Camp Set

[mikemcburn]

Blah. Well at least the 2nd PP unit this time actually generated a chance.

EDIT: 3rd PP unit ;-)

 

[cleangene63]

At least it looks like the team's learned how not to blow 3 goal leads after last season.

 

[mikemcburn]

At least it looks like the team's learned how not to blow 3 goal leads after last season.

You mean by not taking 3 goal leads in the first place huh? Sneaky strategy. Verrry sneaky.

What's up with these ice times anyway? Riberio okay? Only 11:49 so far?

 

[Marty Party]

This is a flat out joke.

 

[mikemcburn]

What the?

Ouch.

 

[INDhockeyfan]

Are they just giving up now? I know it is preseason and Rinne would have been pulled a long time ago in a real game but 7 goals??

 

[mikemcburn]

WOW.

As of this moment, only Fisher, Hodgson and Smith aren't in the plus/minus red. Oh yeah, and Hutton. It's a fruity stat sheet to look at.

Gaustad -4, each of Wilson, Watson and Josi -3, a bunch more at -2. Wild.

 

[mikemcburn]

K, I'm calling it - BJs win this one.

 

[Byrddog]

Q: What do the Nashville Predators and the Titanic have in common?
A: They both look good until they hit the ice!

 

[PredsV82]

so, maybe we can spin this to say that there is no doubt the team will be focused these last few days before the opener... certainly won't be overconfident...

 

[mikemcburn]

Oh thank gawd - game over!

I'm dumb-founded by the lines, a goalie left to float for 7 goals, the seeming oddity of ice times, and, um... well, about a goalie left in for 7 goals. Guess the coach has a strategy I just don't get.

 

[Byrddog]

Well camp is over really. And what have we learned? If the last two games are what traditionally is the starting lines for the season theres trouble on Broadway.

 

[mikemcburn]

Well camp is over really. And what have we learned? If the last two games are what traditionally is the starting lines for the season theres trouble on Broadway.

I dunno 'bout lines, but ice times seemed odd to me - you guys are the Preds experts, would you expect to become common that Jarnkrok sees more ice than Neal, Arvidsson a couple minutes more than Forsburg, Wilson and Smith 1-2 mins more than Riberio?

From what I can tell, Arvidsson actually lead all forwards with 17:40m. That's 3mins more than Forsberg's 14:31 and Riberio's 14:40, 2mins more than Neal. Looks like only Gaustad, Nystrom and Watson played less than Hodgson and Forsberg.

Btwn the ice times and mushy lines and leaving Rinne in there for 7 goals, I gotta guess that Lavi decided at some point during the game just to use it as a wholesale scrimmage practice. Tonight cannot be what to expect, right?

 

[mikemcburn]

Here's a quickie video clip of the 5th goal - for those like me desperate to get a visual glimpse of what's happening with the Preds.

 

[twig]

Q: What do the Nashville Predators and the Titanic have in common?
A: They both look good until they hit the ice!

To: franking: funny !!!!

 

[Drake744]

To quote one of my friends who actually said this one year after a preseason loss: "The playoffs are a pipedream after this crap!" We always jokingly bring that up in times of unnecessary overreaction. So, the playoffs are a pipedream after this crap.

Last year we had 6 points in 6 preseason games. This year we had 7 in 6, as if it matters.

By the way, the "winners" of each division in last year's preseason were Toronto, Columbus, Dallas and LA. Clearly all that exhibition game magic translated into playoff glory.

 

[Armourboy]

TBH I wouldn't be shocked if most of them were more worried about making it through without getting hurt than actually playing. I think if anything last season went a long way to showing guys that it is a long season, winning in October is great, but doesn't mean a thing if you can't win in March.

We shall see I suppose. I'm not overly concerned unless this is what we see when it matters.

 

[PredsV82]

We didn't give up nearly as many goals last year but we did lose both of our last two preseason games to Cbus last year and I remember a good bit of fretting then as well.

We start the season at home with two teams that we should beat. If we lose both of them badly, I'll start to worry. Until then, we are a good team until proven otherwise

 

[Byrddog]

I am going to try and forget pre season all together. There was some good but many troubling things in these 6 games.

Good Forsberg played well the first three games, Smith had a 2 goal game, Arvidsson appears to be a NHL player, Weber seems to suffer no ill effect of the dislocated knee cap, The 1st and 2nd D parings did well until the last two games of the preseason.

Bad Have to put Rinne at the top here is it the lingering effect of injury the break-up with fiancé or are his best years simply in the past? Wilson, Jarnkrok, Riberio 6 games with very little to show for it. PP just as inconsistent as last year one game 3 PP goals another game with 0/6 on the PP.

I expect that most will feel the team will hit stride at some point but the 1st 10 games are critical. Last year I recall people dismissing the problems until the team had played 20 games. The central is just as tough this year and the West looks to be improved overall. So a lot will depend on the first 10 games. Last year a quick start got the team rolling to the playoffs as we look back it was really the reason they made the playoffs. So the preseason leaves questions.

 

[Pred303]

lol the preseason always leaves questions, it's just whether one chooses to see the good or the bad from scrimmages. the team that beat TB twice or the team that lost to CLB twice? the rinne that played well in 3 games or the one that gave up 7 last night?

this will be a good team. how good? good enough? well one never really knows these things until about game 10 or 20. but in 4 days we start to get our first real idea. can't wait.

 

[Armourboy]

The thing is with preseason games is that games can get out of hand simply due too teams having different ideas of how they want to go about things. You take a team that is just using it as one last skate before the real thing and throw them against a team that is playing as hard as they would in the regular season and it isn't hard to figure out how it turns into 7-1 pretty quick.

Not to mention, once you get down 3/4 - 1 you have zero reason to get back in it, it is preseason. Plus it sounded like Lavi started just throwing out some odd ball lines just to see what happened, which can leave you in even more trouble.

 

[RaiderDoug]

Scrivens on waivers from Edmonton.

He wasn't great last year, but the Oilers D was a trainwreck, and he's better than Hutton.

I'd look into it if I was Poile. I think we'll need to spell Rinne more often this year and Hutton is not NHL caliber. This is not the year to go cheap with our backup goaltender.

 

[wadesworld]

Scrivens on waivers from Edmonton.

He wasn't great last year, but the Oilers D was a trainwreck, and he's better than Hutton.

I'd look into it if I was Poile. I think we'll need to spell Rinne more often this year and Hutton is not NHL caliber. This is not the year to go cheap with our backup goaltender.

Yep, I'd take Scrivens if his price is reasonable.

 

[PredsV82]

Yep, I'd take Scrivens if his price is reasonable.

2.3 million for one year only.

We have something like 12 million in cap space, so I think Id do it if I were Poile. But it would mean either Saros or Maz goes to Cincinnati, unless someone claims Hutton, which they won't, and that might be why Poile doesn't do it

 

[Privy]

Scrivens on waivers from Edmonton.

He wasn't great last year, but the Oilers D was a trainwreck, and he's better than Hutton.

I'd look into it if I was Poile. I think we'll need to spell Rinne more often this year and Hutton is not NHL caliber. This is not the year to go cheap with our backup goaltender.

I thought the same thing when I seen Scrivens was waived. I like Hutton, but we really need someone behind Rinne that has the ability to take over for him and carry the team. Hutton just can't do that. Is Scrivens the answer. Not really, but he'd be an upgrade.

Poile will stick with Hutton. Expect Rinne to be overplayed and hope he stays healthy. The odds are on Hutton's side that he'll have a save of the year candidate, which is nice I guess.