GDT: #57: Hawks @ Coyotes

[drgregg]

Austin Powers! It has been long enough for me to find him funny again. Fantastic!

 

[Howler Scores]

That was just an awesome time. The concert was unexpected and so awesome. Why did they not promote that. This was my favorite night of the year. And I finished my beer before I left. A+ everyone!

 

[Bondurant]

Miracle on Ice members, Alice Cooper and a Coyotes win over Chicago in front of a capacity crowd. A great night of desert hockey.

 

[drgregg]

Gosbee has exceed my expectation as an owner. So has LeBlanc. Both very involved with fans. Think they are perfect owners for this team.

Agreed, tonight was a big night; with the sellout, the Olympic opening, and the Alice Cooper concert. Fantastic night for ownership.

 

[BigJCaRoach]

Great game. Great atmosphere.

Worst opposing fan i have ever been around behind me.

awful person. with his 5 year old son listening to all the ******** come out of his yap.

hope they get another W in Dallas before this break.

 

[drgregg]

Great game. Great atmosphere.

Worst opposing fan i have ever been around behind me.

awful person. with his 5 year old son listening to all the ******** come out of his yap.

hope they get another W in Dallas before this break.

Sorry about the jerk behind you. It would be a real shame to not carry over any of this momentum into Dallas tomorrow. Another win would be great before the break, hope they show up to compete, the Stars will.

 

[Desert Ice 11]

Great game. Great atmosphere.

Worst opposing fan i have ever been around behind me.

awful person. with his 5 year old son listening to all the ******** come out of his yap.

hope they get another W in Dallas before this break.

Its sad because it sounds like you are not the only person with this experience. Why do they have to be like that?

 

[GiveAFlyingPuck]

Austin Powers! It has been long enough for me to find him funny again. Fantastic!

International man of mystery needs to return for an international festivity like the Olympics.

 

[BigJCaRoach]

And I'm from Illinois. Girlfriend too, sitting right next to me. In her Toews jersey.

Bad apples in the bunch.


.....

Beat Dallas tomorrow please!

 

[yotesreign]

Awesome, fun game. Now lets win tomorrow, eh?

 

[drgregg]

International man of mystery needs to return for an international festivity like the Olympics.

Oh man, I wore out my vhs of that movie! One of my fave comedies.

 

[GiveAFlyingPuck]

Awesome, fun game. Now lets win tomorrow, eh?

Agreed. Make it so, Coyotes.

 

[Mosby]

Mike Smith has a 1.01 GAA and .964 Sv% in his past 3 games.

Morris won't play vs. Dallas (upper body injury). Hanzal will travel with the team.

 

[Desert Ice 11]

Mike Smith has a 1.01 GAA and .964 Sv% in his past 3 games.

Morris won't play vs. Dallas (upper body injury). Hanzal will travel with the team.

Connor Murphy...or Rundblad?

 

[SniperHF]

Almost certainly Murphy as he plays right side.

 

[Desert Ice 11]

Almost certainly Murphy as he plays right side.

Morris is getting old. I like his physical play but he seems to get injured a lot.

 

[cobra427]

Mike Smith has a 1.01 GAA and .964 Sv% in his past 3 games.

Morris won't play vs. Dallas (upper body injury). Hanzal will travel with the team.

Another great game against a great team that took us lightly, while we played hard and well, just like L.A. and Pitt. Our PK and Smiths play is getting better, best sign yet for us. Dallas will be ready tomorrow night so I hope we bring a good effort. I suspect we won't, like Calgary/Dallas/Buffalo games....Hope we win though....

Anyone else think we should carry 7 D men. Bring on Runblad and Murphy both. Somebody gets hurt and we can still roll 3 pairings. The 4th line is averaging like 6 minutes a game anyway, Biz at 4 minutes, so what is the difference? Tip never really rolls 4 lines anyway?

 

[Mosby]

Anyone else think we should carry 7 D men. Bring on Runblad and Murphy both. Somebody gets hurt and we can still roll 3 pairings. The 4th line is averaging like 6 minutes a game anyway, Biz at 4 minutes, so what is the difference? Tip never really rolls 4 lines anyway?

My one concern with this is it interrupts chemistry. One shift OEL is playing with Z, the next shift he's playing with Schlemko.

 

[Howler Scores]

At the end of the day, Oliver got extra time and I loved it.

 

[Grimes]

3/3 for going to games this year, but this took that cake. Even went to the Caps shootout-comefrombehind-extravagazna and this was better. Sat upper bowl; couldn't believe the amount of Hawks fans. I've seen the Hawks nearly very time they have came through for some reason, this was by far the most Hawks fans in our building. I did not make them feel at home. They must be the "cool" NHL team right now. But they do have a great team and I actually really enjoy watching them play. Glad we won though. And I love the way we won. For the majority of the first the SOG were 9-1 Yotes.

Smith looks back in form. If we have to deal with up and downs from him but receive this product end of the season and into playoffs every year, I'm fine with his contract. But I think it has more to do with the blueline. Which.... I also think our blue line is becoming much more in-synch. The team is tightening up and a win tomorrow is huge.

Domi and a winger next year should really put the team to the next level.

 

[Grimes]

Here is the friendly reminder that Hanzel was out tonight.

 

[Grimes]

Why has the PK been so good lately?

Is it just coaching? Motivation? I would love to believe it is the younger blueline players figuring it out.

Also, Stone played a very Morris game. Stone is a gem and will continue to be a very good #4-5 Dman.

 

[ck26]

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4P. ARIZONA COYOTES (3-3-1) @ 3A. OTTAWA SENATORS (3-2-2)
Game 8 @ Canadian Tire Center, Ottawa, Ontario
First puck drop at 4:00PM AZ time
ARIZONA SPORTS 98.7 FM
CITY

NOTE: Lines are subject to change and are a complete guess until @azc_mclellan sets us straight.

ARIZONA COYOTES
8 Tobias Rieder - 11 Martin Hanzal (A) - 10 Anthony Duclair
16 Max Domi - 50 Antoine Vermette - 89 Mikkel Boedker
17 Steve Downie - 12 Brad Richardson - 19 Shane Doan (C)
24 Kyle Chipchura - 15 Boyd Gordon - 43 Matthias Plachta

23 Oliver Ekman-Larsson (A) - 26 Mike Stone
2 Nicklas Grossmann - 5 Connor Murphy
34 Klas Dahlbeck - 4 Zbynek Michalek

41 Pizza Goalie
29 Anders Lindbackup

Press Box: F John Scott, D Stefan Elliott
Sick Call: F Joe Vitale

OTTAWA SENATORS
68 Mike Hoffman - 7 Kyle Turris (A) - 61 Mark Stone
9 Milan Michalek - 93 Mika Zibanejad - 6 Bobby Ryan
90 Alex Chiasson - 44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau - 27 Curtis Lazar
10 Shane Prince - 15 Zack Smith - 25 Chris Neil (A)

74 Mark Borowiecki - 65 Erik Karlsson (C)
46 Patrick Wiercioch - 5 Cody Ceci
2 Jared Cowen - 45 Chris Wideman

41 Craig Anderson
30 Andrew Hammond

Press box: F 89 Max McCormick
Sick call: F Clarke MacArthur, D 4 Chris Phillips, D 3 Mark Methot

AND NOW, FOR THE PATENTED ck26 TACTICAL BREAKDOWN ...

1. BETTER LOCAL FOLK HERO
"Long Tom" Watson vs Big Joe Mufferaw
ADV OTT ... 0-1



2. DUBIOUS CLAIM OF GREATNESS
"Bobby Hull and Dale Hawerchuk played for us" vs "We've won 11 Stanley Cups"
ADV OTT ... WAAAAY MORE DUBIOUS 0-2

3. BETTER SWEDISH SUPERSTAR DEFENDER
Oliver Ekman-Larsson vs Erik Karlsson
ADV ARZ ... 1-2

4. BETTER PERFORMANCE-BASED FREE PIZZA GIVER GUY
Mike Smith vs Cash Line
ADV OTT, BECAUSE THE PLAN DOESN'T RELY ON "SCHMIDDY" ... 1-3

5. EMBARRASSING QUESTION ASKED LEAGUE-WIDE
"Are they still in Arizona?" vs "Is there a 2nd team in Ontario?"
ADV ARZ ... 2-3

6. LOCAL HOCKEY ALTERNATIVE
Arizona State Sun Devils (2014 national champions) vs Ottawa 67's (no Memorial Cups this millennium)
ADV ARZ ... 3-3

7. GOING TO WIN TONIGHT'S GAME
Yotes vs Sens
ADV ARZ ... 4-3


"If we don't win, Tricia is blaming Stompin' Tom Connors."​

 

[Grimes]

Seemed like a very short pre-game ceremony to fly all the way from Minnesota for.

Golf and 60-75 degree weather. Same reason why Hawks fans had 30% of the arena sold out by April.

 

[PHX FireBirds18]

Saw 2 brand-new Mikita jerseys and a brand new Chelios. Every other CHI fan was wearing Kane/Toews. Where were y'all when your team was siht?

Rooting for Pittsburgh/Detroit...

F bandwagon fans!