GDT: Biggest game of the season! Devils @ Canes

[HisIceness]

Also, the fact that we will have to play against Taylor Hall for years to come, constantly, pisses me off. He's been a Canes killer since that trade. Stupid worthless Oilers getting handed him and 2 more #1 picks and a generational talent and still get fleeced by a division rival. f***ing move them to Houston already.

 

[CandyCanes]

Before these 3 games I said, we need at least 4 points, better would be 6 out of 6. We got 1. We are done once again.

Yet we still somehow sit in a playoff position.

 

[Canes]

Man... in a room full of glum... you win glummiest

Don't worry there will be no fans to discuss Canes hockey with by the time Francis continues JR's plan of running this franchise into the ground.

 

[Breakdowns]

Yet we still somehow sit in a playoff position.

I have no idea how that is possible.

 

[Identity404]

Skinner makes my BH clench everytime he is out in OT. How many OT goals has he scored vs the amount he is directly responsible for being in our own net.

 

[Anton Babchuk]

Ryan loses basically every one-on-one battle because he's 175lbs dripping wet and makes godawful plays with the puck in the defensive zone constantly. Peters shelters the hell out of him and he's still rocking a -17 or whatever, which is deserved and not because of bad luck. I don't give a shit about the 30-something points he's on pace for, he's a liability and shouldn't be in the NHL.

 

[Canes]

Yet we still somehow sit in a playoff position.

Can we make it a week in playoff position without soiling ourselves like a geriatric Peter Karmanos?

 

[Wolfpuck]

Wait, we're the second wild card team?

LMMFAO

 

[HisIceness]

The fact that we are actually sitting out of a playoff spot tied with the Islanders who have the tiebreaker currently both baffles me and pisses me off at the same time.

1 freaking more goal scored and they are back in. Just 1 tonight. But as true to form, so close but no cigar.

 

[Canes]

Ryan loses basically every on one-on-battle because he's 175lbs dripping wet and makes godawful plays with the puck in the defensive zone constantly. Peters shelters the hell out of him and he's still rocking a -17 or whatever, which is deserved and not because of bad luck. I don't give a **** about the 30-something points he's on pace for, he's a liability and shouldn't be in the NHL.

So basically Francis is going to re-sign him and give him a raise?

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Exactly correct, which is why I lay almost all of the fault with Francis and almost none with Peters. I said it a week and a half ago, it’s a damn miracle they’re basically 1 point out of the playoffs. They have Jordan Staal as their best C, and Derek Ryan playing on an important scoring line. A gosh darn miracle.

Oh, no. No, Peters bears all the blame for putting Ryan on the ice for 3v3 hockey. It's ridiculous. That's when you put your absolute best talent on the ice, and Peters puts out his Tryhard Buddy. Francis gives him subpar talent, and Peters refuses even to use the best of that subpar talent.

When Emmet Tracy III, the biggest homer announcer in sports, calls you out for putting Derek Ryan on the ice, you have f***ed up.

 

[Breakdowns]

Yet we still somehow sit in a playoff position.

Just looked. We are not in a playoff spot. Islanders are. We are out because of ROW. And Jackets have 2 games in hand (they will lose 1st one vs Pens probably).

I was hoping for 3rd in division or 1st WC, 2nd WC team is getting swept by Tampa.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

I have no idea how that is possible.

Because Columbus, the Islanders, and the Rangers are as inept at taking the reins as we are.

If any of these 4 teams would stop shooting themselves in the foot, the WC spots would be well decided by now.

 

[hurricure]

Don't worry there will be no fans to discuss Canes hockey with by the time Francis continues JR's plan of running this franchise into the ground.

We are in better shape now the when JR was around... at least we have something in the cupboard... I know it sucks but I think at the beginning of the year even the most optimistic figured we were prob still a year away. And the darling thing was a swing and a miss in hindsight... damn easy being a Monday morning quarterback... even the Rask signing was being praised by most at the time....

 

[Identity404]

There are still a decent amount of games left to be played. We still have time to miss the playoffs on the last game of the season against Tampa.

 

[Anton Babchuk]

Skinner makes my BH clench everytime he is out in OT. How many OT goals has he scored vs the amount he is directly responsible for being in our own net.

He's always been garbage in OT and 3-on-3 makes things worse. Turnover machines don't work well in 3-on-3. He has like 1 or 2 points since the start of 3-on-3 and people still complain when he's not out there for some reason.

 

[bleedgreen]

Ryan, Skinner and Hanifin were painful in ot. I agreed a bit with Tripp about TT and Aho, but TT almost made the most egregious turnover in that ot.

 

[Lempo]

Wait, we're the second wild card team?

LMMFAO

Wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle.

 

[AD Skinner]

This team can not handle pressure. At all. It's the same thing every year and it's not a talent issue (although they severely lack talent). Nobody has the stones to go out there and DO it when it matters. They can butt stomp western conference teams when they pop one early but need a win against a division team and everybody gets butterflies. They need need need a veteran leader and Jordan Staal ain't f***ing cutting it. They went out and got who seemed like the perfect candidate in justin Williams and he's withered on the vine. It's pitiful.

 

[The Faulker 27]

Peters isn't a smart coach. That's more than obvious a this point. He doesn't understand OT. Like he honestly has no idea wtf he's doing when it gets to OT.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

I know it sucks but I think at the beginning of the year even the most optimistic figured we were prob still a year away.

I've got a letter from our General Manager stating otherwise.

Which is another thing to hang on Francis. If you set the expectation with the fans that the team will be in the playoffs, then you'd better be in the f***ing playoffs.

 

[Canes]

We are in better shape now the when JR was around... at least we have something in the cupboard... I know it sucks but I think at the beginning of the year even the most optimistic figured we were prob still a year away. And the darling thing was a swing and a miss in hindsight... damn easy being a Monday morning quarterback... even the Rask signing was being praised by most at the time....

I care about results, not about who praises Francis' garbage acquisitions/signings at the time they were made. If GMs were judged based on that, Francis would be a HoF GM at this point.

 

[Novacane]

I've got a letter from our General Manager stating otherwise.

Which is another thing to hang on Francis. If you set the expectation with the fans that the team will be in the playoffs, then you'd better be in the ****ing playoffs.

And make the moves necessary when it becomes clear we need more to win games

 

[HisIceness]

Just going to post this again because it is fitting.

 

[Ole Gil]

Hanifin got posterized there, but I encourage everyone to watch that shift back and keep your eye on Jeff Skinner.

That's a tough rebound to predict. And the chance he gives up in the end is a gentle tap that can only go in if the goalie gives up the five hole when the five hole is the only dangerous spot.

Not greatly played, but it should be good enough. The problem with the canes is that good enough is often not good enough. All the time with a Darling, and definitely not unheard of with Cam.