GDT: Wild @ VGK 730

[Aurinko]

Gallant should just keep Carpy and Haula on ice the rest of the time. They are HUNGRY

 

[Boris Zubov]

CRAP!

 

[Bart9349]

Almost.

 

[HanSolo]

God f***ing damn it.

 

[BattleBorn]

And it’s shut down.

 

[Nevada Jones]

Well, at least some signs of life late. But hope the boys get this figured out before Sunday.

Go Knights Go!

 

[HanSolo]

This team cannot only put in effort in the last 5 minutes. The whole roster of skaters needs to clean up defensively and their passes. Tatar and Karlsson were not moving their feet nearly enough tonight and that was really annoying to see.

 

[Hal 9000]

Let's hope Neal gets back with Perron and Haula for next game. I'd be OK with Tatar sitting out.

 

[LadyStanley]

Other teams are ramping up their efforts and the VGK don't seem to be able to compensate. Coaching staffs have had nearly a season to figure out how to counter the VGK speed, offense.

And/or... the team has just expended so much this season they are tired. Or some change in dressing room.

Tatar is not the savior. He's having trouble fitting in. Right now. Is/Can Nosek, former Detroit player, help Tatar?

Questions. No (obvious) answers.

 

[Pomee]

I don't understand where is this hate for Tatar coming from.
He is a new guy in a new team and system.
He wasn't great tonight, but still +1, unlike the "popular" players Tuch -3, Marchessault -2, Neal -2, Eakin -2, Reaves -2 ...

 

[Ginormousthumbs]

I don't understand where is this hate for Tatar coming from.
He is a new guy in a new team and system.
He wasn't great tonight, but still +1, unlike the "popular" players Tuch -3, Marchessault -2, Neal -2, Eakin -2, Reaves -2 ...

I don’t think it’s hate. Maybe he should still be in Detroit or just needs more time to acclimate to the new team.

 

[Boris Zubov]

I don't understand where is this hate for Tatar coming from.
He is a new guy in a new team and system.
He wasn't great tonight, but still +1, unlike the "popular" players Tuch -3, Marchessault -2, Neal -2, Eakin -2, Reaves -2 ...

For the most part, Plus/Minus is no indication of how well individuals played. It's true that scapegoating anyone is not going to solve the issues, & it takes a team effort to turn this around. But I'm not seeing hate here.

With that said, Tatar has been awful since the trade. There's no defending his play. Like it or not, that's just the reality of it. Whether he is struggling to fit in or trying too hard to make plays, it hasn't clicked for him yet.

 

[HanSolo]

I don't understand where is this hate for Tatar coming from.
He is a new guy in a new team and system.
He wasn't great tonight, but still +1, unlike the "popular" players Tuch -3, Marchessault -2, Neal -2, Eakin -2, Reaves -2 ...

It's not hate...he just does nothing with the puck. He tries to be fancy and loses it almost every time and he gets pushed to the perimeter all the time. He's supposed to be a goal scorer but he's not even a threat to score.

Next. Not sure what your argument with the +/- is but first of all Eakin and Reaves aren't popular players so I don't know what you were going for listing them but you can just as easily say Tuch, Marchesseault, and Neal didn't score tonight so...etc. +/- is one of the most useless stats in hockey but especially over the sample of 60 minutes. Him being on the ice for one goal while not being on the ice for any of the four scored is just shy of totally irrelevant.

 

[BattleBorn]

Disclosure: jinxes aren’t real at all.

However, someone new should start tomorrow’s GDT. Hangman, Lady Stanley, and myself have had a rough run of it lately.

 

[Nevada Jones]

This is what I'm thinking...

Maybe this team needs to lose a few more and have their semi-comfortable division lead whittled down to two points or so in order to give them something tangible to play for. They've accomplished so much so far this season, beyond any expectation, and the nebulous (points for vocabulary! ) concept that they should simply be playing well because this is the time of season to peak going into the playoffs is just not motivation enough given all their success to date.

Yep, got it all figured out!

 

[Aurinko]

This is what I'm thinking...

Maybe this team needs to lose a few more and have their semi-comfortable division lead whittled down to two points or so in order to give them something tangible to play for. They've accomplished so much so far this season, beyond any expectation, and the nebulous (points for vocabulary! ) concept that they should simply be playing well because this is the time of season to peak going into the playoffs is just not motivation enough given all their success to date.

Yep, got it all figured out!

I like your attitude. It's actually the same attitude that got us to the top.

 

[HanSolo]

Disclosure: jinxes aren’t real at all.

However, someone new should start tomorrow’s GDT. Hangman, Lady Stanley, and myself have had a rough run of it lately.

Neither is this ref helping Vegas conspiracy. For god's sake we need to cut down on the damn penalties.