GDT: Jerts vs Perds - Tue Dec 19 7:00pm CT

[Psych0dad]

I think the problem is some people have made up their minds already about Maurice and give him zero credit for the success so far this season.

The team will play a horrible game one night and Maurice will be blasted for usage, systems etc. Then the next night they will absolutely dominate good teams like the blues and the credit is given to the players exclusively as if they abandoned that same usage and system instead of executing it.

I don't know why some are opposed to changes that should just make the team even better and maybe not lose the first game against blues or Nashville.

Just because they are doing well is not a valid argument for stagnation.

There IS an obvious issue with 2nd line and 1st could be better. Before looking outside for trades to strengthen the playoff run, first you have to see what you can get out of your existing lineup. Without trying that, you don't really have accurate data on what you might or might not need to target on trade deadline.

And "made up their minds already"? Already? Didn't he just break an NHL record?

 

[Tom ServoMST3K]

The YELLOW (not gold) Perds have the best D-Core in the league, (featuring my favorite player) and a solid forward group. Their D-men are much better than our D-men, and our forwards (I think) are slightly better than their forwards. Goaltending is a wash.

Game should be decided on if the Winnipeg Forwards can impose on the Nashville defense, or vice versa.

Should be a good game, no matter the result.

 

[Bartho]

If the Jets play the Preds like they played the Blues it'll be a good game.
GJG!

I think the one's giving him zero credit are in the vast minority and get too much attention.

I wouldn't say "vast" minority, but they're certainly the most belligerent.

 

[Conflicted Habs fan]

I have a good feeling about this game

 

[Eyeseeing]

Don't like how we match up against the Perds especially when they're at home, feel like Rinne will have another vezina night.

Jets win 5-1, 5 goals from Chairot.

I don’t like how we match up either truthfully.
Our forwards are much better and Helle can out play Rinne on any given night.
They should have a Pekka measuring contest too.
Jets 3-2 OT win

 

[Aavco Cup]

I like how we match up.

I expect Rinne to begin his regression today

 

[Flair Hay]

No matter what happens, I place the blame on the shoulders of Maurice for the team being unprepared. Or prepared. Or for changing the lines. Or not changing the lines. In other words the players are blameless robots. Except for Wheeler, who is either a great captain or a terrible one, depending on how this game turns out.

Because I am the headmaster of the school of hockey wizardry and master strategist.

so true


Don't have much of a feel for this one. Merely hoping for the best.

 

[jefferoni]

Don't have much of a feel for this one. Merely hoping for the best.

Agreed. Just hoping our boys put in the same effort as their last 5 periods.

 

[Do or Die]

The deal is getting out of our end, efficiently.......when we do that, we impose on a lot of teams.

 

[ps241]

I like how we match up.

I expect Rinne to begin his regression today

He usually goes in the tank in January so here’s hoping for an early Christmas present.

 

[ps241]

I love watching how Nashville transition the puck out of their zone. Such an amazing puck moving D core. I love it more when they are doing it against teams not named the Jets.

 

[Tom ServoMST3K]

Nashville is by far my favorite team not called the Jets.

Too bad we're in the same division.

 

[jefferoni]

 

[Gotaf7]

If the Preds give 100% and we give 110% we win by 10%. GJG!

 

[ocdaddy]

But the Preds have better coaching.

I don't think Peter Laviolette would put #15 on the PK continually after getting gassed every time and standing still.

(So much talent on this team- must be a dream to coach)

 

[Whileee]

In order to hold that record you need to be around a long time. Bad coaches (see Claude Noel) never get anywhere near the top of a list like that.

I've said many times. Maurice is not a great NHL coach but he's certainly above average. If he wasn't he would have been out of the league years ago

Maurice took that Canes team to the Finals and the 3rd round. This team has better talent and better goaltending. They lack experience, though, and are in a very tough division.

 

[Whileee]

I love watching how Nashville transition the puck out of their zone. Such an amazing puck moving D core. I love it more when they are doing it against teams not named the Jets.

Yup, and Rinne is very effective at moving the puck, which makes it even harder to get a forecheck going. The Jets need to try to get some controlled entries, and hope for some PP time.

 

[blues10]

I don't think Peter Laviolette would put #15 on the PK continually after getting gassed every time and standing still.

(So much talent on this team- must be a dream to coach)

This could be the problem again. Need to stay out of the box and Mo needs to keep #15 off the PK. Standing still and waving his stick back and forth has limited effectiveness.

Should be fun to watch if we play a disciplined game.

Poolman is going to pot one tonight.

 

[thetracksuit]

if the team who showed up against detroit, florida, and chicago plays tonight we will get obliterated.

if the team who showed up against st louis plays we stand a chance.

 

[Board Bard]

Maurice took that Canes team to the Finals and the 3rd round. This team has better talent and better goaltending. They lack experience, though, and are in a very tough division.

Blind squirrel.

 

[Eyeseeing]

If the Preds give 100% and we give 110% we win by 10%. GJG!

I love math....
Nashville is on a hot streak, we are only 3 points behind people.
Nashville is on the same level we are.

 

[Adam da bomb]

This could be the problem again. Need to stay out of the box and Mo needs to keep #15 off the PK. Standing still and waving his stick back and forth has limited effectiveness.

Should be fun to watch if we play a disciplined game.

Poolman is going to pot one tonight.

Than Poolman will be one up on the guy he's replacing. In an eighth of the games.

 

[Tom ServoMST3K]

I love math....
Nashville is on a hot streak, we are only 3 points behind people.
Nashville is on the same level we are.

 

[AlphaLackey]

Jets allowed 0 goals in the last 1 game

 

[AlphaLackey]

As much as Scott Steiner was an athletic marvel since his college days, he is clearly an understated master of the surprisingly difficult art of babbling semi-coherently. I was lucky enough to catch this promo live and I wept tears of joy.

EDIT: And as many of you have seen, I have shamelessly appropriated "the numbers don't lie, and they spell disaster" into my everyday phrase book. Beautiful in its lunacy.