GDT: 3/12/23 - 7:00PM EDT - Winnipeg vs Tampa Bay

[TheDaysOf 04]

1 inch from tying

 

[Todd1a]

Nobody on this team can finish

 

[TheFurryPickle]

what was this bs

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

Curse of the 5 on 3. When you don’t score on those, you usually lose

 

[AHockeyFanatic]

Need to sit Vasy for a week there is absolutely no reason to be playing him right now, he’s just not good.

 

[JTBF81]

Hedman had half a wide open net and Helle not even looking the right way, obv can't finish it. This should've been a 2-1 win if Tampa had anything resembling good goaltending.

 

[Stammertime91]

Careless with the puck when it matters. Giving teams chances and when they get a decent chance, Vasy ain't there. That's two games this week I'm willing to say is on him. Granted, we were unlucky with goal support but come on man.

This has been the longest stretch of mediocrity for Tampa in probably 10 years. At least 2016-2017 was entertaining down the stretch. We look like we are trying to figure out a rubix cube when we're on the ice. Damn.

 

[ccman68]

vasy was good in the third he can build on that. goalies are random i’m not about to waste too much time worrying about him

 

[JTBF81]

I keep hearing as well how much better the offense will be wout Cirelli. That was quite the barrage of goals by them in the third with these so called optimal lines, just amazing....

 

[Stammertime91]

vasy was good in the third he can build on that. goalies are random i’m not about to waste too much time worrying about him

I mean sure, but in the meantime he either needs to be rested or if he plays, stop giving up TWO softies a night. One a night would be an improvement but this is not like him. I have confidence at least he will get it together by playoffs but this is putrid.

Jet Wars: Vlad Strikes Back

 

[DFC]

Only saw the first two periods. We looked pretty good, overall. Kept their shots and chances really low. Vasy could have been better for sure.

Hopefully Cirelli's okay.

 

[Powerplay17]

Just another wasted 60 minutes of bonehead lazy play mixed in with a large helping of soft goaltending. This team is barely recognizable right now. If I didn’t know any better I’d think it was a lottery team. Not a guy on this roster earning their check.

 

[JTBF81]

This team was 32-15-1 and winners of 8 out of 10 entering the ASB. I mean, the slump was inevitable knowing how this team goes, but this 19 game stretch has been some of the worst hockey since probably 2012 or '13. 7-7-5 since the break, .500 points %. These slumps have often lasted as many as 20 games before flipping the switch, so hopefully they are near the end of this level of play.

 

[Bozo Nicholson]

Just another wasted 60 minutes of bonehead lazy play mixed in with a large helping of soft goaltending. This team is barely recognizable right now. If I didn’t know any better I’d think it was a lottery team. Not a guy on this roster earning their check.

Kuch and Point are earning their keep.

 

[RussianGuyovich]

vasy got better after he didn’t get his GI call.

Flip switch status: confirmed.

Kuch and Point are earning their keep.

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Kuch got his streak snapped

 

[DFC]

vasy got better after he didn’t get his GI call.

Flip switch status: confirmed.


Kuch got his streak snapped

That means he sucks now.

 

[Bozo Nicholson]

vasy got better after he didn’t get his GI call.

Flip switch status: confirmed.


Kuch got his streak snapped

 

[FinnLightning26]

Another game we should've won pretty easily but their goalie playing on the second game of back to back made the saves our rested 9.5M man couldn't. That first goal was just brutal.

The Devils will make this team look like an AHL team this week. We have sucked for, what, a month now and there's no end in sight.

 

[God King Fudge]

This team is a pretty ugly watch right now.

 

[These Are The Days]

Kuch and Point are earning their keep.

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Kucherov is gonna take not leading in assists personally as hell

 

[Sky04]

There's no harm in sitting Vasy for a few games, don't care if he doesn't like it. Mental break and stepping back for a few games is worth trying cause powering through hoping he'll find his form clearly isn't working.

 

[Byrddog]

There's no harm in sitting Vasy for a few games, don't care if he doesn't like it. Mental break and stepping back for a few games is worth trying cause powering through hoping he'll find his form clearly isn't working.

That’s the truth. To be honest there are a number of guys that should be set for a game or two. The results could not be worse than what’s going on right now.

 

[Renopucker]

stamkos is back so our lines are back to this shit

Agree. 21 and 86 play away better with Hagel out there.

 

[Sky04]

Agree. 21 and 86 play away better with Hagel out there.

It's not that they play any better or worse with Stamkos there, its diminishing returns playing Stamkos there when he doesn't add anything to the line. To maximize our strengths we need to have 2 lines going with Stamkos being a secondary threat.