GDT: Canes vs Pens - back to the well once again

[Blueline Bomber]

Dont laugh at cbj. That's exactly the kind of team we lose to. I have tix to the tbl game so that's an autoloss.

Maybe, but CBJ's defense left the greatest goalscorer the game has ever known all alone in the offensive zone, so...



Like, it's impressive how open OV was.

 

[hblueridgegal]

Pleasantly surprised that he reacted and made a switch so swiftly after the early snafu. Condolences to Pesce and Skjei for having their bond and vibe disrupted for babysitting shifts.

 

[Borsig]

Honestly you can't let skjei go at this point. In the off-season you may have to eject orlov and pay skjei that money.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Honestly you can't let skjei go at this point. In the off-season you may have to eject orlov and pay skjei that money.

Orlov isn’t getting traded.

Skjei is going to get orlov money until he is 37-38. That isn’t a smart move. A team will get 3 good years out of him but then he will start a quick slide as his skating declines.

Meanwhile we’ll be paying Nikishin good money for 8 years of prime play. Just to further the stir the pot, orlov may have messed himself up by taking a 2 year deal as he’ll be 33 when this deal is up. We might pay Orlov another high AAV to stay 3 more years. Orlov at best gets a 6 year deal in FA but it will be low.

 

[Sens1Canes2]

Wow. You’re 100% right.

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Bit of a rough and ready screenshot from the NHL app goal replay, but 58 has not tagged up yet in this screenshot and you can see the puck is WAY over.

Assuming I’m not going crazy either, bit of a shocking miss from Huffine and co. Not knowing the way the game ended up shaking out, that was a potentially massive, momentum swinging goal.

EDIT: the only thing this doesn’t show is Karlsson actually touching the puck - when watching the fast motion replay he does kind of push it ahead of himself which maybe gives 58 the time to tag up. Without a better highlight watching tool though I’m at a loss lol.

I have a screenshot where Karlsson is in, and Letang has *just* touched white. If you extrapolate … there’s no way Letang got there in time.

 

[Joe McGrath]

If you recall, there was time after that goal that RBA and the coaches were reviewing the play by the bench and decided against challenging it.

I believe Letang did tag up before Karlsson touched the puck, but even if he didn't, getting a wrong challenge there and possibly having them score on the ensuing PP? That would have been killer.

I think they were also looking at if Crosby high sticked the puck during that shift. Can’t be easy to try to get perfect angles of both in enough time and I think you have to pick one thing to challenge.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

I dislike all the breaks between these games this week. We are going to be shoving 10 pounds into a 5 pound bag in march but randomly in November we have 4 games over a 14 day span.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

I dislike all the breaks between these games this week. We are going to be shoving 10 pounds into a 5 pound bag in march but randomly in November we have 4 games over a 14 day span.

To be fair, it’s happening to most teams. For whatever reason, this international trip to Sweden that only a few teams participated in made it so many other teams had long breaks between games.

 

[Discipline Daddy]

That was a good game. Really close but the Canes had an edge.

As all have said, it's mandatory that Brindy breaks up TDA/Orlov. Orlov had some mistakes, but IMO DeAngelo looks lost in the D zone virtually every shift. We get a high danger chance against with every 7/77 shift. I just don't see the upside to having DeAngelo take a spot in the lineup. He hurts us way more than he helps. Why not use Burns and Skjei on the pp units and keep rotating Orlov in if things get stale.

Both goalies were excellent.

I thought Skjei and Slavin were our best players. Jarvis amazingly had a 3 point game while also botching several plays in the offensive zone. Also I still love the third line. Damn they play a fun brand of hockey to watch. Those guys are old but honestly they still have wheels. The only guy on our team who seems slow is Burns and that's why I think Rod staples him to Slavin.

For the Pens, Crosby and Letang were monsters as usual. They both don't show signs of slowing down, but they both probably will in April after carrying the team on their back for 6 months.

 

[Stickpucker]

Good game by Jarvis. He's been in my dog house.

I wonder aloud if part of the issues are the team getting older playing Rods system. His style of play seems better suited to young bucks than old men who've lost a step or two.

 

[chaz4hockey]

That was a good game. Really close but the Canes had an edge.

As all have said, it's mandatory that Brindy breaks up TDA/Orlov. Orlov had some mistakes, but IMO DeAngelo looks lost in the D zone virtually every shift. We get a high danger chance against with every 7/77 shift. I just don't see the upside to having DeAngelo take a spot in the lineup. He hurts us way more than he helps. Why not use Burns and Skjei on the pp units and keep rotating Orlov in if things get stale.

Both goalies were excellent.

I thought Skjei and Slavin were our best players. Jarvis amazingly had a 3 point game while also botching several plays in the offensive zone. Also I still love the third line. Damn they play a fun brand of hockey to watch. Those guys are old but honestly they still have wheels. The only guy on our team who seems slow is Burns and that's why I think Rod staples him to Slavin.

For the Pens, Crosby and Letang were monsters as usual. They both don't show signs of slowing down, but they both probably will in April after carrying the team on their back for 6 months.

"As all have said, it's mandatory that Brindy breaks up TDA/Orlov"

23 seconds left and the pair again find themselves out of position & it took a quality Raanta save to keep in 4-2. That experiment HAS to end.

 

[Stickpucker]

"As all have said, it's mandatory that Brindy breaks up TDA/Orlov"

23 seconds left and the pair again find themselves out of position & it took a quality Raanta save to keep in 4-2. That experiment HAS to end.

Raanta was really good tonight.

 

[The Faulker 27]

Raanta was really good tonight.

This team owes a lot to Raanta. His home record is incredible.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

I feel so bad for Svech. Keeps getting called for penalties, occasionally ones that aren't actually ones, and when he finally gets the goal-scoring monkey off his back, it's called back (correct as it may have been.)

 

[Wolfpuck]

Who scores a goal that actually counts first, Svech or Drury?

It should be a rhetorical question, but who knows…

 

[HisIceness]

Who scores a goal that actually counts first, Svech or Drury?

It should be a rhetorical question, but who knows…

Drury for the lulz

 

[bleedgreen]

Drury for the lulz

I love how they had a two on one together and Drury kept it and shot himself. Over passing to Svech. That took some stones. They’re both pretty desperate.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

I love how they had a two on one together and Drury kept it and shot himself. Over passing to Svech. That took some stones. They’re both pretty desperate.

Yeah, that was unbelievable. I'm not sure I fault him, even though Svech definitely had a better chance, but the odds of not successfully completing the pass and therefore getting no chance was too high.

 

[The Faulker 27]

Svech will get going eventually. I count last night as a goal for him ether way. That play likely plays out the same way and it's about how he finished it.

Drury on the hand.

 

[HisIceness]

I think they both should score the same game.

 

[Discipline Daddy]

I think they both should score the same game.

If Drury and Svech both don't score would they have a scoreless game?

 

[HisIceness]

If Drury and Svech both don't score would they have a scoreless game?

Depends on their plans for the night.

 

[Wolfpuck]

Depends on their plans for the night.

Maybe after a few drinks they decide to try a little team bonding…

#CanesAfterDark

 

[CanesUltimate11]

Yeah, that was unbelievable. I'm not sure I fault him, even though Svech definitely had a better chance, but the odds of not successfully completing the pass and therefore getting no chance was too high.

Would have liked to see him shoot for the rebound in that scenario instead of trying to pick the corner.

 

[Joe McGrath]

Would have liked to see him shoot for the rebound in that scenario instead of trying to pick the corner.

He may have been, his shot got blocked by the defender if I’m remembering the right play. Truly impressive offensive instincts to have your shot blocked on a 2 on 1 while not finding a passing lane to Svech either.