GDT: This is where it gets better, right?

[Svechhammer]

Listening to mike and tripp while watching game. I don’t like to watch ESPN!

Tripp says canes getting better and better this period plus red wings as an opponent are not like the previous 5 games.

He's polishing that turd early, huh

 

[ndp]

Starting late. How bad was the goal against Freddie?

 

[chaz4hockey]

Thrown out again on draw. I wonder if rod is teaching dark arts that is increasingly being caught since we seems to be thrown out 7-10x a game.

 

[3CanesInTheBox]

I dislike Mike, so I’m fine with ESPN lol.

Also I don’t see tonight as a must win to take the division. It would soothe my nerves though.

 

[ndp]

Thrown out again on draw. I wonder if rod is teaching dark arts that is increasingly being caught since we seems to be thrown out 7-10x a game.

They do seem to be getting tossed quite a bit lately.

 

[Canes]

2 d-men and Staal on the powerplay. Hmmm.

 

[Rick Davis]

I don't think they're saying anything outlandish or that isn't being said here or elsewhere.

I agree it’s almost as if the ESPN talking heads are participating in our negative threads!

 

[Svechhammer]

Man without Svech we just cannot consistently get anything going offensively

We need someone to step up and it seems like everyone is looking for someone else to do it

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Nedel-Jkovic

 

[3CanesInTheBox]

Fast doesn’t even pretend to have a breakaway move lol

 

[Tryamw]

Nedel-Jkovic

I'd love for us to make his life hard.

 

[Stickpucker]

If Kokomiami could get a little deeper in the ozone he'd be in prime rebound tap in position.

 

[Svechhammer]

ESPN absolutely hammering home the point that we are a paper tiger who cannot compete well against the top teams in the East.

 

[Stickpucker]

We all know we ain't gonna start scoring until the 3rd.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

ESPN absolutely hammering home the point that we are a paper tiger who cannot compete well against the top teams in the East.

Show me where they're wrong.

 

[3CanesInTheBox]

ESPN absolutely hammering home the point that we are a paper tiger who cannot compete well against the top teams in the East.

Well I do agree with them that winning the division is critical for us. But yeah they are definitely crapping on us lol

 

[Svechhammer]

22-2-0 against non-playoffs teams in the East and we don't have a winning record against anyone currently in the playoffs picture in the East

I didn't know that.... That definitely highlights that we might not be as good as our record says, even when healthy

 

[hblueridgegal]

ESPN absolutely hammering home the point that we are a paper tiger who cannot compete well against the top teams in the East.

This has been my worry all year..back to the games with the Avs. All the pretty fancy stats in the world don't supersede the Ls to quality opponents.

 

[Svechhammer]

This has been my worry all year..back to the games with the Avs. All the pretty fancy stats in the world don't supersede the Ls to quality opponents.

The good teams routinely beat us more often than we beat them. We pad stats against bad teams.

That's definitely the kind of stuff that you look at and you HAVE to go into this off-season with a true urgency to improve offensively. You have to be able to beat the best if you want to be the best

 

[Canes]

The good teams routinely beat us more often than we beat them. We pad stats against bad teams.

That's definitely the kind of stuff that you look at and you HAVE to go into this off-season with a true urgency to improve offensively. You have to be able to beat the best if you want to be the best

Best I can do is trade Suzuki+ for Filip Zadina and bring back Puljujarvi

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

22-2-0 against non-playoffs teams in the East and we don't have a winning record against anyone currently in the playoffs picture in the East

I didn't know that.... That definitely highlights that we might not be as good as our record says, even when healthy

That doesn’t sound right. They went 2-1 against Tampa. 1-0-2 against Boston is a winning record. They’re up 2-1 against NYI. Then there’s the 4-0 against Pittsburgh.

 

[Derailed75]

That doesn’t sound right. They went 2-1 against Tampa. 1-0-2 against Boston is a winning record. They’re up 2-1 against NYI. Then there’s the 4-0 against Pittsburgh.

Yeah they cherry picked stats. Left out the playoff teams we ran over like all the ones in the west.

 

[Derailed75]

Also breaking news here. The majority if the Bruins 17 losses are against playoff teams.

ESPN playing captain obvious. Good teams usually lose more games to other good teams then to bad teams.

 

[3CanesInTheBox]

That doesn’t sound right. They went 2-1 against Tampa. 1-0-2 against Boston is a winning record. They’re up 2-1 against NYI. Then there’s the 4-0 against Pittsburgh.

I was just about to ask about those numbers? Maybe they mean we came to a draw with a bunch of teams too?

 

[MisterDobz]

Big second period coming up!