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He’s had bad games before and come back to perform much better. It’s a good trait to have in a QB and think he has it.

But true, none the less. Actually, not a bad self assessment. Darnold is having a bad night, but I like his ability to shake it off. He’s Josh like in that regard, imo. It will be interesting to see if he can turn it around like Allen did in the second half vs. the Pats***.

Didn’t Darnold proclaim his offense could be unstoppable after they beat the Cowpukes?

FTFY

I’m thinking you feel like you need a shower right about now.

Karma can be a fickle Bword.

I haven’t rooted for the Jets since SBIII and I just can’t bring myself to do it now. Sorry.

Getting scoring from the bottom 6 is the big boost.

Football helmeted Mammalian sea dweller They call him Flipper

Heard Duffer say in the post game that we are +10 in 5x5 for the season. If there was ONE area we needed to improve this year, that was it. And the thing is, I don’t think the Eichel line is out scoring the opponents in 5x5 hockey for the season, either. That tells me we are FINALLY seeing the secondary scoring we’ve been missing for a while now. Another good sign moving forward. Coaching. It makes a difference.

4 out of 6 on the road trip. I'll take it. The good thing is that we banked these points without playing anywhere near our best, too. I think that bodes well. I hear that. Drives me crazy. And it's a short drive to begin with!

@plenzmd1 mentioned it the other day and I am tending to agree at this juncture: Dahlin has lost confidence. Everything he does on the ice, EVERYTHING, is weak. Passes, clear attempts, manning the puck, you name it; it's weak. He needs to sit up in the box for a game or two.

Liking Vesey's game the last few. Dahlin needs to sit a couple games.

Two words for Eichel: puck battle. Asserting absolutely NO dominance on the ice. I'm sorry, but when you're the bell cow, you have to show up to play on EVERY SHIFT. He's still the same "some shifts on, some shifts off" player he's been since he's come into the league.

If that’s true, the Jest may have exposed themselves to all sorts of liabilities.

The patella injury might be the best thing to happen to his ankle injury. It was really impacting his mobility and throwing mechanics. While I respect his grit in playing through it, his mobility is a huge facet of his game and he just wasn’t the same evasive QB after that ankle injury.

Pound. The. Rock. Easiest, safest, fastest way to victory. Style points are for losers.

Gritty effort from a spent team. Carter Hutton with back to back goose eggs. Get some rest.

This team is totally exhausted; skating in mud, no legs. It's a miracle we are up 3-0 and it will be a bigger miracle if they can hold on. LA with a 5 on 3 to start the third doesn't help. This team needs a break from hockey. The NHL schedule makers did us no favors with the schedule. If I'm Kreuger, they have the day off tomorrow. No practice, no meetings. Just get the hell away from hockey.

Back to backs usually don’t concern me, except when the second game of the back to back is also the third game in four nights. I get that these guys are all young athletes in amazing physical condition, but still.

Good points all, but I’m not referring to the mistakes Dahlin makes when he gets outmuscled. That’s gonna happen from time to time and we have to wait until he acquires “man strength” when he matures physically. I’m looking more at his unforced errors. He appears to be pressing too much at the moment. And I hope, as @plenzmd1 mentioned above, that his confidence hasn’t been shaken. But he looks almost timid at times, afraid to make a mistake. But unlike recent previous head coaches, I have full confidence that Kreuger knows what he’s doing.

I think we found our newest and bestest buddy and big toe of TBD!

Yep, the Ducks, like Columbus, imposed their strength once they found their legs late in the first. Before that, we were skating circles around them, but they wore us down physically and that led to all those bad passes and giveaways. Ullmark was hung out to dry much of the evening. Speaking of giveaways, Risto made several mind numbingly stupid plays last night. But I’m actually more concerned with Dahlin at this point. He hasn’t had a good, clean defensive game all season and he sucked again defensively last night. Another big team tonight. While I don’t think the Kings are as good, they are similar to the Ducks in the size department. I suspect they will borrow a page from Anaheim and seek to muscle us off the puck and jump on our D to force mistakes down low. Looking forward to seeing their response.

Awesome CB and second only to Fred Biletnikoff in the use of stickum.