GDT: [#50] Stars @ Bolts 6:00 CT (BSSW+, ESPN+) - Must win

[WhoahNow]

I don't say it often but Benn has worked harder than anyone else out there tonight.

He's been so much better since he moved to C

 

[Kipper 17]

Didn’t watch the whole game (thank god) but looks like once again they played well enough to win and lost. Extra frustrating that they gifted 2 goals to the Lightning.

 

[serp]

Bad turnovers lost them the game and the offense produced very little.

 

[Blindsummit]

Too many players hiding. Does not look like they really want to make the playoffs.

 

[catters078]

Heartless effort in 3rd. Let down their goalie.

I feel Nashville want it more than Dallas

 

[The Tourist]

Mistakes by Comeau and Klingberg were the difference. Neither team had a lot of grade A scoring chances.

 

[serp]

Idk how hurt Klingberg is but if thats how he plays injured he should sit out because he's not been good since coming back.

 

[Linus Bryksa]

did we get a shot on net in the 3rd period? oh yeah 2 - this team is so messed up playing Bowness hockey - the good thing is one more loss and pretty unlikely playoffs happen! Golf and other stuff that matters! Seguin and Radulov will make a little difference next season and so will Bishop - but this team is doomed to crap status for the next few years!

 

[Kcb12345]

To make things worse, Kaprizov scored the game tying goal for Minnesota with under a minute left to play to send them to OT

 

[M88K]

To make things worse, Kaprizov scored the game tying goal for Minnesota with under a minute left to play to send them to OT

That's a problem why?
Robertson isn't going to get the calder even if he had more points. He plays in dallas

 

[Troy McClure]

That mistake was on Klinger but the Powerplay is so appalling, I don't understand how the special teams coaching can be allowed to continue in employment

The mistake was Heiskanen whipping a terrible pass to Klingberg’s backhand while a Bolt was bearing down on him. If you’re going to do that backwards pass thing on the PP, at least make it a decent pass.

But this team them turned the puck over three more times in their own end on the PP after the goal.

These guys look mentally worn down. Lots of bad passes and bad decisions.

 

[Troy McClure]

That's a problem why?
Robertson isn't going to get the calder even if he had more points. He plays in dallas

The other problem is the other guy scores a highlight reel goal every week. It was always going to take more than winning the points race by one.

 

[Satan]

Glad I skipped this one

 

[Kcb12345]

The mistake was Heiskanen whipping a terrible pass to Klingberg’s backhand while a Bolt was bearing down on him. If you’re going to do that backwards pass thing on the PP, at least make it a decent pass.

But this team them turned the puck over three more times in their own end on the PP after the goal.

These guys look mentally worn down. Lots of bad passes and bad decisions.

I mean Klingberg got control of it and then tried to dangle around Coleman. Equally if not even more his fault

The drop pass is so stupid though, why is Heiskanen not the one receiving the drop pass he's the Stars best entry guy...

 

[Dynamite Time]

That's a problem why?
Robertson isn't going to get the calder even if he had more points. He plays in dallas

Not a problem at all.

 

[serp]

Stars are a one-line team right now. A good defensive team will shut that line down on the road and then they just don't score. They didn't give Tampa much either but made 2 massive mistakes and then just couldn't score themselves.

It's why the badly need Seguin back to finish in the playoffs. The game on saturday would als be decide pretty much everybody but now its even bigger. Win and they can get in ( rest program is very difficult ). Lose and they don't.

 

[BfantZ]

Stars are probably the worst matched to play a team with a goalie like vasilevsky .

 

[FirstRowUpperDeck]

My fear/opinion is that between the road schedule, teams they play (about 3 good, 1 even, 2 worse teams) and the fact that they tend to be streaky, means they are starting a negative trend towards more losses the next few games, and a position out of the PO. Of course, if they beat NSH Saturday, it's game on!

 

[MrHeiskanen]

No shot Robertson wins the Calder anymore IMO.

Also, I am wondering if we even make the playoffs.

This team is so unbearable to watch I pretty much stopped again, I lasted about 5 minutes last night.

 

[FirstRowUpperDeck]

Was it bearable two games ago, when they won?

 

[David Castillo]

I don't know why people always complain about the drop pass. It's kind of well-established as being extremely effective. As used by Dallas? Maybe not.

Granted. This was in 2016, so I don't know how much has changed. But Dallas' PP has more problems (at least recently) than one drop pass play that bit them in the arse. The 2-D setup is known to be worse, and for some reason Robertson is not on the unit with Hintz. Which is the kind of galaxy brain logic I've come to expect from this coaching staff, but whatever. Stack your first unit with your four best forwards and your best offensive defenseman, play them more than the second unit, and damn the rest. And good lord get Lindell the F' off both of them.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

Was it bearable two games ago, when they won?

Not so much, I've been bored most of the season TBH.

I usually watch 90% of the games every season, in full.

This year, I don't think I've watched more than 5-10 in full.

The style of play, the skill on the ice, zero fans in the stands, low emotion, makes it very boring and not exciting to watch.

 

[Troy McClure]

I don't know why people always complain about the drop pass. It's kind of well-established as being extremely effective. As used by Dallas? Maybe not.

Granted. This was in 2016, so I don't know how much has changed. But Dallas' PP has more problems (at least recently) than one drop pass play that bit them in the arse. The 2-D setup is known to be worse, and for some reason Robertson is not on the unit with Hintz. Which is the kind of galaxy brain logic I've come to expect from this coaching staff, but whatever. Stack your first unit with your four best forwards and your best offensive defenseman, play them more than the second unit, and damn the rest. And good lord get Lindell the F' off both of them.

The drop pass thing gets frustrating when done poorly like we saw last night because if you whip a bad pass back to your last defender who then can't get a handle on it, it's breakaway city the other way, which is a guaranteed goal against when Oettinger is in net.

 

[account deactivated]

I don't know why people always complain about the drop pass. It's kind of well-established as being extremely effective. As used by Dallas? Maybe not.

It seems you do know after all.

 

[David Castillo]

The drop pass thing gets frustrating when done poorly like we saw last night because if you whip a bad pass back to your last defender who then can't get a handle on it, it's breakaway city the other way, which is a guaranteed goal against when Oettinger is in net.

Sure. But I don't think it's a coincidence that it happened on a Miro/Kling interchange. The whole point of the drop-pass is to catch PK'ers flat footed when they slow down to hold the line. Your forwards will have a better sense of how to take advantage of that since they're more often the ones transitioning from zone to zone. Are Miro and Kling perfectly good players at entering/exiting the zone? Of course. But I'd argue that's just as much a failure of execution as it is a failure of concept.