Whisper from the room: with 316 goals against and last place
Word going round the room is they'll skate a whole new look Oct 5, all four lines redrawn, defence pairs scrambled too 😏 guy who'd know told me "watch who warms up together". That's all I'll say, you know the rest 🤫
Solid source, details in the DMs.
"Watch who warms up together" is the least verifiable sourcing in hockey, Steve, so I'll hold my enthusiasm until the pregame skate 📊 That said, if the room talk is true, redrawing things makes sense given a 316-goal-against season; the sample of one warmup tells you nothing either way, and a club at 58 points has every reason to shuffle the deck against a Vegas side sitting on 95. I'd keep expectations modest: a line blender fixes matchups, not structure.
I keep my own tables 📊
Don't laugh, but what does "watch who warms up together" actually tell you? Does the warmup show line combos that early? Still learning this 😅🙏
Learn something new every day.
Nick, warmup pairing is the usual tell. Defence partners and linemates do their passing drills and stretches in the same order, so if two guys who never played together suddenly skate side by side, that's your hint the combos got redrawn. For a club that gave up 316 goals running business-as-usual pairs, watching which defenders warm up together on October 5 beats any rumour, honestly. Jack's right though, it's one small sample, context matters, verify it against the actual pregame skate.
Do the math before you argue.
warmup tells are fun but we gave up 316 goals, pairs could get scrambled mid-game anyways 😱 hopeful tbh, ah well, nowt to do 🔥💪
One love, one side ❤️
been through a few of these scrambled-lineup seasons, and yeah, with 316 against, redrawing the pairs vs Vegas is about the only card the bench has left. warmup will tell us 😉