Post-Game Talk (GBU): We Woke Up. The dream was better.

[Gabrielor]

G:
Eichel
Pressure in the first
Beaulieu actually doing something about these runs

B:
Philly was typical dirty philly
2nd and 3rd we didnt skate AT ALL
Couldn't get any shots at all

U
The refs
The powerplay


Very very ugly. They better respond Tuesday. That was an ass-kicking.

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[Hasek]

Ugly:
refs
Reinhart
Patrick
Hopefully Risto is ok

 

[Quiet Jack]

Good:
9
82
19 (this represents the minutes Eichel is on the ice which means they might actually score)

Ugly:
23
71
21
37

 

[enthusiast]

We have a lot of players that consistently make poor decisions with regard to positioning, passing, etc. Hypothetically that's coachable, but the underlying issues there must make it difficult.

 

[Chainshot]

Phil soldiers on.

 

[Fearnot]

G:Reinhart isn't signed to a huge contract
B:Everything after the first, Tennyson playing for an nhl club, the horrendous PP
U: Going to the Yotes game and could see the 7th loss in a row in person.

 

[deVolt]

G- Eichel Snipe

Ugly
Sam Reinhart - Flyers game winner.
Sobotka - Should not be in NHL.
Tage - Was very Lazy today

 

[struckbyaparkedcar]

Typically, when a coach has a line like 28-22-10, the problem is playing them too much, not constantly breaking it up to keep Vlad Sobotka in the lineup.

 

[enthusiast]

ngl I would take morbid pleasure out of a ten game losing streak

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

Normally I expect professional sports teams to make decisions based on the eye test instead of the fancy stats.

What I can’t abid is making decisions which fly in the face of both fancy and eye stats.

 

[Not Sure]

 

[Tsyolin]

G: Eichel
Ullmark for the first 2 periods
Pilut

B: Reinhart
Everyone on the defense minus Pilut
Skinner
Reinhart
Thompson
Sobotka

U: Refs, moreso than usual
Ullmark's collapse, though it mostly wasn't his fault

 

[Dubi Doo]

The obvious:

This team needs to come out guns blazing and win their next game, or a serious free fall in the standings may commence. I know, I know...the playoffs seem damn near certain given history, but a 6+ game losing streak will make things really close come April. They need to wake up, and play their asses off. Today was one of the most pitiful efforts I've seen all year.

 

[CrazyPsycho]

 

[Quiet Jack]

Skinner finished the game with Mittelstadt. If that is a thing going forward you can say goodbye to Skinner being productive.

 

[Gabrielor]

Absolutely correct. The streak is dead, and if we're all honest, we weren't playing great hockey in a lot of it. The last time we got our asses kicked, it was at SJS, and we rebounded to start some good hockey at LAK. We play LAK Tuesday. Get back to pressure and smooth passes guys.

 

[Sabresfansince1980]

Hope there was a better reason than just "Girgs' turn" to sit him. To get a better second scoring line I would try...

Skinner-Eichel-Pominville
Thompson-Mittelstadt-Reinhart

Get 10-22-28 back together and give the last line (Sheary-Rodrigues/Sobotka-Okposo) the least TOI. Have to wait on some healthy D-men coming back. Work on defensive awareness in practice, back-checking of course, and PP set up needs to change.

 

[Royal Thunder]

The worst part is that we have to wait until Tuesday to play again...

Still well over .500, let's get back on track next week.

 

[Hasekperreault23]

Phil soldiers on.

Question..do you think there would be ANY chance of somebody picking up Bergland and Sobotka if sent to Rochester and Buffalo brought up Nylander and Smith/ Oloffson?

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

The only defense that would be an obvious improvement is McCabe for Tennyson. Scandella hasn’t been better than 82 this season. And everyone wanted Pilut up.

 

[enthusiast]

Question..do you think there would be ANY chance of somebody picking up Bergland and Sobotka if sent to Rochester and Buffalo brought up Nylander and Smith/ Oloffson?

NHL gms live in their memories more than you'd think. I wouldn't be surprised.

 

[Hasekperreault23]

NHL gms live in their memories more than you'd think. I wouldn't be surprised.

Good i was hoping someone would say that..I mean if Nylander is ready along with Smith/ Oloffson who are both 23 i don't think they can be worse and obviously better skill set along of course shedding contracts

 

[Chainshot]

Question..do you think there would be ANY chance of somebody picking up Bergland and Sobotka if sent to Rochester and Buffalo brought up Nylander and Smith/ Oloffson?

Nope. But that would require that JB admits that those two guys should be sent down. I don’t see that happening…

 

[joshjull]

Typically, when a coach has a line like 28-22-10, the problem is playing them too much, not constantly breaking it up to keep Vlad Sobotka in the lineup.

You had me until the last line. Sobotka playing doesn’t force that line breaking up.

 

[ValJames]

B: One line team, injuries, luck, some bad habits starting to creep back