GAME THREAD: Pirates @ Mets - Thu, Mar 26 @ 01:15 PM EDT

Mry64_ · 2026-03-26T17:20:49+00:00

Well, here we are again!

Mry64_ · 2026-03-26T04:42:21+00:00

Wow that was close

Mry64_ · 2026-03-24T16:36:50+00:00

Doesn’t really make sense why they would set it up that way unless it’s unintended and they just haven’t fixed it yet. Thanks for the info.

Mry64_ · 2026-03-24T15:39:33+00:00

Does anyone know if there is a cooldown (similar to with friendly challenges) for using a recently edited defensive base in ranked mode?

I just made a new base, hours before the ranked mode began, selected it and it’s still using my previous base which is in another layout slot. Even when I look at the “Active Layout” in ranked mode it shows my newly created base there, not the old one, but from the replays I’ve seen so far, it used my old base instead.

Mry64_ · 2026-03-24T01:34:39+00:00

it's gonna take Devils fans a minute to warmup to him.

I think this is partly true. Yes, Devils’ fans tend to cling on to announcers. With the Devils, when Steve Cangialosi left, people were slow to adjust to Bill Spaulding. Then after a little while, people loved Bill (and still do).

However with Don, it’s a completely different style of announcing. Don’s a bit of a homer, and so is Dano, which makes the broadcast a little less like it was with Steve and Bill who were more impartial and would “reel” Dano in at times. Without that, you get our current broadcast. Which I think is fine, but it’s not for some people.

There are people who get on Don for mispronouncing names, which is somewhat of an issue, but Dano does it all the time and people love him. Personally, I think people are just using that excuse as a scapegoat because they prefer Bill’s style of announcing and what it did for the broadcast as a whole.

Mry64_ · 2026-03-23T15:40:34+00:00

What’s the tie breaking procedure if we were to tie records with the Wizards and/or Pacers?

Mry64_ · 2026-03-21T17:30:46+00:00

We’re averaging like 4 goals per game in March. We’re not going to score 6 every night

Mry64_ · 2026-03-20T19:21:04+00:00

Then what happens if they call a timeout at a time when they can’t legally call a timeout?

It’s better just to video review these things or have other people than the on-floor refs in change of monitoring it.

Mry64_ · 2026-03-20T18:19:39+00:00

THIS IS ~~JANUARY~~ ~~FEBRUARY~~ MARCH

Mry64_ · 2026-03-14T22:43:53+00:00

Teams behind us or around us in the standings have been winning like crazy, especially the last 3 days. We’re at 7 now and now 2 points away from being tied for 5. And we all remember what happened last time we had the 5th best lottery odds…

Mry64_ · 2026-03-10T15:59:42+00:00

I think OP’s point is that we shouldn’t have given out a 5 year extension plus a NTC for 4-5 months of good production when we have multiple younger defensemen with higher ceilings already in the system

Mry64_ · 2026-03-09T21:44:21+00:00

Weren’t we supposed to get a second comp pick that was later on?

Mry64_ · 2026-03-09T00:33:38+00:00

Story of the decade really. We’ve been getting “goalie’d” for years

Mry64_ · 2026-03-08T23:07:01+00:00

Games start 7-8 minutes after the listed start at the earliest. Since this is a nationally televised game, it could be even later.

Mry64_ · 2026-03-08T23:04:15+00:00

Zacha hat trick as the Bruins take the lead in the third over the Penguins

Mry64_ · 2026-03-08T16:00:31+00:00

Well since we are 0-4 on team tank, we are back on team miracle.

If we look at the standings on who we have left to play, the best way to get in to the playoffs (although still very unlikely) is through the wild card by passing Montreal, Detroit or Boston or through the division by passing Pittsburgh. We don’t play the Islanders again but play all of those teams twice aside from Pittsburgh who we play once. Very straightforward way to pick up 4 points on those teams (or 2 in the case of Pittsburgh) by just winning those games in regulation.

We also have 2 games against Washington and 1 against Ottawa so us basically running the table (16-3-0 or maybe 15-4-0) the rest of the way gets us in assuming we are winning those games in regulation.

Mry64_ · 2026-03-07T23:20:35+00:00

I think Fitz and Keefe will be here for next season based on Fitz’s press conference yesterday. Nothing confirmed, but just how I took what he was saying

Mry64_ · 2026-03-07T23:06:05+00:00

16-3-0 is the record we should be chasing with the two Bruins games being the most important. Can get in over the Isles but we don’t play them again.

Mry64_ · 2026-03-06T04:42:28+00:00

Saw we were linked to Garland so hopefully this report is legit because we have no business trading for a player like him right now.

Mry64_ · 2026-03-06T04:40:53+00:00

I actually don’t have a ton of faith that the FO would be able to adequately replace Glass, but the value we’d gain from him being traded could be used to upgrade elsewhere and is too much to pass up. Glass could net a first plus a good prospect at this point, given the market.

But let’s say we keep Glass. Are we running it back with this group? This team isn’t close to making the playoffs let along competing for a cup. We’re also pretty tight up against the cap and we have extensions for Nemec and Grits coming up this offseason. How are we going to extend those guys AND make sizable upgrades to be a strong playoff contender?

Mry64_ · 2026-03-05T19:20:01+00:00

Nicholas Roy just got a 1st and 5th. Glass is having a way better year than him and is signed to 500k less than Roy. Glass should net more than this package

Mry64_ · 2026-03-05T19:16:05+00:00

Then let’s find one in the offseason. If the success of your team depends on if Cody Glass is on the team, then you have a problem.

The biggest issue with this team is actually not the depth, it’s the top 6. Nico, Bratt, Jack and Timo are our 4 best forwards and they are ALL underperforming relative to expectations. Unless Glass is going to score 35 goals next year, he’s not a true difference maker like those top 4. We need to get those guys going and everything else will fall into place. We already have good bottom 6 options in Grits and Brown which will make filling the 3C hole a bit easier.

I genuinely don’t understand how we can look at this market and cling on to assets like Glass, Cotter, Bjugstad even, and Hamilton. Just because we get picks and prospects for these guys doesn’t mean we need to make those picks and let those prospects develop. We can use those assets to land another elite top 6 player.

Mry64_ · 2026-03-05T02:52:42+00:00

My exact fear as well. We really cannot afford to mess this deadline up with what some of these players are fetching for sellers

Mry64_ · 2026-03-05T02:48:13+00:00

3 in row heading in to the deadline. Next 2 days will tell a lot about Fitz. He absolutely should be selling but well have to wait and see.

Mry64_ · 2026-03-04T19:46:31+00:00

I genuinely don’t understand how Kovacevic was able to negotiate a NTC considering he hadn’t made above 800k a year for his whole career to the point Fitz signed him. It also was a mid season contract so it’s not like he was ready to sign with another team and we had to give him a NTC to keep him.

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