GDT: #9 ⋅ ANA @ NYI ⋅ 4:00 PM PDT

[robbieboy3686]

We have an 8 D rotation and he was the odd man out last time. No idea if he’s playing tonight. We played horribly last game so they’ll probably change nothing.

We can only hope

 

[hockey webcomics]

I'm gonna say Cutter gets his first today

we're wainting.
and waiting, and waiting, and waiting.

no irony. i have high hopes on this kid

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

On the plus side zegras got his first main board thread today

 

[Terry Yake]

so what's the deal with gibson? do appendectomies normally take this long to recover from? i remember ryan callahan was playing a few days after getting one and getzlaf missed around a week

i wonder if they're purposely keeping him out while they seek a trade

 

[Static]

so what's the deal with gibson? do appendectomies normally take this long to recover from? i remember ryan callahan was playing a few days after getting one and getzlaf missed around a week

i wonder if they're purposely keeping him out while they seek a trade

If they had to use an open technique rather than a camera then the time frame makes more sense. Sometimes if the appendix bursts it takes a more extensive cleanup and the incision is larger.

 

[Terry Yake]

If they had to use an open technique rather than a camera then the time frame makes more sense. Sometimes if the appendix bursts it takes a more extensive cleanup and the incision is larger.

makes sense if they had to actually cut him open. i just figured he had a laparoscopic procedure

 

[duckaroosky]

Another ducks game? Nope, too spooky for me!

 

[Mr Rogers]

In the pregame, they're showing an interview from Cronin right after the Devils game. says they stopped skating and the coaching staff was telling them start skating harder essentially?

I'm starting to wonder if our conditioning isn't up to snuff for what he wants to do, or perhaps more concerning our system is inefficient and is requiring guys to do too much skating.

Granted it was the 2nd of a b2b but just feels like Cronin is constantly saying 'we were standing around' in postgames. I don't know if it's really that simple. Again maybe there's something causing that rather than it being a decision players are making (ie deciding not to skate hard) much like his insistence on just putting more pucks on net. I'm worried he isn't interpreting cause/effect correctly sometimes.

 

[robbieboy3686]

Zegras playing center today… here’s his chance to show that he’s a center and not a wing. If we’re lucky, Zegras never plays another game at wing for us ever again

 

[Ducks DVM]

It’s different again

 

[robbieboy3686]

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It’s different again

I have a funny feeling that this is the lineup that sticks for a while. With 4th liners interchangeable

 

[2faded]

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It’s different again

I'm liking those lines! Gauthier down. Zegras center. Terry on top line. Did Cronin grow a brain?

 

[Ducks DVM]

I have a funny feeling that this is the lineup that sticks for a while. With 4th liners interchangeable

I’d prefer Leason for Johnston, as that 4th line was a big part of the team looking decent the first few games.

Looks like he’s hoping the 2nd line can rediscover last year.

 

[Mr Rogers]

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It’s different again

 

[2faded]

I would be very happy with a big game from Gauthier/Zegras.

 

[robbieboy3686]

I’d prefer Leason for Johnston, as that 4th line was a big part of the team looking decent the first few games.

Looks like he’s hoping the 2nd line can rediscover last year.

Islanders are a big old school team. We need boss Ross in there tonight, honestly.

 

[Ducks DVM]

In the pregame, they're showing an interview from Cronin right after the Devils game. says they stopped skating and the coaching staff was telling them start skating harder essentially?

I'm starting to wonder if our conditioning isn't up to snuff for what he wants to do, or perhaps more concerning our system is inefficient and is requiring guys to do too much skating.

Granted it was the 2nd of a b2b but just feels like Cronin is constantly saying 'we were standing around' in postgames. I don't know if it's really that simple. Again maybe there's something causing that rather than it being a decision players are making (ie deciding not to skate hard) much like his insistence on just putting more pucks on net. I'm worried he isn't interpreting cause/effect correctly sometimes.

‘Tis the dreaded canard influenza, I tell you. That’s why the team is so susceptible.

 

[robbieboy3686]

I would be very happy with a big game from Gauthier/Zegras.

I don’t want to jinx it. But I think they each have their best games of the season and get results and luck

 

[Ducks DVM]

Islanders are a big old school team. We need boss Ross in there tonight, honestly.

I know. He’s just no good at cycling and it kinda wastes the other two.

 

[Terry Yake]

johnston revenge hat trick

 

[robbieboy3686]

I know. He’s just no good at cycling and it kinda wastes the other two.

Imagine if somehow verbeek finds us the next Ross Wilson in an upcoming draft.

 

[Static]

Get zegras going. Make zegras great again!

 

[Bender66]

2min in - D man full control of puck and other 4 players are just standing there staring at him.
Sigh

 

[ADHB]

Z interfered with the entire way up the ice there.

 

[2faded]

Fowler with two shifts so far and two terrible giveaways. Not a great start for him.