I'll never miss Wood with how Lazar shows up. Also Smith reads the bench and gets physical at exactly the right time. He should stay up on the 4th line imo.
Schmid shuts the door also.
Schmid shuts the door also.
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Stop playing vitek. Hopefully dougie just tweaked something and it isn’t long term. If so, call up Nemec.
Tom find another goalie to play with schmid. Vitek ain’t it, he’s broken.
Tom find another goalie to play with schmid. Vitek ain’t it, he’s broken.
League is bad in goaltending, but I like what Lankinen did in his last three seasons. Vejmelka isnt playing well now, but I dont trust arizona and their goalies always better after leaving them.
Vitek is really broken. People can blame defense, but our defense isnt worser than SJ defense and we saw Blackwood on our net. I believe he ended to play under pressure and its easier to him, so good luck to him. So I dont wanna see anybody, I wanna see goalie with reasonable deal and potential. Gibson is a bad goalie to trade for. Because of his health, his deal and years of bad plays. And mtl goalies Montembeault is on a hot streak, I dont believe in his career now.
But Lankinen is a good option I think. And I dont think that Trotz will not agree on a reasonable deal. And Lankinen career is prettydecent.
Both guys went from top 25-30 in GSA to like bottom 15 over the course of the year in the same system, sure the losses of Sevo/Graves hurt but we can't play like we did versus the Sabres every night. It's an absurd tank, you'll tire your guys out like the Canes do every year going balls to the wall for a full 82. Not sure why saying your goalies need to show up is such a hot take on this board.
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Too many confused plays in our own end with us flubbing pucks and not clearing the zone, with turnovers and passes not being cleanly made and sometimes guys nearly running into each other.
The best thing about the Lazar trade was that he came with two more years. Had it been a usual UFA deadline acquisition, we'd be trading again to get someone like him.
We got no Timo, we got no Haula…DOUGIE’S HEAD IS FALLING OFF!!!
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Hughes brought up in his on-ice interview that the team let Vitek down. That was unprompted so it makes me think that Vitek hasn't lost the room, i.e. he's not a lost cause mentally in NJ. People being done with him on here doesn't matter as long as he avoids the internet.
We can be back in a playoff spot by the end of Thursday night with a win and a little help
I'll ask again. Who is the backup after waiving Vitek?
I mean, I assume we are sending him to Utica after waiving him.
Yup. Just got back from arena. Vitek needs to come up with a save on one of those 3 goals. Perhaps the one where it was clutterbuck?
Breakaway can he at least stop it once and awhile? The 4th isles goal I say less on him. Marino or someone just get a dude camp out waiting for the puck on his own. Less mad at Vitek on that one vs. the actual defense or system.
Anyhow I agree Vitek has to somehow save one of those... Just to make the big save.
Pavel Zacha would have absolutely launched that thing over the crossbar.
I hope the Isles fans got a nice picture on center ice after the game.
I just want .900 SV%. He can suck on the PK and on breakaways but make a side to side save once out of 3 times.
This board would have been hilarious if either of our goalies had allowed the McLeod goal. Hell they have at different points of the season anyway.
I mean if you're a teammate how can you not like the guy? And to be fair, the goals against him tonight weren't AS bad as most of the other games he's played this year. Maybe we'd be looking at a shortside one-timer on the first goal or slow-moving junk on the third goal a little differently if he'd earned more rope during the season but it's been twenty games of this after his late-season swoon last year - management needs to make a hard decision here.
The funny thing about people complaining Vitek can't stop a breakaway (from Barzal of all people) is that Schmid looked Yann Danis-like bad in his shootout against Arizona earlier this year.
Why does it matter if the backup doesn’t even play a game? In my hypothetical scenario, he’s only gone for a week or two.
Kallgren or Kinkaid can sit on the bench for a week and work the door to the bench.
But then you’d have to waive one of them when he comes back, since it wasn’t an emergency recall.
I’m pretty sure he is a lost cause here.
Schmid has been better than him, but has only played roughly a third of the games.
Gross incompetence on Ruff or whoever pulls the strings with the Vitek bonerfest.
They wouldn't be subject to waivers unless they dress for 10 games or are up here for a month.
Both are bad on breakaways. Schmid allowed a breakaway goal against Columbus.
It’s like a 50% chance you’re gonna allow a goal on one of them with either goalie this year.
Vitek even got saved by the post on a breakaway in the 1st period.
Brendan Smith. I have appreciated your multi-dimensional contributions over the past few games. Glad you are a DEVIL!
For a team that still struggles to finish, our success against Sorokin and Shesterkin is pretty mind boggling. We knocked four points off of Sorokin's save percentage tonight.
Vitek is super likeable. The players are never going to throw him under the bus.
But that's a problem too because they can be looking to correct problems that isn't their fault and only end up playing worse with less confidence.
Fitz has to try and get someone more reliable in net.
But that's a problem too because they can be looking to correct problems that isn't their fault and only end up playing worse with less confidence.
Fitz has to try and get someone more reliable in net.
Lazar's interviews are awesome. Holtz is awesome. McLeod is awesome. Jack is awesome. You guys are awesome...Grab some sticks boys!
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