Half-Assed GDT: Blues @ Bruins. The Tanktown Express Returns

[joe galiba]

It would not surprise me to see them try to move Krug again in the offseason with the Cap significantly increasing and then Keeping Peru as a sheltered bottom Pairing/7th d-man PP specialist.

I myself want them both gone tho.

except everyone else horribly sucks at the point on the PP

 

[Brian39]

Assuming he hits that and stays an RFA, how do we get that not nothing out of him when he's worthless? It's like saving all the lint in your pocket in a big ball of lint, because you don't want to throw it away for nothing, but also nobody wants a worthless ball of Perunovich..I mean, lint.

You have made your mind up, but there is a very reasonable opinion that he isn't worthless.

I'd be very content with him as a league minimum #6 D man who QBs one of our PP units in a world where we didn't have to shelter Krug. I believe that moving Krug is a priority for Army and we know with certainty that an attempt was already made to move him last summer. Even if we have Krug still, I'm perfectly fine with using Perunovich as a depth D man.

There is zero benefit to him walking as a UFA and no downside to playing him in these meaningless games down the stretch.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

This just feels like a game we will win just to annoy us

And while typing this we score....

I still hate you

 

[Celtic Note]

Consistency.

Leading by example.

Indeed.
I don't like Scandella scratched in favour of Perunovich. I might be reading too much into it, but I am starting to think that the organisation is determined to make him a permanent roster player. Like they are doubling down.

Why would we give playing time to a guy with no future here after less than 20 games over a guy who we are trying to see can prove himself and in a season where we are not competing for anything?

 

[Celtic Note]

I still hate you

Take it easy. That’s a quality poster your flogging there.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Take it easy. That’s a quality poster your flogging there.

I disagree, dude sucks. Makes GDTs aimed at us losing all for us to put up 5 goals on the team tied for 2nd in the league.

 

[Celtic Note]

I disagree, dude sucks. Makes GDTs aimed at us losing all for us to put up 5 goals on the team tied for 2nd in the league.

Ok. You convinced me. Flog away!

 

[Ted Hoffman]

If we're going to keep Perunovich because of his awesome PP skills, I'd rather just stick him up at forward and have a defenseman who can play defense, who doesn't need to be heavily sheltered, in his defensive spot. It's not even like when Peru is on the power play, he's doing even 50% of what a Cale Makar does. He's "great" at passing the puck around, but he very infrequently shoots and he doesn't have a dangerous shot at all. He's otherwise lousy defensively, and saying "we can shelter him" underscores that. The idea of playing a defenseman 11-12 minutes a game trying to protect him from being treated like a turnstile in his own zone for the 4-5 minutes he might spend on the PP, might be great there, is dumb.

I'm sure in some reinvention of playing roles for a team there's a spot for him - not quite a rover, but something where "when we need to break out on offense he's back with the defense, when the team needs to play defense a forward drops down to do that and he's up front for a quick breakout with his speed - but in 2024, there's not a good position for him.

 

[BadgersandBlues]

I like Peru. I think he's one of the few D that can actually shake an aggressive forecheck. He has the patience and shiftiness with the puck to force guys to back away and in doing so creates space for us to transition the puck up the ice smoothly. Yes, he gets caught occasionally, because he's not the best skater, and yes, he flubs the puck occasionally, b/c so does everyone who has it on their stick enough. But compared to Colton, "Slam the puck off the glass the minute anyone gets within a stick length," Parayko, it's actually kinda refreshing to see a defenseman with the skills and confidence to simply force a forechecker to back off.

Peru in the Vince Dunn role (PP1 QB alongside sheltered 3rd pairing minutes with an emphasis on maximizing offensive zone matchups) on a league minimum (or close to it) contract is a fairly valuable player. The issue, as always, is Krug, b/c Krug is Peru but paid 6.5x.

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

The xG tonight was 3.97 for Boston and 2.55 for us. Hofer is one of the main reasons to be excited about our future.

What were the xG for Game 7? I enjoy watching a young goalie steal a game in Boston.

 

[bleedblue1223]

What were the xG for Game 7? I enjoy watching a young goalie steal a game in Boston.

1.87 for Boston, 1.75 for us. We had 10 high danger chances, they had 9. Besides a few, they just threw crap at Binnington where we had way less chances, but the ones we created were dangerous, and we converted.