GDT: Game 19: Sharks @ Penguins 4:00pm NBCSCA

[Pinkfloyd]

Great effort to come back. Their compete level is at least more consistent than last season. That was a game that could’ve easily got away from them. They aren’t the worst team in the league right now and have room to grow with the kids getting more valuable experience. Keep Smith with Celebrini. It’s the best he looked all year.

If Vanecek is injured, put him on IR now and call up Askarov. Give him this week where you start him Monday and Thursday. If Vanecek is ready, he’s got a week to recover.

 

[coooldude]

Well, at least I called OT!

Glad we lost the shootout. Would be nice to see Smith or Celly bury one but would rather give PIT the point. Could matter down the road. I'd like to see our wins come in trap games vs top teams, please.

The Celebrini Smith connection looks solid, but it is an adventure, and does kind of bork up the line options otherwise. I'm sure mack is getting antsy with a 4? game pointless streak, but the points will come. He's getting he's feet under him still.

 

[Anomie2029]

Great effort. This team is definitely much more competitive. 1-2-1 would have been acceptable after going down 0-3. Credit them for deciding they had more to give.

Blackwood was excellent, the kids looked good, Lund line looked good, good to have Walman back, and Tofolli line performed well. Team definitely needs one more top 6 forward, but they look like they almost have four competent lines.

Definitely game for Rutta to come out for Thompson.

I mean, I’m at the point where Ferraro looks worse than Rutta.
Ferraro has made every Dman he has been paired with this season look bad.

How Warsofsky can be looking to put Walman back in the lineup and take out Thompson shows his evaluation of his players is extremely poor.

 

[tiburon12]

God do I loathe shootouts…

with the shootout, wins dont feel like wins and losses dont feel like losses. It's really not a good system beyond just to end the game quickly and not randomly

 

[drunksage]

SNOG announcement​

One correct goalscorer was the difference in determining tonight's SNOG.

SNOG
Penguins 4 (Crosby, Malkin, Karlsson, Nieto
Sharks 3 (Kostin, Eklund, Liljegren)

Congrats @PattyLafontaine on your first SNOG of the season and second career SNOG!

#	Date / Opponent​	SNOG Winner(s)​	Result​
1	Oct. 10 vs Blues	none	Blues 5-4 OT
2	Oct. 12 vs Ducks	none	Ducks 2-0
3	Oct. 15 at Stars	weastern bias	Stars 3-2 SO
4	Oct. 17 at Blackhawks	weastern bias	Blackhawks 4-2
5	Oct. 18 at Jets	none	Jets 8-3
6	Oct. 20 vs Avalanche	none	Avalanche 4-1
7	Oct. 22 at Ducks	Timo Time	Ducks 3-1
8	Oct. 24 at Kings	Friday	Kings 3-2
9	Oct. 26 at VGK	none	VGK 7-3
10	Oct. 28 at Utah	none	Sharks 5-4 OT
11	Oct. 29 vs Kings	MackAttack71, bluefunnel, sharks_dynasty	Sharks 4-2
12	Oct. 31 vs Blackhawks	none	Sharks 3-2
13	Nov. 2 vs Canucks	none	Canucks 3-2
14	Nov. 5 vs Blue Jackets	none	Sharks 2-1 OT
15	Nov. 7 vs Wild	timorous me	Wild 5-2
16	Nov. 10 at Devils	none	Sharks 1-0
17	Nov. 11 at Flyers	TheBigDrunkPanda	Flyers 4-3 SO
18	Nov. 14 at Rangers	none	Rangers 3-2
19	Nov. 16 at Penguins	PattyLafontaine	Penguins 4-3 SO

Rank	2024-25 SNOG standings​	# of SNOGs
1.	weastern bias	2
T-2.	bluefunnel, Friday, MackAttack71, PattyLafontaine, sharks_dynasty, TheBigDrunkPanda, Timo Time, timorous me	1

 

[Anomie2029]

Another game, another stat card showing how awful Ferraro is.

But he’ll keep being gifted games and receive absolutely zero criticism from the Sharks beat reporters.

 

[Skeksis25]

It makes me irrationally angry every time I hear Drew praise a vet for working hard or being just NASA scientist levels of smart for doing the most basic things, never call them out for their numerous awful plays, but starts nitpicking every little thing Smith or Macklin does.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

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Another game, another stat card showing how awful Ferraro is.

But he’ll keep being gifted games and receive absolutely zero criticism from the Sharks beat reporters.

Until they think Mukhamadullin or Cagnoni are ready, Ferraro isn’t going anywhere. His extra year while playing this bad means we’re stuck with him. Only way that changes is if they play him. Thompson should be in the lineup over Rutta despite his good game card today.

 

[DG93]

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Another game, another stat card showing how awful Ferraro is.

But he’ll keep being gifted games and receive absolutely zero criticism from the Sharks beat reporters.

New slogan: piss poor play doesn't mean shit if you bring leadership, energy, and grit...heh

In all seriousness though, good to see yet another comeback in a game that they 100% would've lost 5-1 last year. Blackwood was awesome again, and I like the Celebrini-Smith combination although it'd be nice if the third guy on that line wasn't a black hole offensively like Goodrow. Dellandrea had a good game today, so it'd be nice if Goodrow and Dellandrea got flipped (assuming Warso wants Wennberg-Toffoli anchoring the third line).

 

[Juxtaposer]

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Another game, another stat card showing how awful Ferraro is.

But he’ll keep being gifted games and receive absolutely zero criticism from the Sharks beat reporters.

I think we have a big enough sample size to say that Ferraro was the problem on the Ferraro-Rutta pairing. Obviously Rutta is not very good but I think he's a passable #6. He was pretty solid with Mukhamadullin last year in those three games, I'd like to see it again.

 

[DG93]

I think we have a big enough sample size to say that Ferraro was the problem on the Ferraro-Rutta pairing. Obviously Rutta is not very good but I think he's a passable #6. He was pretty solid with Mukhamadullin last year in those three games, I'd like to see it again.

And his best results have unsurprisingly come while paired with Thompson and Walman (limited sample size), so if you pair Rutta with a puck mover, he's a passable defenseman.