GDT: 10/22/24 - 6:45PM EDT - Tampa Bay @ New Jersey

[Stammertime91]

Hows Emil Martinsen looking for you guys???? will he stick in Tampa for the season do you figure??

He's inconsistent which isn't a surprise given the amount of NHL games under his belt. He's physical but his mobility in transition is a flaw. For example, Cernak is mobile laterally and has the ability to make a read while finishing off the check. Lilleberg is mobile but his pivots and recovery leave him second best on a lot of 1v1s. I think there's a good sample size to say that's a huge flaw as of right now, but there's time for him to improve. He does lose his man in front of the net, too. I think these are all still flaws from a rather inexperienced NHLer. If he could simplify his game with better gap control, he could improve his consistency and not ride the bench. I think he's too good for the AHL at this point, but I don't think he's a serviceable #5. He's a low end #6 or passing grade #7. The issue is Perbix falls to roughly the same. Raddysh being Jeckyl and Hyde makes those three collectively worse because a pairing with any of those guys together is shit on ice.

I like Lilleberg, but he needs to be a lot more consistent with his game.

 

[Five Alarm Fire]

Weird start to the year. I thought our defense would be much better and we’d struggle to score. We’re 3rd in the league in GPG and have 8 players at a PPG.

Hopefully it’s just a wacky road trip and things settle down.

 

[FinnLightning26]

That was a game. The team can't defend but the Devils were even worse in that regard.

Nice to see Geekie get a point. Maybe it boosts his confidence a bit and we'll start seeing more from him.

 

[redwings86]

Hagel did genuine hattrick my expectations in the game against Toronto already but now Tampa Bay fix operator did genuine hattrick against New Jersey.

 

[LTIR Trickery]

I forgot that was Keefe on the other side until the complaining started

 

[ViD]

I guess Hagel was so good that he’s now Kucherov

 

[Soul Assumption]

I thought our defense would be much better

they are bad at forechecking and bad at team defense. TEAM is the key word, I don't think it can be fixed by changing a couple of players. maybe it can be fixed by changing the coach, I'm just saying.

 

[Tampa22]

Hows Emil Martinsen looking for you guys???? will he stick in Tampa for the season do you figure??

I have high hopes when he plays his first game, made a big hit remember and thought he was the psychical defense that we needed but after saw him in some games, I was wrong, can make some hits for sure but without balls to drop the gloves or makes his presence felt, I don't blame him, came from the European mind and the NHL/AHL is doing everything they can to stop the fights, is not a learning system. I have faith about a progress in the off-season and could help to gain some confident but I'm not seeing him good in positioning and doing a lot of mistakes. He's young, can learn but I could see him in the minors soon.

 

[Felonious Python]