Half-Assed GDT: “We got left out of the party” amalgamated SCP thread

[Itsnotatrap]

Not only does he make the stop, he controls it and doesn't allow a rebound. Unbelievable save.

Then the cherry on top, he looks like he just woke up from a Saturday afternoon nap afterwards.

 

[Thallis]

Oh look, another thread on the main boards begging for a suspension on a nothing play. Where do these people come from?

 

[simon IC]

Watching other teams' 6on5 just makes me sad about how inept ours has been under Yeo.

I may have been the first one on our sub-forum to call for his head. I still feel the same way. I have zero confidence in Mike Yeo, and I don't see us making any headway until he is gone. Hopefully he is on a short leash and this happens mid-season. That might give us a chance to make the playoffs.

 

[TruBlu]

man, being a goalie has to be the worst job in all of sports. One minute you're hot garbage and your team's fan base is ready to ship you out, the next your a series savior.

 

[AjaxManifesto]

It's probably good for the league, but I can't stand the way everything has to be a giant show in Vegas.

/curmudgeon

I like it. Only Vegas can pull that over-the-top opening spectacle off. They embrace it.

I would imagine that once the team comes back to earth in a few years and struggles like other teams they will tone it all down.

 

[Stealth JD]

God I love playoff hockey.

It pisses me off to no end that the Blues didn't make it in this year.

Meh. Had the Blues made the playoffs, I KNOW I'd have been so pissed-off to no end WHEN they lost, that I'd have turned off the rest of the playoffs and missed what great series these have been. I don't want to watch some other team on their path to glory with the wound so fresh. Every other team still battling for the Cup after the Blues are eliminated can typically go dig a nice deep hole for privacy and **** themselves, as far I'm concerned. So I'm actually loving seeing the Blues out of these playoffs...because, 1) I ultimately get to see Championship-caliber play that I'd typically only see by the team knocking out St. Louis, 2) I'm not subjected to the Blues shitting themselves in the same fashion every year (can't score a goddamn goal in the post-season when it matters), so therefore, 3) no heart-break.

If it didn't mean I had just subjected myself to 82 games of mediocrity (at best) hockey, I'd root for the Blues to miss the playoffs every year with as fun as these playoffs have been.

 

[Brian39]

man, being a goalie has to be the worst job in all of sports. One minute you're hot garbage and your team's fan base is ready to ship you out, the next your a series savior.

Almost the exact reason I love the position so much.

You can easily lose the game by yourself and sometimes you can win the game by yourself. If you enjoy taking things into your own hands, there isn't a position in sports that is better to play. Pitchers impact the game to the same level a goalie does, but then they have to sit and watch others do their job for the remaining 60-70% of playoff games. As a goalie, it's on you every night. No better feeling than performing under that type of pressure.

 

[Majorityof1]

Almost the exact reason I love the position so much.

You can easily lose the game by yourself and sometimes you can win the game by yourself. If you enjoy taking things into your own hands, there isn't a position in sports that is better to play. Pitchers impact the game to the same level a goalie does, but then they have to sit and watch others do their job for the remaining 60-70% of playoff games. As a goalie, it's on you every night. No better feeling than performing under that type of pressure.

But what is the average pay for a goaltender relative to that level of importance? Holtby makes less than Ovie, Backstrom and Kuzy. He barely makes more thasn Orpik. One off year and he is considered vastly overpaid. I got to go with @TruBlu there. Its on you each and every night, but the average goalie makes less than the average skater. To each their own though. You do you though, Brian. That's why I you, you crazy mofo

 

[StephenPeat]

And to think Holtby was apparently on the trading block during the season. Wow. They even started the playoffs with Grubauer. Somebody posted earlier that it may just be the nature of goaltending. You just have to hope your goalie gets hot at the right time.

As a Capitals fan I’ll tell you now, there was never anything substantiated suggesting Holtby was ever available. Speculation from unsourced bloggers? Sure. Insiders? Not even close.

 

[Stealth JD]

As a Capitals fan I’ll tell you now, there was never anything substantiated suggesting Holtby was ever available. Speculation from unsourced bloggers? Sure. Insiders? Not even close.

I said before the playoffs started in a Holtby/Grabeur thread that the Caps would absolutely retain the Vezina-winner and sell high on Grabeur. They’d be foolish to do otherwise.

 

[EastonBlues22]

Hahah.

Really subtle DSP.

 

[Thallis]

I don't understand Perron taking draws on the PP

 

[Thallis]

Vegas is really good at finding that extra pass for a better scoring chance.

 

[EastonBlues22]

Two posts for Vegas already.

Some karmic retribution for Washington's bad bounces in game 1, perhaps.

 

[Thallis]

Fluery did all he could there.

 

[EastonBlues22]

Fluery did all he could there.

Sure did.

What a crazy series of bounces. If McNabb hadn't tripped over his own guy, they probably escape that unscathed.

 

[EastonBlues22]

That's at least two golden opportunities that Vegas has essentially whiffed on.

 

[Thallis]

Sure did.

What a crazy series of bounces. If McNabb hadn't tripped over his own guy, they probably escape that unscathed.

Yeah. Or if one of them in front realizes Fleury was back they would have had Ovechkin.

Unreal hit by Neal there.

 

[Thallis]

Theodore has really impressed me these playoffs. Just broke up a free goal for Oshie.

Edit: Nevermind that was Sbisa.

 

[EastonBlues22]

Can you imagine Hitchcock behind the bench for a game like this?

He'd have a heart attack.

 

[Thallis]

Can you imagine Hitchcock behind the bench for a game like this?

He'd have a heart attack.

I think he might just not let the team come out for the second if they gave up that man odd man rushes.

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

Oooooffff, Holtby

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

Washington player gets tripped by his own guy, Vegas called for the trip....I’d be sooooo pissed lol

 

[EastonBlues22]

Washington player gets tripped by his own guy, Vegas called for the trip....I’d be sooooo pissed lol

Vegas got away with a pretty clear trip less than a minute before, so I don't feel too bad for them.

 

[Bobby Orrtuzzo]

Vegas got away with a pretty clear trip less than a minute before, so I don't feel too bad for them.

Ahhhh, missed that one. Now I don’t feel so bad lol