GDT: 10/18/2019 Game 8: Detroit Red Wings @ Edmonton Oilers (9pm EST)

[RedWingzz]

Literally fell asleep on the couch watching this game....

We are so bad.

 

[SoupGuru]

AA lolololol

 

[WingedWheel1987]

You know what bothers me the most about this roster? I can't imagine the blue line looking any better two years from now.

 

[raymond23]

4 #1s since 2010, plus a #3, #4, and #7. Yeah they should be embarrassed every year they don't win a Cup. And even if they do win they should only be slightly less embarrassed.

Not to mention they f***ed us over by basically being the sole reason for this new lottery system

 

[MBH]

Not to mention they ****ed us over by basically being the sole reason for this new lottery system

Or all the fans and people crying about it every year.

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

Nice to see Erne trying to throw some hits.

The good news is the Wings are still in this game in spite of how much they've been outclassed.

 

[SoupGuru]

It's hilarious watching the defenseman gaining possession of the puck and have absolutely no options and no one working to give their teammate an option.

 

[odin1981]

Anymore Western games after this? Do they still have Vegas and the Cali teams?

 

[theYman]

Is AA gonna show up sometime soon? It's been awhile now.

 

[RedWingzz]

Is AA gonna show up sometime soon? It's been awhile now.

You're right, he's been invisible, but might as well call out the entire team. Nobody is doing anything offensively. It is so hard to watch this mess. Larkin and Mantha have been equally as useless as AA today.

 

[WingedWheel1987]

The Wings make so many low IQ plays.

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

The best defensive play of the night was that stick check by Bernier.

 

[Pizza!Pizza!]

Remember friends, it could always be worse.

 

[Nemesis Prime]

I wish we'd just bury Abdelkader and Daley in the minors.

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

You gotta shoot that Larkin!

 

[Claypool]

Pretty boring game to watch. I just want to get this one over with already.

 

[Go Wings]

You know what bothers me the most about this roster? I can't imagine the blue line looking any better two years from now.

Green, Daley, Nemeth and Ericsson will be gone. It will be a lot better.

 

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

When we play pond hockey & open it up a bit, we don't look near as bad b/c of our team speed. When we try to play defensive hockey, we look bad on offense & defense & stifles the little bit of creativity our roster has. Not that pond hockey wins championships, it doesn't & also sets a bad example (TML), but at least its a bit more entertaining & the players enjoy it more while giving them more incentive to try to earn a bigger contract. The games are usually a lot closer as well.

 

[CaptainZetterberg40]

I'm not mad at all no matter what happens this season because we all knew we won't win many games. But one thing that we need to evolve out of over time is our timid and pressure-less d-zone play. Watching the oilers feed, the commentators keep mentiong we have close to the most blocked shots in the league. Thats because all our system really allows is getting hemmed in the d-zone and endure a constant shooting gallery. We make it far too easy for our opponents to reach pucks first and move it around unscathed.


Our game plan seems to be, get hemmed in, hope to the skies they don't score and hope to cash in on our very few chances we get a game. Again, I'm not an angry fan, but I'm hoping that at some point someone within our organization will recognize this and fix it when the time comes. We have to build a solid foundation of smart play at some point.

 

[SoupGuru]

So timid

 

[odin1981]

Pretty boring game to watch. I just want to get this one over with already.

I agree, quicker it ends faster I can go make grilled cheese and tomato soup.

 

[SoupGuru]

Like that, Larkin skates away from his defenseman who's double teamed.

 

[theYman]

Well we can't just keep scoring 1 and can't keep giving up 5. So something's gotta give.

 

[Winger98]

I agree, quicker it ends faster I can go make grilled cheese and tomato soup.

grilled cheese and tomato soup gets an instant like.

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

hahaha. how'd they miss that??