GDT: 11/7/24 - 7:30PM EDT - Philadelphia vs Tampa Bay

[Bozo Nicholson]

14 while games in against that schedule? I'd take anything over .500. Couple that with the new lineup, not surprised that there would be bumps. It's a bad 4 game stretch where they missed their 1C for nearly 3 of them, no cause for major concern.

Yeah it just sucks going from 7-3 to 7-6-1 in 4 games.

 

[Bartleby]

Oh, no I think they should be much better. We saw it in a lot of the early wins. Not sure what is going on as of late.

That's what I was getting at.

 

[ccman68]

need to play 7 D every game so we aren't f***ed when Cernak has his weekly injury

 

[Rschmitz]

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The more surprising thing to me is he’s only had 10 attempts in 5+ years?

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

Kuch is like The Sundance Kid. He has to be on the move with shit happening around him when he shoots. He's not effective just aiming and firing.

His breakaway attempts last year too were head scratchers. But I think he was better earlier in his career when he went for a deke instead of a shot. Kind of reverse for Stamkos who was much better the past few seasons just picking a target and nailing it instead of trying to do too much.

 

[Powerplay17]

I haven’t fully accepted the window being closed. But I’m getting there

Closed and nailed shut.

 

[Hockeyville USA]

Closed and nailed shut.

Felt more like it shut after the 2022 Cup Final loss. Weren't gonna be deep enough after Palat walked in UFA, and then we traded McDonagh to open up cap space. Plus Big Cat hasn't played like a .920 SV% goalie since then

 

[Bartleby]

Closed and nailed shut.

Well if you believe that then I guess you think we should start selling?

Personally, before we do that, I think a change in leadership is worth a try.

 

[Hockeyville USA]

Duke and Howard debuts can't come soon enough

 

[JFedol]

Absolutely terrible lineups by Coop lol.

 

[DarrylshutzSydor]

Sheary being waived should have been a wakeup call that no one in the bottom 6 is safe. Wonder if BriseBois will make another warning shot move to get the dressing room to wake up again. Wonder how secure Cooper is

Hell yeah, bring up some some bangers! Do we even have any? Raffi Torres baby!

 

[JTBF81]

Yeah it just sucks going from 7-3 to 7-6-1 in 4 games.

If the season was 25-30 games, it would definitely be a bigger problem. With an 82 game schedule, it's just a blip. They have a week off and should be back to speed when they get back.

 

[RDTBay4]

We looked terrible, and why the f*** was Goncalves taking the first shot in the shootout. Terrible performance.

 

[DistantThunderRep]

Anyone watch the post game? What did these dickheads say?

 

[RDTBay4]

This is on Cooper. What the hell is going on with our lines?

 

[T REX]

The team is grade a garbage.

Done. Trash. Someone bring in some new blood.

Welcome to the Penguins.

Hockey purgatory.

Front office is STALE AF

 

[Hockeyville USA]

If the season was 25-30 games, it would definitely be a bigger problem. With an 82 game schedule, it's just a blip. They have a week off and should be back to speed when they get back.

What makes you so sure they figure it out? When they defend pretty well, they don't score much. When they score more, they give up quite a bit. They still have a disgusting habit of not getting the puck out when they have pretty easy opportunities to chip it out. Makes me miss Rutta.

 

[JTBF81]

What makes you so sure they figure it out? When they defend pretty well, they don't score much. When they score more, they give up quite a bit. They still have a disgusting habit of not getting the puck out when they have pretty easy opportunities to chip it out. Makes me miss Rutta.

The talent is there. Most teams have at least one, usually more, bad 4 or 5 game stretches. I haven't seen anything that makes me think they're done. The defense may need one depth add and they do need one middle 6 F add, but the talent and pieces are there. It's been less than 20% of a season, so all this doom and gloom is ridiculously premature, but not surprising after having been on these boards for awhile.

 

[Soul Assumption]

Most teams have at least one, usually more, bad 4 or 5 game stretches.

It's more of a bad 3 year stretch...

 

[Hockeyville USA]

The talent is there. Most teams have at least one, usually more, bad 4 or 5 game stretches. I haven't seen anything that makes me think they're done. The defense may need one depth add and they do need one middle 6 F add, but the talent and pieces are there. It's been less than 20% of a season, so all this doom and gloom is ridiculously premature, but not surprising after having been on these boards for awhile.

Girgensons, Glendening, Atkinson look like they will never score. Eyssimont might hit 3 goals all year. Geekie isn't fully done in the oven and they're making him learn on the fly (which I support but it's not ideal). Perbix, Lilleberg, Raddysh haven't proven they can get it done consistently on a contender type of team. McDonagh and Hedman showing age. Vasilevskiy being hot and cold. Cooper's lines not gelling very well.

Just some legitimate concerns. I hope to be wrong obviously, but I've watched hockey long enough to see the warning signs of decline/stagnation

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

We looked terrible, and why the f*** was Goncalves taking the first shot in the shootout. Terrible performance.

fwiw Goncalves was 7 for 16 (43%) in the shootout for Syracuse the past 3 seasons.

Would have been nice to maybe see Guentzel, but maybe Coop had him going 3rd?

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

fwiw Goncalves was 7 for 16 (43%) in the shootout for Syracuse the past 3 seasons.

Would have been nice to maybe see Guentzel, but maybe Coop had him going 3rd?

And there's confirmation by Coop that that's what they were looking at

 

[T REX]

It's more of a bad 3 year stretch...

It's just a game brah!

 

[Hockeyville USA]

And there's confirmation by Coop that that's what they were looking at

The problem with the shootout is they just took a basic ass shot into a huge goalie's pads, instead of deking and forcing the uncoordinated giant into moving side to side.

 

[RDTBay4]

Girgensons, Glendening, Atkinson look like they will never score. Eyssimont might hit 3 goals all year. Geekie isn't fully done in the oven and they're making him learn on the fly (which I support but it's not ideal). Perbix, Lilleberg, Raddysh haven't proven they can get it done consistently on a contender type of team. McDonagh and Hedman showing age. Vasilevskiy being hot and cold. Cooper's lines not gelling very well.

Just some legitimate concerns. I hope to be wrong obviously, but I've watched hockey long enough to see the warning signs of decline/stagnation

A team with no identity.