GDT: Anime GDT pt.2 - Electric Boogaloo - Chicago at NJD

[Whaddagoal]

That second clip, such a freak skate twist. Can't blame anyone really there, bit of bad luck TBH......

Wonder if we see him out tomorrow...

 

[glenwo2]

And... Bleed's gotta LOVE this...

@Bleedred 's reaction :

 

[BahlDeep]

You mean people are more willing to talk when things go well? Shocking.

He's a professional. If he can't face the music when his system fails a lot, then maybe he should start remodeling

 

[Devilsfan992]

Seney's pass on Rooney's goal was fantastic.

 

[Nubmer6]

 

[Bleedred]

And... Bleed's gotta LOVE this...

 

[Nubmer6]

Now imagine if he actually got PP time?

 

[Camille the Eel]

Even with all the goals against, Blackwood stopped a lot of really tough high quality shots tonight. The game was wide open and he was tested big time.

The first Kane breakaway, nice pad stop, very quiet and fluid. Kane again on the 2 on 1 in the third after Severson misfired on that shot. A couple of slappers from the low slot, very close in. Blackwood faced a lot of rubber tonight. It wasn’t a win where he got a lot of protection from the D.

Also, where I groused about Zacha-Seney-Bratt in the game day thread, that line actually looked super. (1 bad turnover by Z did lead to the Hawks first goal, okay, noted). Bratt had a great game. BUT now let’s see how long, that is - if, Hynes will leave them together.

Why not stick with this line combination until the break at least and see if they continue to look that way? Want to bet if Hynes will do it?

Nice win. Watch the replay until we get up 6- 1 and then turn it off.

 

[Wingman77]

You can't help but be impressed what Seney has shown this season for somebody averaging 10 minutes of ice a game and you have to love a player that plays bigger than they are like he does. Last game against Philly going up against Gudas or which ever Flyer it was in a small scrum, was one of a number of examples we've seen this season of him going against somebody bigger in an area of traffic or scrum type of situation like that.

 

[Camille the Eel]

You can't help but be impressed what Seney has shown this season for somebody averaging 10 minutes of ice a game and you have to love a player that plays bigger than they are like he does. Last game against Philly going up against Gudas or which ever Flyer it was in a small scrum, was one of a number of examples we've seen this season of him going against somebody bigger in an area of traffic or scrum type of situation like that.

Wish everyone played with his heart.

 

[Nubmer6]

Even with all the goals against, Blackwood stopped a lot of really tough high quality shots tonight. The game was wide open and he was tested big time.

The first Kane breakaway, nice pad stop, very quiet and fluid. Kane again on the 2 on 1 in the third after Severson misfired on that shot. A couple of slappers from the low slot, very close in. Blackwood faced a lot of rubber tonight. It wasn’t a win where he got a lot of protection from the D.

Also, where I groused about Zacha-Seney-Bratt in the game day thread, that line actually looked super. (1 bad turnover by Z did lead to the Hawks first goal, okay, noted). Bratt had a great game. BUT now let’s see how long, that is - if, Hynes will leave them together.

Why not stick with this line combination until the break at least and see if they continue to look that way? Want to bet if Hynes will do it?

Nice win. Watch the replay until we get up 6- 1 and then turn it off.

After giving up the goals at the end of the 2nd, the biggest thing I wanted to see was how Blackwood handled the adversity and if he would lose confidence.

Watching the 3rd, he seemed to bobble the puck more and be play a bit nervous. He's got to get over that.

 

[Wingman77]

Wish everyone played with his heart.

If he keeps this up the rest of the way, he may very well get a significant look going into next season in a bigger role. It would be well earned. Maybe as these games begin to mean less and less we see him get more time as well, no reason he shouldn't. That would be the time to see what you have and want to take a hard look at who to keep going forward similar to the waning months of 2017.

 

[NJDevs26]

They really need to not play him and just give Blackwood a couple days to watch video after his multiple bad goals against. Playing him tomorrow is madness, I don't care that he played well against them and Keith didn't in their last starts, it's just not right place or time to do it. Might as well have played Keith today if you wanted to play Blackwood so badly tomorrow.

 

[My3Sons]

hopefully Wood’s injury isn’t severe. He is rounding nicely into form. With Coleman and Nico and MBW and even some of the defenders playing well lately the team has at least established that it is capable against the bad teams. That’s the first step to being capable against the good teams.

 

[glenwo2]

They really need to not play him and just give Blackwood a couple days to watch video after his multiple bad goals against. Playing him tomorrow is madness, I don't care that he played well against them and Keith didn't in their last starts, it's just not right place or time to do it. Might as well have played Keith today if you wanted to play Blackwood so badly tomorrow.

So in other words, you're waving the white flag on the season.

Why? We can still make a run at the last wildcard. We just need to run the table. Easy as pie.

 

[Davegarri]

Couldn't watch the game, but just saw the highlights. Wow Chicago's defense is horrendous! They are actually worse than us

 

[NJDevs26]

Well that's the problem isn't it...not that they want to win games but that Hynes is still making this attempted miracle run at winning twenty games in a row to get back in the playoff mix so now he's going to run MB29 into the ground just like he ran KK into the ground earlier this year and Cory while he was playing through injuries last year. You run guys into the ground in February and March when you're in the mix, not November or January when you're still way out of it.

 

[Bleedred]

They really need to not play him and just give Blackwood a couple days to watch video after his multiple bad goals against. Playing him tomorrow is madness, I don't care that he played well against them and Keith didn't in their last starts, it's just not right place or time to do it. Might as well have played Keith today if you wanted to play Blackwood so badly tomorrow.

Even if Blackwood had a shutout and only faced 20 shots tonight, he still shouldn't play tomorrow. No need to run any goalie out there on back to back nights at this point in a what's a lost season. And definitely not a goalie that just spent a week on the shelf and would be playing his third game in four days.

I wanna see more of Blackwood down the stretch (put Cory out to pasture old yeller style), but he can't play every game.

Keith had his best game in like 3 weeks the last time he played, for what it's worth and Blackwood was due a game like this.

 

[Nubmer6]

Wish everyone played with his heart.

Before watching him play, I didn't think it was physically possible to have a heart larger than his entire body.

His heart is THAT big, and his body's THAT small

 

[Whaddagoal]

So in other words, you're waving the white flag on the season.

Why? We can still make a run at the last wildcard. We just need to run the table. Easy as pie.

Quality of schedule, quality of schedule..... (in second half of season)...

I'm not giving up on anything yet... There's a chance.... a very smallllll chance.... There is a lot of ground to makeup but, not wholly impossible.

 

[Nubmer6]

Heh...

 

[Richer's Ghost]

Heh...

"Not like anyone will see it he's got most of the fanbase blocked"

 

[Triumph]

Quality of schedule, quality of schedule..... (in second half of season)...

I'm not giving up on anything yet... There's a chance.... a very smallllll chance.... There is a lot of ground to makeup but, not wholly impossible.

Figure the Devils need 95 points to make the playoffs - they have 37 games after tonight and they need 52 points in those games - 52 points in 37 games looks like 24-9-4. That's a very tall order. It's possible but very, very unlikely.

 

[Whaddagoal]

Figure the Devils need 95 points to make the playoffs - they have 37 games after tonight and they need 52 points in those games - 52 points in 37 games looks like 24-9-4. That's a very tall order. It's possible but very, very unlikely.

Indeed, a very tall order. Also need some "around the NHL" scoreboard luck, but if they can also win the 4 point games specifically that matter with the teams above and around, and win the division games, the stack for the Wildcard race could tighten up earlier.....

I try to keep my spirits up, you see...

 

[Cage Helmet]

MB29 with a rough game. It will be interesting to see how he responds in his next outing. It’s normal to have a rough contest like this. We should see quite the stretch from him down the remainder.