GDT: Game 29. Battle of the Bays 4pm. (Lightning)

[slocal]

Yes

 

[StrawHatEklund]

I missed the 1st 2 periods 1st time this season. Don’t mind it now. At least I saw the Wennberg goal. Feel for the Reddit fan who met Zetterlund/Eklund earlier today.

 

[Sharksfan66]

I haven't been watching that carefully but has Celebrini been benched?

 

[Sharksfan66]

I haven't been watching that carefully but has Celebrini been benched?

Ok, answering my own question now. He's definitely been benched.

Can anyone who watched the first 2 periods offer any guesses as to why?

Just scoreboard watching Eklund is a -4 and is getting plenty of ice time.

 

[karltonian]

welp i missed almost all of that game, seems like i didnt miss much?

 

[vortexy]

Ok, answering my own question now. He's definitely been benched.

Can anyone who watched the first 2 periods offer any guesses as to why?

Just scoreboard watching Eklund is a -4 and is getting plenty of ice time.

Yep I can also confirm Celebrini got benched, can’t say the exact time it started but it seemed like he didn’t get a shift in the last 5 minutes or so, and yes he was definitely seen on the bench….

 

[DarrylshutzSydor]

Ok, answering my own question now. He's definitely been benched.

Can anyone who watched the first 2 periods offer any guesses as to why?

Just scoreboard watching Eklund is a -4 and is getting plenty of ice time.

The whole team should have been benched.

 

[karltonian]

I haven't been watching that carefully but has Celebrini been benched?

didnt see him in the last 5 mins or so, i wonder why

 

[Alaskanice]

Brutal. Bums me out when a great team gets all the puck luck. As if they needed it.

 

[TheBigDrunkPanda]

Out of respect to Vanacek, I imagine.

I get that and I’m for that, however only when the goalie is playing well and the team is dogging it, but today that wasn’t the case the whole team sucked from coaches on down. Game was long gone Vitek was not good no need to get Blackwood sparked up too when you have another game in 2 days

 

[weastern bias]

Didn't watch a second, lol, gave the team the effort they deserved

So, are we still worried about our draft pick?

 

[BaileyMacTavish]

The light at the end of the tunnel was like an oasis in the desert that turned out to be a mirage.

 

[Officer1473]

Firstname Lastname is my favorite current shark.

 

[StrawHatEklund]

Didn't watch a second, lol, gave the team the effort they deserved

So, are we still worried about our draft pick?

I wanted us to lose some games but not like this. 8-6 would have been more enjoyable.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

It's a good lesson for the team, including Celebrini, about how good they need to be every game to play in this league. And how bad it can get when you're not. Celebrini has never experienced this sort of loss yet and there's definitely lessons to be learned. An off game can get away from you in a hurry and Celebrini's line was pretty bad to start this game.

 

[LadyStanley]

 

[JoeThorntonsRooster]

Unfortunately, we didn't make much progress in the tank race. Montreal won, but it was a regulation win against Nashville who is also competition at this point. And Detroit, NYI, and Anaheim all lost in regulation.

I still think Nashville and NYI are way better than their records and will turn it around. But Anaheim, Chicago, Detroit, and Montreal are all terrible and should provide some serious competition in the tank race. Initially I thought only Chicago would but we are a little better than I thought and the other 3 are a little worse than I thought.

 

[hohosaregood]

well i got a digit of my SNOG right. just went to the wrong team.

guess it's good that they recognize they weren't sharp. it was a very different level of quality compared to last game.

 

[vortexy]

 

[Tw1ster]

Here’s hoping he was benched

 

[drunksage]

SNOG announcement​

I guess there wasn't much likelihood of this sort of blowout SNOG after the past few games.

#	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
20	Nov. 18 vs Red Wings	none	Sharks 5-4 OT
21	Nov. 20 at Stars	weastern bias	Stars 5-2
22	Nov. 21 at Blues	bullslugg, coooldude	Blues 3-2 SO
23	Nov. 23 vs Sabres	none	Sabres 4-2
24	Nov. 25 vs Kings	none	Sharks 7-2
25	Nov. 27 vs Senators	coooldude, PattyLafontaine	Senators 4-3
26	Nov. 29 vs Kraken	none	Sharks 8-5
27	Nov. 30 at Kraken	bluefunnel	Sharks 4-2
28	Dec. 3 at Capitals	none	Sharks 2-1 OT
29	Dec. 5 at Lightning	none	Lightning 8-1

Rank	2024-25 SNOG standings​	# of SNOGs
1.	weastern bias	3
T-2.	bluefunnel, coooldude, PattyLafontaine	2
T-5.	bullslugg, Friday, MackAttack71, sharks_dynasty, TheBigDrunkPanda, Timo Time, timorous me	1

 

[Bizz]

just got home and watched highlights

oh no we suck again, etc.

 

[tiburon12]

Unfortunately, we didn't make much progress in the tank race. Montreal won, but it was a regulation win against Nashville who is also competition at this point. And Detroit, NYI, and Anaheim all lost in regulation.

I still think Nashville and NYI are way better than their records and will turn it around. But Anaheim, Chicago, Detroit, and Montreal are all terrible and should provide some serious competition in the tank race. Initially I thought only Chicago would but we are a little better than I thought and the other 3 are a little worse than I thought.

I wonder how much panic of "we can't finish last" will infect ANA, MTL, DET, NSH etc and influence them to make a competitive move.

 

[BaileyMacTavish]

I'm chalking this up as a bad game. Nothing useful to be gleamed off of this. Mack Benched. The young guys all minuses. Total collapse from the start of the game. Reminds me eerily of last year. Let's just move on but istg if this happens again...

 

[Lebanezer]

Honestly think it was more of giving Mack a break than benching him. He’s been playing a ton of minutes.