GDT: 3/9/19 - 7:00PM EDT - Detroit vs Tampa Bay

[DaBolts]

YOU ALMOST GOT IT

Sigh.

 

[DFC]

Game wasn't nearly as close as the scoreboard would have you believe.

 

[Master P]

Game wasn't nearly as close as the scoreboard would have you believe.

Yep, but all that matters is the 2 pts. That and the 14 game streak

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

 

[DaBolts]

Told you

 

[Lord Stan 2020]

solid work tonight wish louie had made that though but was a fun game and see team playing right again after the minn flub was very cool

 

[Master P]

 

[AlphaCatalyst]

 

[JoVel]

And now my night is ruined because Dom was so close to getting that goal. Thanks Cooper.

 

[Master P]

Welp, time to prepare for the shit show and hot takes that will consume these boards come Monday.

 

[BowDownToVasilevskiy]

Missed most of the game, how did Hedman and Sergachev look together?

 

[TeslaCoilFan]

Arrgh! Couldn't get FoxSportsGo to work on my laptop or phone.

How did the Hedman/Sergachev pairing do? I saw they each got an assist which is good.

And how did Rutta look???

 

[Fabiobest]

Yesssss
Good win tonight against Abdelkader
Now @ Toronto...on Monday

 

[Hoek]

Paul Porter was hilarious when announcing Hedman as second star.

"With almost a goal and an assist... Victoooor Hedmaaaan!"

 

[Bolt 45]

Arrgh! Couldn't get FoxSportsGo to work on my laptop or phone.

How did the Hedman/Sergachev pairing do? I saw they each got an assist which is good.

And how did Rutta look???

Hedman/Serg were solid, feel like Serg played with a bit more focus. A few minor kinks passing at the point, but otherwise good. Not sure if they were together all night, though. There were a lot of penalties, so maybe I'm misremembering?

And I was impressed with Rutta. He played a solid game. He had decent reads and positioning, moved well, and was physical enough. I honestly wouldn't mind seeing more of him down the stretch. Plenty solid as a reserve guy.

 

[DFC]

Hedman/Serg were solid, feel like Serg played with a bit more focus. A few minor kinks passing at the point, but otherwise good. Not sure if they were together all night, though. There were a lot of penalties, so maybe I'm misremembering?

And I was impressed with Rutta. He played a solid game. He had decent reads and positioning, moved well, and was physical enough. I honestly wouldn't mind seeing more of him down the stretch. Plenty solid as a reserve guy.

Rutta looked to me like a fringe NHLer. Probably exactly what we wanted in the deal, and what he's been--a guy who can step in and not be a catastrophe, but he's not a guy who I think we want in the line up more than we have to. Looked pretty weak along the boards, to me.

 

[BowDownToVasilevskiy]

Hedman/Serg were solid, feel like Serg played with a bit more focus. A few minor kinks passing at the point, but otherwise good. Not sure if they were together all night, though. There were a lot of penalties, so maybe I'm misremembering?

I wonder if we keep them together for the Toronto game on Monday

 

[Bolt 45]

Missed most of the game, how did Hedman and Sergachev look together?

Just noticed your post, should have multi-quoted. See above, lol.

 

[BowDownToVasilevskiy]

Just noticed your post, should have multi-quoted. See above, lol.

ahah all good. I read your other reply.

 

[TeslaCoilFan]

Hedman/Serg were solid, feel like Serg played with a bit more focus. A few minor kinks passing at the point, but otherwise good. Not sure if they were together all night, though. There were a lot of penalties, so maybe I'm misremembering?

And I was impressed with Rutta. He played a solid game. He had decent reads and positioning, moved well, and was physical enough. I honestly wouldn't mind seeing more of him down the stretch. Plenty solid as a reserve guy.

Rutta looked to me like a fringe NHLer. Probably exactly what we wanted in the deal, and what he's been--a guy who can step in and not be a catastrophe, but he's not a guy who I think we want in the line up more than we have to. Looked pretty weak along the boards, to me.

Thanks! Glad to hear all went well. Would be interesting to see Heddy/Sergy verses a high speed killer offense to see how their defensive sides would mesh.

Good to know that Rutta can at least fill in like tonight when there's multiple injuries on the blueline. Might have to draw on him during the playoffs so good he got some time with the big boys.

 

[Bolt 45]

Rutta looked to me like a fringe NHLer. Probably exactly what we wanted in the deal, and what he's been--a guy who can step in and not be a catastrophe, but he's not a guy who I think we want in the line up more than we have to. Looked pretty weak along the boards, to me.

That's accurate. The main thing to me is he wasn't a disaster, or even bad. And I didn't really notice him along the boards. He could have been bad, but at this point I've just accepted that that aspect of our game isn't going to be a strength. I've never been satisfied with it anyway. Some nights it feels like we can win a race to the puck by several feet and still lose the battle.

 

[DaBolts]

Missed most of the game, how did Hedman and Sergachev look together?

Pretty good. Seemed to compliment each others game.

 

[PRZ45MD]

I'll reserve any judgement of Ruuta until he has to play a team like the Caps. Playing the AHL squad that is the Red Wings is no real way to measure. Also, most callups run on adrenaline for quite a few games. So we can't really know anything about him in the games we have remaining other than he didn't look lost or catastrophically bad.

 

[Bolt 45]

I wonder if we keep them together for the Toronto game on Monday

Yeah, I don't know. I guess that depends on whether Stralman is ready to go. I don't like the thought of Girardi against Toronto's speed, but I still think we'd want one of those two in over Rutta for now. And I think Serg on the bottom pairing still works best as far as keeping our pairings relatively mobile.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

Bolts kept Rutta's ice time low at 9:11. Only 3 shifts in the 2nd and 3 shifts in the 3rd period.