GDT: It's almost 2 hours till game time and there's no GDT.

[Unhinged Finn]

No I have been in the obx then texas until today missing almost everything. I was too tired to even watch the game last night.

But I can only guess it's Orlov because you're asking me LOL

If the Canes win the cup this season, I'm going to start a gofundme to buy you an Orlov jersey and a drink.

 

[Stickpucker]

If the Canes win the cup this season, I'm going to start a gofundme to buy you an Orlov jersey and a drink.

Orlov scoring the cup winning goal would be *chefs kiss*

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

So last night was yet another example of how the Canes can’t play against elite centers like Jack Eichel. We are screwed.

 

[Borsig]

If the Canes win the cup this season, I'm going to start a gofundme to buy you an Orlov jersey and a drink.

If we win the damn cup I'll wear an Orlov Jersey, lol. But Im not buying it

 

[Blueline Bomber]

So last night was yet another example of how the Canes can’t play against elite centers like Jack Eichel. We are screwed.

I don't think that's what was ever said (or maybe I missed it). The discussion around the Avalanche was that their star players showed up and ours didn't, something RBA agreed with in the postgame. Likewise, Eichel did his damage in this game, while Aho and Svech once again we're a bit of no-shows.

Now ultimately, if we can win games without those two showing up, that's great. No complaints there. But if we assume that Necas' line will eventually cool off, we'd better hope that the top line is out of whatever funk they're dealing with by that point.

 

[HisIceness]

I've been wanting Svech to break out for a long time

 

[Unhinged Finn]

If we win the damn cup I'll wear an Orlov Jersey, lol. But Im not buying it

I know you'd wear it because you can take this Orlov/drink joke with humor. Winning would be great, so why not make it great AND funny.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Likewise, Eichel did his damage in this game, while Aho and Svech once again were a bit of no-shows.

Eh, Eichel got a goal and assist in when the game was already out of reach, was only 41% from the FO dot, was a -2 and had a 43% CF% and even worse 28% xGF% on the night. I'm not saying Aho or Svech played great, but I don't think Eichel really did much damage at all, in fact, for the most part, he was more of a negative on the ice last night than a positive.

Aho, by contrast was on the ice for 8 (3 HD) Scoring chances for and 4 (1 HD) against, had a 62% CF% and a 69% xGF%. Certainly they have to start showing up on the scoresheet as well, but I don't think Eichel was anything special or did much damage at all last night.

Now ultimately, if we can win games without those two showing up, that's great. No complaints there. But if we assume that Necas' line will eventually cool off, we'd better hope that the top line is out of whatever funk they're dealing with by that point.

True. I look at it from an optimistic POV though. It stand to reason that players that historically have performed better will "regress to the norm" as much as players that are on a heater. And the team has the 2nd best record in the NHL while missing their starting goalie and having two of their top 4 scorers not being very impactful yet.

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

I think it’s time to include Necas in the “our star players” group

 

[Derailed75]

Also when riding Svech and Aho for seemingly not showing up keep in mind good top teams are top teams because if you manage to shut down one group another comes through. I'll worry about Svech and Aho when teams manage to shut down Nachis and they still aren't scoring

 

[zman77]

Props to Koochie!!
Great Game Last Night.
Give Jarvy all the time he needs to heal properly.

 

[Bunch of Jurcos]

I was visiting my little girl in LA and I was trying to watch the game last night but I couldn’t. Did anyone else have any problems with the app?

 

[Stickpucker]

If we win the damn cup I'll wear an Orlov Jersey, lol. But Im not buying it

Nameplate: Orlov's Son

 

[Tryamw]

I think it’s time to include Necas in the “our star players” group

I thought this season he was almost the sole member

 

[Discipline Daddy]

Also when riding Svech and Aho for seemingly not showing up keep in mind good top teams are top teams because if you manage to shut down one group another comes through. I'll worry about Svech and Aho when teams manage to shut down Nachis and they still aren't scoring

Exactly.


Let's look at our start. We're 11-3. Leading the division (essentially). A ridiculous +23 goal differential after 14 games. 59 goals for (4.2 goals per game!).

Necas is showing he is a star player. Kotkaniemi looks to have rebounded. Our new acquisitions are guns ablazing. Kochetkov looks good. Burns looks good.

Like, these were *all* the concerns about our team going into the year. No one walked into 2024-2025 thinking "damn the Canes might be good but Sebastian Aho as a 1C? I dunno". Everybody knows he is a good player and will have a good year regardless. Svech is also actually playing pretty well this year even if he is having his moments. Dude is on pace for an 82 point season.

I would 1000x rather this team be having these "problems" as they are, rather than saying one of the following:

Kooch is not an NHL goalie
Robinson is not an NHL forward
Walker and Ghost are not transitioning to our scheme
Kotkaniemi looks lost out there
Jack Roslovic is bad defensively and isn't hitting the open net

ALL of these concerns, so far, are far from the truth. Let's be mindful when bitching about Aho not scoring one goal in one game when we're freaking 11-3 and have generally been competitive or better in our 3 losses.

 

[WreckingCrew]

Exactly.


Let's look at our start. We're 11-3. Leading the division (essentially). A ridiculous +23 goal differential after 14 games. 59 goals for (4.2 goals per game!).

Necas is showing he is a star player. Kotkaniemi looks to have rebounded. Our new acquisitions are guns ablazing. Kochetkov looks good. Burns looks good.

Like, these were *all* the concerns about our team going into the year. No one walked into 2024-2025 thinking "damn the Canes might be good but Sebastian Aho as a 1C? I dunno". Everybody knows he is a good player and will have a good year regardless. Svech is also actually playing pretty well this year even if he is having his moments. Dude is on pace for an 82 point season.

I would 1000x rather this team be having these "problems" as they are, rather than saying one of the following:

Kooch is not an NHL goalie
Robinson is not an NHL forward
Walker and Ghost are not transitioning to our scheme
Kotkaniemi looks lost out there
Jack Roslovic is bad defensively and isn't hitting the open net

ALL of these concerns, so far, are far from the truth. Let's be mindful when bitching about Aho not scoring one goal in one game when we're freaking 11-3 and have generally been competitive or better in our 3 losses.

Yea, I'll happily take our star players fairly passively putting up roughly PPG pace while not looking at all dominant, because when they fully wake up it'll take a lot of pressure off the other guys and really open up our scoring threats. If Necas, Roslovic, and the rest of our team wasn't performing I'd be more worried, but as long as the depth is scoring we don't NEED our first line to be dominating right now. I'd like to see them look more dominant (at least a few of their points are from ENG scoring), but hopefully they'll start to develop more chemistry

 

[The Faulker 27]

Fine, but I'm gonna stop putting an Aho goal in my loser parlays and you can't stop me.

 

[Stickpucker]

Based on this title can we just use this gdt for tonight?

 

[Tryamw]

Based on this title can we just use this gdt for tonight?

Think that is a Faux Pas.