GDT: [#16] San Jose Sharks @ Dallas Stars, 7:30 CST (FS-SW)

[Henderson33]

Some of it wasn't pretty but I'll take the 2 points.

 

[LT]

Something is really wrong with Benn.

Janmark has been good for the last couple of weeks or so, just has an occasional questionable play.

Comeau was great on the forecheck tonight, especially on Burns.

I like Guri in the line-up. Not ideal yet IMO, but the best internal option.

Khudobin might be one of Nill’s shrewdest (luckiest?) moves.

Shots and corsi are gonna be heavily tilted toward San Jose, but that’s their style. Both teams gave up an absurd number of high danger chances, and we just buried more of ours. Sometimes that’s what it takes to win.

A win is a win, especially against a good team.

 

[Kcb12345]

Anyone wanna predict how long Klingberg is out? I'm gonna say a month with a broken finger

 

[MrHeiskanen]

Gotta hand it to Nill, the Khudobin signing appears to be a good one. Nice W

Only took Nill 20 attempts to get one right.

 

[JesusNPucks]

Honka probably plays in Europe next year. He needs to seriously improve if he wants to see a qualifying offer this offseason.

I still like him a lot more than Pateryn.

 

[LT]

If Klingberg is out for more than a game or two, we probably need to make a trade. I don’t want to begin to imagine what it would look like without him long-term.

Also Honka is great at pretending to look good and know what he’s doing when he really has no clue what’s happening. He seems to have no hockey sense whatsoever and not enough skill to make up for it.

 

[serp]

I still like him a lot more than Pateryn.

I like him more than Pateryn's contract . As a player meh.

 

[serp]

Heatherington 8:43 minutes. Yeah if Klingberg is out for longer we need some help. Lindell and Heiskanen already play insane minutes and Polak with 23:09 is also something that is just scary. We really need some defenseman back.

I don't even know who you would call up ? Nyberg ? Gleason ?

 

[Kcb12345]

Throwback to when we were all getting onto Nill about having 8D up here.

Klingberg
Methot
Carrick
Johns

All injured now. We can no longer give Heatherington and Honka extremely sheltered minutes either at this point.

 

[Kcb12345]

Heatherington 8:43 minutes. Yeah if Klingberg is out for longer we need some help. Lindell and Heiskanen already play insane minutes and Polak with 23:09 is also something that is just scary. We really need some defenseman back.

I don't even know who you would call up ? Nyberg ? Gleason ?

Gleason would replace Klingberg's flashy play..not sure how he has been defensively though but he reminds me of Goligoski with a dab of Klingberg but not as good obviously

 

[Henderson33]

Just a shout out to Roman Polak, this guy was an absolute, complete joke to every single Dallas fan when he was signed and he has stepped in and has become a solid contributor to this team.

I am absolutely shocked by it, and I know many others are too. But he has been fantastic in my eyes.

 

[LT]

Polak knows what he is and doesn’t try to be anything else. That goes a long way, especially when he’s utilizied the right way.

I think Montgomery has done a terrific job with the defense so far, personally. He definitely knows each players’ limits, and he doesn’t try to push them beyond that unless they’re ready (e.g. Heiskanen).

 

[Henderson33]

Throwback to when we were all getting onto Nill about having 8D up here.

Klingberg
Methot
Carrick
Johns

All injured now. We can no longer give Heatherington and Honka extremely sheltered minutes either at this point.

The only problem I had with keeping eight D up was when a prospect who could be getting minutes in the AHL was scratched constantly. Other than that I thought it made sense if you had a veteran, like we would have this year if not for injuries.

 

[Kcb12345]

Ughhh

 

[LT]

Klingberg out at least three weeks.

f***

 

[Smelling Salt]

K well something needs to happen. That's alot of offense and critical defense in one player gone.

 

[serp]

Oh boy.

 

[LT]

lets try Faksa at defense

 

[JesusNPucks]

Gotta hand it to Nill, the Khudobin signing appears to be a good one. Nice W

It’s kinda’ funny to hear interviews and the relief in people’s voices when they talk about how nice it is to have reliable goaltending. Shore’s interview in postgame almost had me laughing how happy he sounded knowing they can rely on Khudobin (and Bishop). Poor Kari. He was great up until that injury; he was so different after that.

 

[Kcb12345]

And Scarlett is injured as well. Our AHL D depth is even taking a massive hit now

 

[JesusNPucks]

Everyone looked good offensively tonight.

Gurianov needs to stay in the lineup. With the speed and shot he has it's only a matter of time before he is on the board

Nichushkin is a great playmaker it appears

[...]

Agreed. It’s amazing how well Nichu plays when he’s confident. Night and day. I hope that it was simply him needing time to get back into the swing of things.

 

[serp]

Makes sense it's what he was signed for . AHL and if injuries happen a callup . Still someone needs to come back soon or we're screwed. Can't run a defense with just 2 top 4 guys and #5/#6's and AHL defenseman.

 

[Kcb12345]

Makes sense it's what he was signed for . AHL and if injuries happen a callup . Still someone needs to come back soon or we're screwed. Can't run a defense with just 2 top 4 guys and #5/#6's and AHL defenseman.

I assume Methot is the closest. What even happened to Carrick lol do we even have an expected time of return for him?

 

[Kcb12345]

Also don't look now, but Roman Polak is now our #1 RHD.

 

[serp]

I assume Methot is the closest. What even happened to Carrick lol do we even have an expected time of return for him?

Blocked a shot with one of his feet. Didn't sound like it was broken but he couldn't put on skates because the foot was swollen up badly ( or something like that ) . He was supposed to skate again last weekend IRC but haven't read anything.

 

[JesusNPucks]

Looks like Heiskanen is going to have to play 40 mins per night.

Ha ha! Seriously. Does anyone else remember that almost odd-man rush, where Heiskanen turned on the jets, caught up to Pavelski (IIRC), did that one-handed stick swipe from behind, and knocked the puck loose? Man. Crazy. 19 years old.