GDT: G58: Avs @ Preds - 2/21/2025 @ 4 PM MST

[myperbixhurts]

You really think it takes a magician to tell 3rd and 4th line players to play like a 3rd or 4th line? No, the true magician would be Bednar if his shit worked and the 4th liners all of sudden started skating like Nate.

The only change Bednar has made to our system since '22 is that occasionaly we employ a double drop pass on the PP zone entries... and that was probably the brain child of Bennett. Jared simplyk does NOT have the same team, so why the hell is he coaching them the same way? The only thing he has done is willingly short his bench by ignoring 14 players in a game. He doesn't work with them, doesn't come up with new gameplans. Just says skate harder and when they can't skate like MacKinnon or Makar, he basically throws them away.

How many true 3rd line players do we have?

Colton and LOC, but there is no 3C. Drury is not a 3rd line center. He should be a 4C. I think centers are important to drive a line. This is why we don’t have producing 2nd and 3rd lines. 4th lines are not counted on to provide offense. They just have to be solid defensively and whatever they can do on offense is just a bonus

 

[expatriatedtexan]

How many true 3rd line players do we have?

Colton and LOC, but there is no 3C. Drury is not a 3rd line center. He should be a 4C. I think centers are important to drive a line. This is why we don’t have producing 2nd and 3rd lines. 4th lines are not counted on to provide offense. They just have to be solid defensively and whatever they can do on offense is just a bonus

It's tough to say. In this scenario, is Bednar committed to playing a 3rd line like a 3rd line? Or is he still wanting it to perform like his first?

 

[myperbixhurts]

It's tough to say. In this scenario, is Bednar committed to playing a 3rd line like a 3rd line? Or is he still wanting it to perform like his first?

That’s the problem with having holes in the lineup. Right now we don’t have a 2C and 3C, so it’s hard to construct consistent producing lines. We’re just a one line team right now

 

[expatriatedtexan]

That’s the problem with having holes in the lineup. Right now we don’t have a 2C and 3C, so it’s hard to construct consistent producing lines. We’re just a one line team right now

Not really. It's more like Bednar is cooking a meal and wanted french onion soup for a starter, CMac gave him vegitable beef barley instead. Rather than being happy he got an appetizer, Jared throws a tantrum and tosses the soup against the wall.

 

[myperbixhurts]

Not really. It's more like Bednar is cooking a meal and wanted french onion soup for a starter, CMac instead gave him vegitable beef barley. Instead of being happy he got an appetizer, Jared throws a tantrum and tosses the soup against the wall.

I’m hungry now

 

[littletonhockeycoach]

Some things you control. Other things, you don't. Keeping EJ and letting Naz walk was a controllable decision.

Seeing Gabe's knee surgery fail was not controllable. But wishing for the best and not putting him on LTIR sooner was.

(I skate with a just retired sports orthopedist who is well versed in the field, latest treatments and conditions. He states unequivocally that what they are trying to do with fixing Landeskog is not medically possible. He won't skate professionally again. )

(If Gabe's knee was a chicken wing, the cartilage that was damaged and the joint itself would be like pulling the joint apart. It is unrepairable. He says it's probably all about how to reach a settlement on Gabe's contract and be honorable in doing so.)

Who signed him to such a contract appears to have been controllable.

Nuke's drug affliction cannot be controlled. Except that early on, he could have been moved. Which was within CMAc's control to do.

Multiple seasons of bringing in useless TDL supporting cast members....C's,W's and D is evidence of dumb wish and a prayer management.

I admire that CMac fixed the goaltender situation.

Bednar has not really adjusted to the set of talent(less) that he's been supplied with. It's time for a new HC and staff.

 

[forsbergavs32]

Oh thank god, all I saw was GDT and thought @RoyIsALegend made another one for tonight