GDT: Game 69 Canes @ Sharks 7:30

[TheBeard]

Ostapsuck would have been -7 if he played more than 10:49, but at least he had a hit.

 

[Star Platinum]

Because it crossed the goal line before the net went off.

But Eklund's body prevented him from being able to play the puck.

 

[tiburon12]

Easily the worst game of Mack’s career

Or, did Slavin just eat his lunch all night?

 

[Star Platinum]

Well, they didn't completely embarrass themselves, so... win?

The team is giving up fewer goals than at the beginning of the season despite trading their best goaltender and 2 of their 3 best defensemen. I guess that counts as progress around here.

Offense has gone in the tank though.

 

[Lebanezer]

As we all predicted, Cagnoni lead the Sharks in ice time.

 

[TheBeard]

As we all predicted, Cagnoni lead the Sharks in ice time.

I think unfortunately a lot of that was due to getting hemmed in their own zone for long periods. I believe he had one shift in the first that was like 2:30

 

[TheBeard]

The team is giving up fewer goals than at the beginning of the season despite trading their best goaltender and 2 of their 3 best defensemen. I guess that counts as progress around here.

Offense has gone in the tank though.

Offense runs through Celebrini doing magical things, but like most rookies, teams started adjusting and taking away the easy lanes and he hasn’t evolved yet. Still making nice plays but he struggles to drive play now. Can’t expect miracles from an 18 year old.

 

[Lebanezer]

I think unfortunately a lot of that was due to getting hemmed in their own zone for long periods. I believe he had one shift in the first that was like 2:30

For sure. Also says a bit about the state of the defense and how bad it is.

 

[TheBigDrunkPanda]

Or, did Slavin just eat his lunch all night?

Slavin wasn’t make him randomly lose his edges all night or just randomly fall or make an unnecessary pass. Most of this happened when no one was near him

 

[drunksage]

SNOG announcement​

Still no SNOG since the great HFBoards outage of 2025.

Spoiler: 2024-25 First-half SNOG Results

#	Date / Opponent​	SNOG Winner(s)​	Result​
1	Oct. 10 vs Blues	none	Blues 5-4 OT
2	Oct. 12 vs Ducks	none	Ducks 2-0
3	Oct. 15 at Stars	weastern bias	Stars 3-2 SO
4	Oct. 17 at Blackhawks	weastern bias	Blackhawks 4-2
5	Oct. 18 at Jets	none	Jets 8-3
6	Oct. 20 vs Avalanche	none	Avalanche 4-1
7	Oct. 22 at Ducks	Timo Time	Ducks 3-1
8	Oct. 24 at Kings	Friday	Kings 3-2
9	Oct. 26 at VGK	none	VGK 7-3
10	Oct. 28 at Utah	none	Sharks 5-4 OT
11	Oct. 29 vs Kings	MackAttack71, bluefunnel, sharks_dynasty	Sharks 4-2
12	Oct. 31 vs Blackhawks	none	Sharks 3-2
13	Nov. 2 vs Canucks	none	Canucks 3-2
14	Nov. 5 vs Blue Jackets	none	Sharks 2-1 OT
15	Nov. 7 vs Wild	timorous me	Wild 5-2
16	Nov. 10 at Devils	none	Sharks 1-0
17	Nov. 11 at Flyers	TheBigDrunkPanda	Flyers 4-3 SO
18	Nov. 14 at Rangers	none	Rangers 3-2
19	Nov. 16 at Penguins	PattyLafontaine	Penguins 4-3 SO
20	Nov. 18 vs Red Wings	none	Sharks 5-4 OT
21	Nov. 20 at Stars	weastern bias	Stars 5-2
22	Nov. 21 at Blues	bullslugg, coooldude	Blues 3-2 SO
23	Nov. 23 vs Sabres	none	Sabres 4-2
24	Nov. 25 vs Kings	none	Sharks 7-2
25	Nov. 27 vs Senators	coooldude, PattyLafontaine	Senators 4-3
26	Nov. 29 vs Kraken	none	Sharks 8-5
27	Nov. 30 at Kraken	bluefunnel	Sharks 4-2
28	Dec. 3 at Capitals	none	Sharks 2-1 OT
29	Dec. 5 at Lightning	none	Lightning 8-1
30	Dec. 7 at Panthers	none	Panthers 3-1
31	Dec. 10 at Hurricanes	Timo Time	Hurricanes 3-2
32	Dec. 12 at Blues	MackAttack71	Sharks 4-3
33	Dec. 14 vs Utah	bullslugg	Hockey Club 4-3
34	Dec. 17 vs Jets	SJSharksfan39	Jets 4-3
35	Dec. 19 vs Avalanche	anthonyyy	Avalanche 4-2
36	Dec. 21 at Oilers	PattyLafontaine	Oilers 3-2 OT
37	Dec. 23 at Canucks	Timo Time	Canucks 4-3
38	Dec. 27 vs VGK	SJSharksfan39	VGK 6-3
39	Dec. 28 vs Flames	none	Flames 3-1
40	Dec. 31 vs Flyers	none	Flyers 4-0
41	Jan. 2 vs Lightning	none	Sharks 2-1

#	Date / Opponent​	SNOG Winner(s)​	Result​
42	Jan. 4 vs Devils	LadyStanley	Sharks 3-2
43	Jan. 7 vs VGK	weastern bias	VGK 4-2
44	Jan. 10 at Utah	none	Hockey Club 2-1
45	Jan. 11 vs Wild	weastern bias	Wild 3-1
46	Jan. 14 at Red Wings	none	Sharks 6-3
47	Jan. 16 at Blue Jackets	weastern bias	Blue Jackets 4-1
48	Jan. 18 at Islanders	TheBeard	Islanders 4-1
49	Jan. 20 at Bruins	none	Bruins 6-3
50	Jan. 21 at Predators	none	Predators 7-5
51	Jan. 23 vs Predators	Great Makohead Shork	Predators 6-5
52	Jan. 25 vs Panthers	SJSharksfan39	Panthers 7-2
53	Jan. 27 vs Penguins	none	Sharks 2-1
54	Jan. 30 at Kraken	none	Kraken 6-2
55	Feb. 4 vs Canadiens	none	Canadiens 4-3
56	Feb. 6 vs Canucks	none	Canucks 2-1
57	Feb. 8 vs Stars	none	Stars 8-3
58	Feb. 23 at Flames	Star Platinum	Flames 3-2
59	Feb. 24 at Jets	none	Jets 2-1 OT
60	Feb. 27 at Canadiens	bullslugg	Canadiens 4-3 OT
61	Mar. 1 at Senators	SJSharksfan39	Senators 5-3
62	Mar. 3 at Maple Leafs	none	Sharks 3-2 SO
63	Mar. 4 at Sabres	none	Sharks 6-2
64	Mar. 6 at Avalanche	none	Avalanche 7-3
65	Mar. 8 vs Islanders	PattyLafontaine	Islanders 4-2
66	Mar. 11 vs Predators	PattyLafontaine	Predators 3-2
67	Mar. 13 vs Blackhawks	none - dead forum	Sharks 4-2
68	Mar. 15 vs Capitals	none	Capitals 5-1
69	Mar. 20 vs Hurricanes	none	Hurricanes 3-1

Rank	2024-25 SNOG standings​	# of SNOGs
1.	weastern bias	6
2.	PattyLafontaine	5
3.	SJSharksfan39	4
T-4.	bullslugg, Timo Time	3
T-6.	bluefunnel, coooldude, MackAttack71	2
T-9.	anthonyyy, Friday, Great Makohead Shork, LadyStanley, sharks_dynasty, Star Platinum, TheBeard, TheBigDrunkPanda, timorous me	1

 

[BaileyMacTavish]

Or, did Slavin just eat his lunch all night?

Both can be true. He stunk tonight. But Slavin was all over him. Unacceptable but it's whatever

 

[tiburon12]

Slavin wasn’t make him randomly lose his edges all night or just randomly fall or make an unnecessary pass. Most of this happened when no one was near him

Both can be true. He stunk tonight. But Slavin was all over him. Unacceptable but it's whatever

I guess I noticed Slavin's good plays more than I noticed Mack's bad plays. The canes in general are just good at defense

 

[LadyStanley]

 

[LadyStanley]

 

[TheBeard]

For sure. Also says a bit about the state of the defense and how bad it is.

Carolina can make even the best defenses look like scrubs. They’re just a real good team.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

But Eklund's body prevented him from being able to play the puck.

Yeah but that's allowed if the goalie's teammate initiates the contact which is what the refs were going to call with the Burns trip.

 

[LadyStanley]

 

[Star Platinum]

Yeah but that's allowed if the goalie's teammate initiates the contact which is what the refs were going to call with the Burns trip.

That's what I assumed was the reasoning, but they didn't clarify.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

That's what I assumed was the reasoning, but they didn't clarify.

I don't remember them clarifying either but I'm not aware of any other possible explanation.

 

[MackAttack71]

Ok guys here we go again
We should have known it before that hf breaks down when Bedard deserves a 10 min misconduct.
Well my misconduct was much longer, but i'm back right now

 

[TheBeard]

Ok guys here we go again
We should have known it before that hf breaks down when Bedard deserves a 10 min misconduct.
Well my misconduct was much longer, but i'm back right now

What did you do?

 

[MackAttack71]

What did you do?

That's a good question, perhaps i was rooting to hard for Mack and laughing about Lane the secondary.

 

[timorous me]

Mukh also with the big stinker. When's the draft?

Warsofsky, on Shakir Mukhamadullin:

I thought Muk was outstanding tonight. We’re seeing some real growth over these last two, three weeks since the 4 Nations break there.

He’s getting more comfortable [beating the F1]. He’s come a long way here in a little bit. He’s a puck-moving guy, can make plays, and now we’re starting to see that a little bit.

 

[karltonian]

Offense runs through Celebrini doing magical things, but like most rookies, teams started adjusting and taking away the easy lanes and he hasn’t evolved yet. Still making nice plays but he struggles to drive play now. Can’t expect miracles from an 18 year old.

This season the coach has decided to saddle him with ineffective players and asked him to drag them. Most times they have dragged down his effectiveness, let alone against a top defensive team. Toffoli simply will never get separation from the defense and Graf is just not a top 6 player at this time. He should have moved Eklund up in place of Graf at the latest halfway through the game.

Right now they are using the 2nd line as a scoring line and hoping the top line doesn't get annihilated every night. I guess it's tough with this roster, we really do not have a legitimate top 6 forward to play on one of those lines.

 

[coooldude]

This season the coach has decided to saddle him with ineffective players and asked him to drag them. Most times they have dragged down his effectiveness, let alone against a top defensive team. Toffoli simply will never get separation from the defense and Graf is just not a top 6 player at this time. He should have moved Eklund up in place of Graf at the latest halfway through the game.

Right now they are using the 2nd line as a scoring line and hoping the top line doesn't get annihilated every night. I guess it's tough with this roster, we really do not have a legitimate top 6 forward to play on one of those lines.

Yeah, as I've said before, it's less a coaching mistake and more a roster problem. Move Eklund up, now your second line is dependent on Graf (who might be able to hack it as a solid 3rd liner, but 2nd line is asking a lot).

And Toffoli has a chance at 30 goals on this team... sure, he's not fast, but he's smart as hell and he has an incredible release, so ... hard to blame the coaching staff for putting your best goal scorer with your top center. If Toffoli is our best scorer, and that's not good enough... that's a roster problem.