Post-Game Talk: I hate OT this year

[TheMule93]

No way larkin was one of our best players tonight. All he did was turn the puck over and take penalties

 

[Dotter]

Pretty classic case of being out coached.

I would argue it was a classic case of being out reffed.

 

[RedWingzz]

I was just coming here to say that it makes no sense to put D&Z together out to start 3 on 3. Apparently I'm not the only one with this opinion. They're too slow. This is where Larkin, Tatar and Nyquist need to be chosen over D&Z.

If we had any goal scoring abilities, we would have won in regulation. What does it take for Darren Helm to score a goal? He honestly would struggle to score on a soccer net. We don't have enough goal scorers, and that is clearly reflected in our goals per game average.

Mrazek must hate his teammates. We never score any goals when he plays.

Hooray for loser points! Not good enough. We will be right back to under .500 after back to back games against L.A and St.Louis. Would have been nice to bank a W here.

 

[Actual Thought*]

Pretty classic case of being out coached.

You mean the season right?

 

[Arytonblue]

LOL at Kindl starting the 3 on 3, really feel sorry for Mrazek, brilliant again tonight, completely sold out by the rest of the team, again. Serious worries about this team right now, can't get a good run of form going, no consistency, can't score for shít and can't seem to play a full 60 mins on any night. Rubbish.

 

[WingedWheel1987]

I prefer shootouts over 3v3. Neither are hockey, but less chance of an injury taking place during a SO.

 

[FlashyG]

Have to disagree. Though you *might* not need it when you have the puck, its crucial when you don't in my opinion. Z and Dats are ridiculously slow and its not like we have a burner back on D to help out. Pair them with speed and I have no problem.

Disagree all you want.

I'll take a slow guy who keeps the puck on his stick over a guy like Helm who has speed but turns it over.

Speed is much more useful in a 4 on 4 or 5 on 5 situation but in 3 on 3, the ONLY thing that matters is possession.

You don't take low risk shots, you don't want faceoffs, you don't make risky passes and you never dump the puck in.

If you look at all the games the Wings have won in the 3 on 3's the opposition barely touched the puck, if they did at all.

 

[Tasteslikekevinbacon]

Well it was a hockey game. One team played good, and the other a little less good. It all comes down to goals and more often than not if you score more goals you win.

Also, whats up with the guys falling? Is that Blashill? Is that something he can do with his mind?

 

[TheRatPoisoner]

Pretty classic case of being out coached.

Really? How so?

 

[Realgud]

No way larkin was one of our best players tonight. All he did was turn the puck over and take penalties

Agree with this, I put him as the 3rd star because no one else deserves it and at least he scored a goal lol.

Helm was our best skater I would say, most will disagree maybe because of the bias for Larkin and the bias against Helm around here :p

 

[SpookyTsuki]

Lol 5 to 2 penalties or 6 to 2, pathetic reffing

 

[GoAwayDanCleary]

Z has been bad for a while now. He honestly might be the slowest skater in the NHL

Overall happy with the performance. Kindl is on the ice way too much.

 

[chances14]

Well it was a hockey game. One team played good, and the other a little less good. It all comes down to goals and more often than not if you score more goals you win.

Also, whats up with the guys falling? Is that Blashill? Is that something he can do with his mind?

Most likely bad ice. Saw a few caps and wings players fall in that same area as Datsyuk did in overtime

 

[TheRatPoisoner]

No way larkin was one of our best players tonight. All he did was turn the puck over and take penalties

He had one penalty and served the bench minor.

 

[RedWingzz]

Lol 5 to 2 penalties or 6 to 2, pathetic reffing

Disagree. The delay of game and too many men on the ice are guarenteed calls. I actually agreed with pretty much every call against the Wings. Need to stay out of the box, far too many stupid penalties.

 

[Cursed Lemon]

Speed is much more useful in a 4 on 4 or 5 on 5 situation but in 3 on 3, the ONLY thing that matters is possession.

This is literally the most backwards statement I've ever read about hockey.

 

[TheMule93]

The only thing more invisible than an aging Henrik Zetterberg is some nerd casting an invisibility spell in dungeons and dragons

 

[GoAwayDanCleary]

Disagree all you want.

I'll take a slow guy who keeps the puck on his stick over a guy like Helm who has speed but turns it over.

Speed is much more useful in a 4 on 4 or 5 on 5 situation but in 3 on 3, the ONLY thing that matters is possession.

You don't take low risk shots, you don't want faceoffs, you don't make risky passes and you never dump the puck in.

If you look at all the games the Wings have won in the 3 on 3's the opposition barely touched the puck, if they did at all.

I wasn't talking about Helm. What about speed AND skill? Larkin, Tats, Nyquist, AA... lots of options to put out there paired with one of D&Z. Speed is more important in 3v3 than 4v4 or ES in my opinion, it leads to not just more possession but plenty more chances. Its man-on-man out there, if you can blow past your opponent it makes things a lot easier.

 

[The Zermanator]

Tatar didn't deserve to sniff the ice in OT after the game he just had. I would have preferred the following units.

Datsyuk
Larkin
Green

Zetterberg
Nyquist
Kronwall

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

Agree with this, I put him as the 3rd star because no one else deserves it and at least he scored a goal lol.

Helm was our best skater I would say, most will disagree maybe because of the bias for Larkin and the bias against Helm around here :p

Agree Helm was our best skater in my opinion tonight, but as always no ability to convert. Probably would go Sheahan next...

Larkin and Datsyuk had trouble outside of the one connection but that was mostly because of the boat anchor on their line that was our worst forward tonight in Tatar.

Tatar and DeKeyser were brutal tonight... Just awful, no way around it. We need more from those guys, Nyquist was also quiet and benched it seemed for a while, but at least he was mistake free when he was out there, not the trainwreck performance that the other two young guns we are really counting on provided.

 

[RedWingzz]

LOL at Kindl starting the 3 on 3, really feel sorry for Mrazek, brilliant again tonight, completely sold out by the rest of the team, again. Serious worries about this team right now, can't get a good run of form going, no consistency, can't score for shít and can't seem to play a full 60 mins on any night. Rubbish.

I don't even mind Kindl starting the 3 on 3. More like LOL at a 37 year old and a 35 year old starting OT. I love Dats & Z, 2 of my all time favorite players, but they have no business starting the OT. It's all about speed, we have so many better options.

 

[Kronwalled55]

Disagree all you want.

I'll take a slow guy who keeps the puck on his stick over a guy like Helm who has speed but turns it over.

Speed is much more useful in a 4 on 4 or 5 on 5 situation but in 3 on 3, the ONLY thing that matters is possession.

You don't take low risk shots, you don't want faceoffs, you don't make risky passes and you never dump the puck in.

If you look at all the games the Wings have won in the 3 on 3's the opposition barely touched the puck, if they did at all.

Most 3 on 3's end from either a 50/50 puck being grabbed and roofed top shelf or an odd man rush the other way. You don't see cycling down low scoring in 3 on 3 which is the Datsyuk and Zetterberg special.

 

[Dotter]

LOL at Kindl starting the 3 on 3, really feel sorry for Mrazek, brilliant again tonight, completely sold out by the rest of the team, again. Serious worries about this team right now, can't get a good run of form going, no consistency, can't score for shít and can't seem to play a full 60 mins on any night. Rubbish.

Kindl hasn't been the issue. I've actually been happy with his game of late.

 

[RedWingzz]

I wasn't talking about Helm. What about speed AND skill? Larkin, Tats, Nyquist, AA... lots of options to put out there paired with one of D&Z. Speed is more important in 3v3 than 4v4 or ES in my opinion, it leads to not just more possession but plenty more chances. Its man-on-man out there, if you can blow past your opponent it makes things a lot easier.

This guy is right. All about speed in 3 on 3.

 

[Zetterburgers]

The Wings are just lucky that they play in the Atlantic. Hopefully they can tread water until they figure things out.