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Around the League 2019-2024 Edition

While it's funny to read about Kessel not working out and still never getting injured and being so good (the irony is fantastic), I do wonder if he worked out more would he have been an even better player. What was the ceiling?
 
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He’s a generational talent. He could have been way better.

he’s had a 400+ goal 1000 point, 2 cup career without trying.
 
The funny part is people talk about him not getting hurt as if it because he didn’t work out or avoided contact or something.

players like that still get hurt.

The irony is he is an athletic freak of nature. A physical specimen.
 
leafman101 said:
The funny part is people talk about him not getting hurt as if it because he didn’t work out or avoided contact or something.

players like that still get hurt.

The irony is he is an athletic freak of nature. A physical specimen.
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Tons of floaters and flakes in this league who cant play 6070 games a season

What Phil and Yandle have accomplished is fucken insane
 
Honestly, the most amazing part of Kessel setting the ironman streak is that the streak made it through a global pandemic intact.

How in the fuck did he never end up with any kind of cold/flu symptoms or, with all the testing the league was doing, test positive at some point and miss games due to that?

If science wants to develop a truly effective vaccine for Covid, maybe they should study Phil’s blood?
 
zeke said:
Everyone doubting the Bruins again were being silly. Excellent team top to bottom that improved significantly from last year with Krejci and Lindholm.
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I dunno. A few key pieces are 35 and up. A drop-off can hit hard at any moment.
 
zeke said:
Everyone doubting the Bruins again were being silly. Excellent team top to bottom that improved significantly from last year with Krejci and Lindholm.
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Also, people underestimate what consistent .910-.915+ goaltending does to your floor.

- Two teams in the bottom 12 in SV% made the playoffs (us and Washington)
- Only 2 105+ point teams finished in the bottom half in team SV% (us and Minny)
 
Sounds like someone who should sit out till he's fully healthy and can handle back to backs?

I'm not complaining though. Feel free to rush him back.
 
LeafOfFaith said:
Sounds like someone who should sit out till he's fully healthy and can handle back to backs?

I'm not complaining though. Feel free to rush him back.
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alright there old boy. while he's at it, hope he hikes to the rink like a real man too. none of these pansies using motorized vehicles.
 
Seems like a good way to get some reps in at the highest level and not come in later in the season when everyone else is in top form.
 
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