GDT: WCQF Game 2: Blues @ Wild | 7 PM CT / 3AM Finland | NBCSN, TVAS3, SN360, FS-N

[Soldier13Fox]

Separate Koivu and Granlund. Roll with

Parise-Staal-Granlund
Nino-Koivu-Coyle
Haula-Hanzal-Zucker
Stew-JEE-Poms

I agree. Granny and Koivu have been ice cold for what seems like forever.

 

[Ban Hammered]

Absolutely I never said that it was his fault, cant win if you dont score, but first goal he let in was deflating

It shouldn't be. The game was 1-0...that shouldn't be deflating.
Just sounds like excuses for the mentally weak.

 

[TaLoN]

Absolutely I never said that it was his fault, cant win if you dont score, but first goal he let in was deflating

Yeah, and Parise's goal was Brodziak's fault... what's your point? The Wild failed to score on their chances. The Blues with fewer chances managed to score more goals.

I don't care if 1 single goal was Dubs' fault when our team only manages to score 1 single goal all game themselves.

The skaters need to finish... period. That's the only story of this game.

 

[TwiztedHeat]

If we lose this series (still don't think we will), I pray the Sharks win the cup. I'd be so happy to see that big goofy ass Burnsie smile while holding the cup.

 

[tomgilbertfan]

 

[Soldier13Fox]

If we lose this series (still don't think we will), I pray the Sharks win the cup. I'd be so happy to see that big goofy ass Burnsie smile while holding the cup.

I don't know. I went into this series really down on the wild. Now that we are actually down 0-2 for some reason I think we're going to come back.

 

[FVM]

Yeah, and Parise's goal was Brodziak's fault... what's your point? The Wild failed to score on their chances. The Blues with fewer chances managed to score more goals.

I don't care if 1 single goal was Dubs' fault when our team only manages to score 1 single goal all game themselves.

The skaters need to finish... period. That's the only story of this game.

I'd say the story of this game was Yeo coaching perfect Yeo hockey. Suffocating, pressuring, grinding, giving absolutely no room for the Wild forwards to maneuver. They don't need to score many goals to win when they can shut down skilled teams like that.

It's difficult to finish because Wild doesn't get quality chances and almost no second opportunities. Kudos to Yeo and Blues there.

 

[TwiztedHeat]

Legit all we have to do is score first ffs

 

[AKL]

I'd say the story of this game was Yeo coaching perfect Yeo hockey. Suffocating, pressuring, grinding, giving absolutely no room for the Wild forwards to maneuver. They don't need to score many goals to win when they can shut down skilled teams like that.

It's difficult to finish because Wild doesn't get quality chances and almost no second opportunities. Kudos to Yeo and Blues there.

And as we've seen for the past 4 years, it will break down.
Yeo's system is not perfect and what's working more than his system is Allen standing on his ****ing head.
Once you can get past Allen, his system doesn't work because they don't score.

 

[TaLoN]

I'd say the story of this game was Yeo coaching perfect Yeo hockey. Suffocating, pressuring, grinding, giving absolutely no room for the Wild forwards to maneuver. They don't need to score many goals to win when they can shut down skilled teams like that.

It's difficult to finish because Wild doesn't get quality chances and almost no second opportunities. Kudos to Yeo and Blues there.

I actually don't agree with that, as that implies the Wild are getting little to no scoring chances and are being boxed out to the perimeter... that isn't happening. The Wild are getting in close and getting lots of chances, they just aren't finishing them.

 

[saywut]

And as we've seen for the past 4 years, it will break down.
Yeo's system is not perfect and what's working more than his system is Allen standing on his ****ing head.
Once you can get past Allen, his system doesn't work because they don't score.

Allen's played well but I wouldn't call it standing on his head.

 

[Ban Hammered]

And part of that is Allen is playing very well.

 

[FVM]

And as we've seen for the past 4 years, it will break down.
Yeo's system is not perfect and what's working more than his system is Allen standing on his ****ing head.
Once you can get past Allen, his system doesn't work because they don't score.

It will break down but it will be too late unless the Wild figures out something for the next game. These 2-1 games are playing right into Yeo's hands.

 

[AKL]

Allen's played well but I wouldn't call it standing on his head.

72/74 saves through two games, what would you call it? The blues looked awful in game one and mediocre in what I saw of game two. They have gotten some timely goals, and some lucky ones. It's not their skaters who are winning these games for them.

 

[FVM]

I actually don't agree with that, as that implies the Wild are getting little to no scoring chances and are being boxed out to the perimeter... that isn't happening. The Wild are getting in close and getting lots of chances, they just aren't finishing them.

I didn't watch the first period, maybe they had more chances there. But in the second and third they didn't have much.

 

[TaLoN]

I didn't watch the first period, maybe they had more chances there. But in the second and third they didn't have much.

They had a lot in the first and a decent amount in the 3rd... in the 2nd they were playing stupid hockey... worst passing decisions you could imagine.

 

[123TripleDoge]

Regroup next year?

 

[TaLoN]

Regroup next year?

Last I heard, this is best of 7, not best of 3.

 

[Victorious Secret]

'Coach has nothing to do with how his players play'.


k

 

[TaLoN]

'Coach has nothing to do with how his players play'.


k

Coach has nothing to do with whether the players can actually FINISH on the chances they create. All he can do is put them in position to get chances, the player has to bury the puck in the net. The players ARE getting chances.

The coach isn't out on the ice shooting the pucks for them.

 

[123TripleDoge]

Lol wild get swept

 

[saywut]

72/74 saves through two games, what would you call it? The blues looked awful in game one and mediocre in what I saw of game two. They have gotten some timely goals, and some lucky ones. It's not their skaters who are winning these games for them.

I don't see more than 5 shots that had a high chance to enter the net that Allen has had to stop. Quality is more important than quantity, alot of the shots have been very simple saves. And then you have Parise stopping a puck from crossing the line and Granlund shooting into Allen with 80% of the net open, among other plays that Allen hasn't had to do anything.

 

[AKL]

'Coach has nothing to do with how his players play'.


k

And the Wild have been playing very well, apart from not being able to finish. If there's one thing the coach really does have nothing to do with, it's the players actually putting the puck in the net. That's all on them.

 

[Fremitus Borealis]

I hate Yeo-brand hockey. I hated it when he was here, and I hate it even more now that he's using it against us.

 

[gphr513]

Go win 2 in St. Louis, **** 'em up