We will take that stretch every damn time. Its also good fodder for Keefe to use. Even though that is a fantastic record, there is lots to improve upon which he can keep hammering away.
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I can't muster up the ability to be angry about this game. Or feel any emotion, honestly. Just a complete meh game.
Whaddagoal
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Absolutely not. Only the first period section maybe is truthful, perhaps.
One of the most unclutch and uninspiring 2nd and 3rd periods since probably last season.
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2nd period was very bad. 3rd period was good. Too late, but it was a good period.
Whaddagoal
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Ok perhaps, but the game was so out of reach for sure.
Granted I left after that PP fail at around the 7 or 8 minutes left mark at the 3rd.
Seeing Douglas wiff on like 3 shots or passes and then leading to 2 goals against in same shift really had me going. Also Jack bumping into Tatar in the ozone after hemming them in, also with the 4 on 2 or 5 on 2 rush chance in that ended in no shot on net, don't know if that was Jack or Bratt, but basically, that did it in for me for the 3rd.
Nico missed a good chance in 1st or 2nd, wasn't a good fan experience for sure with the 2 non goals, the 2nd one looked good to me, but we got a shitty replay and couldn't get any sound so no idea if play was whistled.
Whaddagoal
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It was a good game to miss, both on the TV and especially in the arena.
Whaddagoal
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Getting shutout at home in front of sizable crowds never ceases to suck. Team has figure out that shit. Also the first shot against first goal crap (not blaming Allen for tonight but the symbolism of it in these games where we have them early and give up goal on 1st shot)
Well that was shit, fell asleep during the second. Didn’t miss much I guess.
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Four of the five at home smdh
And yet they’ve scored two or more goals in every other game this season
Whaddagoal
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I was at I think 3 of them.
SJ
CGY
COL
Can't remember the 4th one.
They had their chances as usual, at least in 1st period and in a bit of the 3rd.
Flubbing some basic plays last night. Maybe they started their holiday parties early.
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For me, the Devils looked like they punched themselves tired last night.
They were pretty great early on, get 2 in the net and maybe deserved to have 1 goal there.
Instead the Avs go up by 2 and start playing a pretty aggressive man to man. Devils are fighting the puck the rest of the night, can’t settle pucks, can’t pass, can’t receive passes.
So a bad game by the Devils but as long as they come back strong on Tuesday it can be forgotten about. Keefe’s post game gave me the same impression, it wasn’t a good game but it’s also not a game to push a panic button on since you only get a few of those button pushes before people tune out.
They were pretty great early on, get 2 in the net and maybe deserved to have 1 goal there.
Instead the Avs go up by 2 and start playing a pretty aggressive man to man. Devils are fighting the puck the rest of the night, can’t settle pucks, can’t pass, can’t receive passes.
So a bad game by the Devils but as long as they come back strong on Tuesday it can be forgotten about. Keefe’s post game gave me the same impression, it wasn’t a good game but it’s also not a game to push a panic button on since you only get a few of those button pushes before people tune out.
No matter how good a team is, there are 10 games a year where the team is just bad. Good teams can also win some of these games sometimes.
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overall i like how keefe has kept the lines consistent for the most part, but when you’re obviously getting nothing going and you’ve been shut out so many times I wish he would put the lines in a blender for the third period and try to find a spark.
although to be fair i fast forwarded the third period last night so the did that i retract this comment.
also get palat off of hughes’ wing
although to be fair i fast forwarded the third period last night so the did that i retract this comment.
also get palat off of hughes’ wing
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My son was gifted row 9 center ice last night.. he came home looked at me and said i should have left after the first.. wasted gift
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are we ready to revisit the rules on kicking motion and high stick for goals yet? there is no safety issue and it just takes goals off the board when we should be trying to increase goals that actually do go into the net.
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There are safety issues to both.
Swinging your stick higher than the crossbar is a safety issue.
Picking your skate up to kick at a puck near where a goaltender’s hand or arm can be is a safety issue.
The only thing I think you could update without being a safety issue is that a puck deflected by a skate that has been on the ice the majority of the motion is not a kick, no matter the motion of the skate. It’s still a judgement call but we already have a judgement call so it’s trying to loosen the rule up while staying safe.
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Calgary was the only road one, the Blues and/or Tampa at home are the ones you’re missing
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No, I'm not serious.
it's called goal efficiency people
if you're only going to score a finite amount of goals in a season, it's just more efficient to get shutout in your losses
that's math, baby
if you're only going to score a finite amount of goals in a season, it's just more efficient to get shutout in your losses
that's math, baby
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these rules are in place already and players STILL do it in games CONSTANTLY we just dont notice it because the puck doesn't go into the net. you want to say that they will try more? ok i guess maybe but it certainly won't be much more then now because players aren't stopping to think wait this won't count i have to stop what i'm doing. btw now one is swinging their sticks like a baseball bat because thats not even remotely efficient to the natural movement of the game.
theres rules in place for high sticking with a penalty and bratt STILL willingly knowingly used his stick high if he made contact with a player he would've gotten a penalty. i suggest making an amendment to the rule and you can use high sticks anywhere but if you make contact with a player in the head/face its a penalty
as for kicking again any net scramble the goalie is willingly putting his glove hand out there to cover the puck with 10 sets for razor blades by it. why not just blow the play dead without covering it if we are worried about safety? you can lift your blade off the ice and direct the puck in but wait a min you made a kicking motion? nah thats not safe!
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It will be a lot more when players know they can score by doing it.
The players still doing it when it won’t count just shows how enticing the puck is, even with no reward at the end. Add a reward and it will happen much more often.
We could stop playing the entire game of hockey is we need to make things no risk.
Of course we don’t make things no risk but we try to mitigate the worst risks. We don’t need to blow the play dead immediately because we have a rule against kicking the puck in to lessen the risk.
If you allow kicks to be goals then players will kick hard at loose pucks and they’ll do it frequently. Why wouldn’t they if they can get a goal?
You’re trying to allow goals when kicks don’t affect the play but aren’t taking into the account the incentive structure where without a rule against kicks players will be kicking hard during crease scrums all the time. That will be dangerous.
So yes, the league should continue to discourage players kicking at the puck where a goalie, and also others, could get hurt.
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