GDT: ISLES @ CANES 7:00pm: Fresh Beginnings of the Dundon Era

[Kaako Kappo]

Dundon seems to really love himself. That's my takeaway from this game. This team might be doomed with him as the owner.

 

[Lempo]

Dundon seems to really love himself. That's my takeaway from this game. This team might be doomed with him as the owner.

Weell it was nice optimism bout while it lasted.

 

[AD Skinner]

The lack of Hamilton on the pp has been mentioned but I'm not sure why Zykov wasn't prominently featured there either. Maybe I'm way too high on Zykov but planting him in the crease ought to be bread and butter

 

[Drivebytrucker]

Now that I slept on it:

1.) Was Super impressed with new guys Ferland and De Haan last night. Ferland was our best forward last night.

2.) Necas looks more NHL ready than Svech. He's going to be a great center in this league

3.) Faulk had some outrageous turnovers and Dougie was just OK.

 

[The S5]

Dundon seems to really love himself. That's my takeaway from this game. This team might be doomed with him as the owner.

Ummm....really?
The team finally has a guy interested in growing the fan base and improving the experience and that is your take? Last I checked, Dundon isn't putting food on my table, so whether or not he is an egomaniac means nothing to me.

 

[bluedevil58]

I'm not sure I al buying into this team yet. It's the first game yes. But this team just lost and failed to score more than one goal against arguably the worst team in the league on paper. So there is that lurking in my head as well. Bug test today against Columbus.

 

[Kaako Kappo]

Ummm....really?
The team finally has a guy interested in growing the fan base and improving the experience and that is your take? Last I checked, Dundon isn't putting food on my table, so whether or not he is an egomaniac means nothing to me.

Having people on the seats is pretty much the way a hockey team makes money, so no shit he wants people to come. And i agree, that's good. But he should not be managing the team.

 

[Thrasymachus]

Neutral fan here to say that I thought Carolina looked great against the Islanders and probably should have won the game based on how many prime scoring chances they had. Greiss really stole that game away from you guys, but at least you got a point.

Isles fan checking in - all of this is true

How you guys liking CDH so far? He’s a very solid 2-way player

 

[Discipline Daddy]

Was at the game.

• Canes dominated the game entirely. It was not remotely close. We had some shots from the perimeter, but we also had like 20 shots in close. Greiss was great and the Isles reminded me of Canes D with Peters in net in that they collapsed like a mother and made it real hard to get rebounds. Credit to them - that's the only thing they did well in the game.
• Canes defense was dominant. Isles had so few scoring opportunities. I realized during an Isles PP I was holding my breath when Barzal had possession of the puck. I then realized it was the only time I was nervous in the entire game. We had possession of the puck in their zone much more often. I thought pretty much every defenseman looked good.
• Mrazek looked fine, not great. He is an adventurer, and I don't mean that in a good way.
• Necas looked solid. Foegele looked very fast. Rookies all in all made lots and lots of mistakes, but they tried hard.
• The team offensively was not gelling. Lots of miscues and misplays in the offensive zone. Every player was whiffing on passes or passing instead of shooting. Some of the shot selection was poor. Justin Williams was hustling as much as he could, but he shouldn't have gotten so much PP time.
• Even still, we had 3 or 4 posts and got 1 goal. If 3 of those posts go in, Canes win 4-1 and I think most fans would have walked away saying we should have won by more.
• I thought Faulk looked fast and engaged, and I didn't notice as many turnovers for him as some of you did.
• As others have said, **** Tim Peel. There was a clear interference play and a high stick on Islanders players in the last 10 minutes of the 3rd. No call. The trip on Ferland was a call that is sometimes called and sometimes not called, but you can't call that AND not call the other interference. Grrr. That said, Ferland should have played it safer on that play. From my view, it looked like Ferland's stick got the puck, and the Islander more lost balance than got knocked off by the stick, but I might have seen it wrong.

 

[seafoam]

Yeah, the Isles had no business winning the game. Greiss was the difference maker.

Canes looked good, and will be the better team this season.

 

[DaveG]

Isles fan checking in - all of this is true

How you guys liking CDH so far? He’s a very solid 2-way player

Love him so far, he plays like an absolute rock in his zone. Isn't afraid to mix it up but does so clean enough that the ref would have to have a real burr up their ass to call anything.

 

[the halleJOKEL]

ferland definitely tripped barzal at the end, it happened right in front of me.

his attempt at poke checking pushed barzal's skate forward (while getting a piece of the puck), then barzal tried to catch himself from falling and stepped on ferland's stick which caused him to fall. 100% a trip. barzal would have caught himself from the initial contact if ferland's stick wasn't in between his legs

 

[geehaad]

I wouldn't describe CDH as a "two way player". He's a very good defensive defenseman, but there's no offense there.

 

[The Faulker 27]

ferland definitely tripped barzal at the end, it happened right in front of me.

his attempt at poke checking pushed barzal's skate forward (while getting a piece of the puck), then barzal tried to catch himself from falling and stepped on ferland's stick which caused him to fall. 100% a trip. barzal would have caught himself from the initial contact if ferland's stick wasn't in between his legs

So Ferland is who we should lynch, then. Someone has to answer for this disgusting loss of epic proportions that likely sank our season.

 

[bleedgreen]

@geehaad I think these days if you’re mobile and can skate your way out of trouble in your own end, and can hit a nice pass to a forward while doing so you get the two way tag - it’s a spectrum and he’d be on one end of it.

He’s pretty mobile, I like his skating and aggressiveness at the right times. A little old school Adam Burt in there.

Ferland was exactly as he was for the Flames. I hope we keep him.

 

[DaveG]

ferland definitely tripped barzal at the end, it happened right in front of me.

his attempt at poke checking pushed barzal's skate forward (while getting a piece of the puck), then barzal tried to catch himself from falling and stepped on ferland's stick which caused him to fall. 100% a trip. barzal would have caught himself from the initial contact if ferland's stick wasn't in between his legs

Yep, different angle from me but that's how I read the play as well. I'm more livid about the non-calls beforehand than I am the call that Peel did make, they were all the same level of "obvious" yet for some stupid reason only one was called.

 

[the halleJOKEL]

Yep, different angle from me but that's how I read the play as well. I'm more livid about the non-calls beforehand than I am the call that Peel did make, they were all the same level of "obvious" yet for some stupid reason only one was called.

agreed on that piece

hopefully they got some of the nervous energy out and can settle down a bit tonight without the pressure of a home crowd primed to explode waiting for them. columbus also played an away game last night that went to OT (they won, of course), so both teams have to travel overnight.

 

[seafoam]

I wouldn't describe CDH as a "two way player". He's a very good defensive defenseman, but there's no offense there.

Yeah that was my feeling as well as an Islanders fan.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Yeah, we hit a couple posts, but so did the Islanders. Also had Aho sweep away a sure goal in the 2nd (?). Both teams had their fair share of bad luck.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

Ok so we got a point. We also lost a point, but we got one.

I’m still frustrated after last night. They played SO well. Wave after wave, shift after shift. But they didn’t win the game.

The reason I’m mad is because this absolutely feels like the type of season that can be over before it starts if the first 5 games or so go poorly. 3-1 in the first four games could almost be expected given quality of competition. Now we need to beat Columbus tonight to make that a reality.

 

[The Faulker 27]

Ok so we got a point. We also lost a point, but we got one.

I’m still frustrated after last night. They played SO well. Wave after wave, shift after shift. But they didn’t win the game.

The reason I’m mad is because this absolutely feels like the type of season that can be over before it starts if the first 5 games or so go poorly. 3-1 in the first four games could almost be expected given quality of competition. Now we need to beat Columbus tonight to make that a reality.

Lose to choose Hughes?

 

[AD Skinner]

Another F tim peel thing was how much he was clearly loving making everyone wait to announce whether the canes goal was going to stand or not

 

[tarheelhockey]

Dundon seems to really love himself. That's my takeaway from this game. This team might be doomed with him as the owner.

How in the world was that the takeaway from this game? Did Dundon even make an appearance?

 

[Roboturner913]

How in the world was that the takeaway from this game? Did Dundon even make an appearance?

After the game got tied late he hugged his toddler age child (sorry couldn't tell for sure if boy or girl) and laughed then put the kid up on his shoulders.

It was a real asshole move for sure

 

[Kaako Kappo]

How in the world was that the takeaway from this game? Did Dundon even make an appearance?

Yes. He was interviewed during the first period and during the intermission they showed the first part of a show which follows the life of Dundon.

He seems too involved. Just my opinion.