I'm not going to do this to try and be a pud, but I find that it is the best way for me to illustrate my point:

1) Strome got the minimal contract he did because he had no negotiating rights, and the league's finances took a major hit.
2) He was a #3 overall pick and that brings higher expectations than equal to AA.
3) I led with (and most agree) that his point production is not the issue, the rest of his game is.
4) I personally don't think there has been much if any growth in his overall game since coming over. I am openly willing to admit that has to do with coaching, but it's not like it isn't harped on all the time.

Boqvist:
1) Yes, I would like Boqvist on the ice as well, but if the moment is too big for him and he does not start progressing at the NHL level, he should go down to the AHL so that he could get max ice time in all situations.
2) He is barely engaging on offense. I believe this is because he is playing scared (possibly because his brain got scrambled, and because he is worried about making a defensive mistake).
3) I'm not expecting him to be Keith. I want him to be Boqvist. I believe that he could make that progression faster working on his game in the AHL (when it opens) rather than the NHL.

I'm really not fighting you on much here. More just what my expectations are for these players vs what I am seeing in their play.
- Chunk

Fair enough, its frustrating when many people expect an instant NHL player. Sometimes it happens sometimes it takes longer to happen and sometimes it just doesn't happen. All I'm saying is let them get the mileage in.

I'm not going to do this to try and be a pud, but I find that it is the best way for me to illustrate my point:

1) Strome got the minimal contract he did because he had no negotiating rights, and the league's finances took a major hit.
2) He was a #3 overall pick and that brings higher expectations than equal to AA.
3) I led with (and most agree) that his point production is not the issue, the rest of his game is.
4) I personally don't think there has been much if any growth in his overall game since coming over. I am openly willing to admit that has to do with coaching, but it's not like it isn't harped on all the time.

Boqvist:
1) Yes, I would like Boqvist on the ice as well, but if the moment is too big for him and he does not start progressing at the NHL level, he should go down to the AHL so that he could get max ice time in all situations.
2) He is barely engaging on offense. I believe this is because he is playing scared (possibly because his brain got scrambled, and because he is worried about making a defensive mistake).
3) I'm not expecting him to be Keith. I want him to be Boqvist. I believe that he could make that progression faster working on his game in the AHL (when it opens) rather than the NHL.

I'm really not fighting you on much here. More just what my expectations are for these players vs what I am seeing in their play.
- Chunk

Pud is a good word. Underutilized, in my opinion.

Oh, and I agree on all points.

Yea I wouldn't bother with the place I linked. After looking at the menu, unless chicken wings are some unknown Swiss delicacy I'm not aware of, it's just your run-of-mill fast food joint.
- Rota's Rooter

There is a German Restaurant on Tira verde an area on your to the Fort DeSoto state park and beach that has a restaurab=n t ob one floor and you order fresh bread that they serve you...
the only snag is in. shot weather, I really dont want heavy schnitzel and spatiel and heavy potatoes / kraut.

Pud is a good word. Underutilized, in my opinion.

Oh, and I agree on all points.
- mohel

I don't even remember where I heard it, but it gets the point across.

Curious. What's with the "Exhale..." at the end of each your posts?
- boilermaker100

It’s my sign off....

Just like Eric the Midget”s “by for now”....

Exhale.....

Some quick hits:

Colliton won't give lineup changes or starting goaltender until tonight.
Ben Pope
@BenPopeCST
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19m
Zadorov said the Blackhawks held a video meeting today and laid out a plan to be more aggressive and tight on the Lightning's forwards in the D-zone.

26m
Pius Suter: "I feel much more comfortable now for tonight's game than I did two days ago."

Adjustment to his first game on the smaller rink was tough, he said.
- Chunk

An adjustment to the adjustment to the adjustment. We'll i hope this adjustment works because i don't think they really made an adjustment during the game. Comical

There is a German Restaurant on Tira verde an area on your to the Fort DeSoto state park and beach that has a restaurab=n t ob one floor and you order fresh bread that they serve you...
the only snag is in. shot weather, I really dont want heavy schnitzel and spatiel and heavy potatoes / kraut.
- wiz1901

Just have a beer or six.

There is a German Restaurant on Tira verde an area on your to the Fort DeSoto state park and beach that has a restaurab=n t ob one floor and you order fresh bread that they serve you...
the only snag is in. shot weather, I really dont want heavy schnitzel and spatiel and heavy potatoes / kraut.
- wiz1901

I was up in Marquette Michigan, ate at a place called Steinhaus, best German Restaurant i ever ate at.

Delia in net.

Don't they feel dirty putting the odds of what's going to happen, betting line, on the pregame show

I was up in Marquette Michigan, ate at a place called Steinhaus, best German Restaurant i ever ate at.
- BetweenTheDots

Think Steinhaus was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.

Don't they feel dirty putting the odds of what's going to happen, betting line, on the pregame show
- BetweenTheDots

Lol, as long as they don’t get blown out, we got this! Great line Boyle.

Delia in net and Kurashev in for Pirri. NHL debut for another rookie.

Kurashev will be playing with Strome and Kubalik. Lines being mixed up already.

Think Steinhaus was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.
- ChicagoHope

Really? Didn't know that, ever get a chance worth the stop, so good.

Delia in net and Kurashev in for Pirri. NHL debut for another rookie.
- Theo Fox

Good!!

Really? Didn't know that, ever get a chance worth the stop, so good.
- BetweenTheDots

Awesome!!

Zadorov kinda sucks

Zadorov kinda sucks
- Elbows15

Quick assessment!!

Two shifts for Kurashev and he already won a couple of board battles and been far more dangerous than Pirri was all night.

Zadorov kinda sucks
- Elbows15

Murphy too

Quick assessment!!
- ChicagoHope

Not really. I thought he sucked when they traded for him. He is slow AF

Not really. I thought he sucked when they traded for him. He is slow AF
- Elbows15

Fair

Not really. I thought he sucked when they traded for him. He is slow AF
- Elbows15

I didn't know much about Ian Mitchell but when you said he was going to be the best of the three righty young dmwn the Hawks had you were not wrong

I didn't know much about Ian Mitchell but when you said he was going to be the best of the three righty young dmwn the Hawks had you were not wrong
- GPHawksfan

For sure, smooth and smart!!

For sure, smooth and smart!!
- ChicagoHope

Confidence too. That's Boqvist's biggest issue imo