GDT | Game 17 | vs Minnesota | Thursday, November 14th | 8:00 PM EST

[GrandWazoo]

I liked the effort by the team on this one. Less sloppy than usual too.

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

a nice abortion of a game

 

[Sal_Butera]

View: https://x.com/habslinks/status/1857263267300663544?s=46&t=a3HPp5YfHU2XDo78oSJMFA

There’s no doubt it’s a psychological/ confidence issue… as it would be with anyone in those shoes / skates

 

[Sal_Butera]

You think? Continually running Matheson out there with the best forwards, and not Hutson, is ridiculous.

Hutson’s TOI has been getting ramped up consistently since start of the season which is only some 5-weeks now

I said before the season started Hutson will become PP QB by US Thanksgiving or shortly thereafter, and I still believe that will happen… it’s an inevitability

 

[GEEMAN]

View: https://x.com/habslinks/status/1857263267300663544?s=46&t=a3HPp5YfHU2XDo78oSJMFA

There’s no doubt it’s a psychological/ confidence issue… as it would be with anyone in those shoes / skates

Almost time to call him a bust

A deal you make 7 days a week but its not working

Cut him loose after next season if this all we have

 

[Sal_Butera]

Almost time to call him a bust

A deal you make 7 days a week but its not working

Cut him loose after next season if this all we have

Woah… dude had major surgery, add in the psychological component (fear of getting hurt again) and this is not surprising… will need at least into New Year and possibly entire season to get into the groove again

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

Woah… dude had major surgery, add in the psychological component (fear of getting hurt again) and this is not surprising… will need at least into New Year and possibly entire season to get into the groove again

people don't understand ACLs take 2 yrs

 

[GrandWazoo]

Almost time to call him a bust

A deal you make 7 days a week but its not working

Cut him loose after next season if this all we have

He'll finish his contract with us. Give him some time, dude has only played 19 games in the past 2 seasons.

 

[hairnova]

Nothing like a little patience lol.

 

[GEEMAN]

He'll finish his contract with us. Give him some time, dude has only played 19 games in the past 2 seasons.

He looks like shit

 

[GrandWazoo]

He looks like shit

Which we all knew would be the case for the first half of the season.

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

yeah to coin a phrase, his game will take as long as it takes to get back into shape

 

[worm]

people don't understand ACLs take 2 yrs

18 months min

 

[GEEMAN]

yeah to coin a phrase, his game will take as long as it takes to get back into shape

better be shorter than the rebuild

 

[GEEMAN]

18 months min

Malkin and others didnt take that long from ACL surgeries to play good hockey

Dach is lost

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

Malkin and others didnt take that long from ACL surgeries to play good hockey

Dach is lost

Bure took about 2 years to get back to normal.

 

[GEEMAN]

Bure took about 2 years to get back to normal.

Bure still put up decent numbers post surgery

Dach has 1 fucken goal in 17 games and is totally invisible

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

Bure went back under a point per game on his return, and you have to give KB a full season to see how he turns out. It was 2 seasons after Bure tore his knee that he went back to how he was before the injury.

 

[GrandWazoo]

I think it's more the timing than the knee itself. He missed a full season, that hurts.

 

[worm]

Dach might suck. But after missing a full season and recovering from a torn ACL. There is no need to pass judgment yet.