Post-Game Talk: Wing

[2014nyr]

good response, need to learn how to make these games a little less eventful in the 3rd, but you know when you've embarrassed a team for 2 periods and are up 5 the 3rd is prob gonna see them come out pretty damn hard and it's almost impossible to match that intensity with that lead. could clean up some breakdowns but they got it together after the 3rd instead of really spiraling which counts for something.

refs also actively worked to help get them back in the game with the calls they made.

laf, panarin, and cuylle were fantastic. jones had some tough plays in the 3rd but played great the first 2 periods. not surprising given pretty much the entire roster was no different.

9-2-1, all that matters at the end of the day.

 

[duhmetreE]

1. Panarin
2. Cuylle
3. Lafreniere

it's amazing how fast you became a Laffy fan

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11-2-1 into the break or bust.

 

[Tob]

gonna head over to the around the nhl thread to watch for more devils injuries

 

[Chytilmania]

 

[SnowblindNYR]

We'll need to score a lot without Fox. Our defense was very good today but it's hard to see them holding the fort for 60 minutes regularly.

 

[Kane One]

The three funniest posts of the game:

No offense, but I'm not sure you get to comment on anyone else's diet.

it was an anal swab

Anson grinding into Biz is just the thing to get my wife into hockey

Spoiler: Standings

Place	User	Points
T-1	LokiDog	3
T-1	Kravtsov420	3
T-1	Machinehead	3
T-1	Killem Dafoe	3
T-5	will1066	2
T-5	EdJovanovski	2
T-5	turcotte8	2
T-8	GAGLine	1
T-8	Tob	1
T-8	Crease	1
T-8	Fitzy	1
T-8	Boris Zubov	1
T-8	INWOODBLUE	1
T-8	Bob Richards	1
T-8	Row I Goon	1
T-8	Svenhart2008	1
T-8	Baby Duck Homme	1
T-8	Mac n Gs	1
T-8	Megustaelhockey	1
T-8	Ail	1
T-8	Brutananadilewski	1
T-8	Greg02	1
T-8	duhmetreE	1

 

[SnowblindNYR]

BTW, I'm surprised no one mentioned the blatant miss on the trip with about 2 and half minutes left in this game. Like it wasn't even close.

 

[Machinehead]

Low-key Panarin has a lot of goals for him.

He's greatly improved his consistency in getting into prime shooting areas.

I don't buy that he was ever a lazy player but he got into a rut of doing the same old shit. He looks like he really refocused on his game.

 

[machphantom]

Operation Weather the Storm went well tonight... just keep stacking those points

 

[Clark Kellogg]

I don't think it's about being nice.

It's a long season and injuries are a huge factor. If you get 20 minutes off in this league, you take advantage of it.

Players expend less energy by driving play rather than chasing play.

 

[Machinehead]

Players expend less energy by driving play rather than chasing play.

In a certain context, yes.

I think it's a totally different emotion being up by a few.

 

[EdJovanovski]

 

[hella rights]

Kakko and Lafreniere can never play well at the same time.

Last year Kakko was better, while Laf looked lost. This year it’s the total opposite where Lad looks great and Kakko looks lost. I found putting Wheeler on the Zibanejad and Kreider line made no difference.

This team still takes its foot off the gas way too much instead of stepping on a teams throat.

Still a nice win while missing some key guys. I can’t complain too much.

At this point I’m good with Wheeler staying with Zib and Kreider 5v5, just get the feeling KZ are saving it up for the power plays and content with keeping things even otherwise, doesn’t matter much who the RW is for the time being.

 

[bleedblue94]

I missed the game but saw that Wheeler played under 10 minutes. Did he get hurt or benched?

 

[Levitate]

Low-key Panarin has a lot of goals for him.

He's greatly improved his consistency in getting into prime shooting areas.

I don't buy that he was ever a lazy player but he got into a rut of doing the same old shit. He looks like he really refocused on his game.

yeah honestly this is why I bitched about him and Strome...they loved playing that outside game and it worked really well in the regular season but when things tightened up in the playoffs, or against just good defensive teams, you have to find ways to get inside that defense and they stuck to the perimeter.
I mean I could also be completely wrong also, that was just my general impression of one reason why he started playing less of a go to the net game...he found chemistry with a player that worked well when they were slinging long passes from the outside

e: Chytil back and either with Panarin and Laf or down with Cuylle and Kakko would work either way I think (if Trocheck is doing well with Panarin...if not, Trocheck centering Cuylle and Kakko would also work)

Bonino really is a black hole for the puck

 

[Chytilmania]

I missed the game but saw that Wheeler played under 10 minutes. Did he get hurt or benched?

Benched himself in the penalty box a few times.

 

[will1066]

The three funniest posts of the game:

Spoiler: Standings

Place	User	Points
T-1	LokiDog	3
T-1	Kravtsov420	3
T-1	Machinehead	3
T-1	Killem Dafoe	3
T-5	will1066	2
T-5	EdJovanovski	2
T-5	turcotte8	2
T-8	GAGLine	1
T-8	Tob	1
T-8	Crease	1
T-8	Fitzy	1
T-8	Boris Zubov	1
T-8	INWOODBLUE	1
T-8	Bob Richards	1
T-8	Row I Goon	1
T-8	Svenhart2008	1
T-8	Baby Duck Homme	1
T-8	Mac n Gs	1
T-8	Megustaelhockey	1
T-8	Ail	1
T-8	Brutananadilewski	1
T-8	Greg02	1
T-8	duhmetreE	1

Hey, I have the same number of points as Kakko.

 

[NickyFotiu]

At this point I’m good with Wheeler staying with Zib and Kreider 5v5, just get the feeling KZ are saving it up for the power plays and content with keeping things even otherwise, doesn’t matter much who the RW is for the time being.

Don't rule out trying Will on that line as well.

 

[CasusBelli]

Love our PK.
Love our PP.

That is all.

 

[bleedblue94]

Benched himself in the penalty box a few times.

He's cooked

 

[duhmetreE]

How's Othmann looking?

 

[Whoot Whoot]

Some game management on that one but nice result, not loving Jones though

Check
Bread
Laf

Chytil comes back to line 3

 

[bhamill]

The third was a terrible job by Lavi. Why did he put the Schneider pair for two consecutive shifts, especially after a goal. He plays our scrubs way too much.

I have no problem getting Schneider and Jones reps when we have a big lead. We won 5-3 instead of 5-0 or 5-1. Getting these guys game experience is more important. I don’t care about the analytics.

 

[Captain Lindy]

Jonathan Quick looks outstanding. Not bad for a backup taking league minimum.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I have no problem getting Schneider and Jones reps when we have a big lead. We won 5-3 instead of 5-0 or 5-1. Getting these guys game experience is more important. I don’t care about the analytics.

But I've seen Lavi do that before with the 4th line where he'd have them on the ice in the last 2 minutes of a 1 goal game. Also, yeah 5-3 is not THAT close and they shut it down late in the game but that put the game in question when it shouldn't have been.

Jonathan Quick looks outstanding. Not bad for a backup taking league minimum.

Fans around the league think he sucks. Even the last two games he was good. Minnesota game he was the only reason it wasn't 10-4 and today was his worst game because Detroit converted on a high percentage of their chances but he still made good saves. I think the way he's playing this year (don't care about previous years) he's probably our best backup since Raanta. Halak was frankly a disappointment last year.