GDT: Game 63: St. Louis @ Columbus | 5 PM EST

[ReggieRed]

Missed the first period, but was really invested in the game for the final two. Love the battle the team showed in the 3rd period. Nice to see Laine and Nyquist continuing to develop chemistry, and Kuraly did yeoman's work down the stretch. Great win vs a tough Blues team!

 

[We Want Ten]

I think Bjorkstrand shot it into the net but time ran out by a second or so.

Man, if you can't trust some talking heads on TV, who can you trust?

 

[CBJWerenski8]

Awww watching them hug Domi coming off the bench hit the feels.

 

[MoeBartoli]

Still don't understand why more of the blame seems to not be on the team defense (in general on this board, not just this post). It's literally the worst in the league. Elvis has allowed two tonight. First we allowed them to get a breakaway while shorthanded (which is at least the second time in the past 3 or 4 games). Second there was a shot from the slot with a screener in front and no defender near him trying to move him out of the way.

Maybe Elvis should've caught it, maybe not when there's a huge man in your way and it was a relatively close/dangerous shot. First goal isn't on Elvis at all. Second goal, maybe he could have had, but definitely not his "fault" or soft. If a team ends a game with only one goal allowed by the goalie that he maybe could have had (only one, and zero that *should* have been had/were soft) then that's not on the goalie.

Yes the defense has underperformed on protecting the net. But let’s be realistic about the goalies. The league leader is 31.8 over expected save percentage. Heck, Anton Forsberg is 6.4 above. Both Elvis and Korpi are negative - 4.9 (80th)and 10.8 (102nd) respectively (Both Tarasov and Berube in their limited play are positive i@ 28th and 29th).

 

[VT]

Still don't understand why more of the blame seems to not be on the team defense (in general on this board, not just this post). It's literally the worst in the league. Elvis has allowed two tonight. First we allowed them to get a breakaway while shorthanded (which is at least the second time in the past 3 or 4 games). Second there was a shot from the slot with a screener in front and no defender near him trying to move him out of the way.

Maybe Elvis should've caught it, maybe not when there's a huge man in your way and it was a relatively close/dangerous shot. First goal isn't on Elvis at all. Second goal, maybe he could have had, but definitely not his "fault" or soft. If a team ends a game with only one goal allowed by the goalie that he maybe could have had (only one, and zero that *should* have been had/were soft) then that's not on the goalie.

On the 2nd one I thought he didn't handle the puck perfectly. Of course, the fact that Toropchenko had the opportunity to shoot is not his fault.
Like the goals Perron scored when Korpi was in the net. Accurately aimed, he had plenty of time to aim.
We don't hlave defense that's why it can't be bad.

 

[MoeBartoli]

I think Bjorkstrand shot it into the net but time ran out by a second or so.

Yep. Watched it again and the clock hit 0.0 just as the puck passed the O-Zone blue line

 

[VABUCK]

If the Jackets were trading Korpi I don't think Elvis leaving changes anything. If they're trading him it's because they're not going to the playoffs. Trade him and bring in Verube.

 

[VT]

Correct me if I'm wrong but it seemed to me that we slowed down, our puck handling got worse even on clear ice. Probably we're tired.
Laine is great offensively, but maybe he should play a little more aggressive and not such rely on the position play in defense.

But today the win is important.

My 3 stars:

Kuraly
Nyquist
Werenski

 

[majormajor]

If the Jackets were trading Korpi I don't think Elvis leaving changes anything. If they're trading him it's because they're not going to the playoffs. Trade him and bring in Verube.

The way Korpi has been playing for like the last two years, it feels absurd to hear people say "because of x goalie injury we can't trade Korpi now". We're not losing anything that we can't replace with an AHL body.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

Good for korpi too. Who knows what happens next with this. With Elvis injury all options are on the table. But if he does move on, I appreciate him for his efforts and wish him luck going forward. He had some tough luck recently and I hope he’s able to rebound

 

[VT]

Awww watching them hug Domi coming off the bench hit the feels.

I'm going miss Max...

 

[VABUCK]

Good for korpi too. Who knows what happens next with this. With Elvis injury all options are on the table. But if he does move on, I appreciate him for his efforts and wish him luck going forward. He had some tough luck recently and I hope he’s able to rebound

Who knows a new location and new goalie coach, hopefully he will rebound and get his game back. Just not against the Jackets!

 

[Halberdier]

Really nice game, and also almost "prime time" for us Finns. It's 2AM now, but it's happy to go to bed after that kind of battle. And it never hurts to see 9 goals in a game.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

 

[CBJWerenski8]

 

[Coachcorner]

Good for korpi too. Who knows what happens next with this. With Elvis injury all options are on the table. But if he does move on, I appreciate him for his efforts and wish him luck going forward. He had some tough luck recently and I hope he’s able to rebound

So Elvis got injured sire? What happened exactly?

 

[CBJWerenski8]

So Elvis got injured sire? What happened exactly?

He kicked off his right foot to cover the left post, twisted wrong when he got there and tweaked something in his back. Was bent over and left the ice on the next stoppage.

 

[Coachcorner]

He kicked off his right foot to cover the left post, twisted wrong when he got there and tweaked something in his back. Was bent over and left the ice on the next stoppage.

Ok sire. Thank you for the answer. Interesthang to see what happens next. Maybe the great korpisalo will play all of them games after this... have his possession of the crown back.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

 

[koteka]

“The Wild will go on the power play” - Rimer

I liked the time when he referred to St. Louis as Florida.

 

[NotWendell]

Still don't understand why more of the blame seems to not be on the team defense (in general on this board, not just this post). It's literally the worst in the league. Elvis has allowed two tonight. First we allowed them to get a breakaway while shorthanded (which is at least the second time in the past 3 or 4 games). Second there was a shot from the slot with a screener in front and no defender near him trying to move him out of the way.

I've not been shy about it. Our defense sucks. When we have to score 5 goals to win games, gheez!
I'll even go so far to say that Gavy belongs on the second pairing. With that said, neither of our goalies are stealing games for us.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

I may be one of the big Elvis backers on here but I am really concerned by the inability of ANY CBJ goalie to remain healthy for any length of time.

 

[EspenK]

Who knows a new location and new goalie coach, hopefully he will rebound and get his game back. Just not against the Jackets!

He could become another Anton Forsberg

 

[EDM]

Well with 3 playoff teams interested in Max, maybe we do get another first round pick after all.