GDT: Game 4: Sharks vs. Bruins 7:30pm NBCSCA

[Cas]

The hotel wifi appears to have spared me this game. Must be a mental welfare protection setting.

I take it we sucked?

 

[weastern bias]

Demers confirmed studio pregame/postgame analyst for this Saturday's game.


A little optimistic there, bud?

I belive we can set the new record, call me an optimist, I don't care, I'm a believer

 

[BaileyMacTavish]

More like Marc-Edouard ASSic.

Bro Pickles is ass

 

[Bizz]

The hotel wifi appears to have spared me this game. Must be a mental welfare protection setting.

I take it we sucked?

"Best game they've played all season" according to our next ex head coach Quinn.

 

[BaileyMacTavish]

"Best game they've played all season" according to our next ex head coach Quinn.

The sad part is that he's right. It WAS the best game they've played. We just suck so much that it doesn't even matter.

 

[hohosaregood]

This team is very bad and very unlucky lol. I liked the pace and effort again, barely any whistles tonight. Thought Eklund was the best player for the Sharks. Good forechecking and defense, but doing too much with the puck at times but nobody's getting open so idk.

Not having a defenseman that can break out the puck is either the biggest brain tank move ever or the lulziest blunder in team building in a while.

 

[LadyStanley]

 

[Bowie22]

More like Marc-Edouard ASSic.

 

[TheBeard]

More like Marc-Edouard ASSic.

Vlasuck was right there.

I do think this is a little unfair as how many of the other 73 played four games against division winners?

 

[gaucholoco3]

Vlasuck was right there.


I do think this is a little unfair as how many of the other 73 played four games against division winners?

Sharks are first team in NHzl history to start the season against the 4 previous division winners.

 

[stator]

What is Kevin Labanc even doing

Getting waived?

 

[spintops]

More like Marc-Edouard ASSic.

It would be nice if Eklund got to play with some NHL players at some point.

 

[Jts4thgoal]

Hoffman's inability to get shots on net but continue to blindly shoot every time he has the puck is beautiful, 8 shot attempts, 1 recorded shot.

 

[Cas]

 

[TheBeard]

These are somehow better numbers than I expected.

 

[SjMilhouse]

I still don't understand how he went from one of the best defensive D in the league to this. Like did he just forget how to play hockey?

 

[Barrie22]

I still don't understand how he went from one of the best defensive D in the league to this. Like did he just forget how to play hockey?

Seems like it. The only thing that makes sense, as Vlasic never relied on any physical parts of his game to be where he was. So can't use the excuse that he got weaker physically or even lost his skating speed.

Or we can all start to go with my actual theory and that Vlasic was never as good as we or others thought he was and he was actually propped up by the play of Braun.

 

[TheBeard]

Seems like it. The only thing that makes sense, as Vlasic never relied on any physical parts of his game to be where he was. So can't use the excuse that he got weaker physically or even lost his skating speed.

Or we can all start to go with my actual theory and that Vlasic was never as good as we or others thought he was and he was actually propped up by the play of Braun.

Nah. He was good. Injuries and age just caught up to him fast. Remember, they were consistently in the 2nd and 3rd rounds of the playoffs so those games took its toll.

 

[hohosaregood]

I still don't understand how he went from one of the best defensive D in the league to this. Like did he just forget how to play hockey?

His skating was a big part of his game apparently. He just can't react quickly enough to kill plays and you see it a bunch in the video. This still feels kind of weird because we all thought his hockey IQ was a bigger part of him knowing how to shut down guys. and that should've aged well.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

I think they'll get their first win on the road trip. They're a bad team playing bad but not so bad that they can't steal a win here and there against worse teams. Most teams on this road trip aren't very good either right now.

 

[weastern bias]

Vlasic has also lost his physicality, while he was never a huge body checker he would throw them when it made sense and now he completely shies away from contact, his whole game has been altered largely because he seems to be in incredible pain at all times

 

[Alaskanice]

Vlasic has also lost his physicality, while he was never a huge body checker he would throw them when it made sense and now he completely shies away from contact, his whole game has been altered largely because he seems to be in incredible pain at all times

As you say, he was not a physical guy in the hitting sense. Boardwork and stick work were his rise to importance.

 

[weastern bias]

As you say, he was not a physical guy in the hitting sense. Boardwork and stick work were his rise to importance.

Yeah, and now he's disengaged from contact along the boards and in front of the net, he can't play the game the way he spent his whole life playing it anymore

It's sad, he was so good in his prime, but now he doesn't have any usable NHL skills left in his arsenal

 

[karltonian]

His skating was a big part of his game apparently. He just can't react quickly enough to kill plays and you see it a bunch in the video. This still feels kind of weird because we all thought his hockey IQ was a bigger part of him knowing how to shut down guys. and that should've aged well.

Vlasic has suffered a few concussions in his career, and while you hate to think about it, they literally damage the brain and could lead to a decline in game processing.

Yeah, and now he's disengaged from contact along the boards and in front of the net, he can't play the game the way he spent his whole life playing it anymore

It's sad, he was so good in his prime, but now he doesn't have any usable NHL skills left in his arsenal

Tbh it's not hard to imagine not wanting to sacrifice one's health for a bottom scraping team.

 

[gaucholoco3]

Vlassic has really been hurt by how the game has evolved the last few years. He always had elite stick work and positioning where he could kill plays effortlessly. With how talented all players are now with the puck it is so much harder to disrupt a play with your stick.

Even five years ago very few NHL players had the stick skills to “Michigan” or stick handle in a phone booth at the speed of the NHL. Now almost all junior players are so good with the puck on their stick that it takes more than positioning with his body and stick to disrupt the play.