GDT: GAME ONE, MIDDAY EDITION: St. Louis Blues (0-0-0) at YOUR SEATTLE KRAKEN (0-0-0), 1:30pm PDT, 9:30pm Morocco Time

[Bear of Bad News]

On the bright side, thanks y'all for an entertaining GDT. Missed you over the summer.

 

[kihei]

Will they ever learn with Gru. Daccord has been the far better goaltender in my opinion

Seems like the Ron and whoever is signing the checks are just being stubborn, not wanting to admit the signing has proved a failure. Like if we just keep playing him, he will justify the money and the commitment eventually. Well, we're in year four now and the evidence seems incontrovertible, so maybe it is time to throw in a losing hand. Statisticallly, Daccord was no worse then the fifth best goalie in the league if you combine save % and GAA.

 

[Renopucker]

Gru's lack of a pokecheck on Kyrou's goal is unforgiveable. It opened the gates.

 

[RainyCityHockey]

Just trashing Grubauer and making him the scapegoat for this loss seems a bit strange to me.

We all know he's nowhere near worth what the team is paying him and was a bad signing.

The 2nd goal was just bad and needs to be saved,
The first and third one will be given up by many, many goalies in the league.
That, to me, was way more of really bad defense and Oleksiak being about as agile as a cone.

 

[finnishflash13]

Starting goalie decision absolutely Killed them as well. Joey starts it’s likely a 2-1 win.

that is quite the copium.

 

[The Marquis]

Just trashing Grubauer and making him the scapegoat for this loss seems a bit strange to me.

We all know he's nowhere near worth what the team is paying him and was a bad signing.

The 2nd goal was just bad and needs to be saved,
The first and third one will be given up by many, many goalies in the league.
That, to me, was way more of really bad defense and Oleksiak being about as agile as a cone.

The bolded is exactly how I feel. Oleksiak gave those players the space. He looks like a guy playing in the alumni game at the heritage classic. Watching him during those goals and other pivotal moments of the game makes me question every aspect of advanced stats.

 

[Scomerica]

Just trashing Grubauer and making him the scapegoat for this loss seems a bit strange to me.

We all know he's nowhere near worth what the team is paying him and was a bad signing.

The 2nd goal was just bad and needs to be saved,
The first and third one will be given up by many, many goalies in the league.
That, to me, was way more of really bad defense and Oleksiak being about as agile as a cone.

No but field your best line up. Daccord is the better goaltender period. Gru can have great moments but isn't consistent.

 

[violaswallet]

How did Monty look?