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early returns on the first line are not exciting

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the leafs don’t seem to have a zone exit strategy. they’re just rolling the puck up the boards and the habs are all over it.

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habs much better since the anderson goal

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like i have always said, dach is a really effective forward they should keep.

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anthem singers trying to do too much lol

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garnett hathaway is the perfect florida panther (derogatory)

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this is some sloppy hockey. i think this first week might feel like an extended preseason across the league.

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how long before habs fans start the “marty hates BOTH xhekaj brothers” narrative? i bet by christmas, a fringe group of fans will say marty hates their parents too.

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leafs fans always get upset when people bring up the leafs for no reason as a means of comparison, but yet here we are. (this is also undoubtedly true btw. the gap was 28 points last year. the leafs are not going to be a 78 point team again)

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this eagles defense is fraudulent. case keenum is eating them alive.

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seems like an exploitable loophole. if you’re on defense and the offense takes a holding penalty, you can lay out the quarterback as he goes out of bounds and the penalties offset.

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my favorite thing in football, perhaps in all of sports, is when the defense forces a turnover and the guy who has the ball gets all his boys in the end zone to post up for the camera.

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the later this trade goes, i feel like it's more likely the leafs won't have knies or marchenko available for the season opener and that's really funny to me.

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does matthew knies stink? not at hockey, like does his smell offend? why have two gms been so insistent on bailing on this guy? he's three years younger than marchenko and has similar production. cost controlled until 2031. it doesn't make sense.

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if the return for marchenko is knies, i probably just tip my cap and move on. the habs don’t have a knies equivalent they’re comfortable moving. slaf is the closest but he’s better than knies and not going anywhere. return will show if the habs could have reasonably done this.

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you should all be in the game over chat postgame. welcome back, friends.

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hit him again, mike. next round is on me.

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sam looked real good in the shootout too. he’s the back up. you can call fowler up for the odd game if you want, but unless you get a trade for sam you love, he’s staying.

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the shootout isn’t new, why are we doing this?

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full disclosure: wasn’t able to watch this game but dach. man. he is exactly where you’d expect him to be. it’s so over.

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and all six sens goals have been powerplay goals

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phil having the best preseason of his life lmao

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slaf wasn’t going to stop until the puck was in the net. really strong shift.

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(sam has looked really good, guys)

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ridley needs to have his facial features rearranged

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grieg knocks down matheson first. no penalty. matheson gets back up, knocks over grieg. both get a penalty. refs are not up for this. they never are.

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toure is the exact kind of player i don’t think should be in nhl preseason games. he split the last 2 years between the echl and the ahl. playing in the final preseason game of the year is borderline insanity. he’s not the only one, but he’s got two fights half way through the game.

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that hit on newhook is virtually identical to the one florian threw on nemec earlier. one was interference. one was not.

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