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Couple of stupid penalties that were out of the ordinary. The Devils are so fast they will draw a ton of penalties. The isles gotta get a bit more speed in the lineup. Hopefully tomorrow Gauthier and Wahlstrom get in the lineup.
He must have married Lou’s granddaughter . Cant come up with any other reason he has spot . Bring up Rhett Rhakshani always like that kid but he never got much of a shotFasching isn't a starting forward. He's a good depth piece, but not a starter.
Switch him out tomorrow.
I wonder why Lambert wouldn't have switched out Fasching and put in Gauthier for the Devs? Seems like an obvious thing to put in the fast winger with size against a skating team. I get the "don't change if you're winning" mentality to a point, but in this case it seems like overly regimented thinking.
Still, they took The Stanley Cup Champion New Jersey Devils to OT, so that's something.
Its hard to stay out of the box when most of the penalties are restraining fouls because our guy can’t keep up with the Devils skaters.I can't complain. Gutsy effort to get a point. Gotta stay out of the box against these skills competition teams. If they took one less penalty, they would've won the game.
Penalties aside, I thought the 4th line was ok. It was the 3rd line that I thought was trash all night. They were a poor match up against the speed of the Devils.
I will not complain about a point stolen when the isles outplayed NJ 4/1 5v5. Despite this, its evident we miss scotty, and should place Barzy on the PK. I think there is still plenty to fix. Ilya is a massive reason why this game didn't become a blowout, and he played (arguably) his best against NJ. Horvat and Nelson are very good. So is Engvall, Barzal, and surprisingly Aho (Betcha didn't think Aho would be here)
Pulock and Pelech looked off today. We need the 2019-2021 Pelech/Pulock combo back soon.
Guess I watched a different game since he made some smart passes to run the offense. He's not a bad third pair guy. However, the importance of Scotty cannot be understated, especially on the PK. We badly need him back. But still, 5/6 points on a homestand to start the year, and especially against younger, faster teams, is very good.Aho was awful, especially early on. I stopped counting his issues because it got too high. An absolute train wreck when defending because he's just tossed around, as per usual with him.
You can go back in this thread and look at the time stamps to figure out when his issues were. On one play he tried to corral the Devil entering the zone and was promptly put on his ass. Immediately leads to a scoring chance against. It's an unfortunate play if it happens to Pelech because it happens so rarely. It's unacceptable because it happens too much to Aho, including multiple points last night.Guess I watched a different game since he made some smart passes to run the offense. He's not a bad third pair guy. However, the importance of Scotty cannot be understated, especially on the PK. We badly need him back. But still, 5/6 points on a homestand to start the year, and especially against younger, faster teams, is very good.
it's corrected to realitymust be nice to have a PP that can score 4 goals in one night,,,,,,,,,,this team cant score 4 PP goals in 4gamesweeks thats reality
All true. But he has definitely improved his puck handling and decisions when breaking out... something that this team generally lacks.You can go back in this thread and look at the time stamps to figure out when his issues were. On one play he tried to corral the Devil entering the zone and was promptly put on his ass. Immediately leads to a scoring chance against. It's an unfortunate play if it happens to Pelech because it happens so rarely. It's unacceptable because it happens too much to Aho, including multiple points last night.
To be clear, he's in the proper position on these plays but cannot adequately execute what needs to be done. He's too small and doesn't have the strength or smarts to figure it out.
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True, but those who took the penalties aren't known for being slugs either; not that they're speed demons, but I think Cizikas and Pelech are more or less average skaters. I think that even if you're a "fast" team, you're still bound to have a bunch of average skaters on your roster. If it were Lee and Martin in the box, then I totally get it.Its hard to stay out of the box when most of the penalties are restraining fouls because our guy can’t keep up with the Devils skaters.
Guess I watched a different game since he made some smart passes to run the offense. He's not a bad third pair guy. However, the importance of Scotty cannot be understated, especially on the PK. We badly need him back. But still, 5/6 points on a homestand to start the year, and especially against younger, faster teams, is very good.