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GDT: Carolina Hurricanes at Edmonton Oilers Dec 11th 2021 10 PM EST

Aho, Slavin and Andersen stole the show last night, but I've also been impressed by KK's performance. He hasn't scored lately, but he's been an awesome center for our 4th line.
 
Aho tends to get going around this point in the season, so no real shock to see him stepping up. But it was nice to see improved play from Trocheck last night. He has been all over the place lately, and not really in a good way. Also, Cole stepped up with his best effort of the season, which was badly needed given the opposition. Yeah, Slavin was sublime, but brother needs a bit of help from time to time and Cole was there or there abouts all game. Chatfield continues to impress, and for me is the obvious 4th option on the right side at this point. Seems like a more free flowing style was all he needed to find his footing ... Torts prolly hates him.

Honestly, that one felt big even if was really just another pre-Christmas road game against a decent team.
 
I think I am misremembering. I was thinking that the game where Ladd knocked out Markkanen was different. I do remember that I felt a bit guilty for celebrating the win.
 
HNIM said:
I think I am misremembering. I was thinking that the game where Ladd knocked out Markkanen was different. I do remember that I felt a bit guilty for celebrating the win.
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LOL, I think you mean Dwayne Roloson!
 
HNIM said:
No, Roloson played only 19 games that season. Im pretty sure Makkanen was their guy. Unless he was hurt going in. It’s all pretty fuzzy.
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All 3 goalies played that series. Roloson started game 1 and was injured. He was replaced by Conklin. But Markkenen played the next 6 games.
 
HNIM said:
No, Roloson played only 19 games that season. Im pretty sure Makkanen was their guy. Unless he was hurt going in. It’s all pretty fuzzy.
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It was Roloson who was hurt on the play with Ladd. Conklin replaced him that game and gave up the goal to Brind’Amour. Makkanen then played out the rest of the series.
 
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andyt said:
All 3 goalies played that series. Roloson started game 1 and was injured. He was replaced by Conklin. But Markkenen played the next 6 games.
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The Oilers traded for Roloson sometime after the All Star break that year and he carried them to the Finals after taking over for Markkanen. Conklin was their 3rd goalie and had no business playing in the freaking Finals, but they dressed him as the backup because apparently Markkanen had not reacted well to being benched. It was a credit to that Oilers team just how well they hung in there given their circumstances. Between their goalie problems and Buffalo's magically disappearing blueline group, the Canes got some serious breaks in the playoffs that year. But hey ... somebody gets the breaks EVERY playoff year.
 
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