GDT: Blues @ Sharks 11/17 @ 7:30

[WSS11]

Hope Pete rides the hot hand with Dell

 

[slocal]

it was all kinds of things

Like a technicolor dreamcoat? Jesus.

 

[Jegerbest]

You da man.

Kinda wish I'd claimed them, but I had a nice dinner w/ family back in town. Also managed to introduce them to various beers, most of which are new to me too (but they're in styles which I've experienced before).

Keep an eye out for future games.... sometimes the GF just has no desire to go so I always end up trying to give away games if they aren't sold by game day.

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

I am not sure how valid GSAA is but look where jones and dell sit on this chart: Goalie Stats - Corsica Hockey
Considering we are still winning games, if jones can turn that around we could really go on a run.

Yikes.

These match the eye test pretty well, too. Dell facing a ton of dangerous chances, playing decent in spite of them, above what can be expected, but still not a great basic SV%. Jones facing a ton of dangerous chances, playing even worse than can be expected, horrid basic SV%.

Delta save percentage has Jones 7th worst and Dell 15th best among 63 goaltenders with at least 100 TOI.

With that said, I do believe that the real “expected save percentage” for Jones and Dell should be even lower than it is listed as.

 

[drunksage]

Erik Karlsson's postgame interview on TV was quite positive. Not exuberant, but positive.

Couture on radio postgame interview (some paraphrasing at some parts more than others):

- it was a lot better; defensively, we were a lot tighter, didn't give up as many odd-man rushes; we talked yesterday, really candidly with Pete, just about fixing our back, getting back to our defensive structure
- [on 53% faceoff win % as a team] I thought we were good, I thought we battled the last 4 or 5 games, we were losing more faceoffs than we were winning, so we had a little sorta meeting before the game to get back to winning more than we were losing, and I thought the guys responded to that as well
- [on Erik Karlsson] you feel good for him, it's never an easy situation when you're coming to a new team and trying to fit in, I think he handled it really well, especially being a captain and leaving a place like Ottawa; he played extremely well tonight; I thought he was up in the rush, creating offense, great pass to Kane for his goal, that's the Erik Karlsson we've seen for the past few years in this league, a premier defenceman
- I think off the rush - we've been good all year, I think, it's something we changed over the summer with our system, when we create 3-on-2s, we wanna make it harder on their d-men, create 2-on-1s on both sides of the ice
- we've been giving up _way_ too much, it's not even fair to our goaltenders to put them through that on a nightly basis, the meeting yesterday was to get back to how we've played the last 4-5 years, stifling defensively
- he's been great every time in the net for us, he's a gamer, it's not an easy job, he's doing tremendous

 

[Pavelski2112]

Was at the game. Miles and miles better defensively. Dell was fantastic.

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

He talks like I do when I think I have bad breath. Pretty much an inhale-talk when I'm within 3 feet of someone, lol.

He is a looker with an on-point wardrobe, I agree. Sharks need to put out some calendars like the firemen used to. Would destroy marriages.

Oh boy, I didn’t mean it that way when I said goodness gracious. I just meant the suit was fresh as f***.

 

[slocal]

Oh boy, I didn’t mean it that way when I said goodness gracious. I just meant the suit was fresh as ****.

Don't be a Brodie. No one thinks you're something you don't advertise to be. Relax. It's okay for dudes to look good on many different fronts.

 

[one2gamble]

Don't be a Brodie. No one thinks you're something you don't advertise to be. Relax. It's okay for dudes to look good on many different fronts.

Embrace the flash

 

[Solmors]

So I just looked up that India TV USA and found their website. They do have a sports section, but the Sharks have their own dedicated section. They are a San Jose based it looks like, with a 408 area code.
USA San Jose Sharks Hockey Archives - INDTVUSA

 

[slocal]

So I just looked up that India TV USA and found their website. They do have a sports section, but the Sharks have their own dedicated section. They are a San Jose based it looks like, with a 408 area code.
USA San Jose Sharks Hockey Archives - INDTVUSA

Niiiice. The more coverage, the better.

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

Goodness gracious...have his tweets gotten progressively worse and smug this season, or have I just been noticing because I’ve actually been on Twitter?

 

[slocal]

Goodness gracious...have his tweets gotten progressively worse and smug this season, or have I just been noticing because I’ve actually been on Twitter?

 

[DG93]

Goodness gracious...have his tweets gotten progressively worse and smug this season, or have I just been noticing because I’ve actually been on Twitter?

It's because you've actually been on twitter lol. Kurz has always been this big of a pompous ass imo.

 

[Lebanezer]

who is that woman with the accent btw? always asks some ... interesting questions.

I believe she is Latino and does Spanish media coverage. There’s a guy who’s definitely Indian, and works for IndTVUSA, as JTR said, here’s a video IndTVUSA posted from training camp.

 

[Coily]

The training staff played Hertl even with pre-existing bumps and bruises.

He's out now, guess they knew what they were doing eh?

 

[RickyHP]

was happy to see EK65 get his goal, finally

 

[undercovernerd]

What is the general concessions with jones? I missed this crap fest.

 

[Doctor Soraluce]

Erik Karlsson's postgame interview on TV was quite positive. Not exuberant, but positive.

Couture on radio postgame interview (some paraphrasing at some parts more than others):

- it was a lot better; defensively, we were a lot tighter, didn't give up as many odd-man rushes; we talked yesterday, really candidly with Pete, just about fixing our back, getting back to our defensive structure
- we've been giving up _way_ too much, it's not even fair to our goaltenders to put them through that on a nightly basis, the meeting yesterday was to get back to how we've played the last 4-5 years, stifling defensively

Basically, "We asked Pete to please tell the defense to let Burns and Karlsson handle the offensive stuff and Vlassic and the other defensemen need to let go the delusion that they're Paul Coffey and actually play some f***in defense."

 

[Doctor Soraluce]

Goodness gracious...have his tweets gotten progressively worse and smug this season, or have I just been noticing because I’ve actually been on Twitter?

Wow he's such a douche...

 

[RickyHP]

Gotta give credit where its due, Deboer, what ever he changed tonight, or got his players to do that they were slacking off before on, was the right move. Not a single 2v1 or breakaway that I saw tonight, and clear as day difference in forward supporting the D. Good ****, now please I beg of you, do not let this be a one off.

from what i understand, it involved some of the players going to pete and having a sit down with him. Someone let me know if I'm misinterpreting it.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Pavelski has been really active tonight at both ends.

Remember when he was washed up?

 

[LeftHeartInSF]

Remember when he was washed up?

Then he read our criticisms here and changed. HFSharks... The real coaching staff.

 

[Lebanezer]

Remember when he was washed up?

He’s losing footspeed, but not his ability to finish. He benefits almost as much as the goalies from the Sharks not trying to play track meet style games.

 

[Juxtaposer]

Remember when he was washed up?

Yep, ten games ago was a really wild time.