Rochester and Cincinnati All-Purpose Thread 2022-2023 Season (Conference Finals: Hershey wins 4-2)

[Weltschmerz]

why is noone taking the body?

 

[Tsyolin]

They just don't have it, they've looked really sloppy the past 3 games now. Hershey figured them out and the Amerks look totally shook

 

[Ralonzo]

Hershey can cross check the Amerks D all day in front of their own net, because they have diplomatic immunity. Amerks can't respond even if they want to without going to the box.

 

[Chainshot]

That's a bad call - the puck hit Subban.

 

[Sound_n_Fury]

I hate the way D-man play in the modern era. Two guys stick fishing away to no avail. Come on, hit that damn guy.

 

[joshjull]

They can't make tape to tape passes to save their life. I get it that Hershey plays a lock down game but not seeing anything but individual efforts by the vets and invisibility by the kids.

The Amerks skill level is sort a bad...

You’re always full of so much positivity during these games.

They’re in the conference finals against a better team. One that plays a style perfectly suited to stifling their offense. No one is surprised they’re struggling.

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

What a colossal choke job.

 

[SharkInABoloTie]

At least attempt to check the man infront of the net just slapping away at your goalie/the puck in the crease

Pull the goalie?? What the hell are you waiting for?

 

[Chainshot]

This is the least noticeable the kids have been in a playoff game this season. None of them have contributed anything offensively today.

 

[NotABadPeriod]

How much more blatant does holding the stick need to get?

 

[Chainshot]

Shitty pass from Rousek.

 

[Sound_n_Fury]

You’re always full of so much positivity during these games.

They’re in the conference finals against a better team. One that plays a style perfectly suited to stifling their offense. No one is surprised they’re struggling.

I want them to win and realize they're the lower seed against a veteran AHL "win now, develop later" crew. But it's frustrating to watch guys get physically manhandled with no apparent ability to answer back.

I'll shut up and call it a night.

 

[SharkInABoloTie]

WOOF

 

[Tsyolin]

Yeah not much else to add here, Subban can't save this team if nobody else shows up

 

[SharkInABoloTie]

Shitty pass from Rousek.

Not even a pass. Just flinging it into the middle. Awful

 

[joshjull]

This is the least noticeable the kids have been in a playoff game this season. None of them have contributed anything offensively today.

Disappointing but understandable.

 

[MOGlLNY]

Rousek can’t handle the original pass for him then throws it to nobody

 

[Ace]

Guess they should have saved their boos for that third period

 

[Chainshot]

Well, here's hoping they figure something out and manage to bring this back for a Game 6.

 

[Kublakhan]

Wow what a shitty night of hockey tonight..

 

[joshjull]

I want them to win and realize they're the lower seed against a veteran AHL "win now, develop later" crew. But it's frustrating to watch guys get physically manhandled with no apparent ability to answer back.

I'll shut up and call it a night.

It is frustrating. But they’re not built to do it consistently and when they’ve tried they get penalized.

On the flip side, they’ve had their best weapon (PP) effectively taken away by how this series has been officiated. After the first couple games it was clear tackle hockey was going to be allowed. Forcing them to grind out offense, which doesn’t play their strengths.

None of that means their skill level is bad. They’re just not built to effectively play dead puck era hockey.

 

[Ace]

I’d point out that the Amerks were the better team in game 2 and 3 and shouldn’t have made lineup changes based off of bad officiating and a good goalie. But all I’d have to point to is them not Being the better team for the first time in the series tonight.

 

[joshjull]

Well, here's hoping they figure something out and manage to bring this back for a Game 6.

I’m not sure what they can do. Maybe Savoie again and hope he sparks something. But that’s really a reach.

 

[misterchainsaw]

They didn't deserve to win tonight. Just not sharp at all. Subban kept them in it for a bit but blech.

 

[K8fool]

I want them to win and realize they're the lower seed against a veteran AHL "win now, develop later" crew. But it's frustrating to watch guys get physically manhandled with no apparent ability to answer back.

I'll shut up and call it a night.

i Haven't watched much but Tysolim ( delib muspell ) makes it so nice..

anyway. what i did watch..part of first and almost all of the second . They really looked like a veteran team being patient wating for chances to put it away..being physical and very deliberate covering each other defensively, even being aware of coverage on bad shot angles and really taking any Hershey rush and pushing it to the perimeter..
i saw the 2 to one goal and that was a fluke that only happens because goalie is so dialed in that only a mistake or bad bounce..
if they regroup and decide to pkay like they did but be a Little looser ( and still be super aware playoff intense just shake off inevitable imperfections) and forgive themselves more for mistakes which is what i imagine snowballed what looked like a perfect home playoff game..
The Amerks are the better team..if each player embraces their weakness and laughs about it they should easily win the next and the next etc as they all are clearly capable..The youth just need to finish and KA clearly out the right vets out there as a framework that's stabie that the kids will succeed or fail based on their level of awareness and drive maturity etc..
This should be easy to win 4 1 and 5 2 and force game 7 .. giving themselves a break handling the push by burying chances early and a lot , from sleazy NHL tweeners that need these moments..What a great experience to embrace or learn from going forward..