How is Trocheck fitting in so far?

I thought Keller and Schmaltz would be instant chemistry for him but I guess he's still getting used to the team.

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u/RivetCounter — 9 days ago

Paul DiResta - a better driver than people give credit for?

Achieving two 4th places as the high point in your career is nothing to sneeze at compared to most F1 drivers. But people say that Force India were fielding competitive cars that needed more competitive drivers than Di Resta and Sutil.

u/RivetCounter — 15 days ago

1999 Kosovo War: Was the F-117A shootdown because of something specific that pilot had done or just a situation waiting to happen eventually?

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u/RivetCounter — 23 days ago
▲ 78 r/myst

Almost 30 years old and a wonderful/powerful ending quote by Atrus (good ending - Riven)

"Now I understand. Endings and beginnings are within the Fissure, that Riven-cleft of stars that acts as both wall and a bridge. And though I am unable to understand how, the very flow of stars that brought my Myst Book into worthy hands, I am sure served as a safe passage home for my friend. The Age of Riven is closed forever, but the people of Riven are free. And now I am at rest, understanding that in Books, and Ages, and life, the ending can never truly be written".

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u/RivetCounter — 23 days ago

Hart and Hill - 50/50 tandem this year?

We all know that Hill had an awful year last year and Hart came in and did well enough in the regular season (never mind how it ended).

Hill is paid too much for the split to be more than 60/40 either way.

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u/RivetCounter — 30 days ago

With Evangelista gone, where does Bourque go?

I assume Bourque will take the spot next to Forsberg and ROR on Line 1 and he's on 100% locked into PP1.

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u/RivetCounter — 1 month ago
▲ 27 r/canes

Is Ryan Henkel a credible source - just sort of fact checking a comment he made about Nadeau on a podcast I listened to recently.

He said that Bradly hasn’t had the best training camps in the past and that’s why he hasn’t had much of a chance at the NHL level yet.

But he did say that Nadeau has the skills to prove he can hang in the NHL - big question is can he do it.

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u/RivetCounter — 1 month ago

Goalies: Do you think Blackwood will retake the net as the starting goalie over the tandem approach that was done last season?

In a hockey podcast that I listened to recently, Meghan Angley talked about how it was a learning year for Blackwood because he wasn't used to not being automatically the top dog and waiting for the game call for the net and will want to do better/stake his claim for 26-27.

But then the opposite approach is the tandem approach worked well so why change it? Especially if Blackwood is an injury risk.

Unless Meghan Angley is not a credible source at all - in that case, my apologies.

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u/RivetCounter — 1 month ago

Misa: Do you think he's closer to 45-50 pts (small/moderate improvement from last year) or 65-70 pts this year (a big breakout)?

The big thing is how much ice time does he get (between less than 15 minutes and almost 17 minutes), does he click with his linemates (the higher projection is assuming Stenberg is put with him) and does he get PP1 or not. Plus the whole being a defensively responsible 2C is sometimes a hard thing to produce from.

Thanks in advance.

Disclaimer: this is for fantasy hockey

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u/RivetCounter — 1 month ago
▲ 20 r/hockey

Genuine question - Is the GM thing of "sign a player or coach that our star player likes or is friends with just so he's more likely to stay with us" a bit of a desperation tactic?

The Canucks promoted Adam Foote because they knew that Quinn was friendly with Foote and obviously we know the end result.

The Leafs signed Roslovic because Austin and Jack are friends (and they happen to need depth scoring).

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u/RivetCounter — 1 month ago

What do you think the chances are that Peterka gets onto Pasta's line at even strength?

Paying two first round picks is a big price to be only an Arvy L2 replacement. Geekie has shown that he is not immune to hot and cold stretches. Peterka did well that one year playing with Tage Thompson in Buffalo but a lot of that was positive variance.

That being said, I don't know if Mittelstadt - Zacha - Geekie would work.

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u/RivetCounter — 1 month ago
▲ 25 r/caps

How much of a loss is Trevor Van Riemsdyk and what do you think the new D lines will be?

Chychrun played a lot with TvR. I assume Matt Roy will pair up with Cole Hutson to unlock Cole to do his thing.

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u/RivetCounter — 1 month ago
▲ 14 r/devils

What do you think the new lines and PP1 will look like with the Evangelista acquisition?

Before yesterday, I thought it was safely Hughes - Hughes - Bratt - Hischier - Mantha (not specifically watching for handedness). But with Evangelista, it becomes more unclear. Mantha being the netfront guy and I don't think Evangelista has playred netfront before.

I thought Metha or Keefe said something about moving Meier around on L2 but it's possible that Evangelista plays with Bratt/Hughes.

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u/RivetCounter — 1 month ago

While being a reasonably successful robot, what stopped Dantomkia from going all the way?

I rank it is the "hall of pretty good" but not "great" robots. I suppose two semi finals (Series 6 and Series 7) and a Runner Up in All Stars is way better than most though.

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u/RivetCounter — 1 month ago
▲ 40 r/Scrubs

How many muffins do you think Kelso goes through a day? (either eaten, simply thrown in the garbage, etc)

Especially if he won muffins for life.

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u/RivetCounter — 2 months ago

Who missed more obvious clues/warning signs: Stan or Hank from Breaking Bad?

For all the Breaking Bad community saying that Hank was a dummy at not suspecting his brother in law (missing gas mask to start), I would say Stan's mistakes were worse overall.

Agree or disagree?

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u/RivetCounter — 2 months ago

PP: Would Utah ever try five forwards or maybe try Weegar as the D if the PP doesn't improve?

Five forwards being - Keller, Schmaltz, Guenther, Cooley, Trocheck. Trocheck hasn't been a big PP producer, even on those deadly Rangers PPs, but he does face-offs.

I'm assuming four forwards would be Keller, Schmaltz, Guenther, Trocheck and a D.

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u/RivetCounter — 2 months ago
▲ 67 r/Muppets

'Chairman of the Board' and 'Room in your heart' were right to be cut from the Muppet Christmas Carol

They are cute songs on the album but they would slow the movie down.

Cutting "When Love is Gone" however was a capital grade offense.

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u/RivetCounter — 2 months ago

PP1: Is this the year to stack it?

You have 3 forwards who work together well already (Thomas/Snuggs/Holloway) - throw in McTavish on there, with Broberg as the D and give it the 3 minute treatment.

A PP2 of Neighbours, Buch, Dvorsky, McMichael, Mailloux/Fowler does not sound terribly threatening. It should be treated as a true PP2 and not a 1B.

But STL split PPs are a tale old as time I guess.

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u/RivetCounter — 2 months ago