GDT: #59: Winnipeg Jets @ Atlanta Thrashers

[Summer Rose]

Shoot that Yandle...

 

[Summer Rose]

I hate shootouts.

 

[CC96]

It doesn't take much to be a better option than Tim Kennedy.

I would be a better option than Tim Kennedy and I am terrible at hockey.

 

[CC96]

Damnit.

 

[CC96]

Vermette!

 

[CC96]

**** off Jokinen you locker room cancer.

 

[YotesFan47]

Jesus, I wanted to see Hanzal and OEL get a shot.

 

[awfulwaffle]

2 points would have been nice - and **** you nhl for making us fly from canada to denver to play a back to back - go home you're drunk

 

[Summer Rose]

Ugh.

 

[ClassLessCoyote]

Better to get a point than no point.

 

[GiveAFlyingPuck]

Is it just me or has it been a while since Vrbata scored in a shootout?

 

[Desert Ice 11]

Is it just me or has it been a while since Vrbata scored in a shootout?

Probably hasn't because it seems everyone knows his move now.

 

[Desert Ice 11]

Vermette!

Vermette is Mr. Clutch. I was expecting him to score. Then I was thinking don't pick Ribeiro....then in comes Ribeiro

 

[CC96]

Vermette is Mr. Clutch. I was expecting him to score. Then I was thinking don't pick Ribeiro....then in comes Ribeiro

Aside from this season, Ribeiro has always been money in the shootout, (especially when he played us ) so hopefully can start potting them again soon.

 

[GiveAFlyingPuck]

Probably hasn't because it seems everyone knows his move now.

Been 3 shootouts in a row he's missed. Seems like more since it was in November when he last made one.

 

[ICdave]

Yotes audio: Coach Tippett & Mike Smith.

To listen click here.

 

[zerekstar]

I drove to Winnipeg for the game tonight. It was a pretty even game all the way but I was surprised Bissonette didn't play. They roughed up OEL all night. They are a tough team and to not have someone on the ice to police it didn't seem too smart to me. I hope the NHL reviews that Thorburn hit on OEL. It looked pretty bad.

Doan looked awesome tonight. I think the Rocky Mountain fever has passed.

 

[GiveAFlyingPuck]

Doña looked awesome tonight. I think the Rocky Mountain fever has passed.

But he's headed to the Rocky Mountains. Might have a relapse.

 

[Longwayfromhome]

@azc_mclellan: “There’s certainly some positive things for our group to build on there,” Tippett said.

Doesnt he say that after EVERY GAME!?! Show some results instead.

 

[Vip]

Unfortunate loss tonight.

 

[BUX7PHX]

We lack grit. We were out-physicaled and allow way too many players to set up right along the crease.

I don't understand how Yandle works. There is not one reason to attempt that drop pass, given where the forward is at. If this game was a representation of how he might have played in Sochi, then Team USA was absolutely correct in leaving him off.

Defenders are not adjusting properly to the speed that our opponent is bringing the puck in.

We played much better defensively in the 3rd, but this still looks like a team that is not playing cohesively for an entire 60.

 

[cobra427]

We lack grit. We were out-physicaled and allow way too many players to set up right along the crease.

I don't understand how Yandle works. There is not one reason to attempt that drop pass, given where the forward is at. If this game was a representation of how he might have played in Sochi, then Team USA was absolutely correct in leaving him off.

Defenders are not adjusting properly to the speed that our opponent is bringing the puck in.

We played much better defensively in the 3rd, but this still looks like a team that is not playing cohesively for an entire 60.

We had more shots and more hits, pretty even game. Both goalies played really well. One mistake by Z, his worst of the year, cost us. We earned a point on the road, happy with that. Our PP could have been better, was a bit rusty, other then that our play was fine...

 

[rt]

This group doesn't have the balls to be a playoff team.

Smith gets run all night, and we cry and whine to the refs. Anyone make Pavelec's life any harder as a response? Nope. Don't think there was a coyote skate in the crease the entire game.

Klinkhammer comes out like King Kong, gets beat up by Bogosian and our physical play completely disappears for the rest of the game.

Trouba goes after Yandle and Morris just watches.

OEL gets cheapshotted (AGAIN!) and nobody does a goddamned thing (AGAIN!). How do we respond on the resulting power play? We get completely run over by an aggressive PK that gets more good chances on Smith than our passive PP gets on Pavelec.

This group is soft and weak. We need a heart transplant in the worst way.

 

[awfulwaffle]

While I understand that we might be upset about the no call on Smith that lead to a goal early on, I'm still pissed off at Smith. I'm sick and tired of his ******** antics when someone bumps into him. I'm assuming opposing teams do it on purpose because he cries like a little ***** when it happens. I blame the players in front of Smith for not standing up enough to the opposition when something happens. But the fact that Smith was trying to punch the Jets player in the head instead of saying alright, I got hit, big ****in deal, I still have to stop the puck since play hasn't stopped.

He is gaining a reputation that isn't good for us. He won't be getting calls because he flops, he whines. Stand in net and stop the ****in puck.

/end rant

 

[rt]

Yep.