This can’t be true. Is it?

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It’s actually true. How goofy is this??
- SuperSchennBros

It's happened before. It's not really all that weird. He just gets a look at things from a different perspective. Not a big deal. Thanks!

2 shots on goal in the first!? 😳

Go flyers!

Pretty funny.But isn’t Cates’ upside pretty much Ryan Hartman. I don’t want to beat it to death or do a deep dive but I think it’s ballpark

Cates is better defensively. Hartman was horrible when he came up but I’d rate him an average defender now. Hartman is grittier and I’d say stronger on the puck. Neither is a scorer.

Hartman got a 3 year contract because he was cheap, versatile up front playing all 3 positions and bringing some sandpaper. He had an outlier season last year with 2 elite wingers. But he is a 15 goal scorer with 13-14 minutes a game. I see Cates the same way. Putting aside where Cates should play, I think the versatility of playing wing and center will be good for Cates in the future just as it has been for Hartman.
- Minnyhock

Yes, better defensively and Cates’ ceiling is probably slightly higher. His versatility is definitely a positive moving forward. If he improves and with more depth maybe tops out as 2LW, but I see him as a 3rd liner right now.

Sens beat them up physically and score.

With all that physical play going on, Sanheim proves to be really soft on that goal.

Farabee got Gerbe'd

You think nobody likes fighting?

It's happened before. It's not really all that weird. He just gets a look at things from a different perspective. Not a big deal. Thanks!
- Phillywhiteout

When? Outside of preseason, what other coaches sit in the press box during a game?

Having Deslauriers in the lineup didn’t prevent York getting hit hard and possibly injured, or Farabee having to fight. Goons don’t protect young players.

Nick D! Two fights! How many penalties does he get?

That is why you need Nick D on your team. I don't care how skilled and fast the NHL game becomes, there is always a need to defend your teammates, especially in the playoffs.

Good thing Torts is in the press box eh?

Love ND

😂
- ClaudeFather

He’s a an RFA so how well he plays directly affects what he gets paid next season.

For another supposedly meaningless game the players sure seem into it tonight. I guess they didn’t get the memo that these games don’t count.

That is why you need Nick D on your team. I don't care how skilled and fast the NHL game becomes, there is always a need to defend your teammates, especially in the playoffs.
- jd250

Some people have to inform fans they’re not on the team. The players really look like they’re hating what they’re seeing out there right now.

That is why you need Nick D on your team. I don't care how skilled and fast the NHL game becomes, there is always a need to defend your teammates, especially in the playoffs.
- jd250

Those teammates already got smashed into the boards/pummeled in a fight. He didn’t protect anything, and now he’s done for the night and Ottawa don’t even have to worry about him starting any more fights.

Wish we could play Ottawa 82 times a year, lol

Those teammates already got smashed into the boards/pummeled in a fight. He didn’t protect anything, and now he’s done for the night and Ottawa don’t even have to worry about him starting any more fights.
- Feanor

and the Flyers have 4 shots in a period and a half

Love ND
- ClaudeFather

Why do you care what he does in game 74? It’s not like it’s a game that’s matters like game 15.

Cam York should be done for the night, he got hammered and was clearly wobbling, get him off the ice

Wish we could play Ottawa 82 times a year, lol
- Tomahawk

I mean I’m entertained. Only a robot wouldn’t be.

Why do you care what he does in game 74? It’s not like it’s a game that’s matters like game 15.
- Feanor

Were you entertained by that sequence

No “3rd man in” penalty is a joke.

I’ve never seen that in my life

Love ND
- ClaudeFather

I mean I’m entertained. Only a robot wouldn’t be.
- SuperSchennBros

The utter dominance all over the ice by the Sens and the Flyers having to resort to goonery is what I find so amusing. It's Slapshot-eque.