GDT: vs. St. Louis

Tryamw

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Slavin the Rock! or Granite since the Rock is the rock and Slavin isn't the rock.
 

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It's a Home grown result no matter what but I expect to lose in the Shootout.
 

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Stempniak scores we lead 1-0
they fail to convert.

Skinner stops and is stopped.
Berglund ties it at 1

Slavin stopped.
Sanford Stopped.

Aho Stopped.
Taresanko scores to win.
 

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Jordan in overtime is confusing as hell. When he jumped over the boards, my first thought was why is he being put out there in an offensive situation? The can opener penalty he took was well-deserved for the coaching staff that green lit that decision. Not using Tolchinsky in what is essentially his specialty in 3 on 3 was confusing as hell. What's worse was not using him in the SO and instead going with some questionable choices. I love Slavin, but he's still a defenseman.

Deployment in overtime is perhaps the reason we're not a playoff team. I know that sounds absurd, but we're always terrible in overtime because of the hyper conservative puck possession style employed. Having Jordan out there with Pesce and Slavin.... who's going to score here? Not the other team but not us either. With as bad as we are in shootouts, we should be rolling HEAVY offensive pressure. Leaving our two most skilled players on the bench in Teuvo and Tolchinsky, for all his warts, is just insanity. Especially with how Tolchinsky was going tonight. He's essentially an overtime/shootout specialist.

And I truly believe Cam Ward was the only guy in the building that didn't know Tarasenko was shooting there. Specifically glove high.

The biggest gripe that people should have with Peters is how he handles these situations. It's basically a coin flip for an extra point. You can't Corsi the extra point out of the other team.
 

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It's less about knowing where he's going to shoot than it is when. Tarasenko's release is one of the best in the league for a reason.
 

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