GDT: Game 54 Mack (Sharks) vs Matty (Kraken) 730 ESPN with the Dads

[Star Platinum]

I blame Roxy Bernstein for this

 

[The Nemesis]

Was any hockey played by the sharks?

Anything's possible, I guess. I was merely impressed that they were present.

 

[TheBigDrunkPanda]

Georgiev is pretty solid when 4 goals have already been scored on them

It’s his mental barrier to lock in and “turn it on”

 

[BaileyMacTavish]

I'm too f***ing drunk to think logically about this. I'm more mad that I have to wait til Tuesday to watch them play rather than the game itself, which was a lost cause from the get go

 

[StrawHatEklund]

Not happy with the effort but I’ll take the Celebrini/Smith points. Can’t wait for Montreal on Tuesday.

 

[coooldude]

Not happy with the effort but I’ll take the Celebrini/Smith points. Can’t wait for Montreal on Tuesday.

HFBCalderThreadBowl2k25

 

[TheBeard]

Did we win?

 

[Anomie2029]

Warsofsky said the Sharks have been inconsistent since Christmas.

I disagree completely. They’ve been consistent since the start of December. Being consistently awful is still consistent.

Oh and f*** Barclay Goodrow. Get him away from this f***ing club.

 

[The Nemesis]

Did we win?

Yes.

 

[Anomie2029]

This game was always going to be awful when Warsofsky saw the Thrun-Thompson pairing be good last game and decided Thompson needed to be sat.

 

[timorous me]

I blame Roxy Bernstein for this

He tried so hard at the end to say some good things about the Sharks, about Askarov and the Sharks' prospect pool...he tried.

I still remember back when Dan Rusanowsky had his terrible car accident and was out of commission for a while and Roxy filled in for him on the radio. I was in school in L.A. and had to rely on streaming radio broadcasts to keep up with the Sharks and thought Roxy did an admirable job, so it's kind of fun to hear him call Sharks games now once or twice a year for ESPN. Ideally it would be nice if it were for a better performance than this!

 

[Hodge]

This game was always going to be awful when Warsofsky saw the Thrun-Thompson pairing be good last game and decided Thompson needed to be sat.

Yeah that's the reason we lost, because we didn't have the GOAT Jack Thompson.

 

[Fistfullofbeer]

Was yesterday just an off-game for Askarov? I am definitely hoping that he is a good long term solution of the Sharks.

 

[Cas]

Was yesterday just an off-game for Askarov? I am definitely hoping that he is a good long term solution of the Sharks.

He's been very good, sometimes bad (and the rest of the team doesn't help). Nothing to worry about.

 

[TheBeard]

Yes.

Boom! Two in a row, baby!!!

 

[Shark Finn]

What a stinker.

Was yesterday just an off-game for Askarov? I am definitely hoping that he is a good long term solution of the Sharks.

Nice to see you here, it's been a while

 

[BaileyMacTavish]

After cooling off after last night... nope. Nope. Mood this morning

 

[hohosaregood]

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After cooling off after last night... nope. Nope. Mood this morning

Time to start drinking again. Brunch mimosas or something light

 

[BaileyMacTavish]

Time to start drinking again. Brunch mimosas or something light

Would rather not drink at work lol

 

[SjMilhouse]

Barclay Goodrow....more like Barclay Badrow am I right?

 

[PattyLafontaine]

Barclay Goodrow....more like Barclay Badrow am I right?

Barclay Badcolumn

 

[Shark Finn]

Barclay Badcolumn

Pubmud Badcolumn or something

 

[Anomie2029]

Yeah that's the reason we lost, because we didn't have the GOAT Jack Thompson.

Is Jack Thompson a better puck mover than most of the Sharks D? Yes.
Is Jack Thompson a more reliable man than most of the Sharks D? Yes.

Of course adding Jack Thompson doesn’t make it an automatic win - but it’s microcosm of the broader line up decisions that actively make this team worse. Think of it this way - death by a thousand cuts, would removing one cut prevent death? No, but reducing the amount of cuts is a positive move. Put Thompson in the lineup, get Goodrow out of it, etc.

We know this team isn’t good, but are you actually happy with the product you’re watching? Because I’m not enjoying this team since the start of December.

 

[Hangemhigh]

Goodrow is going to be a regular on the Sharks for the next 2 years. He brings leadership and grit. Intangibles. Tankability. Better get used to it. Shark won't compete for a playoff spot until Goodrow is out of contract. Which is probably the next 2 years.

 

[The Nemesis]

Is Jack Thompson a better puck mover than most of the Sharks D? Yes.
Is Jack Thompson a more reliable man than most of the Sharks D? Yes.

Of course adding Jack Thompson doesn’t make it an automatic win - but it’s microcosm of the broader line up decisions that actively make this team worse. Think of it this way - death by a thousand cuts, would removing one cut prevent death? No, but reducing the amount of cuts is a positive move. Put Thompson in the lineup, get Goodrow out of it, etc.

We know this team isn’t good, but are you actually happy with the product you’re watching? Because I’m not enjoying this team since the start of December.

It's not worth it. I suspect (hope) that his tendency to "misread" and twist other comments into weird strawman arguments is some sort of misanthropic intentional bit, which means he knows exactly what he's doing and is being this obtuse on purpose.