GDT: Game 49: Washington Lower-Cases (32-10-5) at YOUR SEATTLE KRAKEN (21-24-3) (7pm PST)

[kihei]

Somebody got their pocket picked.

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde yet again

For a goaltender that struggled to make the Montreal Canadiens outta college for a number of years and was a journeyman too Lindgren has found a Home in Washington and looks good actually

 

[kihei]

Tall order coming back from a two goal deficit against the Caps tonight.

 

[Toomany7pins]

My feed is glitchy yet again this is pissing me off really

I have to listen to it in Russian oh fun

Kraken offense is glitchy. Joey busting his ass, no help from the rest of the team.

 

[The Marquis]

This is another one of those “Can’t win if you don’t score” losses it’s looking like. A snooze fest at that.

Not that I expected a win tonight.

 

[kihei]

Ovie looking to pad his soon-to-be record with a gimme empty net goal.

....and he does.

 

[Fuhrious]

I didnt watch the 2nd or 3rd, as I was working. Towards the end of the game I happened to tune in and heard Olczyk say something about how the Kraken had only really played well for 5 or 6 minutes in the first period.

That's what we've come to. The broadcast team summarizing the game by saying "well they tried for 5 or 6 minutes".

Season 2's team culture is well and truly dead.

 

[RainyCityHockey]

Season 2's team culture is well and truly dead.

I don't know man.

I think season 2's teams "culture" had a lot to do with shooting an insane percentage, leading games early and outscoring their problems more ofthen than not.

If that team wouldn've had an average shooting percentage you don't see 100 points and most likely no playoffs as well.

Anyways, the Kraken couldn't score again and just don't have what it takes to compete with the better teams.

 

[Fistfullofbeer]

I don't know man.

I think season 2's teams "culture" had a lot to do with shooting an insane percentage, leading games early and outscoring their problems more ofthen than not.

If that team wouldn've had an average shooting percentage you don't see 100 points and most likely no playoffs as well.

Anyways, the Kraken couldn't score again and just don't have what it takes to compete with the better teams.

We are ranked 19th in the league for GF/GP. 22nd in GA/GP. Our overall rank in the league, based on points % is 27th. 23rd in PK%. 24th in PP%. We are essentially bad in all categories and it shows on the ice and overall standings.

My sense is that the players and coaching citing lack of effort in their interviews time and again is a bad sign. If they know the issue and still can't fix it, what exactly is the problem there?

As a whole, I consider us a bad team but I really think we are under-performing. I expect us to be a bubble team somewhere in the 15th-20th range but we are considerably off that range.

 

[Dead Coyote]

I don't know man.

I think season 2's teams "culture" had a lot to do with shooting an insane percentage, leading games early and outscoring their problems more ofthen than not.

If that team wouldn've had an average shooting percentage you don't see 100 points and most likely no playoffs as well.

Anyways, the Kraken couldn't score again and just don't have what it takes to compete with the better teams.

Doesn't really matter how good the team was, they were at least scoring. This team sure as hell isn't. Our shooting percentage is 10 collectively as a team. We average 27 shots a game. That's a problem. Our scoring is completely on par with that, we average 2.8 goals per game. We're actually 10th in shooting percentage but 19th in GF/G. We're 25th in shots. We're 22nd in GA/G.

Why the f*** does Stephenson average one shot per game?

Like, it's pretty simple. We need to shoot more, and deny our opponents the shot more. Goaltending is fine when it's Daccord. But you can't win games when you're at 2.8GPG and 3.16 GA/G. You can't win games when your offense is so anemic that you're constantly getting limited to single digit shots.