GDT: 10/18/22 - 7:00PM EDT - Philadelphia vs Tampa Bay
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FinnLightning26
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Can't even beat the Flyers after being up by two. The defense is tragic. There's no depth up front when you have useless guys like Hagel and Killorn in your top six. It's not like Cirelli and Bogo are going to help. Cirelli doesn't have enough offense and Bogosian is barely an upgrade on our current guys.
Two guys have done their job in these four games, Stammer and Vasy. The rest have been dog shit.
Two guys have done their job in these four games, Stammer and Vasy. The rest have been dog shit.
RussianGuyovich
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On a positive note, even if a guy like cernak coughs up the game winning goal people will still just blame sergachev.
Way too early to be negative in my mind! We played well enough to win the game, unfortunately it slipped away.
Definitely things to work and improve upon but still early days.
Definitely things to work and improve upon but still early days.
Wasn't me. I'm always the guy who compares Point to Yzerman-over-30, in terms of style.
Stammer's kind of following an Ovy pattern. People thought Ovy was declining in his late twenties, kind of like Stammer, and then Ovy was like, "nah."
There have been some guys who legitimately got better with age (to a point, obviously). When you look at his complete game, it feels like Stamkos is one of them. I mean, last year was his first time he figured out how to be an elite player in the playoffs. There's a chance we're seeing his prime right now.
Stammertime91
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If Sergachev pulled the pin to a grenade and passed it to Cernak last second, you'd blame Cernak and see Sergachev as an angel of light. Dude literally can't do any wrong in your eyes. That move into Cernak was f***ing idiotic, if you can't see how bad of a situation HE created by hitting the first forechecker 10 seconds prior then I don't know man.. at least try to be fair in assessing a player. You and Sergachev are like today's Callahan and that one guy that used to be on here.
RussianGuyovich
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And you just have a biased interpretations of the event based on preconceptions, it's no different.
Cernak had control of the puck and lost it, that's pretty much it. And that's what everyone outside of the HF hivemind is saying too.
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serge makes plenty of mistakes himself, he doesn't need anyone else to add to it with confirmation bias. If you need to add layers to hate serge, I guess that's your MO
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Fabiobest
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So looking at it again, Serg doesn't do a spin, let alone an unnecessary one. He tries to step aside a forechecker, then the puck ends up on Cernak's stick where he had a little more time and space but he inexplicably tries to move it up the middle to Hagel.
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LightningStrikes
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Cernak did indeed turn the puck over on his own - but that's end of that sequence.
The first part of the sequence is Sergachev trying to skate the puck up the slot and quickly having it taken away from him by a checker. Cernak then got the puck and committed his turnover. So they both failed miserably on that play.
Sergechev committing turnovers in our end is very familiar, With Cernak, it's much more rare. In fact he's usually the one preventing scoring chances.
With his huge new contract, Serge is going to get a lot of heat all year if he doesn't raise his game. Through the first 4 games, he's looked about the same as last year, though most of the team hasn't looked much better either.
The first part of the sequence is Sergachev trying to skate the puck up the slot and quickly having it taken away from him by a checker. Cernak then got the puck and committed his turnover. So they both failed miserably on that play.
Sergechev committing turnovers in our end is very familiar, With Cernak, it's much more rare. In fact he's usually the one preventing scoring chances.
With his huge new contract, Serge is going to get a lot of heat all year if he doesn't raise his game. Through the first 4 games, he's looked about the same as last year, though most of the team hasn't looked much better either.
RussianGuyovich
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you almost triggered me as i have my "serge is innocent" post template always up in microsoft word so i can control - c control - v right into the post window.
Stammertime91
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His slow ass reaction put it on Cernaks tape. Just prior in that same shift, he zinged one off the first forechecker. It's the same stupid mistakes he's been making his entire career. Just relaxed and too fancy. Why didn't he just clear it there? Instead, he puts Cernak in a bad position. Cernak messed up too. No denying it, but Sergachev is undoubtedly with Kirwan reviewing that.
Is that 8.5M caliber? That kind of decision making? We chose him as our future #1/2 with that contract and he's going to get the same treatment Hedman did around here til Hedman got it together.
Twirlychev hit the first man in the same shift. That entire sequence should've never happened. One shift, he springs a breakaway, the next three he's pelting the first forechecker in the shins while giving him snake eyes. It's unreal.
kinda harsh how much criticism Cernak is getting considering the awkward spot that he happened upon the puck. Yeah he did cough it up on the stick check but it’s not like he had a lot of time or room to maneuver for a safer clear. I’m not prepared to eviscerate Sergachev either for mismanaging the puck after a shot block, neither player made the right play
CupsOverCash
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As bad as it has looked compared to what we're used to its still what the first game at home? Maybe we give them some time to settle in. Maybe we don't expect a 4th cup final appearance as well but we can pump the breaks too on writing off the season. I feel like many did that last year too before we ran it back to the final again all banged up.
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RussianGuyovich
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I do want to be clear that I don’t think serge is infallible, or that cernak is worse objectively. I just think serge got a bad rap on that play, and I called it out.
Major4Boarding
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Fire Cooper!
I’ll go different route and say that if it wasn’t for Kuch being so soft on his D-zone coverage, the following 10 seconds would probably never had happened.
Byrddog
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When you continue to subtracting depth you only allow the opposing team to focus on the top threats Kuch, Point and Stamkos. Remember just two years ago Cooper could roll 4 lines and all were a threat to score. Now we have one scoring line and if Coop breaks them up to try and make a two line threat it does not work. There will be no cap relief for some time to bolster secondary scoring. And even with the best goalie in the world it will be tough to not be outscored. Whats going to end up happening is burning Vasi's best years hes 28 and the next four years should be his best. JBB is the cat I blame, Beating on individual players at this point is just word salad. Due to the contracts JBB has approved there is just one that could be traded to relieve meaningful cap to shop for other players.
