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The Fantastically Beautiful Joyously Superfun 22-23 Season Celebration Thread

Keefe is such a clown. I hope when ROR is back, we're fully healthy, and this dimwit regains his senses.

But with 9 fucking D on the roster, it seems inevitable that he's just going to keep rotating out 6-9 consistently, rather than have 3 guys sit out indefinitely. What a bunch of fucking morons. I can't get over how stupid they got seemingly overnight.

Because what's better than one Babushkin? TWO Babushkins of course, with useless Gus and Schenn! Gotta play them both!
 
Artnes said:
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for the non-Athletic subsribers:

Of late, I’d noticed that Matthews was starting to shoot the puck with force again and wondered if he was feeling similarly. I asked him as much in a brief 1-on-1 interview after a recent practice and he responded by revealing at least part of what was really going on.

“I think my hand and everything has been feeling a lot better, just stronger,” Matthews said, acknowledging the nature of that injury for the first time. “So yeah, I’d have to agree with you there. Just shooting it a little bit more fluidly I’d say.”

A hand injury, on top of other bumps and bruises in what’s been an injury-plagued year, explains a lot.

A hand injury would obviously be limiting to arguably the greatest shooter in the world. It would explain why Matthews has shot the puck less this season – 12.6 attempts per 60 minutes, down from 13.9 last year. It would explain why his shooting has been less precise at times, why he seemed to be missing the net more than usual. It would explain why his puck handling, an underrated part of his dominance over the years, just didn’t seem as sharp. It would explain why his faceoffs and takeaways were down.

“It was bothering me,” Matthews told me. “It just felt like something was off. I just felt like not completely, like I wasn’t able to do exactly what I wanted to at times.”
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On the state of his shooting during those times when his hand was still bothering him, he said: “Just maybe not as strong honestly, and (it) just didn’t feel as fluid. I think sometimes it can be like a number of different things, whether it’s footwork or stuff like that.

“Now it’s feeling a lot better.”
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Wayward DP said:
for the non-Athletic subsribers:
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A hand injury would obviously be limiting to arguably the greatest shooter in the world. It would explain why Matthews has shot the puck less this season – 12.6 attempts per 60 minutes, down from 13.9 last year. It would explain why his shooting has been less precise at times, why he seemed to be missing the net more than usual.

LOF said this a long time ago, with no inside info or confirmation. And all you needed was a subscription to FI to know it. Eye test remains undefeated.
 
LeafOfFaith said:
A hand injury would obviously be limiting to arguably the greatest shooter in the world. It would explain why Matthews has shot the puck less this season – 12.6 attempts per 60 minutes, down from 13.9 last year. It would explain why his shooting has been less precise at times, why he seemed to be missing the net more than usual.

LOF said this a long time ago, with no inside info or confirmation. And all you needed was a subscription to FI to know it. Eye test remains undefeated.
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That's Dr. LOF to you.
 
Artnes said:
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changing up the D pairings, interesting. The McCabe-Brodie experiment has been paused. I wonder who gets the heavies in this set-up... obviously not Mo. So either Gio-Lilly (great) or McCabe-Holl (I'm willing to give it a shot...)

Of course, I should assume Gus-Schenn is our new top pair...
 
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