GDT: GDT #19 New York Islanders @ Calgary Flames | November 19th | 9:00 PM | F/SOL 2-1

[MarsTBOW]

Yeah I mean just responding to posts on the message board we’re all on. I’m sure we’ll win the next game and it’ll be the anti-Barzal contingent’s turn again… but for now I’m going to keep pointing out how dumb that sounds

Remember they cannot finish With or Without Barzal.
The only difference is 4 giveaways and 4 takeaways by the same player extra.
To take the next "Level" he needs to finish.
I For one root hard for him to do that, but will not play "Let's pretend" either.

 

[MJF]

5v5 they look pretty good. Hard to believe this is the same Lambert team. They create enough and defend pretty well. Cant finish though. And then when it’s not 5v5 in any situation…they suck. It’s a little baffling. Been going on for awhile now too.

Can’t finish. Makes everything else kind of ring hollow. This was the team’s problem last year and most years.

 

[impaaaaaact]

Remember they cannot finish With or Without Barzal.
The only difference is 4 giveaways and 4 takeaways by the same player extra.
To take the next "Level" he needs to finish.
I For one root hard for him to do that, but will not play "Let's pretend" either.

no for sure, he holds the puck a lot and skates around the outside a ton and in the end it ends up leading to lots of low danger chances.. but often times it also completely nullifies the other team's ability to have the puck at all. would love it if he ended up being the kind of guy that could also put it in the back of the net, but I think we're beyond that point and know who he is. A 70-80 point player who, despite his below NHL average finishing and playmaking skill still possess elite/dominant puck possession skills which more than outweigh whatever deficiencies he has

all that being said, a guy that doesn't score goals isn't going to win you a cup by himself. but he sure as f*** isn't a problem