GDT: Game 12: Sharks vs. Flyers 7:30pm NBCSCA

[Hodge]

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Final advanced stats for that top line. Turns out putting your good players together is... good. Productive even.

They were pretty bad together near the end of last season so I understand why Quinn was hesitant to reunite them.

 

[TheBigDrunkPanda]

Tens if not hundreds

Mostly flyers fans too

 

[weastern bias]

Haha you just know we're going to beat the Oilers and then people here are gonna complain that we're ruining our draft positioning.

Beating the Oilers in regulation would have us tied with them in points for last place

It WOULD ruin our draft position, that is a must-lose game

 

[TheBigDrunkPanda]

Haha you just know we're going to beat the Oilers and then people here are gonna complain that we're ruining our draft positioning.

Nah way to early for that, now if they start winning every 2 or 3 games then it’s a problem lol, not that it matters the sharks aren’t getting the first overall the franchise is cursed on that one

 

[Stewie Griffin]

Beating the Oilers in regulation would have us tied with them in points for last place

It WOULD ruin our draft position, that is a must-lose game

Thankfull we've been so bad we would win (or is it lose) every tie breaker. As long as we don't actually pass them in points.

 

[weastern bias]

Thankfull we've been so bad we would win (or is it lose) every tie breaker. As long as we don't actually pass them in points.

Can't wait for Edmonton to win another lottery after they changed the rules because Edmonton kept winning the lottery, gonna be so sick

 

[LadyStanley]

Official attendance: 10,074

 

[Stewie Griffin]

Official attendance: 10,074

Ouch. To be fair, it's one of the worst teams in NHL history hosting a game against another bad team (with no history between the two; opposite conferences) on a Tuesday night in November.

 

[gaucholoco3]

They were pretty bad together near the end of last season so I understand why Quinn was hesitant to reunite them.

I always thought Eklund would work better with Couture than Hertl.

Couture works more on the rush than Hertl who does a lot of his work on the cycle down low. Eklund can play both games but when Eklund cycles he likes to be the one with the puck down low which is also where Hertl wants to be so the do a lot of work below the goal line together to get zone time without actually creating chances.

 

[landshark]

Unless Grier spent his retirement learning how to rid himself of his stone hands he's not saving anything. Even if he can prevent 6 goals a game by himself it won't matter when he can't score any better than anyone else on the roster.

 

[Hodge]

I always thought Eklund would work better with Couture than Hertl.

Couture works more on the rush than Hertl who does a lot of his work on the cycle down low. Eklund can play both games but when Eklund cycles he likes to be the one with the puck down low which is also where Hertl wants to be so the do a lot of work below the goal line together to get zone time without actually creating chances.

I agree. Eklund needs a linemate who understands spacing and how to find soft spots in coverage and Couture is probably our best player at doing that now that Timo is gone.

 

[Skeksis25]

Can't wait for Edmonton to win another lottery after they changed the rules because Edmonton kept winning the lottery, gonna be so sick

After every game, I go to tankathon to click on Sim Lottery once and I think I've seen the Sharks be #1 just once so far. It's almost always Pittsburgh or Chicago for me.

 

[weastern bias]

After every game, I go to tankathon to click on Sim Lottery once and I think I've seen the Sharks be #1 just once so far. It's almost always Pittsburgh or Chicago for me.

They know

 

[BaileyMacTavish]

They were pretty bad together near the end of last season so I understand why Quinn was hesitant to reunite them.

Yeah. I suppose. Still, up until last game they keep straddling him with Kunin so it couldn't be any worse. Sample size is 1 game but hoping for more positive results from that line

 

[coooldude]

Can't wait for Edmonton to win another lottery after they changed the rules because Edmonton kept winning the lottery, gonna be so sick

Fully expecting an outcome like this. PIT or EDM or CHI again.

 

[gaucholoco3]

I agree. Eklund needs a linemate who understands spacing and how to find soft spots in coverage and Couture is probably our best player at doing that now that Timo is gone.

I haven’t watched enough of Smith but his high end skill and hockey IQ could be a good fit with Eklund. The two of them paired with a wing with a good shot that can find those soft spots could be a great scoring 2nd line.

Eklund - Smith - Halttunen/Gushchin/Lund

Gushchin might make that line too small but he has an elite shot.

 

[Hodge]

I haven’t watched enough of Smith but his high end skill and hockey IQ could be a good fit with Eklund. The two of them paired with a wing with a good shot that can find those soft spots could be a great scoring 2nd line.

Eklund - Smith - Halttunen/Gushchin/Lund

Gushchin might make that line too small but he has an elite shot.

I'm holding out hope for a stacked Eklund-Celebrini-Smith super line.

 

[TheBigDrunkPanda]

Fully expecting an outcome like this. PIT or EDM or CHI again.

Good point, definitely gonna be Pit this year

 

[gaucholoco3]

I'm holding out hope for a stacked Eklund-Celebrini-Smith super line.

I know Smith has good hockey IQ but he strikes me as a player that needs to be a center in the middle of the ice to be successful.

 

[Stewie Griffin]

I know Smith has good hockey IQ but he strikes me as a player that needs to be a center in the middle of the ice to be successful.

And I think if Smith is our 2C we're set down the middle.

 

[YUPPY]

Beating the Oilers in regulation would have us tied with them in points for last place

It WOULD ruin our draft position, that is a must-lose game

Beating them OT is best!

 

[landshark]

Yeah. I suppose. Still, up until last game they keep straddling him with Kunin so it couldn't be any worse. Sample size is 1 game but hoping for more positive results from that line

Maybe I missed an inside joke like "ploffs," or "dobt," or using dominate when you should use dominant...

Saddled with Kunin? Which isn't really much better, but I think that's the word instead of straddling.

 

[PattyLafontaine]

Guess the Blackwood Vezina campaign needs to get started.

 

[weastern bias]

Saddled with Kunin? Which isn't really much better, but I think that's the word instead of straddling.

Let people enjoy things

 

[BaileyMacTavish]

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Maybe I missed an inside joke like "ploffs," or "dobt," or using dominate when you should use dominant... View attachment 765119


Saddled with Kunin? Which isn't really much better, but I think that's the word instead of straddling.

My bad lol. Yeah I meant saddling... morning brain