The Difference Between Good and Great

Sandwedge. Ball at your front foot. Choked up on the club and held loosely with the back of the club on the ground; way way open. All of your weight on your front foot with just the toe of your back foot on the ground for stability. Swing soft and low. The ball with pop nearly straight up in the air and travel no more than 20 feet. It’s a nasty little shot and I love it.

same… I usually keep my driver in my bag at this point because I slice it 95% of the time.

I guessing he just stayed past the allowable 90 days without a proper visa.

OK, this I agree is news-worthy.

I own the Optimus Reimer T. I love him. But I expect his numbers to dip next season. I don’t think it will be the end of James Reimer, but when he has a stretch of bad games the responsibility will fall on Gustavsson

It’s been proven.
Nothing to see here people, move along

This is why I hope Varlamov actually does provide .920 goaltending

goalies can make the jump from Europe directly to the NHL… Bobrovsky for instance. One season isn’t a lot agreed, but it isn’t like it can’t be done.

But this is my point – what is “properly”? Do they need to play 3 years in the AHL? Are we going to wait until they’re in their late 20s? What benefit does that provide to the club long-term?

Depends on when we’re talking about doing the callup. If Scrivens keeps up his level of play until, say, the trade deadline? I’d be happy to see that. Rynnas has a little more to prove over the same amount of time (consistency issues), but by 2012, they could very well be ready for a backup role (it also depends on how much of a workload they would have to see. If Reimer can take 2 games of every 3, it’s fine. If not, we need to go outside the organization and/or tank).

I think I’d like to see Komisarek forget about the puck entirely, aside from maybe its location on the ice which might remain useful.

Okay but are talking his level of play pre or post getting dummied by Lucic? Pre-Lucic Komisarek is gone and ain’t coming back.

If Komisarek can get back to the guy who played well in November 2009 before he got hurt, yeah I can maybe see that.

I find this very depressing. The truth hurts.

But I think some people are going a bit overboard on the LD/RD impossibility of switching thing.

Yes, I do get it, trust me. I remember when Schenn switched over and it was a disaster. Several players can’t make the switch as they’ve learned one side their whole careers and adjustment isn’t easy.

Unfortunately examples aren’t easy to find by a quick search, but there have to be a decent number of d-men who have switched from one side to the other because a team is stacked on one side and light on the other. If Komisarek is going to find is game again (and I’m hoping but won’t be surprised if he can’t), it may have to be trying to overtake Aulie’s spot on the left side, or have Franson be the one who switches to LD.

And yes, to re-iterate, I get that switching isn’t easy and probably isn’t optimal. But it’s not impossible, and it definitely happens sometimes. Simply saying “oh well Komisarek has to be the one out because we already have 3 RD” isn’t necessarily the right answer either.

maybe its just me…. but I happent to think hes not good at ice hockey

We have Lashoff, Gysbers, Holzer and Mikus all better suited for callups at this point.

I would rather Gardiner called up than Mikus or Holzer. Both are not very good

I would absolutely, positively offer sheet Tavares for something ridiculous. He had 67 points last year on the freaking Islanders as a 20 year old. Dare I say he’d be a much better fit than Stamkos as I believe he’s got better puck moving skills and is pretty good defensively as well.

So yeah, $6.5M a year for Tavares for like 5 years.

leafer’s obviously hufflepuff

Ya I don’t know what that is. Can I have somethin else?