GDT: [#2] Stars @ Blues

[Satan]

go team?

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[VicVinegar]

This team looks exactly the same as last year...

 

[tofu]

 

[BoundforPetersburg]

Laughable - an understrength Blues should not be allowed to roll over Stars that quick, that soon....

 

[BoundforPetersburg]

(/as i write) 3- 0....from bad to worse...

 

[tofu]

I love Roussel but he's so easily manipulated.

 

[northstars]

Its going to be a long season. Just bought NHL Centre Ice which is looking like a big mistake. Sigh

 

[Satan]

Lmao

 

[Zapp]

Looking like it's going to be another year of embarrassment for the Stars. This is pathetic.

 

[Magic Mittens]

Can you even cancel center ice?

 

[Smelling Salt]

Good to see Janmark score I guess

 

[northstars]

Its going to be a long season. Just bought NHL Centre Ice which is looking like a big mistake. Sigh

Can you even cancel center ice?

That's a good question. If they keep losing I may just have to try canceling

 

[masinaLFC]

#tank

 

[Giacomo]

This team makes all these improvements and we still keep losing.

 

[FirstRowUpperDeck]

Well, no sign of trademark Hitchcock defensive genius so far. No structure, etc. I hope it just takes time to implement. What's the song, look at the new boss, same as the old boss? Ouch.

One thing is reminiscent of the H1 era, they start like a ball of fire but seldom have any goals to show for it at the end of the first period. From memory (which is always a little faulty) it seemed even in the SC years we seemed to waste a lot of good offense without scoring in the first.

The other negative is Kari giving up the goal on the short side, which seemed to be a trend last year. In the Vegas game, some thought he made himself small on the second goal, but I was willing to forgive, thinking is only sin was only semi committing to poking the puck away. If he did shrink up, a typical problem, and he did fail to cover the post on an open shot from angle, I already felt the hair on my neck standing up thinking "same old Kari" maybe he has just lost it.

Granted, too early to complain, but statistically, didn't we learn that teams out of the playoff race fairly early, like Thanksgiving, really don't have enough time to get back in the race, save a miracle? I will start worrying about Halloween.

 

[Troy McClure]

Kari has lost his lateral mobility. He doesn't get across the crease as quickly as he used to. To compensate, he always cheats in his positioning by getting more away from his post than he should. It's why he gives up so many ugly short side goals.

 

[Satan]

I didn't watch the game, but I kept checking the score.

Methot-Oleksiak needs to stop being a thing immediately. They were unsurprisingly awful in terms of CF% last night. Same with Pitlick, Shore and Hanzal.

 

[MBTendy]

On a positive note. The preds weren't very good to start the year last season after their overhaul. Sometimes these things take time to adapt to a new structure and build new chemistry. Still 80 games to go, not worried.

 

[BrettHullsToe]

Yeah, maybe thinking they were a contender this season was a bit too bullish, and the reality will be more like a bubble team this season (with a possibility of a decent run), and then legit contender next season once the system is fully learned and chemistry is worked out (and they don't all hate Hitch yet ).

 

[42]

It's only been two games. They'll get better.

 

[Benneguin]

Well they played two teams that are still undefeated so there's that.