GDT: Game 26: Sharks vs. Kraken 12:30pm NBCSCA

CanadienShark

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Moves the puck better than most of our defensemen, but sometimes struggles to win puck battles which is a common trait amongst our defensive corps. But on our team, he's allowed to play through mistakes because we have no one better. Had a real nice goal to open our game today, but is not so good offensively that you can excuse the issues in our own end.

I think in an ideal world where we get two better defensemen someday to be in our top pair, he probably slots somewhere between a 2nd and 3rd defensive pairing. Pairing him with someone that brings the physicality and ability to win puck battles would help him immensely.
I'd love to see an Ekholm type be paired with Liljegren. Timothy just gives that vibe of "there's more to unlock".
 
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karltonian

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To be fair though, Smith looked good with Granlund after being sheltered with Kunin and Goodrow and allowed to work on his game. I think it helped.



Kostin seems to have really struggled emotionally the 8 games he sat and I really like everything he’s said in his interview. I really hope the dude figures it out because, again, there’s a real good middle six winger in there.

Maybe he can become just a non thrown baseball bat!
 
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Jargon

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Maybe he can become just a non thrown baseball bat!

Yes!

I kind of think what’s happening with Kostin is he’s a skill guy stuck in a giant’s body and all his coaches wanted him to be a big grindy guy and he wants to dangle and make plays and was stuck being the former rather than the latter. Now he’s stuck in this weird world between both roles and I think he sometimes doesn’t know what he should be, so he gets lost and loses confidence. I think the last few games have helped him kind of find his game again as a grinder and then the surprise bump to Granlund’s line (and then the goal) gave him the confidence to go out and be both. I think Jux is exactly right — it’s all a confidence/emotional issue with him. If he can keep on this run and keep playing with Smith and Granlund, that line could actually be really, really potent.
 

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Yes!

I kind of think what’s happening with Kostin is he’s a skill guy stuck in a giant’s body and all his coaches wanted him to be a big grindy guy and he wants to dangle and make plays and was stuck being the former rather than the latter. Now he’s stuck in this weird world between both roles and I think he sometimes doesn’t know what he should be, so he gets lost and loses confidence. I think the last few games have helped him kind of find his game again as a grinder and then the surprise bump to Granlund’s line (and then the goal) gave him the confidence to go out and be both. I think Jux is exactly right — it’s all a confidence/emotional issue with him. If he can keep on this run and keep playing with Smith and Granlund, that line could actually be really, really potent.
I think you’ve discovered something here. Props.
 

Pavelski2112

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Yes!

I kind of think what’s happening with Kostin is he’s a skill guy stuck in a giant’s body and all his coaches wanted him to be a big grindy guy and he wants to dangle and make plays and was stuck being the former rather than the latter. Now he’s stuck in this weird world between both roles and I think he sometimes doesn’t know what he should be, so he gets lost and loses confidence. I think the last few games have helped him kind of find his game again as a grinder and then the surprise bump to Granlund’s line (and then the goal) gave him the confidence to go out and be both. I think Jux is exactly right — it’s all a confidence/emotional issue with him. If he can keep on this run and keep playing with Smith and Granlund, that line could actually be really, really potent.
Tage Thompson Syndrome
 

gaucholoco3

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Tank looked fuller than usual today too. Wonder if it’s the holiday or if fans are just realizing the team is extremely exciting now.
Sharks are hosting a big youth hockey tournament this weekend. I don’t know if they included tickets with the tournament. Also explains the pregame youth hockey jerseys.
 

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Great win. Sharks are playing out of their minds scoring 18 goals in 3 games with barely any talent with tons of holes to fill in the lineup.

Guess we're not getting Martone if they keep overachieving. This roster should be dead last in the league, and they're not.
 

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Friendly reminder that we are still bottom 3 points for in the league and within one win/loss of bottom 1. Two and three more games played than CHI and NSH. It's fun to watch and we're more competitive, but even if we play .500 hockey for 54 more games, Which I argue is unlikely, we're projected at 75 points. That's still bottom 5 most years.

We also got reverse goalied today - awesome fun to watch but Grub should have stopped at least 2 of those and we were wildly out-xGFd via Moneypuck. At some point the puck luck will swing the other way.

To get to 95 points and any chance at the playoffs, we would need to play .680 hockey (74 points in 54 games) or 111 point pace.

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