Post-Game Talk: The Powerhouse at Columbus | 01/13/19 - 6PM - MSG, NHL-N

[Machinehead]

He's usually horrendous every night,but evidently some website says otherwise.I'm not sure how anyone who watches this team on a gamely basis can say they do better with him on the ice.It sure as hell doesnt result in goals scored much.

It's goal differential.

Please explain to me how that's "some website."

 

[Rempe73]

Nah, it was his corsi.

I prefer corsi over small to moderate samples because it tends to have more reliable predictive value, but over large samples (we're talking years) you are what the goals say you are.

Why doesn’t that website have xGF?

 

[I Eat Crow]

Looks like the alarm went off a bit later than expected. Nice effort towards the end. Plenty of missed opportunities, including that awful 5v3, but Columbus is far more talented than we are. Our only hope is to play with more intensity and passion than they do. We didn’t.

This is where I disagree. I think the Rangers played pretty hard tonight. They're just not very good.

 

[mrmovies779]

I’m beginning to think Pionk might serve better as a forward. He cannot play defense.

Nobody on this team plays defense unfortunately

 

[Machinehead]

They get to face a pretty hot Carolina team on Tuesday.

They legit haven't won at the Garden since 2010. Somethings gonna give.

The very movable force meets the very resistible object.

 

[Good Intentions]

My Carpeniello-inspired notes, in no particular order:

1. Nieves as the center (no pun intended) to two goals in two days, today's was eerily similar to the one Chytil banged home yesterday afternoon. Streaking down the middle, causing some trouble and getting a nice bounce. Nieves has shown more in 2 weeks than he has in 2 years. Very nice. Maybe he's a transitional piece - and I say that as a compliment.

2. Are my eyes deceiving me or am I seeing chemistry between Chytil and Strome? Man, if Strome is a keeper (even as a role player), that’s a Gorton killing with Edmonton.

3. Brendan Smith is such a stupid man. I really hate to beat a dead horse, but his presence is such a morale killer. We need to cut ties immediately. He was paid handsomely, hit the road and take that dumb looking mug with you.

Essentially three more games this month - Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. May we be seeing the final goal for #36 in blue?

 

[Mike in Houston]

I mean sort of?

They got boat raced in this game which only looked closer than it was because of some puck lock and Bob being awful.

They showed some fight in the 3rd, but this game was pretty one sided.

Doesn't mean they didn't work hard. They didn't quit.

 

[Machinehead]

Why doesn’t that website have xGF?

It's behind the times. I prefer a different site, but it's down (again).

The one site has inferior stats but works like a well-oiled machine. The other site has superior stats and still runs Windows 95.

 

[Rempe73]

It's behind the times. I prefer a different site, but it's down (again).

The one site has inferior stats but works like a well-oiled machine. The other site has superior stats and still runs Windows 95.

Thank you very much for the info

 

[will1066]

It's not that they dont work or are lazy. They are way overmatched. They are not types who go through people. They take the finesse approach to lots of things

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

Rick Nash didn't even finish with 1000 points, that is really sad considering how much potential he showed early on. He could have been a Hall of Famer even without winning a cup.

In regard to not hitting 1000 career points, it had more to do with the rule Bettman put in after he was drafted where a players’s 1000 point career total no longer had the 2 points for a goal 1 point for an assist rule.

As a result of the change, Not having more than 40 assists in a single season kept his point total under 1000.

 

[Machinehead]

Thank you very much for the info

Any time

 

[Mike in Houston]

And here I thought the battle level was there. Whoops.

 

[Chaels Arms]

Georgiev's English is surprisingly good for a Russian player. I know he's from Bulgaria but still.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

All in all, 1-2-0 is exactly what they should have been over the last 3 games. They lost a game they probably deserved to win, won a game that they probably deserved to lose and then lost a game that they for sure deserved to lose.

Lmao Quinn is PISSED.

It's not that they dont work or are lazy. They are way overmatched. They are not types who go through people. They take the finesse approach to lots of things

They still have a very AV roster.

 

[Webster]

Well...my boy was pretty good tonight.

But those defensemen...not one keeper on that blueline, they all suck.

And Georgiev...7 goals? The last one was a real stinker, he just watched the puck move around him and in.

 

[Machinehead]

All in all, 1-2-0 is exactly what they should have been over the last 3 games. They lost a game they probably deserved to win, won a game that they probably deserved to lose and then lost a game that they for sure deserved to lose.

Lmao Quinn is PISSED.



They still have a very AV roster.

Like I've said all along, if they're gonna win, they're gonna win. You can't slip them roofies before the game.

But that? Shit, after the way that first 55 minutes went I was outright rooting for the Blue Jackets when we made it 6-5. f*** that.

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

All in all, 1-2-0 is exactly what they should have been over the last 3 games. They lost a game they probably deserved to win, won a game that they probably deserved to lose and then lost a game that they for sure deserved to lose.

Lmao Quinn is PISSED.



They still have a very AV roster.

Is AV’s “man to man” causing this?

 

[Machinehead]

Is AV’s “man to man” causing this?

Like I said earlier, this was about coaching when they had all-stars on their third pair.

That ship sailed long ago.

 

[will1066]

Quinn presser coming up. Salivating

 

[Machinehead]

Actually, though, if we wanna give AV credit for something...

If we beat Ottawa, we go to the ECF. Now that summer goes from "we're retooling on the fly" to "we were two steps from the Cup."

AV single-handedly winning that series for Ottawa accelerated our rebuild by 2-3 years.

Thanks, Alain!

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

Like I said earlier, this was about coaching when they had all-stars on their third pair.

That ship sailed long ago.

I thought I quoted simeone else.

I am not a huge Quinn fan btw.

 

[will1066]

I mean they work hard most nights but tonight they ran into a Torts team.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Like I've said all along, if they're gonna win, they're gonna win. You can't slip them roofies before the game.

But that? ****, after the way that first 55 minutes went I was outright rooting for the Blue Jackets when we made it 6-5. **** that.

I mean I've kind of had the same mentality.

If they win a game and they deserve to win it, its hard to be mad at that. When they win/pick up a loser point despite getting boat raced, that annoys me and its happened more often than I'd like so far.

 

[Machinehead]

I thought I quoted simeone else.

I am not a huge Quinn fan btw.

Well you've made that much obvious.

I'm not going to judge him until he's coaching an NHL team.