GDT: 1/28/25 - 7:00PM EDT - Chicago vs Tampa Bay

[These Are The Days]

A rookie who actually makes some offense chances happen is the least of this teams worries. I dont know how after watching this game he singles him out?

Geekie is still better than Ace, Girgensons, Glendening and Atkinson. We got mucho fat to trim. Geekie has issues but he is a good problem to have

 

[aylib]

Coop satisfied now (empty net goal - achieved).

 

[These Are The Days]

All the Small Things is an overplayed mediocre song. Arenas need to stop with it

*ooga booga intensifies*

Choose your fighter. I pick Ray Gun the breakdancing champion

 

[JFleegs]

This horrible month is what happens when your top six goes cold and your bottom six is absolute abysmal, and can not pick up any slack.

 

[The Gongshow]

Lol Ottawa jumped us in the standings. I hope this team misses the playoffs. They don't deserve it. Blow it up!

 

[DarrylshutzSydor]

Geekie is still better than Ace, Girgensons, Glendening and Atkinson. We got mucho fat to trim. Geekie has issues but he is a good problem to have

Put him on line #1 then, see if he can be a shooter

 

[aylib]

Got schooled by 2025 Blackhawks

 

[The Gongshow]

This horrible month is what happens when your top six goes cold and your bottom six is absolute abysmal.

Lol what bottom six? It's a bunch of highschool level players

 

[Master P]

Better yet, lets fire cooper, trade vassy, ace and whoever else played bad in the month of January.

Then we will finally have a team that is ready to compete for the cup!

 

[Bozo Nicholson]

Nice little shit streak they got going.

 

[Renopucker]

Pretty much spot on there. Bottom 6 didn'nt sniff the ice in the last 10.

 

[JFleegs]

Better yet, lets fire cooper, trade vassy, ace and whoever else played bad in the month of January.

Then we will finally have a team that is ready to compete for the cup!

one of those guys is not like the others

 

[Master P]

one of those guys is not like the others

Wouldn't know it on these boards.

 

[T REX]

Trust the process.

 

[JTBF81]

I don't make a habit of it but I f***ing told you so. We needed to reload after the repeat. We'd have been done by now and probably still could have landed Jake


We have no choice but to leg this out and be patient

You don't reload after a repeat and with the group they had lol. Aside from losing Colton in favor of Jeannot and Sheary, roster management has been fine. It's one rough stretch of 15 games (and still can finish the month close to .500), big deal. They were stymied by this goaltender and JJ is trash= unfortunate, but not unexpected result.

 

[Master P]

Just blow it up and the championships will fall out of the sky.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

Just baffling. Kept Chicago to 20 shots on goal, while we had 35 of our own and a lot of them were decent chances. Not just perimeter stuff. There was a time earlier in the season where we'd go in a shell and there was zero offense. We spent so much of that 3rd in the offensive zone, and it was the Point, Cirelli, and Paul lines. I just don't know. Point, Kuch, Hagel, and Guentzel all have 20+ goals and over a ppg, and we have 1 measly goal in 2 games against Chicago and Detroit who are not good teams at keeping the puck out. A complete head scratcher at what's going on. I wish the 4 nations break was now.

 

[T REX]

You don't reload after a repeat and with the group they had lol. Aside from losing Colton in favor of Jeannot and Sheary, roster management has been fine. It's one rough stretch of 15 games (and still can finish the month close to .500), big deal. They were stymied by this goaltender and JJ is trash= unfortunate, but not unexpected result.

If you can't beat Chicago at home with your backup, the team has serious issues.

Not sure how else to look at it.

That repeat is getting further and further in the rear view mirror.

No doubt some will be saying but the repeat was only 5 years ago...6 years ago...7 years ago...

 

[Hockeyville USA]

BriseBois better not overpay at the deadline. No point wasting more assets when we're clearly not winning the Cup.

 

[Master P]

Just baffling. Kept Chicago to 20 shots on goal, while we had 35 of our own and a lot of them were decent chances. Not just perimeter stuff. There was a time earlier in the season where we'd go in a shell and there was zero offense. We spent so much of that 3rd in the offensive zone, and it was the Point, Cirelli, and Paul lines. I just don't know. Point, Kuch, Hagel, and Guentzel all have 20+ goals and over a ppg, and we have 1 measly goal in 2 games against Chicago and Detroit who are not good teams at keeping the puck out. A complete head scratcher at what's going on. I wish the 4 nations break was now.

The flu is probably going through the team right now. Would explain why Vassy didn't play tonight and why they look so "tired" "slow".

 

[These Are The Days]

You don't reload after a repeat and with the group they had lol. Aside from losing Colton in favor of Jeannot and Sheary, roster management has been fine. It's one rough stretch of 15 games (and still can finish the month close to .500), big deal. They were stymied by this goaltender and JJ is trash= unfortunate, but not unexpected result.

This a symptom of an issue that's persisted for 3 years now. You don't lose Johnson, Palat, Killorn, Maroon, Gourde, Goodrow, Coleman and Stamkos and say "Yep. We're good. We got McDonagh and Moser" and fill the lineup with fodder because we have no cap space for anything else. We needed to get ahead of it and sell high for cheap, young talent

Either way I don't imagine this lasting much longer. Everyone feel free to bitch but I'm optimistic

 

[bov]

Probably the worst game of the season. And as usual, nobody even bothers trying to inject life into the game. I don't put much stock into a single loss itself, but it was another contest where it's clear as day that this team is too soft to do anything meaningful. They interviewed one of Chicago's assistant coaches between periods and he said that while he wasn't pleased with Foligno taking the extra penalties, his actions woke up the team and got them into the game. TB doesn't have the personnel to win games in numerous ways like they did in years past, nor drag guys into the fray. Probably the most listless effort I have seen in awhile, so maybe there are some injuries or illnesses behind the scenes. But that was a rough one to watch.

 

[These Are The Days]

The flu is probably going through the team right now. Would explain why Vassy didn't play tonight and why they look so "tired" "slow".

This is probably a big reason to be honest. I've got like 3 dudes sick at work this week

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

The flu is probably going through the team right now. Would explain why Vassy didn't play tonight and why they look so "tired" "slow".

I think EE guessed earlier that it was the flu for Vasy, and honestly that wouldn't surprise me just from all the air travel they've had, but I don't think the team was slow tonight. Somehow we just had no luck on offense. Should've had more than 1 tonight. Should've had more goals in the more recent games all together. I just don't want them to fall too far behind in the standings before we get it together again. Whether this is a good team or not is debatable, (and how each person defines what good is) but they have enough in place to make the playoffs if they do what they should. Wayyyy too many "shoulds" though in my post.

 

[Master P]

I think EE guessed earlier that it was the flu for Vasy, and honestly that wouldn't surprise me just from all the air travel they've had, but I don't think the team was slow tonight. Somehow we just had no luck on offense. Should've had more than 1 tonight. Should've had more goals in the more recent games all together. I just don't want them to fall too far behind in the standings before we get it together again. Whether this is a good team or not is debatable, (and how each person defines what good is) but they have enough in place to make the playoffs if they do what they should. Wayyyy too many "shoulds" though in my post.

I think the BIG changes people want to see will happen this off season. If the price is right then we might see a big move at the trade deadline, but my money is on this off season.