GDT: May 3 • Belarus vs. Slovakia

[jcbio11]

Who needs forwards, we have Meszaros.

 

[Ghost Bear]

What a shot!

 

[Namejs]

Meszaros isn't good

Yei!

Yup, scoring a goal from a point-blank range (he definitely would've made it to that position in the NHL ) against Belarus proves that he's a good player.

 

[jcbio11]

What's a little concerning is that in both games the opposing goalie was named the player of the game.

 

[QnebO]

Meszaros got tired of their forwards and wanted to make the Slovakian anthem play all by himself.

 

[Hesher]

Our forwards should be ashamed. All but one goal scored by D-men so far.

It's so obvious that we're missing a creative player like Nagy or Reway.

We are missing competent centers, that's the biggest problem.

Well done Mez, you saved us.

 

[uakena]

Who needs forwards, we have Meszaros.

If we can control the possession and keep him out of defensive zone he is not half ass bad.

 

[uakena]

What's a little concerning is that in both games the opposing goalie was named the player of the game.

^ this.

 

[slovakiasnextone]

We are missing competent centers, that's the biggest problem.

Well done Mez, you saved us.

True. Might be time to try Daňo on center.

How many periods of hockey do we have to survive until Vujtek and co, realise that Kopecký has no business being the 1st line center? :

 

[Jakk123]

I am afraid of Slovenia, Kopitar alone can create more chances than our offense.

 

[ebis]

I am afraid of Slovenia, Kopitar alone can create more chances than our offense.

Yes but we have Meszaros.

 

[Jakk123]

Yes but we have Meszaros.

You mean the shaky defender, who makes lots of mistakes, but has some offensive upside?

 

[geri]

my wife is slovakian, so i know about slovakian mentality to critizise
i see it other:
belarus is improving country, last year was 3rd in group, lost sweden quarterfinal only by 1 goal,
roster is strong, almost all play in KHL!
anyway, slovakia plays always poor against so called underdogs...
i dont understand why they wake up only at end when they are 1 goal behind?
and why they dont shoot more often?
anyway, we have 4 points, and we will get better against slovenia and norway, when NHLers are more integrated...
..and for sure we make points against finns, russia and usa...

 

[Jakk123]

my wife is slovakian, so i know about slovakian mentality to critizise ;-)
i see it other:
belarus is improving country, last year was 3rd in group, lost sweden quartefinal only by 1 goal,
roster is strong, almost all play in KHL!
anyway, slovakia plays always poor against so called underdogs...
i dont understand why they wake up only at end when they are 1 goal behind?
and why they dont shoot more often?
anyway, we have 4 points, and we will get better against slovenia and norway, when NHLers are more integrated...
..and for sure we make points against finns, russia and usa...

I don´t believe we can make a point against Finns, Russians or Americans. Not after today. Hope I get surprised, but we just played too poorly.

No disrespect to Belarus, but the fact that almost whole roster plays in the KHL does not necessarily mean that it is a strong roster, you can find some very good examples in our roster.

 

[ebis]

I don´t believe we can make a point against Finns, Russians or Americans. Not after today. Hope I get surprised, but we just played too poorly.

No disrespect to Belarus, but the fact that almost whole roster plays in the KHL does not necessarily mean that it is a strong roster, you can find some very good examples in our roster.

I don't really understand the pessimism. After 2 games we have 2 wins. We outshot the opponents 43:19 and 34:18. Our game is ok, not great, but ok and it will only get better once the lines finally stabilize. I'm pretty confident that we can steal some points from the top 3.

 

[Jakk123]

I don't really understand the pessimism. After 2 games we have 2 wins. We outshot the opponents 43:19 and 34:18. Our game is ok, not great, but ok and it will only get better once the lines finally stabilize. I'm pretty confident that we can steal some points from the top 3.

Your opinion. Call me pessimistic, but IMO our performance was horrible. Shots aren´t everything that matters, take the no-chance shots from Bartovic and others away, then we can compare the SOG. We have 4 points, we should have had (or we wanted to have) 6 points. I wouldn´t mind the loss of the points, if the performance was better.

 

[jcbio11]

Your opinion. Call me pessimistic, but IMO our performance was horrible. Shots aren´t everything that matters, take the no-chance shots from Bartovic and others away, then we can compare the SOG. We have 4 points, we should have had (or we wanted to have) 6 points. I wouldn´t mind the loss of the points, if the performance was better.

But then you'd need to take away low percentage shots from the other team as well. Yes, shots on goal aren't everything, but watching the games I think it's safe to say Slovaks outpossessed and out-chanced their opponents. Yes, they didn't capitalize on their chances, which might bite them in games versus stronger opponents, but I think their play was fine.

 

[Jakk123]

But then you'd need to take away low percentage shots from the other team as well. Yes, shots on goal aren't everything, but watching the games I think it's safe to say Slovaks outpossessed and out-chanced their opponents. Yes, they didn't capitalize on their chances, which might bite them in games versus stronger opponents, but I think their play was fine.

That´s true, but no way did Belarus take so many low % shots as we did.