GDT: #48 ⋅ PIT @ ANA ⋅ 7:00 PM PST

[anezthes]

77 Vatrano ⋅ 16 Strome ⋅ 19 Terry
11 Zegras ⋅ 91 Carlsson ⋅ 17 Killorn
61 Gauthier ⋅ 23 McTavish ⋅ 13 Fabbri
38 Harkins ⋅ 23 Lundeström ⋅ 20 Leason

2 Lacombe ⋅ 7 Gudas
34 Mintyukov ⋅ 65 Trouba
6 Dumoulin ⋅ 51 Zellweger

1 Dostál

vs



72 Beauvillier ⋅ 87 Crosby ⋅ 17 Rust
8 Bunting ⋅ 71 Malkin ⋅ 19 Glass
10 O'Connor ⋅ 13 Hayes ⋅ 53 Tomasino
83 Nieto ⋅ 46 Lizotte ⋅ 55 Acciari

28 Pettersson ⋅ 58 Letang
24 Grzelcyk ⋅ 65 Karlsson
38 Pickering ⋅ 73 Joseph

39 Nedeljkovic​

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Season Series

#1 ⋅ @ PIT ⋅ 1-2 L
#2 ⋅ @ ANA ⋅ Jan 23

Last season: 4-3 W, 0-2 L


Team Leaders

P: 35 (Terry) vs 51 (Crosby)
G: 15 (Terry) vs 23 (Rakell)
A: 20 (Terry) vs 38 (Crosby)
GAA: 2.86 (Gibson) vs 3.21 (Knight)
SV%: .911 (Gibson) vs .893 (Knight)


Team Stats

GF/GP: 2.36 (#32) vs 3.00 (#16)
GA/GP: 3.15 (#21) vs 3.59 (#32)
PP: 13.1% (#31) vs 27.1% (#4)
PK: 73.7% (#27) vs 78.8% (#16)​

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[branmuffin17]

How is Sid still so effective??? I still think about how we were 1 pick away...

Eric Stephens' Athletic article on Z coming back was pretty okay...I liked how he mentioned Z wants to play C and has been most effective there, which we all know. Cronin also continuing to say a lot of positive things about Z. Also said he wants to make sure Z is in the top 6. I get that he wants to keep the Terry line together, and that they're invested in Carlsson, but like others are saying, with McT not doing that much this season, why not experiment a bit more with McT on wing? And why do they have to funnel themselves into the same categories as everyone else? Play the top 3 lines roughly equally and call them 1A 1B and 1C or something, sheesh.

 

[Terry Yake]

How is Sid still so effective??? I still think about how we were 1 pick away...

Eric Stephens' Athletic article on Z coming back was pretty okay...I liked how he mentioned Z wants to play C and has been most effective there, which we all know. Cronin also continuing to say a lot of positive things about Z. Also said he wants to make sure Z is in the top 6. I get that he wants to keep the Terry line together, and that they're invested in Carlsson, but like others are saying, with McT not doing that much this season, why not experiment a bit more with McT on wing? And why do they have to funnel themselves into the same categories as everyone else? Play the top 3 lines roughly equally and call them 1A 1B and 1C or something, sheesh.

his success has never been reliant on just one or two aspects of the game. defense, faceoffs, passing, hockey IQ, board battles, you name it and he's still great at it. he's probably the most complete star player in league history

his durability doesn't get talked about enough either. since the concussion years, he hasn't missed many games

 

[MMC]

They shouldn't be allowed to go to Disneyland tomorrow if they lose tonight

 

[MMC]

Yet everyone was crying that they had the audacity to try things in practice

 

[HanSolo]

Yet everyone was crying that they had the audacity to try things in practice

Try braindead stupid things? Sounds like a good use of practice time.

 

[ZegrassyKnoll]

Yet everyone was crying that they had the audacity to try things in practice

Suggesting that people are only upset about the practice lines in a vacuum seems a little disingenuous

 

[CrazyDuck4u]

That silverberg report about Cronin.. Woof

 

[MMC]

Suggesting that people are only upset about the practice lines in a vacuum seems a little disingenuous

OK cool, good thing that is not what I was doing

 

[Mr Rogers]

Yet everyone was crying that they had the audacity to try things in practice

People weren’t pissed that they were trying things, rather that the lines they were trying were odd and not ideal evidently since they aren’t being used tonite.

 

[anezthes]

That silverberg report about Cronin.. Woof

#development

 

[MMC]

People weren’t pissed that they were trying things, rather that the lines they were trying were odd and not ideal evidently since they aren’t being used tonite.

And it ended up all being for nothing

 

[Mr Rogers]

And it ended up all being for nothing

But that wasn’t obvious yesterday at all. And people are happy today that things aren’t changing to that , although Mctavish should still be with Leo.

 

[Terry Yake]

That silverberg report about Cronin.. Woof

for anyone who hasn't seen

 

[JonathnTaylorTavares]

I guess you had to be there. But I trust Silf it was probably more unhinged than he made it sound

 

[Firequacker]

for anyone who hasn't seen

So, interesting thing... the tweet that was posted in the Cronin thread left off the "he acted like a complete idiot" part. (Typical Sicard leaving out the most important part. The actual Swedish article is paywalled.)

And it really might be the most important part, because it changes the context of the complaint. It's not just "he's an asshole who yelled at us" like some people might try to brush it off as. There's a pretty clear implication that he does not have the respect of the team (or at the very least, doesn't have Silfverberg's respect, and I mean... we're talking about Silfverberg!) if he's doing that and the reaction from the guys he's scolding is just "you look like a moron right now."

I mentioned in another thread earlier, I didn't want to read overly much into it because I'm not an Internet Certified Body Language Expert—but I did notice that in the Philly game when Cronin was yelling at them about having some pride, nobody but Colangelo and Harkins seemed terribly interested, and Fabbri straight up skated away before he finished. Maybe that's still nothing, but... I'm thinking about it again.

 

[The Midnight Burrito]

And it ended up all being for nothing

It helped you feel superior, which seems to have been what you were looking for anyway.

 

[MMC]

It helped you feel superior, which seems to have been what you were looking for anyway.

Gee, how thoughtful

 

[CrazyDuck4u]

for anyone who hasn't seen

Not suprised.. This blame goes to Verbeek too.. He needs to fix his f*** up.

 

[Arthuros]

An old team in denial about being in contention? Prime time for us to lose 6-1!

 

[duckaroosky]

An old team in denial about being in contention? Prime time for us to lose 6-1!

Ducks getting 1? You first goal of the game guys are so optimistic.