GDT: 2022 Playoffs: WCQF Game 1 | WC2: Predators @ C1: Colorado Avalanche | 5.3.22 | 8:30p

[Legionnaire11]

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Predators Lineup:
Kunin-Johansen-Tomasino
Forsberg-Granlund-Duchene
Trenin-Sissons-Jeannot
Cousins-McCarron-Olivier

Josi-Fabbro
Ekholm-Carrier
Borowiecki-Benning

Predators Injuries:
Juuse Saros - DTD - Lower Body
Jeremy Lauzon - DTD - Lower Body



Avalanche Lineup:
Nichushkin-MacKinnon-Rantanen
Landeskog-Kadri-Lehkonen
Burakovsky-Compher-NAK
Cogliano-Sturm-Helm

Toews-Makar
Girard-Manson
Byram-E. Johnson

Avalanche Injuries:
Ryan Murray - DTD - Hand

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[101st_fan]

Today’s cubicle decoration.

 

[GeauxPreds1]

Alright preds, time to go back to pre April hockey. Grasp that underdog role like you did when people had you picked to finish at the bottom 10 in the league. I said pre April with the way we was playing then that I thought this team could beat anyone. 1.Defenseman not named Josi play a defensive sound game, don’t pitch. I know it sounds unfair but you just don’t have the skills josi has. Rittch is gonna need your support bad. He doesn’t need to see and 2-1 breaks.
2. Be physical! I wanna see Colorado cringe and flitch when they see you coming. Every chance you get lay a body on them but keep it clean. Which brings me to my next point
3. Stay out of the box. You know what else would help Rittch? It’s keeping one of the most dangerous power play units off the ice.
I could go on but that’s the most important in my opinion what this team needs to do tonight. I wanna see a hard fought game and c the Avs to earn everything tonight. I still have faith that this team can shock the world again. Let’s go Preds!!! Can’t wait for the puck drop

 

[Soundgarden]

Go Preds!

Don't have really high expectations so let's get out there and play some hockey.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

Alright preds, time to go back to pre April hockey. Grasp that underdog role like you did when people had you picked to finish at the bottom 10 in the league. I said pre April with the way we was playing then that I thought this team could beat anyone. 1.Defenseman not named Josi play a defensive sound game, don’t pitch. I know it sounds unfair but you just don’t have the skills josi has. Rittch is gonna need your support bad. He doesn’t need to see and 2-1 breaks.
2. Be physical! I wanna see Colorado cringe and flitch when they see you coming. Every chance you get lay a body on them but keep it clean. Which brings me to my next point
3. Stay out of the box. You know what else would help Rittch? It’s keeping one of the most dangerous power play units off the ice.
I could go on but that’s the most important in my opinion what this team needs to do tonight. I wanna see a hard fought game and c the Avs to earn everything tonight. I still have faith that this team can shock the world again. Let’s go Preds!!! Can’t wait for the puck drop

All the D should play more conservatively... I'm looking at you Carrier... and for that matter, even Josi - you're not chasing a record anymore Cap! They need to help their goalie a lot better than they have for the last couple of months.

And the physicality needs to be relentless, methodical, but not gratuitous. Don't get trapped behind the play. And watch the situationals and game management slants coming from the refs. Should be able to get a sense when they will be Looking to call one on the Preds, don't make it easy for them. Play hard, but smart, don't just run around flexing.

 

[PredsV82]

@101st_fan knows that the original Order was given against Colorado way back when Darcy Hordichuk was our enforcer.

So, the Order is again given. Tilt, Pour, Consume, Repeat.

We've got them right where we want them.

 

[Marty Party]

Well, if yesterday is any indication, we're going to the box a lot. I was hoping for less whistles and with our rep, that's a bad combo.

Three blowouts yesterday and each series having even penalties for each team except for one.

BOS/CAR - 3 PP's each
TB/TOR - 5/6 PP's each
STL/MIN - 6 PP's each
LA/EDM - 4 PP's each

We'll see if NSH/COL will have even PP's.

Go Rittich. Gotta win this this game 1. Huge game that can set the tone for the series.

 

[predwings]

All the D should play more conservatively... I'm looking at you Carrier... and for that matter, even Josi - you're not chasing a record anymore Cap! They need to help their goalie a lot better than they have for the last couple of months.

And the physicality needs to be relentless, methodical, but not gratuitous. Don't get trapped behind the play. And watch the situationals and game management slants coming from the refs. Should be able to get a sense when they will be Looking to call one on the Preds, don't make it easy for them. Play hard, but smart, don't just run around flexing.

I dunno, I think being overly conservative is what's costing them. They're overly content to turtle in front of the goalie and let the other teams get puck control and position in the zone. Teams are just picking their shots and firing through traffic all day. It's good if you're blocking all the shots but we're not blocking a lot lately. We really need to be attacking the puck more in the zone and forcing them into quicker passes and still try to keep them outside the slot area.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

I dunno, I think being overly conservative is what's costing them. They're overly content to turtle in front of the goalie and let the other teams get puck control and position in the zone. Teams are just picking their shots and firing through traffic all day. It's good if you're blocking all the shots but we're not blocking a lot lately. We really need to be attacking the puck more in the zone and forcing them into quicker passes and still try to keep them outside the slot area.

I think most of their problems in their own zone stem from somebody always being out of position... either from an over-aggressive pinch or going for a hit somewhere up the ice, and then everybody else ends up tripping over themselves scrambling back to cover things, but nobody quite reading the best way to do that.

So you can pressure the puck, especially once properly set in the defensive zone and with everybody in position, and you can be in the right lanes to block shots, and you can even attack the puck carrier more. And that's not really what I'm talking about in terms of playing more "Conservatively". I'm saying more don't make the same mistakes further up the ice that lead to some of these scrambly recovery attempts in the first place.

 

[FossilFndr]

Can Pekka come out of retirement, we need him now!

 

[Armourboy]

Can Pekka come out of retirement, we need him now!

No actually he can't. He had to sign before the trade deadline to be eligible just like Fisher did.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

No actually he can't. He had to sign before the trade deadline to be eligible just like Fisher did.

Unless... Brian Poile was supposed to fax in the retirement papers, but in a shocking twist...

 

[predwings]

Actually he could come back through a loophole but I doubt we’d use that. EBUG is allowed for Rinne and there is no limit in the playoffs like in the regular season but once again I doubt we’d do that

 

[Predsanddead24]

Actually he could come back through a loophole but I doubt we’d use that. EBUG is allowed for Rinne and there is no limit in the playoffs like in the regular season but once again I doubt we’d do that

Surely you can’t just have healthy goalies and play your EBUG over and over though?

 

[adsfan]

I heard that Askarov signed with Milwaukee. He is the other goalie, not Pekka.

Maybe I should have said assigned to Milwaukee?

 

[Legionnaire11]

You know, Rittich has been an all-star in his career and Flames fans tell us about times when he would get hot and become unbeatable.

Now, with the Preds so far he's been sitting behind the guy who led the league in starts so he's been cold most of the time. At his best for us he was able to win games despite a subpar stat line, at his worst, well...

But what could be the X factor is the pressure and the mental state that he has to carry now. No longer is he stapled to the bench, collecting checks for watching Juuse play. Now David Rittich is THE GUY. He's the one who knows that he's got the starter's net, that he's the one that the team's success is depending on. If this is a player who thrives on that mental distinction and rises up with the pressure of the playoffs, we could do something special!

 

[101st_fan]

I heard that Askarov signed with Milwaukee. He is the other goalie, not Pekka.

Maybe I should have said assigned to Milwaukee?

Askarov's deal is an AHL PTO ... he is not under contract with the Preds yet.

 

[PredsV82]

Askarov's deal is an AHL PTO ... he is not under contract with the Preds yet.

Allows him to play with Milwaukee without burning an ELC year. Excellent

 

[braindead]

John Hynes with the freshly shaved doom and Euro hipster shirt looks like a Bond supervillain. Perfect.

 

[101st_fan]

Allows him to play with Milwaukee without burning an ELC year. Excellent

Even if he signed with the Preds he could sign a PTO and not burn a year.

 

[Cashville]

Vamos los Perds! Not optimistic, but the boys often play the underdog card well; let's f-ing go!

And is the game going to air on NHLN (or another channel) until NYR/PIT ends? Or they just wait to start? I feel like I ask this question every playoffs, apologies.

 

[hockey diva]

Tolvy scratched again

 

[adsfan]

Vamos los Perds! Not optimistic, but the boys often play the underdog card well; let's f-ing go!

And is the game going to air on NHLN (or another channel) until NYR/PIT ends? Or they just wait to start? I feel like I ask this question every playoffs, apologies.

Rangers just had the go ahead goal disallowed with 3 mins left in regulation.

 

[PredsV82]

Tolvy scratched again

I knew I shouldnt have bought his jersey

 

[Cashville]

Rangers just had the go ahead goal disallowed with 3 mins left in regulation.

Yep, I'm watching it. They just said NSH v COL will be on ESPNU in the meanwhile.