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GDT: Your New Jersey Devils @ San Jose Sharks, 10:30 PM EST, MSGSN
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Whaddagoal
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glenwo2
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"feeling himself"?
He should do that stuff in private.
(in FogHorn Leghorn's voice to @Guttersniped : "It's a joke, son.")
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Monsieur Verdoux
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That X guy was pretty invisible last night.
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While, by the sounds of it, barely escaping the first without it having been a blowout in favor of SJ....
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My bad 2-1 or 3-1 then lol the 18 other minutes they got posterized by the worst team in the league
It was 7-1 in favor of the sharks on high danger chances
9-3 in scoring chances in favor of the sharks
62 percent corsi share for the sharks
At 5 on 5
Devils Army
Rebuild Over.
This is what happens when you get shots through to net from the point. Miller should use his wrister more rather than miss the net at 100mph
The Wumpus
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Blandisi. He skated like a teenager driving a porsche
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What the heck happened? I left at 0-1.
#29 with a shutout but then out?
Did they dominate or were the Kahkonen/Sharks that bad?
#29 with a shutout but then out?
Did they dominate or were the Kahkonen/Sharks that bad?
PWiz30
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That was apparently the fastest burst of speed from anyone this season, beating his record from the outdoor game.
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Blackwood said something about really wanting to win to prove something to that poster with the adorable unicorn avatar and how if they weren’t watching nothing really mattered. Then he broke his stick in disgust and skated off.
You’d think Bleed riding him would have made more of an impression but can we really know what goes on in the human heart?
Also, the Sharks suck and the cold goalie sucked so we had a much easier go of it offensively. Daws and their lack of talent saved us when braindead breakdowns happened.
The Sharks handily lead the NHL in GA/GP, it was fun to score 7 but it’s meaningless.
I’m no doomer but I’m honestly still fuming over scoring 1 goal on Jonas f***ing Johansson and his .886 SV%.
The Bahl postgame comments about “pressure” making the guys unhappy and unenthusiastic on the bench is some of the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard. You’re a hockey player. Pressure to compete and perform is literally the whole job.
No wonder this team is so mentally soft.
No wonder this team is so mentally soft.
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I definitely thought Kahkonen sucked. I nailed him on four goals (can’t remember which anymore), but we still should have won the game comfortably.
I think it was the Jack breakaway goal, Bahl, Nico and one of the Smith or Miller goals. Can’t remember which one. There was another borderline one, which I also don’t remember anymore. I’ll be damned if I’m reviewing it again. I still have to review the 11 other games.
Whatever shit I got has made me extremely lazy. I’m barely motivated to shower or brush my teeth. This has defibirely surpassed Covid 2.0 from last summer. It’s not quite as bad as Covid 1.0 from January of 2021, but we’re coming very close to the same number of days with symptoms.
All I really need is a good night of sleep and I think I’ll feel 90%.
I think it was the Jack breakaway goal, Bahl, Nico and one of the Smith or Miller goals. Can’t remember which one. There was another borderline one, which I also don’t remember anymore. I’ll be damned if I’m reviewing it again. I still have to review the 11 other games.
Whatever shit I got has made me extremely lazy. I’m barely motivated to shower or brush my teeth. This has defibirely surpassed Covid 2.0 from last summer. It’s not quite as bad as Covid 1.0 from January of 2021, but we’re coming very close to the same number of days with symptoms.
All I really need is a good night of sleep and I think I’ll feel 90%.
No it's not, the whole job is to play hockey. The pressure part is doing it at the top of your ability while several thousand people are watching you do it. Some players claim to thrive in that environment, others will say (rarely, because it sounds weak) that it is the difficult part of doing it, but I don't think 'that's the job' at all.
Literally any job has a pressure to perform. That’s no different in the accounting department as it is in hockey. The difference is there’s a scoreboard, box score, and standings to regularly measure how you’re performing in the NHL.
This is especially true for a guy like Bahl. This is not a guy with an established track record. He needs to prove he can play, and play well, at this level if he wants a long and successful career and the millions of dollars that entails. That he is already seeming to buckle, or at the very least not even understand the nature of being a professional hockey player, is not a good sign.
And it’s even worse if there’s another half dozen guys on this roster thinking the same way.
NJDevs26
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My only problem with that quote is where is the actual pressure coming from? Sure as shit isn’t coming from the organization or the coaching staff…the lame media?
Poppy Whoa Sonnet
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Maybe the "Fire Ruff" chants for one, also these players probably can't help themselves and look on social media.My only problem with that quote is where is the actual pressure coming from? Sure as shit isn’t coming from the organization or the coaching staff…the lame media?
NJDevs26
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The former is basically a last game or two phenomena and the latter well I have no sympathy for them in that case if they’re taking a dopey social media comments section to heart
Whaddagoal
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Yeah the chants weren't really a thing until last home game. There were some minor attempts a few home games before but it went nowhere.
They should feel that pressure. The home record is terrible...
Better Call Sal
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Maybe I'm too sympathetic, but I understand what Bahl's getting at. It's all about being a pro obviously at the end of the day, and it's much easier for us as fans to think they can shrug things off immediately and move on.
But these guys are fighting for everything they have each time they're out there. And if they fail to meet expectations, there are consequences. For a guy like Bahl, he gets eviscerated on here every night for misplays. If he's thinking about those misplays himself, and can't get one to go his way more often, I'm sure it weighs on him. The same as it might for any other player. A lot of these guys have been able to succeed in every league before the NHL because of their skillset alone. The NHL is a much different animal, and guys have to adapt to constantly adjust.
They're human after all. Maybe we want them to be more robotic and block out everything to focus on the next shift and the next play, but it's not always the case.
But these guys are fighting for everything they have each time they're out there. And if they fail to meet expectations, there are consequences. For a guy like Bahl, he gets eviscerated on here every night for misplays. If he's thinking about those misplays himself, and can't get one to go his way more often, I'm sure it weighs on him. The same as it might for any other player. A lot of these guys have been able to succeed in every league before the NHL because of their skillset alone. The NHL is a much different animal, and guys have to adapt to constantly adjust.
They're human after all. Maybe we want them to be more robotic and block out everything to focus on the next shift and the next play, but it's not always the case.
To be frank, the fans have given this team a very long leash this season. It took almost 50 games for the ruff chants to resurface. Guys who were struggling like Timo and Vitek were constantly supported in every home game with Timo and Vitek chants.
I don’t buy the pressure comments unless they read us on here haha
Unless the pressure means coming from where they are in the standings then sure, thats a new pressure for them
I don’t buy the pressure comments unless they read us on here haha
Unless the pressure means coming from where they are in the standings then sure, thats a new pressure for them
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