Not much else to say.
Great effort from Lankinen. This roster held together with duct tape and crazy glue tried.
Great effort from Lankinen. This roster held together with duct tape and crazy glue tried.
Post-Game Talk: GM 77 | Golden Knights def. Canucks | 3-2 (Hoglander, Raty) | Banging in the Nails.
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The only positive is my HIV report.
This season couldnt f*** off fast enough.
This season couldnt f*** off fast enough.
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Onto next season, should be fun
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I think the team has a lot of solid things to build on but in Vegas you see the thing they've only had for stretches of the beginning of last season - commitment to defence that leads to an unrelenting waves on offence.
Now I would say that a big part of 1st half 2023-2024 was counterpunching off turnovers. We just haven't done that for most of the season. We've backed up at our own blueline a lot more and that has led to the disturbing cycle that we say at the 2nd half of 2023-2024 and all through the playoffs: get pushed into your own zone, barely get it out because you have only one puck moving pair, then get pushed back into your own zone again. Rinse and repeat by the other side.
Again, I think they've played a lot better as a team despite some of the losses down the stretch. Defence is a lot better due to the sea of Petterssons, but seems like we always have a couple of guys who are inconsistent and drag down their pairs.
As much as I love Quinn, and as much as I think he has greatly levelled up his defensive game with smart positioning and good sticks - he's always going to be prone to some untimely gaffes. Multiple gaffes if he's having an off-night. But he always makes up for it by being arguably the best defenceman in the NHL. Here's the thing - OUR OTHER PAIRS CANNOT DO THIS. This is not like Vegas where they have Pietrangelo and Theodore and they are big and can do everything. Quinn's pair will more than offset their mistakes. But to me that puts the onus on the other pairs to be as steady as possible, make as few mistakes as possible. BUT they also have to get the puck to the forwards. We've seen what happens with this team when two pairs are just hammering it off the boards out of the zone.
This is my issue with Myers, even in his lucid periods he eventually creates too much chaos and we don't have the defensive makeup even with EP2 and EP3 to sustain that in the long term.
Now I would say that a big part of 1st half 2023-2024 was counterpunching off turnovers. We just haven't done that for most of the season. We've backed up at our own blueline a lot more and that has led to the disturbing cycle that we say at the 2nd half of 2023-2024 and all through the playoffs: get pushed into your own zone, barely get it out because you have only one puck moving pair, then get pushed back into your own zone again. Rinse and repeat by the other side.
Again, I think they've played a lot better as a team despite some of the losses down the stretch. Defence is a lot better due to the sea of Petterssons, but seems like we always have a couple of guys who are inconsistent and drag down their pairs.
As much as I love Quinn, and as much as I think he has greatly levelled up his defensive game with smart positioning and good sticks - he's always going to be prone to some untimely gaffes. Multiple gaffes if he's having an off-night. But he always makes up for it by being arguably the best defenceman in the NHL. Here's the thing - OUR OTHER PAIRS CANNOT DO THIS. This is not like Vegas where they have Pietrangelo and Theodore and they are big and can do everything. Quinn's pair will more than offset their mistakes. But to me that puts the onus on the other pairs to be as steady as possible, make as few mistakes as possible. BUT they also have to get the puck to the forwards. We've seen what happens with this team when two pairs are just hammering it off the boards out of the zone.
This is my issue with Myers, even in his lucid periods he eventually creates too much chaos and we don't have the defensive makeup even with EP2 and EP3 to sustain that in the long term.
Please rest Hughes going forward.
Respect to those of you still tuning in - both to the games and the boards - at this point.
Not the season we were hoping for.
Not the season we were hoping for.
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Good:
-Lord Bacon is cleared for action.
-Whitecaps
-My fridge is loaded with meat
Bad:
-Spring doldrums
-This season
Ugly:
-My wifes "healthy" sugarless muffins. I may as well eat grass.
-Lord Bacon is cleared for action.
-Whitecaps
-My fridge is loaded with meat
Bad:
-Spring doldrums
-This season
Ugly:
-My wifes "healthy" sugarless muffins. I may as well eat grass.
DPetey still playing 11 minutes of sheltered hockey, are they protecting his confidence? I think he has shown he can play a little more.
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Shoutout to Olofsson for putting the nail in the coffin with 3 minutes left.
Making the playoffs does nothing for anyone aside from ownership for their 2 home games of playoff revenue, that 3rd period was the difference between a playoff team and whatever you wanna call our roster atm. We’ll be back next season for sure.
Making the playoffs does nothing for anyone aside from ownership for their 2 home games of playoff revenue, that 3rd period was the difference between a playoff team and whatever you wanna call our roster atm. We’ll be back next season for sure.
He looks absolutely out of steam, looks slow and well, not Quinn Hughes.
I'd reckon this was more monumental than Ovechkin breaking Gretzky's record.
Mancini had a tough one but really drawing any conclusions from these garbage time games is pretty futile.
Would say Karlsson is looking closer to being NHL caliber but lots of players look ok in these late season situations and then come October they are back to looking like minor leaguers.
Also the idea of some carry over in momentum to next season never seems to pan out.
Just finish as low as you can maybe that helps in the draft.
Would say Karlsson is looking closer to being NHL caliber but lots of players look ok in these late season situations and then come October they are back to looking like minor leaguers.
Also the idea of some carry over in momentum to next season never seems to pan out.
Just finish as low as you can maybe that helps in the draft.
@EpochLink 's wind breaking will echo into the ages...
Until they are a soft breath, swifted unnoticed, into an unsuspecting Canucks & NHL News, Rumours, and & Fantasy GM thread... eons from now.
Flik
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EpochLink
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Season was lost when Miller decided to air his dirty laundry to the boys in the locker room.
Team needs some retooling come off season
Well...SHIT.
On the plus side I just painted my free miniature of the month
On the plus side I just painted my free miniature of the month
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