GDT: Canes @ Preds: Time to 1-2 Step on their HeeHaws

[LakeLivin]

We may not even make the playoffs at this rate.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

LY until the last 6, the Canes staggered down the stretch going 8-4-4 in march and then were 3-5 in first eight in April (though April 16) before winning the last 6. (2 against Devils and 1 vs AZ).

So, a 45 day hiccup before playing better against somewhat softer competition the last 10 days. Thus, I suggest that the end of year slow down concept still applies:
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That is 30% of the season. If we expand a net wide enough we can make our point.

There are 5 B2Bs in there to include a b2b set of b2bs.

The other 70% of the season had 8 B2bs.

March was also slammed full of playoff teams.

Sometimes results have a lot more to do with difficulty than when it falls on the calendar

 

[chaz4hockey]

That is 30% of the season. If we expand a net wide enough we can make our point.

There are 5 B2Bs in there to include a b2b set of b2bs.

The other 70% of the season had 8 B2bs.

March was also slammed full of playoff teams.

Sometimes results have a lot more to do with difficulty than when it falls on the calendar

We will just have to disagree. Excuses can always be made for anything but...

Bad Results are bad results, particularly at the back end of 1/3+ of the season.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

LY until the last 6, the Canes staggered down the stretch going 8-4-4 in march and then were 3-5 in first eight in April (though April 16) before winning the last 6. (2 against Devils and 1 vs AZ).

So, a 45 day hiccup before playing better against somewhat softer competition the last 10 days. Thus, I suggest that the end of year slow down concept still applies:
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Maybe I'm missing what you are trying to say. So 8-4-4 in March and "ignore the last 6 games of the season" in April? What's the rationale for ignoring the last 6 out of 14 games in April?

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

Maybe I'm missing what you are trying to say. So 8-4-4 in March and "ignore the last 6 games of the season" in April? What's the rationale for ignoring the last 6 out of 14 games in April?

If you ignore the last 52 games of the season, the 4-6-1 drought in late December really shows how the Canes chronically lose down the stretch.

 

[Joe McGrath]

Maybe I'm missing what you are trying to say. So 8-4-4 in March and "ignore the last 6 games of the season" in April? What's the rationale for ignoring the last 6 out of 14 games in April?

I think the rationale is they weren’t good last year at this time as well, which is true. I think if they win the last 4 games here no one is going to be all that confident going into the playoffs based on what we’ve seen for the last month+.

They were much worse in March than any other month of the season two years in a row.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

I think the rationale is they weren’t good last year at this time as well, which is true. I

this time, last year, they went 8-2 in the last 10 including 2 wins against the Rangers with 2nd/3rd string goalies. So not sure what you mean.

 

[Joe McGrath]

this time, last year, they went 8-2 in the last 10 including 2 wins against the Rangers with 2nd/3rd string goalies. So not sure what you mean.

I mean the rest of my post that you didn’t quote.

Games 60-80 last year they lost 9 games. In the other 3 20 game segments they lost 6.

This year they have 8 losses so far in games 60-78, 7 in the first 20, and 5 in segments 2 and 3.

So the results have tailed off in the last quarter of the season each of the last two years.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

OH MY GAWD WHO GIVES A SHIT

 

[Canes]

Honestly anyone who posts here while being serious and not shitposting is probably mentally ill. Don't ask me how I know.

 

[AD Skinner]

If you don’t count a bunch of games they won then they sure lose a lot.

If you don’t count the games they lost they’re the best team in the league

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

If you don’t count a bunch of games they won then they sure lose a lot.

If you don’t count the games they lost they’re the best team in the league

I ran the numbers. The math checks out. Your Nobel prize is on the way.

 

[Heyheylj]

Serious question about the “powerless play”…what is our biggest issue:
a) we can’t enter the zone and set up cleanly to maximize shooting opportunities
b) we perimeter pass constantly looking only for perfect shot
c) our point shots are often off target or are perfectly targeted to the goalie’s chest pad
d) all of the above and probably more than this post even recognizes

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Serious question about the “powerless play”…what is our biggest issue:
a) we can’t enter the zone and set up cleanly to maximize shooting opportunities
b) we perimeter pass constantly looking only for perfect shot
c) our point shots are often off target or are perfectly targeted to the goalie’s chest pad
d) all of the above and probably more than this post even recognizes

I'd say A is the biggest issue. We're actually fairly successful in getting shots from the point through. The problem is we don't seem to have any plans after that happens, except to get it back to the point. Our forwards are not a threat to shoot the puck, outside of obviously telegraphed cross-crease passes. And if the pass DOES make it through, the one-timer is well off net, often leading to the puck heading down the ice.

The lack of opportunities on the PP also amplifies the need for it to be successful in the chances it does have. While other teams are getting 3-4 opportunities a game, we're stuck at 0-2.