MasterofGrond
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i HATE when my young players have a chance to get into a rhythm by playing regularly
GDT: Capitals @ Devils, 7:00 PM, Jaws
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I don't care if he has 100 assists or 100 goals. He produces offense period. Saying he has "major issues that need to be addressed" is quite literally insane
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Only way it could be worse is if they called up Johnson and rushed him to play tomorrow lol.
MasterofGrond
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Play Vanecek more than Mac and hope something is there.
It's not 2013 anymore, teams just aren't 3 deep at goalie anymore where they can afford to trade a guy. That said, they've got to go to Vanecek tomorrow.
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I’m at the point where I want to trade almost anything for a good goalie. If Canucks go full rebuild , I toss out as much as we can for Demko. Only guys I wouldn’t - Hughes brothers , Nico , Bratt , Nemec, Mercer , Seigs .
I just don’t see Blackwood or VV ever being good enough to take us to the playoffs. I hope I am wrong.
I just don’t see Blackwood or VV ever being good enough to take us to the playoffs. I hope I am wrong.
MasterofGrond
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The Blackwood stuff is almost like keeping someone on life support that you just need to let go. Or staying together for the kids, whatever. It's becoming insanity to expect him to get better, when he only gets worse over his last 60 games. The numbers just keep getting worse. Is he injured? Who the hell knows what's wrong with him, but whatever the case may be, we can't wait around to see if he's gonna get better. If he is injured (still) then he just ain't worth the investment anymore.
He really needs to be Samsonoved after this year. You can't bring him back after this year. I wouldn't be surprised if he plays well enough to be over .900% by season's end, but it probably won't be by much. Not enough to justify one more year at $3 million (or god forbid more than 1 year) while we're already paying another guy $3.4 million (who we still don't know enough about yet) and at the salary cap.
I think his only hope is going somewhere else at this point. It's getting UGLY at this point. Fans are already turning on him AT THE GAMES (and it's not me, I haven't been to any games this year) There needs to be a divorce. The sex in this relationship stopped A LONG TIME AGO, and at this point it's separate bedrooms and maybe even seeing other people. Time to end it after this year.
I wish we could end it now, but we don't have any more choices. Daws should NOT be up in the NHL again this year, neither should Schmid and Bernier might be even worse than this.
The only choice that we can try is to give Vanecek more starts. He didn't do anything to convince us he should get more starts with his lone start this year, but he needs a longer leash than Blackwood, who's gotten way too much to this point. One of these two is actually signed beyond this year and it ain't Blackwood.
He really needs to be Samsonoved after this year. You can't bring him back after this year. I wouldn't be surprised if he plays well enough to be over .900% by season's end, but it probably won't be by much. Not enough to justify one more year at $3 million (or god forbid more than 1 year) while we're already paying another guy $3.4 million (who we still don't know enough about yet) and at the salary cap.
I think his only hope is going somewhere else at this point. It's getting UGLY at this point. Fans are already turning on him AT THE GAMES (and it's not me, I haven't been to any games this year) There needs to be a divorce. The sex in this relationship stopped A LONG TIME AGO, and at this point it's separate bedrooms and maybe even seeing other people. Time to end it after this year.
I wish we could end it now, but we don't have any more choices. Daws should NOT be up in the NHL again this year, neither should Schmid and Bernier might be even worse than this.
The only choice that we can try is to give Vanecek more starts. He didn't do anything to convince us he should get more starts with his lone start this year, but he needs a longer leash than Blackwood, who's gotten way too much to this point. One of these two is actually signed beyond this year and it ain't Blackwood.
Who the hell knows at this point. We've thrown every piece of shit we can at the wall and nothing is sticking so far. There is no obvious and easy answer since the truly good goalies almost never get moved, and those that do typically have some kind of baggage, whether it be age or contract or injury history. Hopefully Vanecek can get it going at some point, or Blackwood miraculously finds consistency (here's where Bleed says he has...he's consistently bad
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I agree but when it came to finishing, we stunk. I'm blaming everyone not named Marino. We need some muscle up front. I liked some of our play but man did Washington bully us around when they wanted to.
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Yeah if they do put in Holtz they'll probably stick him with McClod, then bench him after the first period again.
Twitter is a cesspool of f***tards and dipshits.
Guess you could say the Jaws theme really sunk the Devils tonight
MasterofGrond
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yeah which is, even by a bad finishing team (which I'm not sure we naturally are, even if we're not league leading), completely unsustainable. It will correct somewhat.
Meanwhile blackwood has been playing like this for over a season of regular work.
give me demko
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Ironic, cause he's killing me in fantasy.
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If Fitz does go the Miles Wood route and signs Blackwood next year just to sign him cause he's an RFA and we have one more year of his rights, well he's getting fired. Book it. It's gonna get him fired. If he can't keep up then they need to leave him behind. Don't qualify him and let him to UFA. Some team will sign him for $1 million-$1.5 million just because he was good (by that point) 3 years ago and he's still just 26.
Unless somehow he floors it this season and actually finishes above league average. And even then I'd say one year at his qualifying offer and that's it.
You can't sign him another year if he doesn't produce this year, you just can't.
And I hate to use the Wood analogy, as I don't hate the Wood signing for one more year. But as I've said, bad goaltending (Blackwood) is going to hurt you much more than Miles Wood and it's gonna hurt you much more than any of the players or coaches that we like to complain about.
Unless somehow he floors it this season and actually finishes above league average. And even then I'd say one year at his qualifying offer and that's it.
You can't sign him another year if he doesn't produce this year, you just can't.
And I hate to use the Wood analogy, as I don't hate the Wood signing for one more year. But as I've said, bad goaltending (Blackwood) is going to hurt you much more than Miles Wood and it's gonna hurt you much more than any of the players or coaches that we like to complain about.
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Just a brutal game from Bratt and Hughes.
I get that Hughes gets his shots and all that but he's not even close to dialed in right now and I'd argue hasn't been all season. Whether it's a cold or slow start or the double-shifting is wearing on him, he doesn't have it by his own standards.
I get that Hughes gets his shots and all that but he's not even close to dialed in right now and I'd argue hasn't been all season. Whether it's a cold or slow start or the double-shifting is wearing on him, he doesn't have it by his own standards.
On the post game radio show Chico said he expects to see Vanecek in goal and Holtz in for Smith tomorrow cause Smith was a - 2 tonight.
Well Smith finally went a game without taking a penalty
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