3rd is under way
Comets go to the PK
Halonen 2 for hooking.
Daws a big stop.
Nylander all alone standing still at the left circle hash mark and he takes his time and buries it. No Comet in sight.
Nylander 5 goals in 5 games.
PPG at 4:19
3-0 Toronto
12 minutes to go and the Comets have taken 2 shots. This team is dumbfounded vs a team that can skate, pass the puck, and hound the puck.
9:30 to go and the Comets just got yheir 3rd shot of the period.
7:10 to go and Comets get shot #4.
Congrats due to the Gambardellas on the birth of their new daughter. Something good to post!!!
Marlies to the PP as MacKinnon drags down a Marlie from behind who cuts across in front of him and goes towards the center of the slot. Will is beaten badly and has no recourse but to reach out as he goes by and trips him.
25 seconds later the Marlies strike again for their 2nd PP of the period and it's 4-0 and this one is lng gone over with 5:02 to go.
The goals these guys have scoed have been scored by guys with very little interference from any Comet.
When the Comets cross the blueline they go completely braindead. They have no idea of what they are going to do. The puck carrier has no plan, the guys with him don't know where to go, how to find open ice, how to clear lanes for their mate, should I shoot or pass? The pass attempts are feeble. The shots are more often blocked or deflected. They flub attempts, whiff on shot attempts, miss the net when they do get it off and more often than not that shot is the end of that offensive effort as the opponent moves up ice.
The final horn goes and it's another L in the column. They did not get a shot in the last 7 minutes. The last 4 minutes was spent with the Marlies swarming all over the Comets zone.
Final score 4-0
SOG 13-4 Marlies
game total 34-17 Marlies
There doesn't appear to be any magic fix to this situation. There is so much wrong with this team and DiNeen has no idea how to fix any of it.
They are slow.
They are poor passers.
They don't handle the puck well.
They are all over the ice defensively and leave guys wide open for point blank shots.
If there was a hockey IQ test I shudder to think how poorly they would score.
Their shot totals over the course of every game periiod by period are terrible vs the number they surrender. SOG are not the fault of the goalies.
The keepers this year will not have good numbers if this is the way they will be abandoned and people in NJ will be blaming the golies and the GM who acquired them. They will play an extrodinary game here and there, but no goalie can hold the fort when the help they get is little to nonexistent.