Post-Game Talk: wing

[bleedblue94]

This team clearly has a hangover from the run last year, but after a month it's time for it to shake off and get going. This is on Turk and the "leadership group" of this team to get things going bc another few weeks of this and you're starring at a situation that you're chasing a wildcard spot down the stretch.

 

[DialUp]

Drives me crazy that shitty ass team in NJ is dominating while we get to watch this.

Devils aren't shitty though at all. The joke of "they just needed a goalie last year" wasn't a joke.

 

[CasusBelli]

vally spot on

 

[Machinehead]

Team just has to figure that out quick. Too many good teams in the East. Catching up is a dangerous game to play.

Lots of the usual suspects are also off to a slow start.

Leafs are 7-4-2. Panthers are 6-5-1.

The Rangers are currently in a playoff position. You would think we're in last.

 

[CasusBelli]

Devils aren't shitty though at all. The joke of "they just needed a goalie last year" wasn't a joke.

Absolutely

 

[DanielBrassard]

Laf has always worried me, just don't see the high end skill. I'm sorry you guys can blast me, I just don't see it.

Even when Kakko was a ghost, he'd have his moments of just puck domination. You saw more of it last season, but he was snake bitten with injuries, he's stringing games together this year and it's fun to watch. Laf just seems like a guy. I don't see high end skills, I'm sorry just the truth, and I hope the kid proves me wrong, want nothing but the best for the kid.

Anyone who says otherwise is lying to you.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

At least shitty Kreider was moved to the 4th line where he belongs. But the fact Kakko didnt start OT is a f***ing joke.

 

[CommaSynapse]

Yeah, they had a great coach.

There's a difference of being slow and playing slow. Playing slow is the issue.


I'd 100% trade for Chychrun @ 50% . Do whatever it takes

To me, a lot of the issue rests with the offense. I don't see Chychrun making this team more complete.

The overall forward group is a downgrade from last year, and the bottom-6, too. Too much hope rested on Kakko, Laf, Chytil, and Krav stepping up. and only Kakko has done so to any degree, though Chytil was off to a good start before injury.

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

There’s a gaping black hole at RW. We all knew it. The idea that we’d play well and then acquire someone like Patrick Kane at the Deadline was nixed when he decided to sign Trocheck to a fair deal AAV, but a shitty one long-term. Couple that with essentially giving Buchnevich away for free and overpaying for Goodrich and Reaves and this is the net result. Not to mention, for as good as the Vatrano trade was, we didn’t attempt to re-sign him. The Copp trade was bad, but again, no attempt to re-sign. They had no money because of the aforementioned signings. So now we have a bottom-six that can’t score and a team too reliant on its big guns.

Frustrating all-around.

 

[Kords]

Amen

 

[DialUp]

Lots of the usual suspects are also off to a slow start.

Leafs are 7-4-2. Panthers are 6-5-1.

The Rangers are currently in a playoff position. You would think we're in last.

They have played more games, so their destiny (lol I know it's November) is not in their hands. But come December, if they are NOT in, then it's not a good look and will be a fcking slog on the ice to get back and this place will be a sewer. All worries go away when they go away though.

 

[bleedblue94]

vally spot on

Summarize please? After the game I committed to Mickey mouse clubhouse w my son, it's much more entertaining then that game was tonight...

 

[EdJovanovski]

Imagine trying to motivate a team in the locker room when you yourself are hot garbage.

Or when you have the vocabulary of a 1st grader and talk like you have a mouthful of peanut butter lol

 

[Paulie Walnutz]

 

[Chaels Arms]

Gallant not taking it easy on Kreider in the post-game press conference.

 

[Baby Punisher]

This was an unacceptable loss. This team needs to be shaken up. They are playing pedestrian hockey.

 

[Crease]

They would really benefit if Laf, Kreider and Blais improved from non-factor to factor and Kravtsov from liability to non-factor. They didn’t budget for so many forwards disappointing.

 

[will1066]

This is just a squad of freelancers. Quinn couldn't keep the inmates from taking over the asylum and it's starting to look that way for Gerard.

 

[Daves a mess]

There isn't a coach in the world that can get this bunch to change....the "passive pretty play" is ingrained in their DNA....no matter who's behind the bench, they're going to go for the tic-tac-toe, back door play every time.

This board, when it runs out whipping one or 2 guys will ALWAYS start a witch hunt on the coach.

How many are still here from the Tom Renney days? It was bad then, and has gotten progressively worse with each coach since.

Never thought it could get worse than with AV.


Then David Quinn started a whole new level of coach brutality here.


Anybody still think Lindy Ruff should get fired?

Hearing that he is AWESOME now.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Devils aren't shitty though at all. The joke of "they just needed a goalie last year" wasn't a joke.

Their defense wasn't particularly good last year and their goalie is still Blackwood isn't it?

 

[PuckLuck3043]

We're literally under 500. Won 6 of 13 games

They are 2 games above NHL .500 with 2 more points than games played. Over an 82 game season that's 95 points. There are 5 teams in the east with more points, 2 of which have only 1 more point. They are not playing particularly well but they are not being dominating either. People are overreacting as usual.

 

[EdJovanovski]

We need your words of wisdom @Kocur26

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

Amen

No lie was detected. Kreider has been dreadful.

 

[Machinehead]

Maybe I'm wrong and the team just sucks now, despite every aspect of the game improving statistically, except PP and goaltending where we actually have the league's best talent and should be the least worried about.

But, I'm beginning to get the feeling that Gallant sees that the way we play isn't getting us past Tampa and we're using this time to work on our game, like a lot of the good teams are if you look at the standings.

The Kraken are one of the best teams in the league right now. If that doesn't tell you there's a warmup stage to NHL seasons, I don't know what does.

 

[CasusBelli]

Summarize please? After the game I committed to Mickey mouse clubhouse w my son, it's much more entertaining then that game was tonight...

We were lucky to get a point; amazing that Halak at his age performed as well as he did. He gave us a chance. We were crap and totally dominated and outchanced outside the first period. No way we’ll get anywhere if we don’t start winning these games. We don’t take “should win” games seriously. If we’re not in a much better place by thanksgiving, this season is done.