Well you can't put him in the top-6 when he's showing he doesn't belong there most nights.. not even close to the Drouin situation, not sure what you're talking about.
Hedman had a couple off nights, it happens to everyone. If you don't think Hedman has ever played great then you just have something personal against him.
Well we sucked in that one, but depending what happens Sat not going to worry just yet. Coop was rolling 3 lines in the last 15 mins I believe. Did not see Vladdy or JAM in the 3rd. They did not get hurt did they?
Not personal at all, this is the team I love and him playing great would make me smile. I'm just tired of hearing how great he is from fellow posters and seeing bad shooting, bonehead plays and an inability to keep the puck in when we need it most almost every game. Does he make great plays at times, sure but we have been exhaulting him for years now while tearing Stammer a new a hole. Stammer has won a scoring title, what has Hedman won? Pay Hedman but let Stamkos walk...please.
Not personal at all, this is the team I love and him playing great would make me smile. I'm just tired of hearing how great he is from fellow posters and seeing bad shooting, bonehead plays and an inability to keep the puck in when we need it most almost every game. Does he make great plays at times, sure but we have been exhaulting him for years now while tearing Stammer a new a hole. Stammer has won a scoring title, what has Hedman won? Pay Hedman but let Stamkos walk...please.
So this is proving that Greiss is the real deal. I've said all along, we had to win game 1 to have a shot at the series. After this terrible game, we will be lucky to get this series to game 5
id like him over flipper but is coaches choice actually like our lower lines most nights
also though i want callahan over flipper lol on top six
i dont expect vladdy to have much of an impact unless hes getting offensive line mates etc..
seems everyone thinks he should do more
drouin obvioiusly to anyone watching has more talent and he struggled also in lower roles
this series is on bishop on tightening up the d on making plays and making sure you do the hard road of getting pucks in deep etc.. instead of the cheap easy way that we tend to fall into and imho fell into as soon as we got the first goal
team traps itself lol
am happy though not really worried anything can happen in playoffs
if concerned on anything is more in regards to our play than anything they can throw at us or overcoming greiss etc..
i was very happy last 30 minutes in most things still silly turnovers but that can be rust we will find out
islanders cap is off we gave up great chances early and they made us pay
imho bishop stops all these goals 99% of time lol so is that
is one game nothing of concern if this team hadnt UNFORTUNATELY did this to us in the past i would be upset its almost like we need to expect this stuff (((((((
the part where they did not so good was the part that i did not like
however, i did enjoy the part where they did much better. that part was good and i did like it quite a bit
Vladdy has been poo which is likely why he got benched, even down a forward
Paquette has been poo yet Cooper loves to keep him in the top 9
Hedman has been poo, two games now where he looked worse than Carle, yeah I said it.
Carle has been poo but you already knew that.
Sustr Semi- Poo? Diet coke of Poo?
Nesterov - Poo
Palat was Poo but he has looked much better. When he scored last night, thought we would win the game, was looking that good, but then turned to Poo, but he is not Poo anymore or at least not till next game.
Johnson was great the first two games against Detroit but now is poo since then and has become a turnover machine. Yeah he was sick in Game 5, but looked even worse last night.
Callahan has been Poo on the "offensive" end of things, and should stay on the 3rd line, and think really hard in the off season how to find his offensive game, or he will be gone in a couple of years.
Flip has been ok but mostly poo found the back of the net, but for a guy who has been in the top 6 all playoffs, one point/goal is not going to cut it.
Bishop was amazing till he **** himself last night, and became poo
Kucherov with that turnover was Poo but made up with a goal later. So he is not poo yet.
Killorn has been very good, he is poo-free right now like Kucherov.
Drouin has been up and down, but he is not poo yet.
JAM's first playoff game, and he was poo.
Boyle Has not really done much to call him poo or not.
Condra probably feels like Poo right now.
Blunden was probably in the bathroom making poo during a part of the game.
Daren Puppa really played for the Lightning at the wrong time.
Daren Puppa really played for the Lightning at the wrong time.
Fwiw, you can go back to the Detroit series from last year when I was harping on him and people started agreeing they didn't see this "Hedmonster" other people were seeing. Next game he plays great and sends the winning pass to Johnsons stick and we are back in the series.
He's gotten better but last year's regular season I thought he was underwhelming. Very underwhelming. Then the playoffs came around and he got better each game. He did well this season but his shot is very inaccurate. I think he's neutered most of his problems to where they are now positives. They may be good, when we are expecting elite. He definitely gets his tires pumped at times here and on Tv, but he's one of the better dmen in the league. He's just taking his sweet time getting adjusted to the playoffs this year, like last year, and it's hurting us right now due to the injuries and underachieving of others.
I expect he will turn it around. At least I hope.
And Robert, Names sucks out there. At least Drouin could carry the puck and had over 30 points on the 4th. We are lucky to see Names even carry the puck up the ice at 3C and the reason he's there is because he doesn't deserve anything higher. I was afraid of this. I was afraid his decent season was just a shade of what he really can be, and so far he's proving me right, especially since he's done:
Heres: Vlad Namestnikov--->Nothing
Next to nothing. He's been a complete non factor.
So you're saying Johnson is slow? Tavares has speed but so does Johnson and his supporting cast is better. They had their 4th line up against our 1st and it didn't go well for us, we need them away from a physical line and Tavares is the least physical. If you can't go toe to toe with your top line than you don't deserve to win. Cooper thinks like you and is scared to change things and go with matchups. With the last change he could easily neutralize that 4th line which gave us trouble. Callahan, Paquette and Boyle aren't doing anything offensively and won't stop Tavares, make them useful and have them bang with their 4th line all game.