GDT: Game 40: Sharks vs. Flyers 5:00pm NBCSCA

The Nemesis

Semper Tyrannus
Apr 11, 2005
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Because the front office has sort of drilled it into their minds that being bad is… good?

Or, and hear me out because this is a radical thought, they just aren't that good and are full of crappy players who literally can't do any better than they are currently doing.

But no. It must be that Grier told them that they'll get frosty chocolate milkshakes if they give up 4 goals in a game.
 

ChompChomp

Barfsofsky: The Vomit Tastes Good!
Jan 8, 2007
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I'm not sure why games this year make me so much more frustrated than previous years of tanking. It's brutal.

For me, I'm thinking there's a disconnect between:

  • Educated Sharks fans, who understand that even if this team tries as hard as possible and sets their best lineup possible each game, that they will still likely finish in the bottom 4 with an upcoming draft that has 4 guys who have 1OA talent; and
  • Mike Grier, who I think made a decision to try to actually get 1OA again to guarantee they get Schaefer.
As opposed to last year when everyone was on board for tanking to get Celebrini.
 
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OrrNumber4

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I'm not saying that Graf, Cardwell, Bordeleau, Gushchin, etc. are going to be productive in the NHL (though I would have the most optimism with Graf). But Goodrow, Dellandrea, and Grundstrom have been completely unspectacular. Kostin has been barely any better. Why do they keep playing?

It's the same on defense. How can Rutta play over Thompson?
 

TheBeard

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Jul 12, 2019
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Or, and hear me out because this is a radical thought, they just aren't that good and are full of crappy players who literally can't do any better than they are currently doing.

But no. It must be that Grier told them that they'll get frosty chocolate milkshakes if they give up 4 goals in a game.
Yeah maybe
 

TheBigDrunkPanda

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Or, and hear me out because this is a radical thought, they just aren't that good and are full of crappy players who literally can't do any better than they are currently doing.

But no. It must be that Grier told them that they'll get frosty chocolate milkshakes if they give up 4 goals in a game.
You can be a crappy team and lose that’s fine, but when it’s pretty obvious you aren’t even attempting to win and at the very least trying to be competitive, you deserve to have your motives questioned
 

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