GDT: Autoloss #1 - Canes @ Avalanche - 9:00 PM

[Wolfpuck]

Well, at least the streak of not getting shut out continues...

 

[NorthStar4Canes]

This is what happens vs a good team when nobody makes anyone pay for walking in. They're doing it with impunity now and the shelling of Peters will continue

 

[Wolfpuck]

Every damn chance is one and done

Meanwhile, sustained pressure in our end

 

[Zezima]

Note that we were sitting Sutter, and not Westgarth, to double-shift E. Staal

 

[tarheelhockey]

I hate to rag on Westgarth too much because he's nowhere near the top of our list of problems.

But god damn, there is no reason to carry a player that bad on an NHL roster.

 

[the halleJOKEL]

why is he still being shifted at all

 

[Joe McGrath]

I"m still trying to figure out what in the holy hell Nash was trying to do on the 2nd goal. It almost looks like he was trying to cut off Duchene's path to the far boards while ignoring the possibility that he could just walk out in front uncontested instead. Anyone else see it that way? That whole sequence was a giant cluster**** so I don't want to just throw Nash under the bus but it seemed like a really strange play.

 

[Wolfpuck]

I would rather dress 7 or 8 or however many defensemen than give a spot to Westgarth.

At least we don't have to scapegoat Peters tonight with Westgarth getting ice time and sucking horrifically.

 

[Zezima]

I"m still trying to figure out what in the holy hell Nash was trying to do on the 2nd goal. It almost looks like he was trying to cut off Duchene's path to the far boards while ignoring the possibility that he could just walk out in front uncontested instead. Anyone else see it that way? That whole sequence was a giant cluster**** so I don't want to just throw Nash under the bus but it seemed like a really strange play.

Visual reference. Yeah I agree the spin really shook him up.

 

[Wolfpuck]

Stop. Turning. Over. The. Puck.

 

[w e l o s t b o y s]

look so bad

 

[Wolfpuck]

Lord have mercy. It's a Hurricanes' power play.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Visual reference. Yeah I agree the spin really shook him up.

I did that in basketball once. Sometimes spin moves just get you going the wrong way altogether.

 

[NorthStar4Canes]

Did the League enact a no-hitting rule or something today, or are we playing like sackless kittens of their own free will.

 

[Wolfpuck]

The power play continues to be what we all know it is

 

[UNCCHcane]

SUPER embarrassing power play. Par for the course.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Ryan Murphy is like a video game come to life.

 

[Zezima]

Did the League enact a no-hitting rule or something today?

No, but Jim Rutherford's been upholding one for years.

 

[Wolfpuck]

Faulk and Murphy both watch Landeskog skate between them

Faulk to the box

 

[Joe McGrath]

When did lifting a guy's stick become a penalty?

 

[Wolfpuck]

Tripp uses math to explain why we suck

 

[NorthStar4Canes]

Faulk and Murphy, perfect example.

 

[Joe McGrath]

Visual reference. Yeah I agree the spin really shook him up.

Watching it again outside of slow motion I can see why that happened. Doesn't excuse it, but that's still not a move you see everyday.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

Yeah, I think I'm going to skip the 3rd...

 

[Wolfpuck]

Yeah, I think I'm going to skip the 3rd...

You mean you don't want to see us rally to tie it up, then give up the game winning goal with less than 2 minutes to play?