Post-Game Talk: Checkers lose to Red Wings, 2-1

[CatscratchFever]

Man. We forgot hockey

 

[Idiot Stick]

Yandle

 

[batting1k]

Is your avatar Ekblad cosplaying as Harry Potter? LOL

yeah is something wrong

 

[barkovcanfinnish]

Tbh not a bad effort all things considered

Now we’re at a point where we just can’t score

 

[PSLguy]

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

@Sticksandsun hope you listened

 

[floridada]

Man. We forgot hockey

Too much asshole breathing

 

[FloridaMan]

 

[Gentle Man]

Why are we being called out for tanking?

It’s not our fault 4 nations happened the f***

 

[batting1k]

 

[WaitingForThatCab]

watching this team right now:

 

[Panthers Propaganda]

This sucks balls to watch but we are clearly coasting.

 

[FinlandPanther]

This sucks balls to watch but we are clearly coasting.

Yup. Team just resting their bodies. You can clearly see the difference in effort with the warm bodies.

 

[sinDer]

This sucks balls to watch but we are clearly coasting.

lol

You wish.

 

[FinlandPanther]

lol

You wish.

Why wouldn’t we be coasting? The team didn’t just lose all its talent? lol

 

[batting1k]

Why wouldn’t we be coasting? The team didn’t just lose all its talent? lol

If anything, we’ve gained talent. For example, Balinskis.

 

[Idiot Stick]

Any point of goin to this if swaggy is just gonna sign it wide right?

 

[sinDer]

Why wouldn’t we be coasting? The team didn’t just lose all its talent? lol

We actually lost some talent:

Ekblad will miss the first two games.

Tkachuk will miss at least the first two games too. We might even not see him at all in the playoffs.

Verhaeghe is having a down year. He could bounce back in the playoffs, but I don’t see him being the clutch player he’s been in the last two runs.

Montour and Ekman L. haven’t really been replaced.

I thought they were coasting few weeks ago. But right now, they just look cooked. Like if all the hockey they’ve played in the last 2-3 years is starting to catch them up.

There’s no way they win a playoffs round this year. Better yet, it’s not going to be close. I see them losing in 4 or 5.

 

[KW]

We actually lost some talent:

Ekblad will miss the first two games.

Tkachuk will miss at least the first two games too. We might even not see him at all in the playoffs.

Verhaeghe is having a down year. He could bounce back in the playoffs, but I don’t see him being the clutch player he’s been in the last two runs.

Montour and Ekman L. haven’t really been replaced.

I thought they were coasting few weeks ago. But right now, they just look cooked. Like if all the hockey they’ve played in the last 2-3 years is starting to catch them up.

There’s no way they win a playoffs round this year. Better yet, it’s not going to be close. I see them losing in 4 or 5.

Jones will be good by playoffs. Marchand will start finding the back of the net. Barky and Kuli will be back for the last couple of games before playoffs. The rest of the core like Samo will have more experience and confidence.

Tkachuk is the only question mark but I think they’re hiding that he’s in a better spot than thought.

Verhaeghe is the only one who really needs to get his shit together.

 

[Chino Oscar]

At this point it is what it is. You can downplay home field in the playoffs all you want, but I really think that if Game 7 in the finals last year was played in Edmonton we wouldn’t have won it.

Toronto is a better/heavier version of themselves this year, hope the team didn’t underestimate their opponent.

 

[ScottyMascotty]

Any point of goin to this if swaggy is just gonna sign it wide right?
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[Gentle Man]

It isn’t just scoring with Verhaeghe

His passing shooting forechecking possessing and board play is all atrocious

 

[MarginNotes]

 

[Panthers Propaganda]

Didn't Verhaeghe and his wife have a bebe? Or am I misremembering. I think new dad syndrome.

 

[iam76]

It isn’t just scoring with Verhaeghe

His passing shooting forechecking possessing and board play is all atrocious

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