GDT: Broadway vs Raleighwood, game 3 7pm, TNT

[MrazeksVengeance]

I’m not even mad about it

I AM.

 

[StrmSurge]

RBA IS A BUM (as a coach.) 80% of the humiliation is on him.

"Powerhouse opponent." Lol, we've consistently beat them at 5 on 5 all series.

Sir Rod cannot adjust. The Rags have big bodies and long sticks. Ok, 3 games in and no adjustments to the PP , the PK or the general 5 on 5 offensive scheme.

We have better skaters, faster skaters, more agility. A good coach doesn't fail to take advantage of our positives for an entire series.

I know I know.. it's sacrilege to you homers, it's like deja vu for my Dolphins and extension of Tua. The fanboys can't accept that this QB will never be top 10. Now I'm about to face the same torture with my hockey team.

Wuh wuh, well... He was a great player here and has an impressive regular (who cares) reg season record. You cant criticize him even if he gets swept out every other season come playoff time, and we fans get unlimited amounts of embarrassment.

Well like the TuAnon fan boys I take on as a Dolfan, as a Caniac I will name the problem, damned the consequences.

This guy doesn't make adjustments hes just a cheerleader.

 

[hblueridgegal]

Geez... TNT brutalizing RBA..went to the wayback machine and showed the FL Panthers presser of him saying that we didn't get swept to demonstrate that the same storyboard. is alive and well.

Gave kudos to Pesce and discussed how his noticeable absence has affected the series.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

The last 8 playoff losses have been by 1 goal.

5 of those losses were in OT (and one was a 1-0 loss that was seconds away from OT)

Can you really say Rod is the issue with that stat? Or is it the players not executing when needed? Or simply the fact that hockey is often a game of inches and bounces and we’re pretty unlucky in that regard?

 

[hblueridgegal]

The last 8 playoff losses have been by 1 goal.

5 of those losses were in OT (and one was a 1-0 loss that was seconds away from OT)

Can you really say Rod is the issue with that stat? Or is it the players not executing when needed? Or simply the fact that hockey is often a game of inches and bounces and we’re pretty unlucky in that regard?

He blew up the line that was working based on his assumption that we couldn't beat the Isles as is.

Season long, he's tinkered with the lines such that I don't think most had a fair chance of developing the kind of chemistry that comes naturally but instead is stressful and full of pressure to excel. It reeks of panic at times, to me.

While I can appreciate the stats everyone is promoting, it is the Ws that mean more to me.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

He blew up the line that was working based on his assumption that we couldn't beat the Isles as is.

Season long, he's tinkered with the lines such that I don't think most had a fair chance of developing the kind of chemistry that comes naturally but instead is stressful and full or pressure.

While I can appreciate the stats, it is the Ws that mean more to me.

“Blew up” is an exaggeration. The JAG line struggled in Game 1, but Svech was playing like he was eager to get back in he playoffs after missing last year. So he did a very logical thing and took the guy that was playing well and put him on a line that struggled. And it worked. All 3 of those players have produced. And he moved Jarvis to a line that he had already had success with as well this season.

 

[hblueridgegal]

“Blew up” is an exaggeration. The JAG line struggled in Game 1, but Svech was playing like he was eager to get back in he playoffs after missing last year. So he did a very logical thing and took the guy that was playing well and put him on a line that struggled. And it worked. All 3 of those players have produced. And he moved Jarvis to a line that he had already had success with as well this season.

Sorry, but as much as I love Svechy's obvious drive and effort, I feel like he (RBA) neutered the line. Who changes what's winning and successful at such a critical juncture? Jarvis was sent to purgatory.

If you read outside of our inner circle, most criticize our team for being "basic" or even "archaic" with no element of surprise or innovation and attribute the success to hard work effort in the regular season. Results show it may not be a long game, cup winning strategy and it comes from the top down.

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

The PK in series losses

2019: 8 for 15
2020: 14 for 19 (1 SHGF)
2021: 9 for 16
2022: 14 for 21 (2 SHGF)
2023: 10 for 14
2024 (thus far): 9 for 13

68.4% net. I appreciate Pesce and Fast, but they were healthy for a lot of that.

EDIT: Put together, that’s a -20 goal differential on special teams over a 28 game sample.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Sorry, but as much as I love Svechy's obvious drive and effort, I feel like he (RBA) neutered the line. Who changes what's winning and successful at such a critical juncture? Jarvis was sent to purgatory.

If you read outside of our inner circle, most criticize our team for being "basic" or even "archaic" with no element of surprise or innovation and attribute the success to hard work effort in the regular season. Results show it may not be a long game, cup winning strategy and it comes from the top down.

He neutered the line that has 25 points combined in the 8 games played?

 

[tarheelhockey]

This forum is great and I love y’all most of the time, but this place is home to some absolutely steaming hot brutal takes when the home team loses.

 

[hblueridgegal]

He neutered the line that has 25 points combined in the 8 games played?

and 3 losses and facing a sweep once again.

As we discussed in another thread, I fear he passes on his uncertainty and panic to the team come playoff time.

 

[hangman005]

As a Vegas fan I think I have identified the issue... you've confused the hockey round with the golf round... man we do it so often

Alright Carolina if you are hitting one of these around, you want the lower number on the scorecard

If you are hitting one of these around, you want to have the bigger number.... bigger

Keep that in mind and the next 4 games are in the bag.... hopefully not golf bag.

 

[Canes]

I slept on my hot taeks and I still maintain this team is a disappointment and if that takes me out of winning any Most Level Headed Poster™ awards, so be it. Guess I can’t get the job done, just like the Canes

 

[Borsig]

I do agree some of this is on RBA. But he gets us here.

It's predictable and whatever at this point.

I just want them to get swept for 2 reasons. Another wakeup call that will be ignored and so we don't get humilated at MSG.

 

[hangman005]

I slept on my hot taeks and I still maintain this team is a disappointment and if that takes me out of winning any Most Level Headed Poster™ awards, so be it. Guess I can’t get the job done, just like the Canes

If someone can photoshop a Canes Jerseys on them I've found an even more level headed person to try take that award....

 

[hockeynjune]

Ownership is happy making money with our very forgiving fanbase. In some ways, it makes the coach even more valuable due to the loyalty effect. He's, in a way, a very effective marketing asset regardless of the results. Sorry, I am a bit of a cynic on this front.

Why do you think they curate parasocial attachment so much in their social?

Flashbacks to another beloved coach with these issues.

 

[VaCaps Fan]

The sales of rangers merch on my eBay can pay for my beer….

 

[CandyCanes]

He neutered the line that has 25 points combined in the 8 games played?

Yes. He neutered a line that combined for 61pts in the last 15 games of the season.

Still dumbfounding to me that line “struggled” for 2 periods to start the playoffs and we haven’t seen it again. Mistake.

Svech can be utilized on another line to get our bottom 3 lines going.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

and 3 losses and facing a sweep once again.

As we discussed in another thread, I fear he passes on his uncertainty and panic to the team come playoff time.

Yes, because if there’s one thing that we can safely say about Brindamour, it’s that he’s prone to uncertainty and panic. One of his defining traits, for sure.

Yes. He neutered a line that combined for 61pts in the last 15 games of the season.

Still dumbfounding to me that line “struggled” for 2 periods to start the playoffs and we haven’t seen it again. Mistake.

Svech can be utilized on another line to get our bottom 3 lines going.

Svech and Jake are a PPG and Aho over a PPG in the playoffs, but that’s the line you choose to complain about? Dear Lord…

 

[wgknestrick]

In fairness to rod Tro never played like he was better than staal or aho. He didn’t earn 2nd line 5v5 minutes while here.

Edit: he was typically a detriment in the playoffs too. Even the year he scored, he was taking dumb penalties or making boneheaded plays that ended in the back of the net.

So you would say that having a different coach, made him a better player?

 

[Svechhammer]

Sorry, but as much as I love Svechy's obvious drive and effort, I feel like he (RBA) neutered the line. Who changes what's winning and successful at such a critical juncture? Jarvis was sent to purgatory.

If you read outside of our inner circle, most criticize our team for being "basic" or even "archaic" with no element of surprise or innovation and attribute the success to hard work effort in the regular season. Results show it may not be a long game, cup winning strategy and it comes from the top down.

He'll blow up a line of forwards that has a bad game but you'll have to land a guy on Mars before he will dare touch one of the defensive pairs or the guys who plays with Jordo.

It's the same damn thing every year. No offensive chemistry in the playoffs in series where we can't buy a goal. This year the excuse of not having a shooter doesn't work because we bought 2 at the deadline. For one of them he messed with the line chemistry immediately in the playoffs, giving one of the wingers to his teacher's pet in Jordo and the other he refuses to play.

I'm tired of the excuses. I don't care that every game we play has been close. We are about to get swept out of the playoffs again for the 2nd year in a row, and for the 3rd or 4th time in the last 6 years. It's a coaching problem that this keeps happening.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

So you would say that having a different coach, made him a better player?

Nah. I think a different situation made him better. Where he is surrounded by much better linemates and not called for the same antics he was here.

 

[FlyingSquirrels]

C'mon guys. You can't criticize RBA around these parts without the rose colored glasses brigade coming for you. Playoff collapses, getting outcoached and failure to make adjustments mean nothing!

(His post game presser last night pissed me off even more)

 

[CandyCanes]

Svech and Jake are a PPG and Aho over a PPG in the playoffs, but that’s the line you choose to complain about? Dear Lord…

No. I’m saying we have an even better first line than what we have now, which is crazy to think about. Plus it lets us move Svech onto the 2nd line which may spark some goals into our bottom 9.

Also 110 pts pace for GAJ > the current PPG pace we’re seeing now from the top line.

 

[FlyingSquirrels]

Also, I know it’s not going to happen, but I’m hoping against all hope that we see DeAngelo scratched next game. He’s got no interest in playing the game. His singular focus appears to be to “get back” at the Rangers organization and his play follows suit.

Sure. Scratch the only guy who is playing with ANY passion. Great idea.