GDT: Canes visit the Fighting Wayne Newtons 3/1

[MisterDobz]

Objectively….

that was a pretty entertaining game. Vegas has the type of speed that causes us truckloads of trouble. They are a hot team at home and the canes should have gotten a point out of this game, except for two terrible plays, and one quick whistle. I would be confident in a 7 game series with this team.

on the other hand, we should have found some way to win this one, great teams do.

 

[MrazeksVengeance]

I DEMAND BLOOD.

 

[MisterDobz]

Only 23 more games until the playoffs.

 

[Svechhammer]

TNT keeps hammering the point home

"Carolina is the hardest working team, but do they have the guys who can step up in the playoffs"

And that lies 100% with the Top 6 right now. If this is our group, our Top 6 absolutely must step up, or we have to shake that group up. The last few years in the playoffs they've collectively been AWOL and it's past time for them to show up. Believing in them right now is a gamble, and they need to make that gamble pay off.

 

[User13452]

Is Teuvo just out for a skate? Because if he’s gonna continue to basically do nothing they might as well move Noesen up to that line.

TNT keeps hammering the point home

"Carolina is the hardest working team, but do they have the guys who can step up in the playoffs"

And that lies 100% with the Top 6 right now. If this is our group, our Top 6 absolutely must step up, or we have to shake that group up. The last few years in the playoffs they've collectively been AWOL and it's past time for them to show up. Believing in them right now is a gamble, and they need to make that gamble pay off.

Gonna be tough to rely on that second line outside of necas I don’t see the other 2 creating much.

 

[Identity404]

This game was a snooze fest on both sides. I was thinking to myself WTF are chatfield and dehaan doing on the ice in the last 5 minutes.. shortly after they f*** it up. I'm an insomniac, so I'd be up anyway, but now I'm pissed I subjected myself to this.

 

[chaz4hockey]

This is what worries me…that is 10 of 11 games against the best the NHL has right now.

Lose 4 of those and Jersey has a big lead on us.

 

[Svechhammer]

This is what worries me:

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As I said, they need to step the f*** up or they're gonna be in 3rd in the Metro pretty darn quick, especially with that back to back against NYR

 

[User13452]

This is what worries me:

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Tough schedule but it’s a good test leading into the playoffs just a question if it’ll be against the rangers or a weaker team in the wild card cause there’s a massive difference…

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

I don't mean this in a joking or mocking way but when you say things like this I am truly worried.

Like is this the end of the world? No, but damn...

I try to be even keeled, but it’s been a disappointing day. Team needs scoring, team acquires Jesse Puljujarvi for that purpose it looks like. Team gets critiqued in pre-game about lack of scoring, team struggles to get shots on net.

I’ll probably feel differently in a few.

 

[Svechhammer]

And honestly, it's really concerning just how much of a shitshow we were on defense tonight. We already know the issues we have with offense and scoring, so if we are pissing away games with the kind of shit defense we saw tonight, that's a recipe for disaster the rest of the way.

 

[Wolfpuck]

I’ll leave it at this for tonight.

I look at how we’ve lost in the playoffs the last few seasons (opposition stars rise to the occasion while ours wilt, special teams completely implode and erase all our hard work and momentum, defense makes stupid mistakes at the worst possible times), and I ask myself “what’s different this time?”

And I don’t have an answer.

I want this team to win, and I’ll be rooting for them every step of the way. I just don’t know how we get a better outcome this time…

 

[chaz4hockey]

I’ll leave it at this for tonight.

I look at how we’ve lost in the playoffs the last few seasons (opposition stars rise to the occasion while ours wilt, special teams completely implode and erase all our hard work and momentum, defense makes stupid mistakes at the worst possible times), and I ask myself “what’s different this time?”

And I don’t have an answer.

I want this team to win, and I’ll be rooting for them every step of the way. I just don’t know how we get a better outcome this time…

Great post.

Also, my wife and I were discussing that we’ve invested 5 months in the team this year…..and now realize it’s for naught because due the perceived money puck approach for “sustainable” success we are going to fall short again.

The next great NHL team will be Jersey for several years and Canes are currently positioned to be a nice regular season team but never a winner.

We needed Meier.

 

[Borsig]

Didn't watch. I see Andersen let in 3 on 20.

Is he doing the thing again?

 

[Chrispy]

Didn't watch. I see Andersen let in 3 on 20.

Is he doing the thing again?

That depends on the number of breakaways you expect Andersen to stop in a game.

The transition defense was atrocious.

 

[Unsustainable]

Win game

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Well my reign of terrible GDTs didn’t last long

 

[WreckingCrew]

Glad I didn't watch...we have 4 goals on our last 80ish shots...good thing we got Pool Party and Ghost Bear to help with our scoring woes...

 

[Borsig]

Glad I didn't watch...we have 4 goals on our last 80ish shots...good thing we got Pool Party and Ghost Bear to help with our scoring woes...

Careful. Your likes will go down. Oh no.

 

[Lempo]

Your likes will go down.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

The Finnish PM didn’t age well.

 

[Borsig]

The Finnish PM didn’t age well.

I was gonna say, who is that lol. I thought it was Stevie nicks for a second

 

[Stickpucker]

Well my reign of terrible GDTs didn’t last long

All gdts are loved. Get yourself some Bojangles and be ready for your next opportunity.

 

[FlyingSquirrels]

Any way in hell Rod moves Martinook down to the 4th line for Pool Party? I know there's a man crush there but Jesus he hasn't done shit in months. Fast has been shit too.

 

[Stickpucker]

The defense has gotten burned on breakouts and 2 on 1s more often than usual.

I'm not sure if that's the dmen pinching even harder or if it's the goalies not bailing them out as much as last season.

Either way it is a trend we need to be wary of.