GDT: Game 24: Sharks vs. Kings 7:30pm NBCSCA

[stator]

ESPN.com did the weekly Bedard watch in his rookie year. Where's Celebrini's?

 

[Alaskanice]

I forget that most of y'all aren't watching Cuda games and therefore were surprised by Askarov's, uh, adventurous nature. I regret to inform you that That's Just How He Is.

You'll get a gaff out of it every once and a while, but it works out the vast majority of the time and it's really useful for stopping hard rimming attempts to regain possession and start breakouts. He's incredibly unique, but it really, really works.

I’ll take it.

 

[TheBigDrunkPanda]

real... good ... backend

That’s because Mario Lidstrom was in the building last night

 

[Alaskanice]

Watching the highlights. That backhand pass by Will to Lily, that is so hard to do. It took me a long time to get that right. These kids have it woven in their game. It amazes me.

 

[TheBigDrunkPanda]

Hertl’s was before that, in his rookie year. There has to be someone who did it in the early/mid 90s though, with how much goal scoring there was pre-trap.

Edit: nvm, he said one period. My money is still on a 90s player.

Guardreau?

 

[one2gamble]

So far, the only knock on Celebrini is his macro-level (on-ice) stats don't look very good

wtf does that even mean, we just got stats coming back that hes near the top of all kinds of weird small stats

 

[coooldude]

wtf does that even mean, we just got stats coming back that hes near the top of all kinds of weird small stats

"On-ice" are stats for all time he's on ice, as in team stats. Things like xGF, corsi (shots for%), and other puck possession metrics.

 

[one2gamble]

"On-ice" are stats for all time he's on ice, as in team stats. Things like xGF, corsi (shots for%), and other puck possession metrics.

the team sucks what are we expecting lol

 

[karltonian]

Watching the highlights. That backhand pass by Will to Lily, that is so hard to do. It took me a long time to get that right. These kids have it woven in their game. It amazes me.

That was as good a pass as you can make on the pp. Smith continues to make good plays but fail on execution, his pass timing and power needs continuing dial-in.

 

[karltonian]

So far, the only knock on Celebrini is his macro-level (on-ice) stats don't look very good (tiny sample size though so who cares). But even on that front, Bedard's are even worse and everything else looks way better on Celebrini's end. He has 24% of Bedard's career goals in 13% of his career games lol.

Don't even think those are on him though. He's not losing many puck battles and regularly breaks up plays and starts potential breakouts. The d tends to get hammered and his wingers aren't quite his tempo yet.

 

[coooldude]

That was as good a pass as you can make on the pp. Smith continues to make good plays but fail on execution, his pass timing and power needs continuing dial-in.

I'm really happy for the kid that he got two A's on PP. his game left a lot to be desired otherwise and he even struggled on some other PP stretches. It was a nicely weighted pass on the backhand to Lily, but it's not going to make anyone's highlight reel. I thought it was solid. His 2nd assist was the right play to Eklund, but nothing super exciting. Classic Will Secondary.

Would love to see another flash at some point in the next few games, it's been some time since he has impacted the game in an exciting way. Last night he stood out more for getting knocked off the puck and being behind the play to me. Wasn't one of his best games.

 

[timorous me]

Don't even think those are on him though. He's not losing many puck battles and regularly breaks up plays and starts potential breakouts. The d tends to get hammered and his wingers aren't quite his tempo yet.

Yeah, and early on there were more kind of adventurous turnovers when he'd try to make sort of a highlight type of play in the neutral zone, and the team would often get pegged in for a while because of that. That's really all you can pin on Celebrini--and I've noticed those types of plays have been gradually diminishing, which is another great sign for him, how quick of a learner he is.