Post-Game Talk: GM 73 | Blue Jackets def. Canucks | 7-6 (SO) (Raty x2, Karlsson, Boeser, Myers, DeBrusk) | Pain.

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

All of them are 99% in the playoffs. They will most likely try to coast and avoid injuries.

The only way they make it in at this point is if Minnesota completely collapses and other teams rest their star players.

 

[Hammer79]

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Standings update

It might be easier to catch the Mc-Drai'less Oilers at this rate.

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Wyatt’s thoughts on Merzlikins’ celly cracked me up.

Dude let in 6 f***ing goals and he does the "denied" celly, he's an absolute clownchode.

 

[Ace of Hades]

The amount of stupidity that goes over an idiot's head in addition to not thinking before responding is mind boggling (That too with one thinking it's making a clever analogy).

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Also, Merzlikins is such an unlikeable prick on the ice.

 

[dez]

Winnipeg aren't going anywhere in the standings probably not playing with the same desperation, hopefully we catch them fat and happy.

 

[Bleach Clean]

Hronek was atrocious tonight - dead last in the impact stats.

Hronek hasn't been good with Hughes for a good stretch here.

 

[eviohh26]

Those picks were only going to be made by Jim Benning though. Every other GM in the league would have taken Nylander and Tkachuk.

Tons of GMS f*** up high picks. Is what it is. How many teams are kicking them selves after missing out on Quinn? Remind be again what pick Pastrnak drafted at?

I'm not going to cry over where we draft at next draft. Our off season moves is what will make or break this team. Team is still in a good spot next year.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Winnipeg aren't going anywhere in the standings probably not playing with the same desperation, hopefully we catch them fat and happy.

Methinks they’ll want some payback for the last game. But I sure hope you’re right.

 

[HockeyWooot]

That Joshua Raty Sherwood line looks great though

 

[Isi]

This why u don’t sign a goalie 4.5Mx5 after 25-30 games lol

it was always a bit insane, and to not even wait until the season ended is just....

 

[BoHorvat 53]

This why u don’t sign a goalie 4.5Mx5 after 25-30 games lol

Personally was so against it but our boards have individuals who just enjoy carrying water for current management and don't think they can do any wrong.

By almost every metric, Lankinen has been average - he's -1.5 goals saved above expected on the season, goalies like him are always available and we just decided to pay him. For a team with the cap penalties we're facing + the contracts we gotta pay coming up, so incredibly short sighted to pay him based off 34 games of work.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Nice to see Raty have such a strong game. Hopefully he’s ready for a full time gig next season. Games like that sure make it seem like a possibility.

 

[Ace of Hades]

Tons of GMS f*** up high picks. Is what it is. How many teams are kicking them selves after missing out on Quinn? Remind be again what pick Pastrnak drafted at?

Let's be real here, not many GMS f***ed up their high picks the amount that Benning has. Don't defend that garbage.

 

[Canucks LB]

Nice to see Raty have such a strong game. Hopefully he’s ready for a full time gig next season. Games like that sure make it seem like a possibility.

If he can just gain half a step, he’s an NHL regular

 

[thecupismine]

I’d rather see them fight for their lives like this than just get their faces caved in from February to April and have guys like Hughes want to get the heck out.

We aren’t in a position to do a full tear down rebuild. We just aren’t.

I don’t think people realize (or remember, which is weird as it wasn’t long ago) how tough it is to go from a team playing for a top 5 pick to one that contends.

These games, while frustrating, are good for the long term development of the team. It’s tough to have perspective in the moment, but going through these games is way better than coasting down the stretch with a bunch of guys who don’t care.

No one learns from a loss where everyone just mails it in. Sometimes a season goes off the rails for completely unexpected reasons, like what happened in Vegas the year before they won the cup.

I’m way more positive now than I ever was during any of the Benning years, there’s still lots of reasons to have faith if you look for it.

 

[Canucks LB]

Personally was so against it but our boards have individuals who just enjoy carrying water for current management and don't think they can do any wrong.

By almost every metric, Lankinen has been average - he's -1.5 goals saved above expected on the season, goalies like him are always available and we just decided to pay him. For a team with the cap penalties we're facing + the contracts we gotta pay coming up, so incredibly short sighted to pay him based off 34 games of work.

They probably paid him because they just wanted to stabilize the backup position, and they really truly thought he could be a pretty cheap number one if they needed it

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Tons of GMS f*** up high picks. Is what it is. How many teams are kicking them selves after missing out on Quinn? Remind be again what pick Pastrnak drafted at?

I'm not going to cry over where we draft at next draft. Our off season moves is what will make or break this team. Team is still in a good spot next year.

It honestly made sense that Quinn fell a bit, he's a "small body gentleman" as Burkie put it. Nobody expected him to be anything more than a Tyler Spurgeon level defenceman, let alone a superstar.

There was absolutely no excuse for Virtanen or Juolevi, they straight up just made dumb choices.

 

[dez]

Methinks they’ll want some payback for the last game. But I sure hope you’re right.

Was thinking the same, Helly played tonight though so maybe we get Comrie Sunday.

 

[EpochLink]

Why are you sharing this in a gdt?

No offense but like....k?

Cause I’m tired dawg

 

[DFAC]

This one stings..... should have left with 2 points. Winnipeg next and Vegas twice, Dallas and Colorado.... team might just be finished.

Raty, Sherwood and Suter were fantastic tonight though.

 

[Bgav]

Should have pulled Lanks at 5-4. Tocchet is f***ing awful at making goalie changes

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Everyone looks exhausted and gassed.

Hughes would have surely seperated himself from Monahan in OT if it were October.

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

Cause I’m tired dawg

You certainly haven’t let that on for the duration of the season….

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

I don’t think people realize (or remember, which is weird as it wasn’t long ago) how tough it is to go from a team playing for a top 5 pick to one that contends.

These games, while frustrating, are good for the long term development of the team. It’s tough to have perspective in the moment, but going through these games is way better than coasting down the stretch with a bunch of guys who don’t care.

No one learns from a loss where everyone just mails it in. Sometimes a season goes off the rails for completely unexpected reasons, like what happened in Vegas the year before they won the cup.

I’m way more positive now than I ever was during any of the Benning years, there’s still lots of reasons to have faith if you look for it.

I'm just so f***ing frustrated that we had an elite core and they couldn't get along. What other team would have that happen except for this team?

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Especially with the flu making the rounds, this was another gutsy effort. Just too bad the goaltending wasn’t there in this one.