GDT: Game 2 - Late Night with Mike & Tripp gets started early this year - Canes @ SJ

[Svechhammer]

just look sluggish tonight.

Once again, they flew cross country yesterday only 2 days into the regular season. Not at all surprised

 

[Summer Rose]

Tripped over the blue line.

It reaches up and grabs you sometimes. I used to play and be an official.

 

[larueskee]

Well that scrum looked like a ballet of bad dancers.

 

[LostInaLostWorld]

More a wrestler than boxer

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Everyone shooting like Faulk tonight. Cant hit the net no matter how many times they try

 

[cptjeff]

It reaches up and grabs you sometimes. I used to play and be an official.

My theory is that the dark paint absorbs more heat and softens the ice there. That's my story whenever it happens and I'm stickin' to it.

 

[Wolfpuck]

Slavin breakaway?

 

[Rick Davis]

Seems like all of our grade A chances tonight have gone to our nonscorers….

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Slavin being on the receiving end of a hail mary pass wasn't on my bingo card, but I'm not complaining about it.

 

[bleedgreen]

He's got an active stick and great positioning to break up offensive plays, forcing turnovers and loose pucks that his teammates are able to get to and transition up ice. In the offensive zone, he plays low risk and gets it to the more offensive dynamos while using his body position to help open up lanes. He's been the classic create room for his teammates guy except that we usually think of those guys as throwing big hits, which he doesn't do. Is that a recipie for stardom? No, but it is the quintisenssal 3C game, and that works just fine at 2C when your wings are Svech and new look Necas.

I don’t disagree but I think every guy in the team aside from the top four scorers do that exact thing every game all year. That’s our teams calling card, smart defensive pressure and choices. I’m not even arguing he’s playing badly. He’s not, he’s bland and safe which like you say is the perfect role for playing with the other two. I’ve seen him just hang back and get in the zone way behind the other two staying home, which is great aside from the fact his offensive skill is being big around the net and burying rebounds.

Playing simple and safe is smart, and the way the coach wants. The fancy stats are my point. They suggest some sort of amazing play or defensive dominance. That’s not reflected here.

 

[Wolfpuck]

Necas gets blown up and Lorentz almost wipes out into Auntie

 

[LostInaLostWorld]

A Lorry sighting

 

[Summer Rose]

Can we just skip to overtime? I'm tired.

 

[Wolfpuck]

Bally went to commercial when there was no commercial break.

Brilliant.

 

[Svechhammer]

Jordo.... cmon, man

 

[Negan4Coach]

His defense compares to Jordo as his offense compares to Aho. To say he is Jordan’s replacement at 3C “but more offensive” is drastically underselling what Staal does on defense. KK can’t do what Staal can do.

I guess I'm to dumb to understand what that even means

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Bally went to commercial when there was no commercial break.

Brilliant.

Yes, but the board ads are working 'flawlessly', so put that in your pipe and smoke it

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Bally went to commercial when there was no commercial break.

Brilliant.

They broke on the SJ feed but then showed only a wide angle of the arena. No announcer talking

 

[Summer Rose]

Amazing play by Burns!

 

[Rick Davis]

Yes, but the board ads are working 'flawlessly', so put that in your pipe and smoke it

Now that Bally is getting extra revenue from those electronic board ads I demand that they start showing all games in 4K…Avs do it so what not us too?

 

[cptjeff]

I don’t disagree but I think every guy in the team aside from the top four scorers do that exact thing every game all year. That’s our teams calling card, smart defensive pressure and choices. I’m not even arguing he’s playing badly. He’s not, he’s bland and safe which like you say is the perfect role for playing with the other two. I’ve seen him just hang back and get in the zone way behind the other two staying home, which is great aside from the fact his offensive skill is being big around the net and burying rebounds.

Playing simple and safe is smart, and the way the coach wants. The fancy stats are my point. They suggest some sort of amazing play or defensive dominance. That’s not reflected here.

I took that post as just getting a laugh out of small sample sizes showing an extreme, but I don't think the fact that most players on the team do disruptive defense really well should just be handwaved away. Most players on this team do that very well to varying degrees, but it is not a remotely universal skill around the league. It's something the Canes put a big emphasis on and it's why we were the single best defensive team in the NHL last year. And it's sure as hell a reflection of their coach, who was one of the great pioneers of that style of play.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Can we just skip to overtime? I'm tired.

I for one look forward to our Aho-Necas-Burns overlords.

 

[Wolfpuck]

SEABASS FROM PEESH!!

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

PEESH BOMB, AHO TIP

 

[Svechhammer]

PEESH