GDT: GDT Game #III Pens vs Flames 1900hrs EST: The BlindWillyMcHurt Banishment Edition

[Randy Butternubs]

It appears as if I can watch the first period tonight before switching to spooky movies.

First movie will be John Carpenter's The Thing.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

I miss the old nhl.com scores page layout. Here you gotta drag across just to see all the goal scorers.

Even the old school format was better...

 

[Hell Yeah!!!]

It appears as if I can watch the first period tonight before switching to spooky movies.

First movie will be John Carpenter's The Thing.

Great movie

 

[Andy99]

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Does Bob Grove actually like the Pens? What about hockey?

 

[ZorkEnchanter]

I mean... it's kinda what everyone said. I think L3 and L4 will have a few good games but we are heavy offense L1 and L2 and all defensive L3 and L4.

Hopefully they catch fire near the end of the season when all our old players are tired : )

 

[SomeDude]

It appears as if I can watch the first period tonight before switching to spooky movies.

First movie will be John Carpenter's The Thing.

Spoiler: Geno is the thing.

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDo]

Flames announcing team vs Pens?

 

[End of Line]

Flames announcing team vs Pens?

Watching a game on SportsNet is like watching it in a mausoleum. They scrub all crowd noise.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

I mean... it's kinda what everyone said. I think they'll L3 and L4 will have a few good games but we are heavy offense L1 and L2 and all defensive L3 and L4.

Hopefully they catch fire near the end of the season when all our old players are tired : )

Hopefully they use the available depth options too if some of these suck.

 

[SEALBound]

This is not a discussion about what Sullivan will do. If we limited ourselves to that, for the sake of realism, there'd be almost nothing to discuss here, ever. He's completely stuck in his ways, no matter what happens.
This is about what I think should be done, on a case by case basis, depending on the flow of the game. Sullivan coaches every game the same. We saw where that leads to last year.

If you need a goal and L1 and L2 look unlikely to produce one, you use the lines that have more offensive jump on the given night. At least, that's what I'd prefer to be done.
You also boost L3 and L4's minutes if they are outplaying the top-six, to encourage the concept of performance dictating usage. The players need to believe that matters.

This isn't just about goals for or against either. Morale is important. It impacts performance. Playing 80% D-zone start hockey all year wears you down emotionally. We saw this happen last season.
L3 and L4 sometimes need to feel like they have a little more to offer the team than just shutdown hockey.
Players feel better when they're scoring.
It's an intangible, but it's something you gotta pay attention to as a coach, to keep the atmosphere healthy.

For the record, I don't disagree with anything you are saying here. Our disagreement stemmed from the fundamental stance of:

"The 4th line looks like shit and their stats are bad...but it's because of zone starts."

I disagree with that. You do not.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

I feel like Colby’s voice has been slowly transforming into Errey’s.

 

[Dennis Reynolds]

The schnaz profiles on the Pens announcers, holy crap.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Quick, what’s our record without Jeff Jimerson?

 

[AuroraBorealis]

For the record, I don't disagree with anything you are saying here. Our disagreement stemmed from the fundamental stance of:

"The 4th line looks like shit and their stats are bad...but it's because of zone starts."

I disagree with that. You do not.

I don't have an opinion on L3 and L4 production yet. We're two games in.

Last year L3 and L4 produced poorly even relative to the defensive slave usage. Hopefully that's not the case again.

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This anthem singer is shit lol

 

[Ugene Magic]

Spoiler: Geno is the thing.

He does have a big head that likes to walk away on it own...

 

[Trade]

Hopefully this is better than Niemi’s debut.

 

[FlightlessBird]

I feel like Colby’s voice has been slowly transforming into Errey’s over the years.

Thanks for that. Now I can’t unhear it.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

This is gutter trash.

 

[Shrimper]

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This is gutter trash.

What's wrong with it?

 

[AuroraBorealis]

What's wrong with it?

Too simple and small. A high schooler coulda done better.

 

[vodeni]

our fourth line should be fixed sooner rather than later,

 

[The Grim Reaper]

our fourth line should be fixed sooner rather than later,

Sullivan: “Best I can do is more ice time.”

 

[66-30-33]

Can someone tell me what Pens twitter is? the official one that I can see has a picture of the Flyers mascott and is barely used. I can't find their active one.

 

[Shrimper]

These privacy errors are getting annoying