GDT: Sens McClane vs. Van-Gruber, DIE HARD EDITION Live from Nuckatomi Plaza, 10:00PM EST, CBC/SPORTSNET/TVAS2

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Some of us have been saying this for YEARS!

It was a pretty clean, solid period. Then they failed to clear the zone and just gave up, stopped playing. First they allowed that cross ice pass through the slot and then they were just soft, standing around puck watching instead of actually boxing out. I don't really get it. They proved they can play solid defense but they somehow mentally checked out a couple of minutes too early.
 
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Green did that many times this season, like the 2 times he didn't go back to Forsberg after his shutouts



Nah, the puck went through 5 bodies, the goalie most likely never saw it until the last millisecond
he wasn't in position
 

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How do adults hate each other that much unless it involves...well you know...
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2nd one should be a save

poor positioning

going 2-1 into the 2nd is not bad. Esp quick goals late

Maybe he was poorly positioned but so were his teammates. They were screening their own goalie without actually doing anything. You have to either step up to challenge potential shooters or you have to go down to block the shot when it comes. Or at the very least get out of the way and box opponents out of the slot so your goalie can track the puck and see the shots coming his way. The Sens skaters did nothing but preventing their goalie from keeping track of the puck. I don't know if a more experienced goalie would have saved it but the Sens skaters certainly made this a tough stop. Much tougher than necessary. They stopped playing after 18'. This isn't on Meriläinen.
 
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