GDT: CBJ-CAR: So Somebody Wants to Play Us

[The Faulker 27]

It can't be overstated how important Slavin is to this team. They've been bailed out by Slavin and Andersen on so many nights this season. Andersen wasn't exactly sharp tonight, but he wasn't getting any help.

 

[sheriff bart]

I "won" 2 tickets for tonight's game on some online giveaway thing the Canes had yesterday. I can't go, so they need a good home. If you can use them (sec 338, free of course), DM me your name and email address so I can transfer them.

First come, first serve. May the odds be ever in your favor.

Thank God nobody used these tickets. I would have hated for 2 more people to have to view that live

 

[surfzone365]

The guys know they sucked ass tonight. I’m sure Rod owns this loss no doubt. Put this one in the trash and burn it. On to the next one.

 

[Chrispy]

WTF happen, I'm sick and missed we had a game. Holy shit

Cheer up, I can think of about 20 other people who did the same thing.

 

[Lempo]

I thought it was the groundhogs who threw shade.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

It’s one game. All good teams have games like this. We lead the league in points% what more do you want?

This isn’t just one game against a team they should beat. Its how they play (or don’t play) against those type teams.

 

[summer tooth]

Columbus is the epitome of mediocre and additionally is missing their best playmaker. Troubling.

Less than mediocre lately and Voracek is probably the most valuable forward on the team - I really can't understand what happened in this game.

 

[HisIceness]

Less than mediocre lately and Voracek is probably the most valuable forward on the team - I really can't understand what happened in this game.

Simple, the Jackets wanted revenge for New Year's Day. They got it.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

This isn’t just one game against a team they should beat. Its how they play (or don’t play) against those type teams.

I think that’s a little much, but there’s no denying that our game has been real **** lately. Even games we won, it often required a comeback after taking a period or two off.

So maybe a game like this will be good for them, wake them the f*** up, and get back on track. From Rod’s postgame comments, it sounds like they were expecting a game like this eventually.

 

[Canes]

Less than mediocre lately and Voracek is probably the most valuable forward on the team - I really can't understand what happened in this game.

Canes played atrocious hockey and the team as a whole defensively is abysmal without Slavin. And if Aho or Andersen ever go down, we're f***ed. We'll need all 3 players firing on all cylinders by the playoffs.

 

[Sens1Canes2]

I thought it was a really strange game for 2 periods. Well…I guess I did miss the last 15 minutes of the 1st (had to get my son dressed for Mighty Mites!), but even at 2-0 I thought they were more or less fine. The chances weren’t being taken advantage of, but there were plenty.

aaaaand then the wheels came off. Poor Lafontaine

 

[summer tooth]

Wow it's actually pretty hard to believe re-watching some of it just now -- I think the game was competitive up until the Laine goal at about 5 minutes into the 3P, and then things fell apart. It's not as bad as it seemed.

 

[Bunch of Jurcos]

So we take this tape, fire it into the sun, and agree to never speak of this day again?

 

[AD Skinner]

The defense sucks balls without slavin. Without him everyone is terribly overslotted. Even pesce can't carry a pair the way slavin can. Cole, Bear and Smith are 3rd pair quality at best lately.

Edit: and that's being generous to smith

 

[The Faulker 27]

Wait a minute... I don't know about you, but we want prenup right here.

I left out the part about the super model being rich. She did in fact wrap something in 24k gold.

 

[Svechhammer]

So uhh that sucked

At the same time, it's easier to burn an ass kicking and move on than a hard fought loss. Even then, if this is the usual dip in play during the season, I'd rather it happen now than March. Get it out of the system and be ready for the playoff push.

 

[Stickpucker]

WTF happen, I'm sick and missed we had a game. Holy shit

We're sick from watching the game.

 

[Stickpucker]

It can't be understated how important Slavin is to this team. They've been bailed out by Slavin and Andersen on so many nights this season. Andersen wasn't exactly sharp tonight, but he wasn't getting any help.

We give up a lot of 2 on 1s. Usually Slavin is back there when it happens and I think ah we got this.

Without him there....gulp.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

We give up a lot of 2 on 1s. Usually Slavin is back there when it happens and I think ah we got this.

Without him there....gulp.

Yeah, without him there those 2-on-1s just become breakaways.

Seriously, how many breakaways did we give up in that game? They scored on like 3 of them, and I remember at least 2 more (Andersen save on Texier, Bear penalty). Felt like they were taking advantage of a weakness in our game all night.

 

[Stickpucker]

Wow it's actually pretty hard to believe re-watching some of it just now -- I think the game was competitive up until the Laine goal at about 5 minutes into the 3P, and then things fell apart. It's not as bad as it seemed.

Too many Rocket League players on the team who wanted to ff.

 

[htdoc]

So a couple things from that dumpster fire..

1) as others have said, teams now know how to kill us in the playoffs …. Hurt Slavin…. We are just nowhere near the same team as currently constructed with Slavin out of the lineup… it messes up the pairings too much and guys are playing way above their slots… amazing what 20+-30min a night of Slavin does to our d play and the rest of our game

2) we quit for the first time this year.. we have lost and it was pretty clear we were going to lose a couple times this year.. but that was the first time this year it was clear they just packed it in and quit playing in the third…. It was bound to happen, but wow it was jarring to see as we are so spoiled with seeing the team just keep pushing and never give in.. they deflated and gave up those breakaways and then just phoned it in….

3) I’m totally fine with TDA running his mouth at the refs last night… they deserved it and if I was in any position of authority I would be submitting a complaint video to the league today…. We didn’t help ourselves with our play, but without question the officials impacted that game by not calling glaring penalties and the team let it get to them…

 

[Svechhammer]

3) I’m totally fine with TDA running his mouth at the refs last night… they deserved it and if I was in any position of authority I would be submitting a complaint video to the league today…. We didn’t help ourselves with our play, but without question the officials impacted that game by not calling glaring penalties and the team let it get to them…

lol the league doesn't give a shit. We've been screwed over by reffing more times than you can count, and it goes back to at least the 2018-19 season. Somehow, we went from being the least penalized team in the league under Peters to being one of, if not the most penalized teams. To the point where I highly doubt it has anything to do with style of play so much as officials have a perennial axe to grind with the man who coaches it.

 

[the halleJOKEL]

I think that’s a little much, but there’s no denying that our game has been real **** lately. Even games we won, it often required a comeback after taking a period or two off.

So maybe a game like this will be good for them, wake them the f*** up, and get back on track. From Rod’s postgame comments, it sounds like they were expecting a game like this eventually.

how can you even tell? they've only played like 4 games in the past month

 

[CanesUltimate11]

So who's ready for first line Martinook on Saturday!!!

 

[WreckingCrew]

So we take this tape, fire it into the sun, and agree to never speak of this day again?

Honestly, if I'm RBA, I make them rewatch the game as soon as they get back to the locker room and write a f***ing thesis on everything they did wrong. This game should be a lesson to them, a learning experience, on literally every thing you DON'T do at the highest level of hockey. There's a few guys who were at least trying - Skjei, Jarvis, Svech maybe - everyone else including Aho was pretty crap. Even good teams have bad games, but damn there just wasn't any real effort even...we probably had 30 rocket shots wide of the net