GDT: BIG SHOWDOWN AT THE PNC: ARI @ CAR 7 PM

[Breakdowns]

This team can't even tank properly

This team sucks at everything

 

[AD Skinner]

Imagine if you will a team desperate for a shot in the arm. The time, right before the trade deadline; the place, a hockey arena in Raleigh. Little did anyone but a bunch of weirdos on the internet know that right under their noses was the player that could have turned around their entire season- had one man the depth of awareness to summon him. He was the leading goal scorer in his league, and perhaps could have been the push a feeble and intimidated group needed- the only timeline where that is possible is here... in the twilight zone

 

[sheriff bart]

No, but he was thinking it.

He not only got his first multi-goal game ever, but his first awkward interview as well.

What he said was "Hockey been berry berry good to me"

 

[Unsustainable]

3 stars

1- ZYKOV RUSSIAN MACHINE NEVER BREAKS
2- Skinner
3- PDG

Russian Machine Never Breaks, did I start something with something I remember before?

 

[sheriff bart]

Imagine if you will a team desperate for a shot in the arm. The time, right before the trade deadline; the place, a hockey arena in Raleigh. Little did anyone but a bunch of weirdos on the internet know that right under their noses was the player that could have turned around their entire season- had one man the depth of awareness to summon him. He was the leading goal scorer in his league, and perhaps could have been the push a feeble and intimidated group needed- the only timeline where that is possible is here... in the twilight zone

You so cra cra

 

[Canes]

This team can't even tank properly

This has been known forever. Haven't made the playoffs since 2009, yet our highest draft pick since then has been 5th overall. Even Tampa Bay has had two higher draft picks since then.

 

[HisIceness]

Good for Z though, would love to finally have some long-time Checkers finally make an impact in Raleigh (Slavin and Pesce didn't play here long IIRC)

 

[sheriff bart]

This has been known forever. Haven't made the playoffs since 2009, yet our highest draft pick since then has been 5th overall. Even Tampa Bay has had two higher draft picks since then.

You calling me dumb or something?

 

[Canes]

You calling me dumb or something?

I'm calling NHL hockey dumb. Why do we even watch? Are we masochists?

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

The Stempniak-Ryan-Nordstrom line were a combined -9 in like 8 minutes of ice time.

Doobie doobie dooo

 

[Canes]

The Stempniak-Ryan-Nordstrom line were a combined -9 in like 8 minutes of ice time.

Doobie doobie dooo

The Why Are These Players in the NHL Again? Line

 

[sheriff bart]

I'm calling NHL hockey dumb. Why do we even watch? Are we masochists?

But it gives us such great joy

 

[sheriff bart]

The Why Are These Players in the NHL Again? Line

Ryan has pictures of Peters with a goat

 

[Canes]

Ryan has pictures of Peters with a goat

But Albertan Ned Flanders is a farmer from the prairies, being pictured with goats is just a way of life

 

[Joe McGrath]

But Albertan Ned Flanders is a farmer from the prairies, being pictured with goats is just a way of life

Perhaps he wasn’t specific enough. Peters is fellating the goat.

 

[Drivebytrucker]

I'm torn on Zykov.

I want him on the team next year, but Trip uses the term "net-front presence" without him in the line-up

Can we buyout Trip and Darling at the same time?

That Finland "Strongest forearms in hockey" thing was just weird

 

[Cane mutiny]

See what happens when you give Skinner someone to play with, BP? He was so ****ing happy to get away from DR, he scored two goals.

 

[bluedevil58]

Fun fact. Since Zykov has been here we have let in 7 and 5 goals. I now know why he was in the AHL and never called up.

I am just saying.

 

[My Special Purpose]

The Stempniak-Ryan-Nordstrom line were a combined -9 in like 8 minutes of ice time.

Doobie doobie dooo

They actually only had a little less than seven minutes of ice time at even strength. On the upside, they only had seven minutes of ice time at even strength. It's actually amazing the effect *one* more offensive player has on our lineup. The lines just seem to click into place. Skinner gets to play with an NHL center and we look completely different.

I'm completely convinced that if we had made a move away from Darling and Rask in January, we'd be making plans for the playoffs right now. I'll never forgive RF for wasting this season for absolutely no reason. This should have been a big step forward for our franchise and instead, it's an embarrassment.

 

[My Special Purpose]

Would Washington do Faulk for Grubauer? Would we?

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

It was Arizona, and the game was a terribly sloppy one, probably the sloppiest one I've seen all season. I'm glad Skinner scored a couple, but he was the same Skinner (flying the zone, terrible along the wall on the breakout, losing the puck, etc..), just that against the worst team in the NHL, he was able to cash in (as was PDG who almost doubled his point total). Hard for me to get carried away about "what could have been" based on winning a very sloppy game against a back-up goalie for one of the worst teams in the NHL.

The Aho/TT/Zykov line looked good. Aho is so dangerous every time he's out there. Zykov did what he's supposed to do. Hopefully we see him do that for more games.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

They actually only had a little less than seven minutes of ice time at even strength. On the upside, they only had seven minutes of ice time at even strength. It's actually amazing the effect *one* more offensive player has on our lineup. The lines just seem to click into place. Skinner gets to play with an NHL center and we look completely different.

I'm completely convinced that if we had made a move away from Darling and Rask in January, we'd be making plans for the playoffs right now. I'll never forgive RF for wasting this season for absolutely no reason. This should have been a big step forward for our franchise and instead, it's an embarrassment.

I can’t even think of a word to describe how I feel about this season. We had two of the top ten AHL goal scorers down on the farm. And those two guys have a combined two games played in the nhl.

Looking at the other guys on that list it looks like a bunch of tweeners/AAAA guys (including Chris Terry) in their mid-late 20s.


Given our lack of finish on the nhl level there’s no excuse for that. In 139 combined games PDG, Nordy, and stempniak have 20 total points. And while that’s hilariously terrible, it gets even worse when you realize we’ve got some decent goal scorers just wasting away in the AHL.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

BTW, maybe it was mentioned in the GDT as I didn't read it all, but I've never seen an opposing team do what the Yotes did tonight. In order to dry their gloves, rather than have players exchange them at the door by 123 where the entrance to their locker room is, they had an equipment guy with a grocery shopping cart that was running across the ice with gloves at every time out. I guess it's more efficient that way, but was bizarre.

 

[My Special Purpose]

BTW, maybe it was mentioned in the GDT as I didn't read it all, but I've never seen an opposing team do what the Yotes did tonight. In order to dry their gloves, rather than have players exchange them at the door by 123 where the entrance to their locker room is, they had an equipment guy with a grocery shopping cart that was running across the ice with gloves at every time out. I guess it's more efficient that way, but was bizarre.

It was mentioned, but in terms of bizarre things tonight, I'm not sure it even registered.

 

[vorbis]

Ryan has pictures of Peters with the goat

what's so special about a picture of Peters and Zykov