Yep…must win…everyone in Metro getting points tonight except Canes
He was fine in Boston. 2 goals allowed.
Winnipeg/Carolina back to back is going to be tough.
What is the standard? Slightly better than dog shit?
The result was fine in Boston, but I thought he looked shaky. On normal ice in a normal game, I think Boston would have pressured him a lot more.
I wouldn't even go as far as keeping Dumoulin as our 7th, I would just move him now to be honest. I would keep Friedman up as the 7th as he can play LD/RD and so can Smith, so if an injury does occur, I think we're fine, as Friedman and Smith are already more reliable than anything we've seen out of Dumoulin the last 2 seasons.
What about their sticktoitnevess?
You'd think he would be more like "We needed a better team effort defensively, we dug a hole deep going 3-0, but the effort to fight back was a positive but then the bad habits we need to get out of, resurfaced and we almost let the Canucks tie it after a 5-3 lead."
DeSmith is pretty inconsistent, but cap wise yeah I agree, the issue isn't as much goaltending as it's been the sloppy defensive play, this team will give us maybe 2 weeks worth of solid team defensive play a season, but then hang their goalie out to dry more often than anything. For me, I have valid reasons to despise him, but I mostly just wanted a back-up with Playoff experience, because no matter how good these back-ups are in limited games here and there or for stretches, their collective playoff experience is about as much as Jarry or less, or even more in some cases.
I thought that flight to be with their teammate was pretty normal stuff, but of course the Pens made it seem like it was something completely abnormal and they did something special that no one else would do.
"We played the game the right way, I really liked our stick-to-itiveness."
I think you can get better consistency at $1.8 million. Or at least someone who isn't out of control in net. It's something that's always bothered me about DeSmith - he's way too active in net. He's like Fleury was at his most frenetic, only Fleury was far more athletic and capable of recovering when he slid out of position or overplayed a shot.
He was.
carter prevents me from comprehending or enjoying any hockey game.
The shitty part for us is....
Because he was not very good at all. That would have normally been a good explanation, and true, but for the fact that Rutta and Ruh were quite terrible also with Petts not far behind. Scarily, Dumo was one of our best two D-men on the night.
