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[PlayersLtd]

Technically yes....but there's also the psychological effect that bottom dweller teams have in the last month or two of the season. All they have left to play for is pride, and to be the spoiler. That's a lot of motivation and causes a number of upsets.

It's basically a month of booby traps.

I'd like to see the stats that back up the theory that bad teams are better late in the season... That's a mirage. I'm not too focused on those booby traps.

 

[OD99]

The team played relatively well again.

The 1st goal sucked, and never should have gone in. Timmy tied it up and the refs robbed us.

Then the double PK sunk us.

 

[Big Muddy]

The team played relatively well again.

The 1st goal sucked, and never should have gone in. Timmy tied it up and the refs robbed us.

Then the double PK sunk us.

Refs made some bad calls, but we’ll probably have to score (more) goals to win games.

The thinking on the Stutzle goal that was disallowed was that he knocked the stick out of the hands of the Canes defender (Slavin?). You could see the stick on the ice after and Slavin's protesting gesture, but the camera didn’t reveal or catch what Stutzle did from what I could see.

 

[LuckyPierre]

The team played relatively well again.

The 1st goal sucked, and never should have gone in. Timmy tied it up and the refs robbed us.

Then the double PK sunk us.

I don’t agree that they played well.

Forsberg let in a non shot to start the game.

Yes, Stutzle tied the game, and yes the referees intervened and adjusted what ought to have been a tie game into a 3 goal deficit with a few successive calls.

However the 3rd goal could have still been prevented.

And Ottawa had no push back following that sequence.

Hamonic was very slow, as was Perron who replaced a speed demon in Gregor.

I’d like Gregor back in and JBD in as well. Take out MacEwan and run with the speediest version of this team. Time for a change with a 2 game losing streak ongoing.

 

[robsenz]

Nothing has changed.

 

[jbeck5]

3-4-1 in November after the loss to Carolina tonight.

3 wins to 5 losses in November is starting to give me deja vu lol

 

[JD1]

Refs made some bad calls, but we’ll probably have to score (more) goals to win games.

The thinking on the Stutzle goal that was disallowed was that he knocked the stick out of the hands of the Canes defender (Slavin?). You could see the stick on the ice after and Slavin's protesting gesture, but the camera didn’t reveal or catch what Stutzle did from what I could see.

So Stuetzle is basically coming right down main Street on his off side. Be brings his stick back to one-time a shot and in doing so hits Svechnikov's stick. You can argue he knocked the stick out and technically that's true, but that is a very very thin call in the context of the play. Context of the play is 2 on 1, setting up for one timer, without eyes in the back of his head wouldn't have even known the stick was there.

As for more goals, if the Stuetzle goal counts AND there isn't a Pinto call - which was equally as bad - then we have a 1-1 game entering the 3rd

I get that's asking for two calls to "go your way" but I think that's the way they legitimately should have gone

 

[dpw]

Next 13 games will define if they have a chance at the playoffs. 9 of them are at home. Then they hit the dreaded 9 game western road trip.

If they're not 4+ games over .500 by the road trip, then the playoff hope dwindles.