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its pretty amazing that we allowed 5 goals last night and only 1 of them was truly legitimate
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They have at other points this season, but man did they look completely defeated skating off the ice last night. I want to believe they can still end this death spiral, but it's getting hard to stay optimistic at all about the next 27 games.
Whether it’s the goaltending the defenders or the forwards not helping enough or a bit of all of those the team surrenders too many goals. It’s up to Hynes to figure out why.
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i actually thought they played a pretty good game last night overall, but god these backbreaking goals. i wouldn't even necessarily blame lack but damn. that's just how it's going for them
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It's such a shame that critical mistakes on our part seem to often end up in the back of our net. If we come up with the puck on a critical mistake of theirs, our success rate is much lower.
Hall finishing that breakaway early or Trav finishing the penalty shot could have done wonders for our confidence early.
Watching those two goals in the first and the game winner felt like being in a slow motion movie. I’m sure I was yelling “Noooooooo!” quite dramatically
Hall finishing that breakaway early or Trav finishing the penalty shot could have done wonders for our confidence early.
Watching those two goals in the first and the game winner felt like being in a slow motion movie. I’m sure I was yelling “Noooooooo!” quite dramatically
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Even that angle is starting to be meaningless. We only have 1 game in hand on Carolina, who is now just 1 point back. We're even in games with Columbus, 2 points back. We do have 2 in hand on the Islanders, but if we're worried about them we're probably f***ed anyway.
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not really an angle as much as a statement of fact. they look terrible obviously but it's still in their control
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Games in hand with Carolina aren't really important because we still have 4 games left against each other.
The way I see it, it's all about taking care of our divisional rivals. 4 games left vs. CAR, 3 games left vs. PIT, 1 vs. PHI, 2 vs. NYI, 1 vs. CBJ, 1 vs. NYR and 1 vs. WSH.
That's 13 games, nearly half of what we have remaining. Start collecting points there and we'll be fine.
The way I see it, it's all about taking care of our divisional rivals. 4 games left vs. CAR, 3 games left vs. PIT, 1 vs. PHI, 2 vs. NYI, 1 vs. CBJ, 1 vs. NYR and 1 vs. WSH.
That's 13 games, nearly half of what we have remaining. Start collecting points there and we'll be fine.
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they just need a confidence builder because they seem broken right now. after that stafford deflection goal last night the entire building just went dead.
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Which is why the goaltending gets harped on to death. Even a game like last night which was a ‘he played well BUT’ still one goaltending snafu is the difference, especially when everyone else’s backups dominate us, that’s an added insult.
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Absolutely, and it falls into that old Torts quote from years ago where he said "It'd be nice to get an occasional freakin' save once in a while". Goaltending is not the end all, be all of why this streak is happening but it's a significant factor.
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I guess we shouldn't really be surprised about the outcome given that it's Boston and we almost always lose to them. It just sucks that we finally outplay them at even strength and the Benny Hill PP blows the whole damn thing.
Greene and Vatanen are bigger issues on the defense lately than Lovejoy given how much they play compared to him.
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Our PP numbers being remotely average is kind of shocking. I guess it's a blind squirrel finding a nut every now and then. We're at a 19% rate since the All-Star break.
On the other hand, our PK is a 70% since then, tied for 3rd to last. Yikes.
On the other hand, our PK is a 70% since then, tied for 3rd to last. Yikes.
I think this loss was more demoralizing than getting curbstomped by Columbus. At least in that one you could shake it off as a complete clunker. This one should have been a win if not for us shooting ourselves in the foot multiple times (I'm looking at you Stafford you dumb f***).
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Edmonton is where they are because of their historically bad special teams. That's what we've been lately. Wasting PPs and failing on PKs repeatedly combined with horrible goaltending and bad luck/crippling mistakes. Just a disaster.
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Well, in being Captain Silver Lining, I thought the top line looked good together. Really thought after giving away that goal at the end of the first that Hall was going to will us to a win on his own. (Not that the goal was entirely his fault). Nothing made me happier than him dangling the Rat out of his jock.
I thought Nico played pretty well and showed no fear as he has most of the season in taking on the bigger guys. Also thought Zacha did some good things last night, as well.
Still can't say enough about Miles Wood and what he's done this year.
I thought Nico played pretty well and showed no fear as he has most of the season in taking on the bigger guys. Also thought Zacha did some good things last night, as well.
Still can't say enough about Miles Wood and what he's done this year.
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