GDT: PLAYOFFS: Canes game in Jersey? What exit?

[Joe McGrath]

I mean I wouldn't say any of Ghost, Orlov and Walker had a particularly good game tonight. Ghost was dreadful, Orlov was rough and Walker was a guy noticably fighting it.

We absolutely have to play Nikishin the next game. Maybe slot in Morrow as well. NJ is going to be feeling it playing 5D that long tonight, if we take it to them early on Sunday that game could get ugly

Orlov was fine. He was easily the most physical player on the ice for the Canes which you bitch about their lack thereof incessantly. He saved the game twice on the PK giving up his body in OT. He was probably the 2nd best defenseman tonight.

Walker made that bad play on the 1st goal but otherwise was completely fine. He and Ghost were getting caved in by the Devils top line because that’s what happens when the 3rd D pair gets stuck out there with the opponents best.

They generated ZERO offense 5 on 5. That was the biggest issue tonight.

 

[sabremike]

That is an absolutely crazy bit of trivia. 18 seasons in the NHL and one game played in the month of May.

(they never played a May game in 7 WHA seasons either, but that’s because nobody else did either)

Not as shocking when you recall they only ever won a single playoff series (vs Quebec in 1986). f***ing Habs and Brooooonz...

 

[Heyheylj]

I was disappointed in our puck management. I saw so many give-aways, poor passes the recipient couldn’t do anything with, and so many delayed passes-timing looked off and we looked slow. I am a little concerned with all the penalties we are taking too.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Well, good news for me is I get another game’s worth of pay. Bad news is Game 5 is likely on Tuesday and that’s a very busy day for me.

 

[tarheelhockey]

I was disappointed in our puck management. I saw so many give-aways, poor passes the recipient couldn’t do anything with, and so many delayed passes-timing looked off and we looked slow. I am a little concerned with all the penalties we are taking too.

This is one of those differences between our home and road performances that I find hard to explain.

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Really no reason to just keep riding Freddie he’s in a good groove

Plenty of reason to think Freddie’s body won’t hold up.

 

[The Faulker 27]

Interesting fact I heard on nhl radio today. They stared that in order to win the cup the ultimate champion had one series go only 4 or 5 games. Important for rest. This series is almost already 4 games.

They weren’t going to sweep Jersey. I’d rather they not lose in 4OT and have fresher legs for game 4. There was no way they could match Jerseys desperation given a loss tonight was pretty much a nail in the coffin for them statistically.

 

[chaz4hockey]

K

They weren’t going to sweep Jersey. I’d rather they not loss in 4OT and have fresher legs for game 4. There was no way they could match Jerseys desperation given a lose tonight was pretty much a nail in the coffin for them statistically.

nah, you should never give teams life in a series.

 

[chaz4hockey]

These charts don’t often match an eye test but tonight’s does.

Burns Slavin ghost jr hall Robinson all had awful games:

 

[Joe McGrath]

Dundon gets a gate for game 5. He’s stoked

 

[The Faulker 27]

K

nah, you should never give teams life in a series.

lol yeah I suppose you should never lose a game in a 7 game series either. Why don’t they simply sweep all rounds. I wonder if they’ve considered that.

 

[User13452]

Plenty of reason to think Freddie’s body won’t hold up.

Kooch doesnt make half those saves tonight let’s be real

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

Roslovic out, Jankowski in for sure.

That play in OT was such that I could actually see Rod pulling the trigger on Nikishin (Gostisbehere out).

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Wolves season ended tonight. Sign Nikishin, put him on the bottom pairing for Game 5, and LFG.

 

[Heyheylj]

Dundon gets a gate for game 5. He’s stoked

But the game will be played at 5:30 so attendance will be bad due to late in the day scheduled conference calls or stand still traffic on 40. Stormy is going to have to provide another get out of work early note.

 

[The Faulker 27]

Roslovic out, Jankowski in for sure.

That play in OT was such that I could actually see Rod pulling the trigger on Nikishin (Gostisbehere out).

Sounds legit but with Rod I’ll believe it when I see it. At the very least put Jank in to breath some life into that bottom line.

 

[To Be Determined]

This series is giving me covid series vs nashville vibes for some reason. As long as the outcome is the same, ok, but that may be (was, imo) the most frustrating series the canes have ever won.

 

[chaz4hockey]

lol yeah I suppose you should never lose a game in a 7 game series either. Why don’t they simply sweep all rounds. I wonder if they’ve considered that.

Well it depends. This is a series against a team missing a lot of resources on o and d so yes you should sweep them. Now play next round and beyond more difficult.

Btw: Coach was pretty pissed off tonight knowing that the team gave this one away.

 

[MrazeksVengeance]

GET BROCK MCGINN OR WHATEVER.

UNACCEPTABLE.

 

[HydratedByStormBrew]

Why does this team always go away from their dump and chase, aggressive forecheck in OT during the playoffs. They demonstrably play timid and “not to lose”. It’s been a recipe for disaster. the last playoff OT win I remember is Stastny getting a weird bounce off an Islander’s skate. NJ was clearly in desperation mode but you have a chance to go up 3-0, if you lose off a rush, so be it.

 

[wgknestrick]

Jekyll/Hyde team: Do they book the team in a EconoLodge or what on the road? The skating effort across the entire team was not playoff level.

 

[AD Skinner]

No reason not to get nikishin kochetkov and janky in game 4 now