GDT: Colorado Avalanche vs Ottawa Senators - 7PM - TSN5/RDS - I am NOT OKAY, OKAY. Just Mads Edition

[Pierre from Orleans]

Watching this team live in person you appreciate how big they are and how even more crappy they play.

Finding new ways to lose.

 

[Wallet Inspector]

It has to be just plain depressing for the skaters at this point, it's like even if they score 4 goals there's a 90% chance that they'll lose anyways.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

For example, Cam Talbot:

Season before joining Ottawa = All-star game
Season in Ottawa = shit
Season after leaving Ottawa = All-star game

So what you're saying is Dorion is not a genius

 

[Flamingo]

I'm still convinced there's a factor that advanced stats don't catch on this defence that makes it that much harder for goalies to play here

I'm sure a heat map of shots against would burn a hole in my monitor in the slot. Micah's GAx was 2.6. I think Soogard should have had a couple of those shots, but it seems like either the shooter is wide open and traversing the slot (difficult to keep square and centred) or shoots through a flimsy stick check (imagine squinty Don Cherry bobbing his head around). And then there's the one accountable to own-goalie-interference tonight.

 

[DrEasy]

Addition by subtraction: Kubalik, Tarasenko need to go. Get some assets for Chychrun now. Sit Hamonic (has a NMC and nobody wants him anyway probably) and play JBD. Try to get some good FA vets in the off-season.

 

[Adrianopolous]

Addition by subtraction: Kubalik, Tarasenko need to go. Get some assets for Chychrun now. Sit Hamonic (has a NMC and nobody wants him anyway probably) and play JBD. Try to get some good FA vets in the off-season.

Why does Hamonic have a NYC

 

[h2owned]

Well as a positive, Grieg looks like a stud.

 

[NyQuil]

Finding new ways to lose.

It's the same way every time.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

It's the same way every time.

People left during the 2nd intermission just to endure what a lead felt like because they knew a loss was coming.

 

[Micklebot]

Positives:

Special teams looked really good, pk was getting the clears, the pp scored and when it didn't, it at least got some chances.

Despite the score, I thought we did pretty well a limiting the number of chances against, I'd like to see fewer oddan rushes, but I never felt like the avs were controlling the play for extended periods

On the flip side, we had a number of shifts where we really took it to them and got the cycle going, we created a lot of chances in the home plate and were rewarded with some goals

This wasn't a game you burn the tape and move on from (unless you're Sogaard), there were some real positives, and some things we could learn from.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Positives:

Special teams looked really good, pk was getting the clears, the pp scored and when it didn't, it at least got some chances.

Despite the score, I thought we did pretty well a limiting the number of chances against, I'd like to see fewer oddan rushes, but I never felt like the avs were controlling the play for extended periods

On the flip side, we had a number of shifts where we really took it to them and got the cycle going, we created a lot of chances in the home plate and were rewarded with some goals

This wasn't a game you burn the tape and move on from (unless you're Sogaard), there were some real positives, and some things we could learn from.

First 2 periods were pretty good. 3rd period was a complete meltdown

 

[frightenedinmatenum2]

Why does Hamonic have a NYC

Because he negotiated his contract with an empire state of mind.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

 

[StoicSensFan]

Seeing the game live notes: fire Kubalik into the sun. He's being outplayed by Kelly and MacEwan.

Crazy that we got outplayed by the Avs in their 6th period of two nights.

Why are we playing the third and fourth lines down by 3 goals with 4 mins left? The games already lost, let's see if our core players can do something special...

 

[Flamingo]

People left during the 2nd intermission just to endure what a lead felt like because they knew a loss was coming.

Seriously, who's on fire alarm duty?

 

[Gil Gunderson]

It really feels like this team is never going to get a solid goalie performance ever again. Who’s going to do it?

 

[Bileur]

Oddly feels kind of nice to come away from that thinking we got jobbed by the refs.

Obviously not the only reason we lost but at least it suggests we were in striking distance.

The cross check on Greig and the embellishment on Joseph were ridiculous.

 

[heater007]

It really feels like this team is never going to get a solid goalie performance ever again. Who’s going to do it?

Is the last time a goalie stole a game Boston mid last year? Seems like it by my count. This season is bizarre. Either our defence shits the bed or our goalie night in and night out.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Is the last time a goalie stole a game Boston mid last year? Seems like it by my count. This season is bizarre. Either our defence shits the bed or our goalie night in and night out.

I guess Korpisalo in Pittsburgh. Maybe another one I’m forgetting this season.

 

[DylanSensFan]

It really feels like this team is never going to get a solid goalie performance ever again. Who’s going to do it?

Maybe we need to stop blaming our goalies and start looking at the grade A chances given by our team.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Maybe we need to stop blaming our goalies and start looking at the grade A chances given by our team.

They suck too, but I don’t think they’ve been last-place bad. Hard to he confident when your goale can’t make a save.

 

[Loach]

First 2 periods were pretty good. 3rd period was a complete meltdown

I swear they don't know how to make line changes.

 

[DanyHeatley]

Suck

 

[Swisssen]

Our D sucks, it`s so easy to score goals agains the Sens. Doesn`t help that the goalies can`t make a save.

 

[JD1]

It's the same way every time.

No, it's not. They keep you guessing.

Do we blow a 1 or 2 goal lead? Multiple 1 goal leads? Do we blow it in the 2nd or the 3rd?