GDT: GAME 74: Some playoff team in Texas (47-21-4) at YOUR ELIMINATED SEATTLE KRAKEN (31-36-6), 7:30pm PDT

[Bear of Bad News]

Read 'em and weep, friends.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

Also, welcome back live threads.

 

[kihei]

Don't know if we will earn more than a participation medal tonight. Expectations kind of low.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

Dallas is one of those teams that I really don't have much interest in watching.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

I'll probably flip back and forth between the 'Ners and the Kraks.

 

[Fuhrious]

Nice chip out of the air by Tolvanen

 

[Fuhrious]

McCann drawing center duty again with Stephenson still out

 

[Fuhrious]

Dallas is one of those teams that I really don't have much interest in watching.

For whatever reason I've always found Dallas a difficult team to like

 

[Fuhrious]

My mistake, Stephenson is back in but on the 4th line. McCann was centering Tolvanen and Burakovsky though?

 

[Fuhrious]

Oooooooh Kakko / Beniers / Nyman...yes please! NOMNOMNOMNOMNOMN give me more!

 

[Fuhrious]

Ugh Nyman duffs it on the blueline giving up a SH break. Dont give them reasons to cut your minutes, 38.

 

[Fuhrious]

Daccord looks really good so far, movement is sharp and looks like he's seeing the puck really well.

 

[Fistfullofbeer]

That awareness right there is what pisses me off. Evans holding on the puck for way too long in the zone instead of getting it out. Resulted in a turnover.

 

[Fuhrious]

Kraken are up 8 SOG to 5 at the moment but they wont be able to keep this up if Dallas gets their heads out of their collective asses. They've been super sloppy and it could easily be 2 or even 3 to 1 if Daccord came out less sharp.

 

[Fuhrious]

Yikes.

 

[Fistfullofbeer]

Bad turnover in our zone. Again. This time leads to a goal against.

This team needs to figure out how to handle the forecheck much better. Every time the opponents turn the pressure up, we just crumble.

 

[Fuhrious]

So many giveaways in the d-zone...

 

[Fuhrious]

This PP is still just brutal to watch. Other team's PP cycle feels so dangerous, the Kraken's feels weirdly passive or speculative.

 

[Fuhrious]

Daccord fighting for his life while 5 Kraken players run around like their hair is on fire

 

[Fuhrious]

This PP is still just brutal to watch. Other team's PP cycle feels so dangerous, the Kraken's feels weirdly passive or speculative.

Case in point...

 

[Fuhrious]

Back door pass was wide open, also.

 

[Fuhrious]

Beniers cant handle a pass in the high slot. Bet Suzuki wouldnt have had any problems...

 

[kihei]

I used to find the Stars a chore to watch, but these days they have a lot of talent. I'm kind of paying more attention now.

 

[kihei]

In a snoozefest phase at the moment. A tying goal would sure help lively things up.

 

[kihei]

Lack of hustle costs us an icing call against Dallas. Just a little thing, sure, but so indicative of the lack of intensity the Kraken are displaying lately.