GDT: Around the League 2023-2024 II: Whacked NHL Scheduling is Whacked | Mod Warning Post #1964

[mkatcherin00]

Minny was looking pretty gassed at the end of the 2nd. I expect them to be pretty tired tomorrow evening.

I will be pissed if we lose to this MIN team tomorrow

Down 2-0. Look like sh* all game

 

[mkatcherin00]

Calgary has EIGHT come from behind wins out of 11

6 were in the 3rd period

 

[North Cole]

Lmao Canes are sad. What a choke job

 

[Drivesaitl]

For anyone that thinks Skinner sucks - turn on this Hurricanes game.

Kotketchkov SUCKS

Still trying to figure out how a goalie gets beat on that 2nd goal. How did it get through him? It was a joke. As in why do you even have a goalie in net. Shot right at him dribbles through, flame tucks it home. Goals for free.

Canes are pathetic. Who loses to Calgary?

 

[Oilhawks]

Krappen look to be in deep doo doo

 

[joestevens29]

Lmao Canes are sad. What a choke job

Kochetov .873
Raanta .863

Campbell .873

Not that he was stellar with a .894, but if Anderson doesn't come back they are done.

Just random comment, but 3 guys in net for Carolina from a different country in Europe. Have no idea why I found that interesting lol

 

[joestevens29]

Krappen look to be in deep doo doo

They are down almost a goal for per game this year.

Lots of guys were having career years last year or rejuvenated careers in some cases.

Beniers not taking the next step and having a sophomore slump isn't helping.

And while it's pretty much status quo that goaltending still being bad really sticks out now

Remember people wanting Grubauer. Could be on par with Campbell's contract except more money for more term.

 

[Frank the Tank]

Kochetov .873
Raanta .863

Campbell .873

Not that he was stellar with a .894, but if Anderson doesn't come back they are done.

Just random comment, but 3 guys in net for Carolina from a different country in Europe. Have no idea why I found that interesting lol

During the game, the broadcast team mentioned that Andersen is likely done for the season because of his blood clots.

 

[joestevens29]

During the game, the broadcast team mentioned that Andersen is likely done for the season because of his blood clots.

Thanks. I had no idea, as I couldn't find much on the web and blood clots is one of those injuries that the guy might be back in a couple weeks. Kind of like Letang and his second stroke

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Being in attendance last night I almost want a refund despite not paying for the tickets. That was a sad game by the Hurricanes. They seemed all too content being up 2-0 and I told my buddy that "Prevent defense prevents wins" and sure enough that's exactly what happened.

Really, that game as a whole was about as miserable as the drive home. Whatever plan Rod had it sure didn't work. They should be embarrassed at that effort.

 

[BlackDogg]

Canes look horrible

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Being in attendance last night I almost want a refund despite not paying for the tickets. That was a sad game by the Hurricanes. They seemed all too content being up 2-0 and I told my buddy that "Prevent defense prevents wins" and sure enough that's exactly what happened.

Really, that game as a whole was about as miserable as the drive home. Whatever plan Rod had it sure didn't work. They should be embarrassed at that effort.

why would you go to a Flames game?
bad enough you have to live there

 

[K1984]

Being in attendance last night I almost want a refund despite not paying for the tickets. That was a sad game by the Hurricanes. They seemed all too content being up 2-0 and I told my buddy that "Prevent defense prevents wins" and sure enough that's exactly what happened.

Really, that game as a whole was about as miserable as the drive home. Whatever plan Rod had it sure didn't work. They should be embarrassed at that effort.

The Hurricanes' calling card is playing steady defense, limiting goals against and then supplementing that with timely scoring from a forward group that is fairly deep, but lacks high end elite production.

If their defending and goals against crater on them they are toast. They don't have the scoring to "pull an Oilers" and win consistently 5-4 or 6-5. Scoring has cost them many times in playoffs past, and that was when they could still keep pucks out of the net.

Mentioned it last night, but their work ethic seems poor to me. Not sure if this has been a theme for the whole season or just recently, but they got paced by the Oilers and Flames in both games. If you can't defend, can't work, and can't score you aren't going to win many games.

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

I hate the way the Hurricanes play. They play the same vanilla style year in and year out and it never amounts to anything other than maybe a 2nd round appearance in the playoffs. It's like they are on cruise control going down the highway but have no extra gear when they need it.

Maybe Rod Brind'Amour is starting to get tuned out in Carolina. When you lack skill you can only squeeze so much juice out of a lemon.

 

[BlackDogg]

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

lol those are some delusional commentators.

 

[JordanGalhanth]

Maybe Rod Brind'Amour is starting to get tuned out in Carolina. When you lack skill you can only squeeze so much juice out of a lemon.

I've definitely heard some more rumblings down here along that line.

A few other factors this year:

- RBA, as you mentioned, has a style that is very similar to Darryl Sutter. It can start out great, but definitely wears down a team mentally and physically throughout the year. His personality seems very Sutterish too (see the live interview with Pang from Wednesday). You'd have to think the Sutter effect will inevitably take a toll on the locker room.

- Svechnikov has not been the same since his season-ending injury from last year. Only 1 goal and 11 assists in 16 games. That slump in particular hurts the Canes tremendously.

- Andersen's career year from a couple of years ago covered up a lot of warts, and convinced many that the Canes were bonafide contenders (very similar to the McDrai effect here). With him injured, the Canes' identity as "rich man's Calgary" is much more obvious this year.

 

[K1984]

I hate the way the Hurricanes play. They play the same vanilla style year in and year out and it never amounts to anything other than maybe a 2nd round appearance in the playoffs. It's like they are on cruise control going down the highway but have no extra gear when they need it.

Maybe Rod Brind'Amour is starting to get tuned out in Carolina. When you lack skill you can only squeeze so much juice out of a lemon.

I feel like they are trying to "New Jersey Devils" their way to a championship with stalwart defense and goaltending combined with a forward group that can score, but isn't going to light teams up or be the feature of the team.

That model worked in the 90's - mid 2000's, but I think it's been proven pretty consistently over the past 5 or so years that you aren't winning the cup unless you get consistently elite scoring which they don't have.

 

[Drivesaitl]

I hate the way the Hurricanes play. They play the same vanilla style year in and year out and it never amounts to anything other than maybe a 2nd round appearance in the playoffs. It's like they are on cruise control going down the highway but have no extra gear when they need it.

Maybe Rod Brind'Amour is starting to get tuned out in Carolina. When you lack skill you can only squeeze so much juice out of a lemon.

I don't know how the Canes are now, or ever are a winning club. They play western teams (the only games I watch them in and seem unimpressive and frankly pushed over. See a lot of Canes have trouble competing for pucks against heavier Western opposition. Losing to Calgary, and in this manner blowing a 2-0 lead is pathetic. Sure the Canes had B2B but they didn't expend much energy against us.

why would you go to a Flames game?
bad enough you have to live there

A question many of us are asking?

I would feel like I need a good de-lousing or rabies shot or something after that.

 

[Drivesaitl]

Minny was looking pretty gassed at the end of the 2nd. I expect them to be pretty tired tomorrow evening.

I will be pissed if we lose to this MIN team tomorrow

Down 2-0. Look like sh* all game

We probably won't play this version of Minny. Vancouver, the new kid on the block are getting some soft opponent performances. Wild weren't really bringing that much in bits I watched. The Oilers as per usual are the opponent teams have marked down, not the Nucks, not the Flames, etc.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

They are down almost a goal for per game this year.

Lots of guys were having career years last year or rejuvenated careers in some cases.

Beniers not taking the next step and having a sophomore slump isn't helping.

And while it's pretty much status quo that goaltending still being bad really sticks out now

Remember people wanting Grubauer. Could be on par with Campbell's contract except more money for more term.

Beniers on pace to finish like -60.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

why would you go to a Flames game?
bad enough you have to live there

Calgary is a great city.

The arena is however, trash.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Calgary is a great city.

The arena is however, trash.

We always trash Calgary
It’s an Edmonton thing (and vice versa)

 

[ZJuice]

why would you go to a Flames game?
bad enough you have to live there

I would go if I lived there. Flames tickets I've seen press for $16 after taxes and lower bowl for $60!!! Although I just spotted an Oilers lower bowl ticket for tonight for $89... Hmmm

 

[iCanada]

We probably won't play this version of Minny. Vancouver, the new kid on the block are getting some soft opponent performances. Wild weren't really bringing that much in bits I watched. The Oilers as per usual are the opponent teams have marked down, not the Nucks, not the Flames, etc.

Yeah we saw this all the time in the decade of darkness from the other perspective.