GDT: #7| Bigfoot vs. Penguin | Thur, Oct. 26 2023 7:00 PM EST |PPG| Just here for the laughs...

[Zap Rowsdower]

They're stick-to-it-ivenessing!

 

[PaulD]

Jarry looks calm and poised.

now there is something you don't often hear

 

[cygnus47]

They totally changed something we have had a defender between goalie and Avs player. It has been a long time since we've seen Defense from this team.

We're not collapsing to our net and playing zone, we're getting up in the zone and spreading them out and forcing them to make passes through a guy instead of just letting them keep the puck and waiting for an opening.

 

[vodeni]

Been saying this for years.

tonight's edition...if he plays like this every game, he would be BEST dman in NHL

 

[ZorkEnchanter]

Jarry's best game in a long time. A couple of big time saves.

Let's be fair though. The Defense and Backchecking are way better too... from non-existent to showing up.

How many Avs shots have been 1 or 2 dudes with no defender at 3-7 feet? That's been > 50% of the goals I've seen so far.

 

[mpp9]

Been saying this for years.

In the D-zone, sure. I’d have EK on the ice when we need a goal every time.

 

[Fordy]

Zohorna is "losing" shifts to Acciari because they're not playing Carter and are double shifting the 3rd line with both Zohorna and Acciari on it.

Eller is at 8:04 5v5 TOI today and all of O'Connor (6:45), Zohorna (6:19) and Acciari (5:28) have been getting extra shifts with him. Carter is only at 3:58, more than a minute less than any other forward (Nieto next to last at 5:04).

nice, thank you

 

[pistolpete11]

Let's be fair though. The Defense and Backchecking are way better too... from non-existent to showing up.

How many Avs shots have been 1 or 2 dudes with no defender at 3-7 feet? That's been > 50% of the goals I've seen so far.

Yeah, but he's made big saves....which is not something he's done often.

 

[Coastal Kev]

Why not just cut Carter>? or pay to have him Kerrigan'd?

 

[ZorkEnchanter]

Man, someone is K-Dubs is going to have to spring Sullivan for Therapy not playing his precious Carter.

Sully is going to need pills.

 

[cygnus47]

The system tonight in our own zone was what we could have been doing for the last 5 years but Sully's been too scared of us f***ing up around our own net. Who'd have thought it works, it's not like we won two cups in a row doing it...

 

[Andy99]

Lets kill off whats left of this powerplay, we're getting the next one (I hope)!


In this game? Sure

Unless Geno has something to say about it…he’s on mission for that PIM record…

 

[PaulD]

They're stick-to-it-ivenessing!

Fingers crossed.
As we have seen for last 90 games.
It only takes one period to beat Sullys team.

 

[SomeDude]

Why not just cut Carter>? or pay to have him Kerrigan'd?

 

[mephisto1812]

I don't think Graves has been amazing to start the year, but I really think people are exaggerating how bad he has been.

Downright monster of a PK shift from him there.

Agreed.... although I was hoping for more, perhaps my expectations were inflated. Or perhaps it just takes some players longer to settle in, I'm more than willing to give him more time.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Colby is also noticing how well Zohorna and Eller are meshing and how strong the 3rd line has been since Zohorna got put there. I don't necessarily want them to do this (especially not with Smith), but Zohorna-Eller-Smith or Zohorna-Eller-Rust has the pieces there to be a terrific 3rd line.

That 3rd line needs a speedy goal scoring defensive winger, someone in that Tyler Kennedy mold.

Agreed.... although I was hoping for more, perhaps my expectations were inflated. Or perhaps it just takes some players longer to settle in, I'm more than willing to give him more time.

It took Paul Martin 2 full seasons before he became good. Gonchar was booed by Penguins fans because of how bad he was in his first year with the Penguins.

Any fan giving up on him after 7 games is way too impatient.

 

[ColePens]

This is a heck of a delight tonight

 

[Miro4Norris]

What a move by Makar just to waste it on an ill-advised pass. He’d fit right in with our PP.

Yeah if we only had a guy like Makar or Karlsson as a QB instead of Letang and we would have 40% pp! Oh wait..

 

[farscape1]

Pens got this but hope Sid gets some points.

 

[ColePens]

Colby is also noticing how well Zohorna and Eller are meshing and how strong the 3rd line has been since Zohorna got put there. I don't necessarily want them to do this (especially not with Smith), but Zohorna-Eller-Smith or Zohorna-Eller-Rust has the pieces there to be a terrific 3rd line.



It took Paul Martin 2 full seasons before he became good. Gonchar was booed by Penguins fans because of how bad he was in his first year with the Penguins.

Any fan giving up on him after 7 games is way too impatient.

People just do not remember Sarge's first year. Literally booed every time he touched the puck. He was SO bad.

 

[Fiji Water]

Need a Geno goal out of the box again, and this time he can do the high stick motion

 

[Ugene Magic]

This is a heck of a delight tonight

I better add a few more just in case....

 

[Andy99]

Carter with 5 min of ice time so far this game and Zohorna with 6….baby steps lol

 

[Fiji Water]

The biggest development is the 3rd line being so good over the past 3 games. O'Connor is not ideal, but he is fast and can create turnovers as we saw in the 2nd. Zoho has been a stud and Eller still had something in the tank.

 

[Empoleon8771]

People just do not remember Sarge's first year. Literally booed every time he touched the puck. He was SO bad.

Yeah exactly, it's why people need to be patient with both Graves and Karlsson. Karlsson's a bit different because he's almost like a rover that doesn't fully play in the system, but Graves definitely needs some time to adjust to the new system. It's much more difficult for defensemen to adjust to new teams than forwards IMO.

I think Graves is a low IQ player, being similar to Letang in that, but he's going to take a bit of time to fully adjust to his new team.