Half-Assed GDT: Blues @ Canucks 9PM CST on BSMW

[i aint Dunn yet]

I have to wonder how Binnington would look after facing that many shots through 2...

he might start swinging his stick .. look out

 

[i aint Dunn yet]

probably like 5 times this season

that covid nonsense we endured actually made us a better team. chucky sideburns and walker led the way through that wave.

its crazy

 

[Shareefruck]

Not their 3rd string, hes their 5th string goalie.

Arguably Vancouver's three main offensive playdrivers in Miller, Garland, and Horvat are out too. The usual 4th line is currently the 2nd line. Pretty decimated roster all around.

 

[jackjohnson]

Who needs to out shoot an opponent when you score 3 on 13 shots

They have their 6th stringer. I think even I could score on him and I dont play hockey lol.

 

[A Real Barn Burner]

Sure, but at it's best, the score would be 1-1 and at it's worst it's still 3-1. There are plenty of metrics we could take into account right now to tell the full story like high danger vs low danger chances, and we can take into account that Husso is wildly outperforming every other backup right now and is saving shots that should go in. No matter what way you put it, there ARE ways to quantify the game to describe what's going on. Let's not forget that the Blues outshot the Kings plenty of times but never took control of their games when they faced them in the playoffs.

We never had an answer to Quick and the Kings always got timely goals when they needed them. You could say it was luck but they did it to everyone.

 

[Canucks LB]

Yeah, when you're facing their 3rd string goalie!

It’s actually our fifth
Just wanted to say that because I thought it was a funny response lol

How are the blues even doing this year? really liking your goalie tonight

 

[A Real Barn Burner]

Arguably Vancouver's three main offensive playdrivers in Miller, Garland, and Horvat are out too. The usual 4th line is currently the 2nd line. Pretty decimated roster all around.

For a decimated roster they are putting up a good fight! Husso is the first star for me so far tonight.

Nucks always play us well for whatever reason.

 

[jackjohnson]

i dont buy the covid excuses. we played our 5th string goalie and made the ducks take us to OT before we lost on a penalty shot.

the canucks are simply not a very good team.

blues are playing their C game and up 3-1

Canucks dont have their top 2 faceoff guys and top 2 centers which is huge in Miller and Horvat. They dont have Garland who is a top 6 winger and 3rd in points. They are also missing their MVP in Demko and their backup in Halak and their backup backup in Martins and Silovs. They are playing their 6th stringer and if he gets injured, a university goalie will replace him. They also are missing Hamonic who is their top 4D. Its an automatic loss for Canucks. If Canucks were to beat the Blues, then that would be a huge upset IMO.

 

[i aint Dunn yet]

big hit on niko

 

[A Real Barn Burner]

It’s actually our fifth
Just wanted to say that because I thought it was a funny response lol

How are the blues even doing this year? really liking your goalie tonight

Blues fans are getting used to an offensive oriented team. We haven’t had this level of depth and talent for scoring since the 90s maybe the late 80’s imho! Great expectation are tempered by defensive deficiency .

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Slippery turn by Barbie to evade The Nucks player.

 

[i aint Dunn yet]

husso says nyet

 

[ezcreepin]

We never had an answer to Quick and the Kings always got timely goals when they needed them. You could say it was luck but they did it to everyone.

I have to reject that, Blues' shot selection was atrocious against Quick, but they generally kept the Blues shots from far away. Kings would generally score much closer, but they also got inside the Blues' heads. Could've been a mix of the Kings playing better and the Blues beating themselves up mentally

 

[i aint Dunn yet]

lets go

 

[542365]

Alright, PP. Let's put this one away.

 

[Robb_K]

The Blues are back on The Power Play!

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Kyrou-Thomas-Tarasenko back together and it feels so good

 

[BlueDream]

PP looks awful.

All around shit performance, lucky to win. So they better win tomorrow too.

 

[BlueMed]

Sure, but at it's best, the score would be 1-1 and at it's worst it's still 3-1. There are plenty of metrics we could take into account right now to tell the full story like high danger vs low danger chances, and we can take into account that Husso is wildly outperforming every other backup right now and is saving shots that should go in. No matter what way you put it, there ARE ways to quantify the game to describe what's going on. Let's not forget that the Blues outshot the Kings plenty of times but never took control of their games when they faced them in the playoffs.

You literally just described what I already stated. Number of shots doesn't necessarily account for shot quality or location. Isolated statistics in this game mean nothing.

 

[BlueMed]

I remember when people were comparing Thomas to Bo Horvat. Funny how Thomas is on another level now.

 

[AjaxManifesto]

2 shots since the 2nd

 

[TheDizee]

Canucks dont have their top 2 faceoff guys and top 2 centers which is huge in Miller and Horvat. They dont have Garland who is a top 6 winger and 3rd in points. They are also missing their MVP in Demko and their backup in Halak and their backup backup in Martins and Silovs. They are playing their 6th stringer and if he gets injured, a university goalie will replace him. They also are missing Hamonic who is their top 4D. Its an automatic loss for Canucks. If Canucks were to beat the Blues, then that would be a huge upset IMO.

yeah and?

we were beating teams with 10+ people out

 

[mk80]

Hemmed in our zone for the moment

 

[A Real Barn Burner]

I have to reject that, Blues' shot selection was atrocious against Quick, but they generally kept the Blues shots from far away. Kings would generally score much closer, but they also got inside the Blues' heads. Could've been a mix of the Kings playing better and the Blues beating themselves up mentally

I would agree overall with what your saying. However, in defense i would like to point out that the reason we were boxed out and shutdown form the slot was we didn’t have the talent to open up the ice (Also had a coach who didn’t play that system). I think we average under 3 goals a game during Hitch tenure at that time. We changed that later with the STL line but at the time our best line was the SOB line. Counting on secondary scoring from Berglund or Stewart. That’s what I mean by didn’t have an answer for Quick.

 

[AjaxManifesto]

Blues playing with fire