GDT: #33 ⋅ ANA @ VGK ⋅ 7:00 PM PST

[CrazyDuck4u]

What is Strome good at?

Nothing

 

[slippingsloth]

No finish by Leo or Leason.
Couple of criminal turnovers including the shortie

Honestly could be worse vs a top 5 team on the back of a back to back but team was ‘in’ this one.

Still this hurts since it’s Vegas.

 

[HanSolo]

Meh. At least it wasn't a blowout. Fire Cronin

 

[Hockey Duckie]

What is Strome good at?

 

[CrazyDuck4u]

Stupid young mistakes

 

[FlyingV09]

Lack of scoring/finish once again a problem…..

 

[Firequacker]

What is Strome good at?

Teaching his teammates how to miss open nets?

 

[Deuce22]

What is Strome good at?

Being a veteran

 

[TheGoodShepard1]

I mean, I really hate being a negative Nancy and saying the same thing in every GDT, but there’s zero reason to really take this seriously until they get true blue goal scorers. 2 finishers minimum Pat

 

[CrazyDuck4u]

I mean, I really hate being a negative Nancy and saying the same thing in every GDT, but there’s zero reason to really take this seriously until they get true blue goal scorers. 2 finishers minimum Pat

Not happening

 

[dracom]

with a average PP, and not missing on empty nets we can be a playoff team

 

[robbieboy3686]

with a average PP, and not missing on empty nets we can be a playoff team

This is the la chargers of hockey. Bottom of the barrel coaching = leaves the entire fan base pissed off all the time. As bad as we need a true goal scorer and some more depth. We need to get lucky and have a top coach become available before next season and lock him up.

 

[HanSolo]

Being a veteran

The Killorn specialty.

Stupid young mistakes

Terry isn't that young anymore. Inexcusable turnover.

 

[Kalv]

I mean, I really hate being a negative Nancy and saying the same thing in every GDT, but there’s zero reason to really take this seriously until they get true blue goal scorers. 2 finishers minimum Pat

2 so that our coach can teach away their goal scoring abilities?

Our current players are NOT as bad as our GF suggests, I strongly believe.

 

[robbieboy3686]

Hayzee has hated these rebuild years. You can see just how frustrated he is.

 

[LuGBuG]

Good battle from them. Goals are really hard to come by. Would love to add a scorer and see what we can do.

We had every reason to roll over and die that game. The let down after a comeback win last night, back end of a back to back, playing a top team. Each time we gave up a goal though we pushed harder. Showing signs. Just need goals.

 

[duckaroosky]

i just hate vegas so much

 

[CrazyDuck4u]

The Killorn specialty.

Terry isn't that young anymore. Inexcusable turnover.

I agree there

 

[Hey234]

There are lots of small positives with individual players and the team as a whole. A game like this is frustrating but inevitable for a rebuilding team. They could have won the game with timely goals. That is progress and hopefully they are able to win more of those games next season with more experience and better construction/coaching.

On the other hand, the same issues keep occuring each game. Their structure is bad, PP terrible, and they can't score. The solution is also the same: they need a proven, top 6 goal scorer, they have to do better on the PP, and they need to fire Cronin.

 

[Leonardo87]

The Killorn specialty.

Terry isn't that young anymore. Inexcusable turnover.

Yup. People rake on a 19 yo missing opportunities (at least he is getting them), but Terry gets a pass for that brutal turnover which sealed the game for Vegas? F that, hate that line and they have not done shit now in several games.

#FireCronin #Savethekids

 

[All Mighty]

Was at the game tonight. Not a ton of positives, but I was pretty impressed with Gauthier. He made some good defensive plays and his effort level was high all game.

 

[HanSolo]

Yup. People rake on a 19 yo missing opportunities (at least he is getting them), but Terry gets a pass for that brutal turnover which sealed the game for Vegas? F that, hate that line and they have not done shit now in several games.

#FireCronin #Savethekids

I mean we shouldn't entirely give the kids a total pass. But they get more slack cause they have more time to improve. Someone like Terry pretty much is what he is at this point. Could have more points on a better team, but there's no way around it. That was an awful turnover that more or less killed any hope to even it up and send the game to OT.

Leo had an awful second and third period. I'm a fanboy of his and shelled out a lot of money for his jersey. But I'm not gonna pretend he didn't have a rough two periods. He almost gave the VGK a goal trying to pass the puck across his own crease from the corner. That's a bad play and a poor decision under any circumstance. That said, it seems he's just been frustrated and he still has plenty of time to turn it around and the talent is obviously there. He just needs help right now getting his head in the right place and it doesn't seem he's getting it.

Mac had our only goal but he had more than a handful of plays that just looked like he is not thinking at all. With him I think the concern is stronger because it's not that he's forcing plays out of frustration. It's that he's making very intentional and stupid plays with the puck or even defensively. A lack of hockey IQ is a very real concern with a big enough sample.

 

[tomd]

The team has is getting more competitive and that is all you can ask for at this point.

 

[HanSolo]

The team has is getting more competitive and that is all you can ask for at this point.

And at least some of the kids are showing improvement. Cutter, Lacombe and Zell played well. I'd even say they were three of our best players overall.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Bring in a legit top 6 forward
Fix pp to league average at least
Healthy zegras

Will fix a lot of the issues