GDT: Game 14: Sharks vs. Blue Jackets 7:30pm NBCSCA Return of the Mack

[Tw1ster]

Is Randy butchering Liljegren’s name or have I been wrong this whole time? ( I missed his first game so I’m sure this has come up)

 

[Juxtaposer]

The more I watch this team the more I realize we have a really numerically weird roster.

3 guys in the 70s
a guy in the 60s
2 guys in the 50s

a forward wearing a mostly d-man number, 2
d-men wearing numbers usually for forwards in the 80s and 90s

neither goalie having 1 or a number in the low to mid 30s

And most of that is not the result of "rookies get weird numbers until they earn a 'real' one"

I feel like that's just kinda where the league is these days. Superstars wearing 97, 29, 87, 71, 34, 86, 43, 98, etc.

Is Randy butchering Liljegren’s name or have I been wrong this whole time? ( I missed his first game so I’m sure this has come up)

We recently learned that people have been mispronouncing it since he was drafted and this is how he wants it to be pronounced. Hard 'J'. It's probably still not 100% right on account of Randy not being Swedish, but I think it's as close to right as native English-speakers can get.

 

[The Nemesis]

Is Randy butchering Liljegren’s name or have I been wrong this whole time? ( I missed his first game so I’m sure this has come up)

If you're talking about it being pronounced Lil-JEH-gren with a hard "j", this was brought up last game: he asked for that pronunciation to be used after he was traded to San Jose, so it's likely that the "Lil-YEH-gren" that was usually used when he was in Toronto was wrong.

It's kind of like the whole Michalek mess.

 

[Barrie22]

Is Randy butchering Liljegren’s name or have I been wrong this whole time? ( I missed his first game so I’m sure this has come up)

Liljagren

 

[OrrNumber4]

Don't like the circle on Celebrini. He's not Ovechkin...

 

[bluefunnel]

Wait, I'm confused: Did Tara Sloane stick around? I thought she said she was going back to Canada and would only contribute the occasional piece for the club.

She is still living in Toronto, but did say she would be doing some rink-side games.

 

[Barrie22]

Don't like the circle on Celebrini. He's not Ovechkin...

I'd be upset also if i was playing less then secondary smith

 

[The Nemesis]

Don't like the circle on Celebrini. He's not Ovechkin...

But how else will we know when his controller disconnects?

 

[The Nemesis]

She is still living in Toronto, but did say she would be doing some rink-side games.

Ahh. I didn't hear that she'd still do rink-side reporting at all. They made it sound like she might fly down for a weekend, film like 8 hours of content and then they' have interviews and behind-the-scenes stuff that could last them a month or two.

 

[mogambomoroo]

Yeah we definitely need Walman....

 

[bluefunnel]

Is Randy butchering Liljegren’s name or have I been wrong this whole time? ( I missed his first game so I’m sure this has come up)

As I understood it, he informed them that this is how he wants it pronounced now.

 

[Tw1ster]

Rutta should probably be scratched next game because of that

 

[The Nemesis]

Yeah we definitely need Walman....

You'll get Rutta and like it.

 

[hohosaregood]

so many penalties

 

[Juxtaposer]

It's so nice when skill guys like Smith and Walman and Liljegren can actually hang onto the puck in the defensive zone and make a play instead of immediately launching the puck as far as they can like Ferraro or skating directly into traffic and losing the puck like Thrun.

 

[TheBeard]

Jan Bruttal strikes again

 

[The Nemesis]

a glass ad offering free mental health coaching during a season where the Sharks are expected to still be terrible and trying feels targeted.

 

[knu]

Did Vancouver break us? We are playing like games 2-8.

 

[TheBeard]

Did Vancouver break us? We are playing like games 2-8.

Teams have discovered if they’re ultra aggressive in our zone we cough up the puck like it has cooties.

 

[The Nemesis]

"A fresh Jan Rutta out of the box!"

Why do you sound so excited by that, Randy? Put the vodka away. It's not the 2nd intermission yet.

 

[TheBeard]

"A fresh Jan Rutta out of the box!"

Why do you sound so excited by that, Randy? Put the vodka away. It's not the 2nd intermission yet.

I’d rather have a tired…. Pretty much anyone else.

 

[Star Platinum]

Jan Bruttal strikes again

Probably get healthy scratched next game.

That was a nice fantasy.

 

[bluefunnel]

Teams have discovered if they’re ultra aggressive in our zone we cough up the puck like it has cooties.

Warsofsky should be young enough to understand the importance of "circle, circle, dot, dot"

 

[Skeksis25]

Its annoying how we have no desire to possess the puck. Feels like we just dump and chase even with no pressure. Kunin does that a lot. Probably realizes if he has the puck on his stick, his limitations will be spotlighted and would rather show how hard he hustles by always chasing the puck.

 

[Star Platinum]

Its annoying how we have no desire to possess the puck. Feels like we just dump and chase even with no pressure. Kunin does that a lot. Probably realizes if he has the puck on his stick, his limitations will be spotlighted and would rather show how hard he hustles by always chasing the puck.

Drives me up a wall