Post-Game Talk: Laine gone wild; Jets beat canes 3-2

[Tommigun]

Both. They can also throw Hendricks in too.

His cap hit is minimal, hard to find anyone cheaper. Myers and Mason are expensive.

 

[bustamente]

He will go to the highest bidder.

Ya I think we all know he is a rental, win the Stanley Cup and he can go on his merry way.

 

[Tom ServoMST3K]

Where did Scheifele go?

Carolina Shut him down. Probably the reason Laine's line dominated. You run out of good d-men fast when you try to line match the Jets.

it's why Nashville does so well against us. So deep on the back end.

 

[Jetfaninflorida]

Great road win. You have to be able to win close, ugly games. We did that tonight. Really, we goalied them. Great win.

Our D was at times laughable. We need Toby and Trouba back so they can work off the rust before the playoffs. We need Lowry back because Gramps doesn't belong on an NHL playoff team. Although sometimes I feel like Maurice would press box anyone including 55 to keep Hendy in the lineup.

Laine is awesome. Stastny was a gr8 pickup for the Laine line. Just wish we had also gotten a top D man as well to be able to challenge the Preds, Lightning, Penguins in the post season.

 

[nobody important]

SportsNet must have really jacked up the noise, that "11,407" was awfully loud.

That was all the Jets fans in the building.

 

[Tasteless Beaver]

Sidenote, where's the hockey professor? Has anyone checked to make sure he's still alive after this one?

 

[Howard Chuck]

Without Lowry they are taking on the hardest matchups night after night. People were use to them freewheeling while Lowry battled the likes of Staal all night. Teams are playing a very tight and physical matchup against them with nowhere to really go for relief. We really do miss Lowry for what we try to do as a team.

Fair enough. I realize we miss Lowry terribly.

 

[Howard Chuck]

Carolina Shut him down. Probably the reason Laine's line dominated. You run out of good d-men fast when you try to line match the Jets.

it's why Nashville does so well against us. So deep on the back end.

I still think Theres more to it. Scheif isn’t skating and is actually giving up on pucks close to him.

 

[nobody important]

Sidenote, where's the hockey professor? Has anyone checked to make sure he's still alive after this one?

Still sleeping would be my guess.

 

[Vekke]

Without Lowry they are taking on the hardest matchups night after night. People were use to them freewheeling while Lowry battled the likes of Staal all night. Teams are playing a very tight and physical matchup against them with nowhere to really go for relief. We really do miss Lowry for what we try to do as a team.

That might be the case at home matches. Away the situation is pretty much same. 1st just haven’t been on the level that is required for the first line.

 

[WPGChief]

(5v5 adjusted)

Fun game without commercials. Thank goodness Laine can score from nearly anywhere on the ice.

Little and Stastny dominated in faceoffs, yet Perreault-Little-Ehlers got hemmed in their zone again pretty hard. Something about that line stinks right now, might need to switch some things up. They used to be rocking, but my theory is that Perreault and winger-Roslovic are too similar players. Would maybe flip Armia and Roslovic and tell Armia he gets to shoot more, shift Tanev into Hendricks' spot and maybe have Roslovic and Copp flip between centre duties. Until Lowry gets healthy.

But God damn, third game in a row: Stastny with Ehlers and Laine just fit so well. It's magical to watch. First game where they didn't have CF = CAx2.

 

[AlphaLackey]

SportsNet must have really jacked up the noise, that "11,407" was awfully loud.

Well, they had 11,406 air horns between them.

 

[ocdaddy]

Yeah, I don’t get. There were maybe 4-5K in the stands tonight. And Bettman is worried about Calgary.

Canes fans were pretty upset when Buff threw a nice body check. Almost crushed some Aho.

 

[AlphaLackey]

Canes fans were pretty upset when Buff threw a nice body check. Almost crushed some Aho.

He knocked that Aho out!

 

[Tommigun]

(5v5 adjusted)

Fun game without commercials. Thank goodness Laine can score from nearly anywhere on the ice.

Little and Stastny dominated in faceoffs, yet Perreault-Little-Ehlers got hemmed in their zone again pretty hard. Something about that line stinks right now, might need to switch some things up. They used to be rocking, but my theory is that Perreault and winger-Roslovic are too similar players. Would maybe flip Armia and Roslovic and tell Armia he gets to shoot more, shift Tanev into Hendricks' spot and maybe have Roslovic and Copp flip between centre duties. Until Lowry gets healthy.

But God damn, third game in a row: Stastny with Ehlers and Laine just fit so well. It's magical to watch. First game where they didn't have CF = CAx2.

Hmm... second line getting hemmed in. I wonder what the only constant on that line has been? He makes even Perreault worse. Never liked Little so I may be too harsh on him.

 

[nobody important]

Canes fans were pretty upset when Buff threw a nice body check. Almost crushed some Aho.

Certainly knocked him on his Aho.

 

[tntkid]

Steve Mason and Tobias Enstrom should be gone next year.

If we eventually got rid of Little and Buff to bring up our youth I would not be too sad.

 

[Jetfaninflorida]

What's the expected win probability that differentiates a "choke" between merely "being likelier to win than not, but **** happens"? 99%? 51%?

Idk. But we had a 2 goal lead with what, about 9 minutes left in the third. And the Preds got three goals in about 7 or 8 minutes to get a clean 2 points from us in our own building.

 

[ocdaddy]

Steve Mason and Tobias Enstrom should be gone next year.

If we eventually got rid of Little and Buff to bring up our youth I would not be too sad.

Well... Lowry scored 15 last year and I was questioning if he was 3rd line material. Little has a bit of work to do to get up to 15 goals this year.

Having said that I think its way too soon to discuss getting rid of him.

 

[VictoriaJetsFan]

Grindy, mucky road win. To be expected with the two d and Lowry out. If they win three of the next five I'll be happy.

Second in the central seems to be our fate..fingers crossed.

 

[AlphaLackey]

Idk. But we had a 2 goal lead with what, about 9 minutes left in the third. And the Preds got three goals in about 7 or 8 minutes to get a clean 2 points from us in our own building.

If we win 19 of 20 times that the odds say we'd have a 95% chance of winning, I guess I don't see what the cause for any concern whatsoever is.

 

[Aavco Cup]

Ice was garbage which suited the Canes as the basically just put shots on net and crashed. Hard to get a skill game going when the ice is that bad

Yeah puck was bouncing like a basketball game out there

 

[Aggie204]

In the words of the Nature Boy: Laines stylin and profiling. Woooooo

 

[raideralex99]

Anyone who did not watch the game would think Morrow was a great pick up with 1 point plus 2 less than 10 minutes played tonight ... and that's why you cannot go by stats. He needs to be in the PB.
I'm still trying to figure out how the Canes out shot the Jets 35-23. The game I saw the Jets were in complete control other than the Canes PP the game was never in doubt.

 

[Duke749]

Damn, the 11,407 in attendance must have left feeling shortchanged. Next time they feel like spending $25, they'll go to the monster truck rally instead.

Always classy I see.