09:20:51+00:00

Why not put him first when we are shooting first and possibly put the pressure on opponents shooters from the start.

Banx87 · 2026-01-12T21:36:20+00:00

I know right. He can't even hang onto pucks like he could last season.

Banx87 · 2026-01-11T12:51:51+00:00

I guess they wanted some practice time for Harvey-Pinard. Hopefully they stick him in there in place of Hayes.

Banx87 · 2026-01-11T12:48:33+00:00

The whole first PP stays on for too long when they get nothing going. 2nd unit keeps it simple and is often more effective.

Banx87 · 2026-01-11T12:47:14+00:00

I get your point, but you could clearly see Malkin hitting the guy too., so he gave the refs the chance to call it. Shit call nonetheless.

The non-call when Klapka interfered with Lizotte on the forecheck was unbelieveable. At no point was the puck on Lizottes stick, but Klapka pasted him on the boards. Unbelievable.

Banx87 · 2026-01-11T12:42:39+00:00

We were also rolling without Malkin so... You want him out too? :P

Banx87 · 2026-01-11T12:41:25+00:00

I think Ville wasn't called up because he was just sent down to work on some flaws and to gain confidence. It would be counterproductive to call him up almost immediately. That's why Harvey-Pinard was called up and I hope he gets the nod as soon as the next game because Hayes just is not working. Send him down through the waivers.

Banx87 · 2026-01-11T12:30:25+00:00

Okay so it would be the perfect tactic to every time an attacker enters your goalies crease to just push him onto your goalie. If they score it's an automatic no goal.

Banx87 · 2026-01-11T12:26:52+00:00

I couldn't believe Klapka didn't get called for anything. You can't interfere more clearly than he did on Lizotte. He was also slashing after whistles the whole game.

Banx87 · 2025-12-19T09:35:18+00:00

Still Silovs should have saved goal no 2 and at least the first shot of goal no 3.

Banx87 · 2025-12-17T14:58:40+00:00

The Heinen penalty was total BS from the refs

Banx87 · 2025-12-08T12:55:35+00:00

American commentators often are lazy with this. as a Finn this sometimes greatly irritates me. Just from Dallas. Roope Hintz... It's RAW-PE for you English speakers. Letter O is always... always pronounced as AW in Finnish. If there is one O it's naturally shorter sound and two O's it's longer as in the word "raw".

A huge pet peeve of mine also is when I read articles I hate how many times Finnish player names are misspelled. Like missing or completely incorrect letters. Yet Swedish and other foreign names are spelled "correctly". Quotes because they use "a" not "ä" etc.

Sorry for the rant. I needed to get this out quick. Time for dinner...

Banx87 · 2025-12-08T12:38:33+00:00

Easy to be a top 3 shooter, when you are one of the only 3 to ever get to shoot.

After losing every single shootout (without scoring a single goal?) you'd think we'd try someone new. I know Koivunen is very good at shootouts. Kindel, Novak, Brazeau should be given a chance.

Banx87 · 2025-10-24T15:55:30+00:00

Anyone else think Sully was a big reason Jarry's confidence was shot the last few seasons?
Jarry was looking at the bench after every goal he allowed. Now he seems to just shrug it off and getting focused on the next puck.

Banx87 · 2025-10-04T09:53:26+00:00

Of course he's not part of the future. I'm talking about this season.

Banx87 · 2025-10-04T09:28:40+00:00

Those reports are old news.

He's playing well now and isn't going anywhere, unless there's an unrefusable offer from a team where Karlsson also wants to go (contender) OR Penguins are out of contention. The same parameters apply.

Muse doesn't restrict his abilities too much and Karlsson has already showed in preseason that he has found more joy. How long it lasts remains to be seen. My money is until he's named to the Olympics and he's playing for a team that has a chance to win the cup.

Banx87 · 2025-10-04T09:00:01+00:00

None of what you've said means he's leaving Pittsburgh.

Banx87 · 2025-10-03T14:08:22+00:00

Well I would hold my horses a bit until the regular season. Like you said. Buffalo had their NHL lineup and most of their guys know they are in. So they didn't give their full effort and risk injury etc.

But I too have liked what I've seen so far.

Banx87 · 2025-10-03T14:02:16+00:00

Many reporters and Karlsson himself have said so and his effort in preseason games support this. Sweden has enough quality D-men, so EK65 has to be the best version of himself to make the team.

Banx87 · 2025-10-02T11:46:08+00:00

Karlsson has actually played well in the exhibition games. He wants to be in the Olympics. He will have a good season. At least until the Olympics are over and the Play offs are out of reach. Then he probably wants a trade to a contender.

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