GDT: CBJ at Buffalo 12/30/23 5:00 PM

[stevo61]

rebound machine

 

[joybang]

rebound machine

Was gonna say something like I didn’t ask for a rebound generator 3000 for Christmas this year but here we are. Sheesh.

 

[Cowumbus]

Is that a hook?

 

[ThirdPeriodTurtle]

"Columbus has yet to score a shorthanded goal this season." Good pass by Silly though, I was almost sure he's not gonna find Gaudreau like that.

 

[Marioesque]

Is that a hook?

No! He put his stick under buddys stick so he couldn't get to the puck. Stick on stick contact and basic physics. Fantilli blocked the stick from getting to the puck by placing his stick between. Never should be a penalty. Fantastic defensive play

 

[ThirdPeriodTurtle]

2-1 CBJ OMG AWESOME GOAL BY FANTILLI. Straight out of the box and Danforth gets that pass to him.

 

[ReggieRed]

Wow, a worse-looking PP than ours...no dangerous chances, short-handed looks for CBJ and a momentum-changing goal just after it expires!

 

[MAHJ71]

great play by Danforth hustling to the puck and getting it to Fantilli

 

[Cowumbus]

No! He put his stick under buddys stick so he couldn't get to the puck. Stick on stick contact and basic physics. Fantilli blocked the stick from getting to the puck by placing his stick between. Never should be a penalty. Fantastic defensive play

Yeah I agree. Should have added an /s

 

[stevo61]

So many little issues and chaos created by all the rebounds, again lucky to come out with the lead. 27 shots for Buffalo already and just 13 for us

 

[majormajor]

KJ - Sillinger - Bemstrom has been buried in their own zone so far. Cozens line I think is the matchup and it's not going well for CBJ.

 

[koteka]

What’s the strategy now? Pull the goalie at the beginning of the third and either score a bunch more or give up the lead early so we have plenty of time to come back?

 

[majormajor]

Also Jiricek just looks awful. I have high hopes in the long run but I hate that we're doing the Sillinger thing with him.

 

[koteka]

Also Jiricek just looks awful. I have high hopes in the long run but I hate that we're doing the Sillinger thing with him.

There was one shift in the first period that I focused on him where he was just atrocious. Two dangerously bad passes that kept that puck in our own end. They didn’t result in goals, but they could have plus they led to our defense having a really long shift in their own end.

 

[Derby]

Any idea how long Boone is predicted to be out?

 

[majormajor]

There was one shift in the first period that I focused on him where he was just atrocious. Two dangerously bad passes that kept that puck in our own end. They didn’t result in goals, but they could have plus they led to our defense having a really long shift in their own end.

For me the issue is that he's nowhere near his physical prime (or his skating prime). There's a lot of things that he tries to do that he won't be able to do in the NHL for another year or two, at least. But you put him in this situation where things fail over and over again, then you're going to subconsciously (or consciously) train him to stop trying things, to take the magic out of his game.

I'm afraid we're turning him into Klesla 2.0.

 

[AndBoomGoesTheCannon]

Any idea how long Boone is predicted to be out?

Think they said 6 weeks when it happened.

 

[koteka]

For me the issue is that he's nowhere near his physical prime (or his skating prime). There's a lot of things that he tries to do that he won't be able to do in the NHL for another year or two, at least. But you put him in this situation where things fail over and over again, then you're going to subconsciously (or consciously) train him to stop trying things, to take the magic out of his game.

I'm afraid we're turning him into Klesla 2.0.

I see in kids a lot when they don’t want to make a mistake they pass too quickly and thus make a mistake. Which is what that shift looked like to me. Sometimes the best thing to do when you have the puck is just skate a stride or two and see what develops. You can’t overthink it, but you also can’t abdicate thinking by passing quickly by default. Anyway, you and I agree where he should be now.

 

[Marioesque]

It's nuts how many times JG can turn it over in a critical situation and still not be critiqued like Laine who practically never causes breakaways or 3 on 0's with his blunders

Yeah I agree. Should have added an /s

I knew what you meant and was agreeing

 

[ReggieRed]

So we're going to spend the remaining 9 minutes of this game in our own zone? Nice...

 

[Halfboard]

I'm afraid we're turning him into Klesla 2.0.

Nah…..he’ll never get to thank Jim Day….

 

[Marioesque]

Also Jiricek just looks awful. I have high hopes in the long run but I hate that we're doing the Sillinger thing with him.

Sillinger is starting to pan out now as a capable 3c which he projected to be. And he's quite young. Audience suffered for 2 years but you can see gains now

 

[ReggieRed]

It was only a matter of time...

 

[Seedtype]

There was a game today?

Oh, on to OT.

 

[stevo61]

getting atleast 3 points in a back to back is usually a pretty significant positive but this is about as ugly as you can make it look