Winning is what counts, especially when it's against the defending Stanley Cup champions. At the end of the season, it's not about the method, but the number of victories that matter. Hockey is about the wins, not the aesthetics; it's not a beauty contest. The important thing is the win, no matter how it's achieved.
It's interesting because the expected goals in all situations last night were 2.49 for FLA and 3.00 for OTT, so even though Florida had a lot of offensive zone time, they didn't generate many high-danger shots.
No, it wasn’t. Ullmark played well, but far from stole us the game. You’ve been used to watching Korpisalo, Forsberg and whoever the flavour of the week was for way too long.
The goaltender's role is to stop the puck, and our goaltender fulfilled his duties with a strong performance. That's precisely the reason we acquired Ullmark. We secured a victory, so I'm puzzled as to why you're so unhappy?
Some people will see this an evaluation of the game, while others (like yourself) will see this a “negative shit”. People will respond in different ways when you have such a wide audience and range of personalities, and many people espoused the same opinion as the poster you responded to.
Interesting info. Thanks for sharing.
I agree. I’ve been warming up to his game as we’ve progressed from the exhibition games to this first regular season game. He seems to play a steady, stable kind of game which will help his partner (Chabot) I think.
It seems like there were a decent amount of tickets on the secondary market, might be why the game was a sellout, but people were saying they saw a lot of empty seats.
One of the toughest forechecks I can remember seeing. Holy crap they're heavy on the D and then seal the walls. Exactly how we want to play.
The Goalie is still part of the team & lots of good goalies have beaten us in the past & they are the defending Stanley Cup Champions. Ott hung in there, they didn't allow the tying goal & came away with the win which is after all the most important STAT of all.
They hung in - barely, but they did. The win is massive. It'll be a better test of how things are going when we're not playing the best team in the league
I find this thread interesting from a human nature perspective. I think everyone agrees a win is a win as god knows how many people have stated this in their post. Yet, people react differently to observations/evaluations about the game. Some people just see it as an evaluation/observation, while others react to those evaluations/observations snd seem to feel a need to defend. It's just human nature and people will respond differently, but it is interesting nonetheless.
Well from not making the playoffs last yr to beating the defending Cup Champions is progress. As you indicated & I agree they need to adopt the Panthers style of forecheck & be more aggressive which is difficult for 82 games. I expect that at some point they hit a wall & will again need Ullmark to bail them out & the good news is that we finally have a goalie who can do just that.
Aragorn I suggest you used the ignore button and get rid of all those party poopers we have here that's what I did and it goes a long way at making your experience here more enjoyable. On the other hand I'm following you because I love your positive attitude.
We have a couple of good tests coming up. I look forward to see how both montreal and ottawa plays, then definitely interested in how we look vs LA
