GDT: Game 3 - 4-NAS vs 1-CAR

[The Faulker 27]

The Preds were done if they lost this one so it was never going to be easy. The Canes came close to shutting the door, but they battle on. They have to give it everything on Sunday. Win Sunday and things are back on track.

 

[Wolfpuck]

Preds just wanted it more tonight and of course BS penalty that led to 2-man advantage was a momentum killer.

Dougie is not providing enough.

btw: I think Preds are getting some calls because their effort in the zone is much more than the Canes. Canes need to step it up.

Dougie has been the invisible man this series. The Brain Trust needs to think long and hard about a firm number for a contract they’re not willing to come off of.

 

[Canes]

2 games in a row where Nashville has bigger than a 2 to 1 PP ratio. We've been getting shafted all series, need to clean it up and kick them in the teeth Sunday, then close it out on Tuesday.

Some guy earlier was saying that's just a natural progression apparently. A team like the Canes should expect that big of a discrepancy to the big brains.

 

[The Faulker 27]

Why does it seem like the zebras hate the Rangers and Hurricanes? My guess is that neither team's coach holds back, but I could be wrong.

But you could be right.

 

[aar000n]

Thanks for letting me crash the message board see you next game

 

[A Star is Burns]

I'm more pissed at the refs for lack of calls on Nashville. We've earned the majority of ours. Either call it both ways or tighten up on both sides. I don't think they're the reason we lost. But it sure doesn't help.

 

[Rempe73]

But you could be right.

Lmao! Refs/umps are just soft as hell in general. Same thing in basketball. Same thing in baseball. I don’t watch football or football/soccer so idk how it is there.

 

[Svechhammer]

No idea what Bean was doing trying to knock the puck out of mid air lol. Play the f***ing man.

Bean is clueless. He's in so far over his head that he's drowning. In an ideal world, he isn't playing right now, Gardiner doesn't suck ass, and Lajoie is in for Bean. But this isn't an ideal world, and we're playing Bean far more minutes than we should and it was inevitably going to cost us.

I'll also say this. Dougie has been invisible the 2nd half of this season. He doesn't deserve the money he is going to be asking for. Every game that passes I'm more and more comfortable just letting him walk and letting someone like Skjei take over on the top line while looking to sign someone new for 2nd line mins.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

LOL I wonder how many nashville fans are daft enough to think they actually won this game on merit and not the backs of quite possibly the worst called series since sometime in the 90s.

I think if you’re blaming the officials for the result of tonight’s game, you’re the daft one.

Good teams find a way to win, regardless of the calls for/against them. The Canes have done such in the past and had a chance to do so again tonight.

But playoff OT comes down to one mistake, and it was Bean’s tonight. No more, no less.

 

[Canes]

Dougie has been the invisible man this series. The Brain Trust needs to think long and hard about a firm number for a contract they’re not willing to come off of.

I'm confident they are not going to overpay him. He's going to take market value or less if he wants to stay here. He's definitely not going to age well by the end of his 6-7 year contract like the vast majority of offensive d-men and the Borg knows that.

 

[To Be Determined]

I'm more pissed at the refs for lack of calls on Nashville. We've earned the majority of ours. Either call it both ways or tighten up on both sides. I don't think they're the reason we lost. But it sure doesn't help.

exactly. the no-call on staal's breakaway in the first ot was egregious. but, hey, playoff ot, right? but then in 2ot they call some weeeeeaaaak shit on lajoie. either call both or neither, you f***ing chuckleheads.

 

[chaz4hockey]

Dougie has been the invisible man this series. The Brain Trust needs to think long and hard about a firm number for a contract they’re not willing to come off of.

agreed. For such a big guy he plays too passive out front. First goal all on him for being a &$&&$&&

 

[A Star is Burns]

I mean, I still think we were pretty resilient overall. I don't fault the effort. Just some things for many folks to clean up.

 

[Borsig]

I don't care what we have to do, we need to find a way to stay out the box. We are getting screwed on some of the calls, yes, but we can't keep doing 7 frakin pks.

The problem with this philosophy is that:
The DoG call was, in fact, a bounce off the boards. There was no penalty and it ended up being the goal that broke the game. Are we not supposed to use the glass and boards?
The last non icing call, set in motion the final goal.

It's not that we can blame a loss on 1 bad call. Its that a series of game breaking mistakes have led to goals directly in a game where of 5 goals, 2 were directly related to bad calls that led to actual goals, once of which was a clear botched icing.

Its so lopsided it's not even debatable.

 

[Rempe73]

Good teams find a way to win, regardless of the calls for/against them. The Canes have done such in the past and had a chance to do so again tonight.

Yea at the end of the day you’re right, but it shouldn’t have to be like that. It’s the Hurricanes vs. the Predators, not Hurricanes vs. Predators and Zebras.

 

[Borsig]

I think if you’re blaming the officials for the result of tonight’s game, you’re the daft one.

Good teams find a way to win, regardless of the calls for/against them. The Canes have done such in the past and had a chance to do so again tonight.

But playoff OT comes down to one mistake, and it was Bean’s tonight. No more, no less.

Right I'm daft because the Dog That lead to a 5vs3 and a non icing led to the GWG.

Yep. Daft. Huk huk huk

 

[Svechhammer]

I think if you’re blaming the officials for the result of tonight’s game, you’re the daft one.

Good teams find a way to win, regardless of the calls for/against them. The Canes have done such in the past and had a chance to do so again tonight.

But playoff OT comes down to one mistake, and it was Bean’s tonight. No more, no less.

I wouldn't say that the refs are the reason that we lost, but I would say they are a main reason that Nashville won, if that makes sense.

Like, we earned the loss on our own. But to get to that point, Nashville needed a hell of a lot of help, which they received.

 

[Wolfpuck]

Rod apparently called out the refs.

Buckle up for 30 minutes of Preds 5 on 3 in game 4.

 

[Svechhammer]

 

[Roboturner913]

Rod apparently called out the refs.

Good. I hope he keeps doing it, and f*** the consequences.

 

[chaz4hockey]

FWIW: we didn’t play OT aggressively and let Preds dictate play.

 

[Canes]

Rod apparently called out the refs.

Buckle up for 30 minutes of Preds 5 on 3 in game 4.

Good. I hope Dundon doubles his fine in a donation to the blind, who will be much better referees

 

[chaz4hockey]

that will cost him some money but good for him. Any other specifics. I shut the TV off after the game so I wouldn’t break it. From link…thanks.

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[Canes]

FWIW: we didn’t play OT aggressively and let Preds dictate play.

That's just not true. Maybe 2OT but in the first OT we were all over them. Just couldn't solve them. The only player on their side worth respecting in Saros held down the fort.

 

[CanesUltimate11]

The DoG call was, in fact, a bounce off the boards. There was no penalty and it ended up being the goal that broke the game. Are we not supposed to use the glass and boards?
The last non icing call, set in motion the final goal.

It's not that we can blame a loss on 1 bad call. Its that a series of game breaking mistakes have led to goals directly in a game where of 5 goals, 2 were directly related to bad calls that led to actual goals, once of which was a clear botched icing.

Its so lopsided it's not even debatable.

The missed DoG is bad but Jordan’s got to be smarter there. Was is softish maybe but he interferes with the guy and it was completely unnecessary.

and we had the puck in the Nashville end before the game winner. That’s not on a botched icing that just a screw up by the Canes.