Post-Game Talk: {AHL} Lehigh Valley Phantoms (3 - 2 [OT]). Laval Rocket

[Adam Michaels]

And now Lehigh Valley with a terrible penalty in the offensive zone. The 4-on-4 hockey becomes 4-on-3 in favor of Laval for 32 seconds. Time to make it count.

 

[cphabs]

Yea. The shot was going high into the protective netting. But as the guy in front of the net jumped to avoid blocking the shot, the puck went off his helmet and in. Nothing Lindgren could've done there.

LMAO!

 

[Adam Michaels]

And Shinkaruk draws another penalty. Laval looked decent on that PP. Some 5-on-3 for 32 seconds.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Man, Grenier has a heavy shot. Too bad he doesn't have a good aim.

Another good looking PP so far.

 

[CristianoRonaldo]

Rocket's PP is as good as the Habs one, in term of finishing.

 

[Runner77]

Is that McCarron right in front of the net, blocking the opposing goalie's view and eating cross-checks? We never saw him do this whenever he was called up by the Habs.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Rocket's PP is as good as the Habs one, in term of finishing.

Pretty much. But even though they didn't score, their last two PPs actually looked good.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

At some point you gotta blame the coach responsible for this abysmal power play

 

[Adam Michaels]

Is that McCarron right in front of the net, blocking the opposing goalie's view and eating cross-checks? We never saw him do this when he was called up to the Habs.

Even if his numbers aren't really there, McCarron has been having a good season. I think Bouchard's been good for him.

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Is that McCarron right in front of the net, blocking the opposing goalie's view and eating cross-checks? We never saw him do this whenever he was called up by the Habs.

He did do that here. The problem was he was rarely on the power play and he isn't all that skilled and was put with likewise players, so they didn't really get set up for him to do that.

 

[Runner77]

He did do that here. The problem was he was rarely on the power play and he isn't all that skilled and was put with likewise players, so they didn't really get set up for him to do that.

Not that I recall. He wasn't in front of the blue paint as I've seen him do it just now.

Point is, he's doing it now and using his large frame that way is a big part of what was lacking in his play.

 

[Runner77]

Second intermission, some funny bits on Joel Bouchard. His facial expressions are priceless -- he's borderline wacko.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

Even a lower league average powerplay would have scored at least one somewhere in there. That was truly pathetic. I know the circumstances around it and all but trading Taormina really hurt the team more than was ever expected.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Not that I recall. He wasn't in front of the blue paint as I've seen him do it just now.

Point is, he's doing it now and using his large frame that way is a big part of what was lacking in his play.

What he lacked at the NHL level was mostly in skating and not having skills to compensate that lack of skating (speed and agility)

 

[Adam Michaels]

Laval came to play in the third period.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Even a lower league average powerplay would have scored at least one somewhere in there. That was truly pathetic. I know the circumstances around it and all but trading Taormina really hurt the team more than was ever expected.

He's not doing good in Stockton. 3 points in 17 games.

 

[Mrb1p]

How has Mete looked so far?

 

[Runner77]

What he lacked at the NHL level was mostly in skating and not having skills to compensate that lack of skating (speed and agility)

He lacked that too. But, he certainly didn't optimize his physical advantage and got into a lot of useless fights.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Alzner with the shot, and Pezzetta deflects it to make it 2-1 for Laval, who has dominated this third period.

Alzner now with a goal and an assist in 2 games. It's Pezzetta's 2nd goal.

Vejdemo with the other assist.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

He's not doing good in Stockton. 3 points in 17 games.

I'm confident he would have done similar to his 2017-18 season had he stayed in the organization. He seemed to be real comfortable here.

 

[jaffy27]

Alzner with the shot, and Pezzetta deflects it to make it 2-1 for Laval, who has dominated this third period.

Alzner now with a goal and an assist in 2 games. It's Pezzetta's 2nd goal.

Vejdemo with the other assist.

Alzner for Parayko and a 1st.....trade the man, DANG, he on fire!!!!!!!

 

[Adam Michaels]

I'm confident he would have done similar to his 2017-18 season had he stayed in the organization. He seemed to be real comfortable here.

He was definitely a good presence. But without watching any of his games, I think that his injury has held him back, which would be the same here in Laval since he'd be coming back from an injury, as well.

And I think two AHL defensemen (Taomina & Valiev) is a decent price to pay for someone the Habs have in the NHL now.

 

[admiralcadillac]

Second intermission, some funny bits on Joel Bouchard. His facial expressions are priceless -- he's borderline wacko.

I think he might actually be too intense to be a coach at the nhl level for long stretches. It's nice to see him in the ahl pushing these guys though.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Vejdemo's gotta make that count. He was found alone in front of the net with the puck.