GDT: The Hurricanes Play a Bunch of Senators

Cardiac Jerks

Asinine & immoral
Jan 13, 2006
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Can’t even score on an empty net.

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DaveG

Noted Jerk
Apr 7, 2003
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I've decided to say "f*** it" tonight, and work out while watching Vision Quest. Maybe I can get down to 168 so I can wrestle Shute. Also no f***ing way that guy was only 168, Shute's a monster.
 
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ndp

Hurricanes Pessimist
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Meh... Look, we all have heard it before, RBA doesn't really abide by 1st, 2nd, 3rd line status and his usage of Staal shows that. He averages the 5th most TOI per game of any of our forwards, and 2nd for our centers. So yeah, it is problematic when a guy who is used like a Top 6 player doesn't contribute offensively
The issue to me is exactly what Necas said in the pregame interview “we’ve got to play defense and the offense will come” These guys are so tense about not making defensive mistakes they’ve lost all offensive creativity. They’re not playing to beat the other team, they’re playing to keep the other team from beating them. I think it’s one of the reasons they crumble under pressure, our offensive forwards have been neutered.

Watch TT for the rest of the night. They can sustain any offense pressure because even the slightest glimpse of a defenseman close to getting below the dots and they circle out to cover the point. They don’t have any flow, there’s no natural smoothness to it, everything seems forced for TT, Aho, Jarvis and Necas.
 

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