GDT: Canes @ Wings

[Lucky Lindy]

Can say that I watched this when I woke up this morning, and the game was so boring (especially the second period) that I almost fell asleep again. But good with a win.

Also, was the arena very quiet, or was the crown tuned down on the TV? So damn quiet for much of the game.

 

[geehaad]

I take you guys word but Ive been listening to John and Tripp since i was like 12. How the hell have I never heard this

Well, it requires listening til the bitter end of the post-game, and that's not always palatable.

 

[Joe McGrath]

That went pretty much how I expected, save for the PP success. Play a complete lockdown game and just allow nothing. It’s going to boring as shit, but unfortunately that’s the best path to victory without Aho (and without competent goaltending).

 

[Breakdowns]

Can say that I watched this when I woke up this morning, and the game was so boring (especially the second period) that I almost fell asleep again. But good with a win.

Also, was the arena very quiet, or was the crown tuned down on the TV? So damn quiet for much of the game.

I wanted to write the same thing, it was very boring in second period! Arena was not load at all btw.

 

[Moosetache]

I said it to a fellow Caniac yesterday to get ready for Lindholm to blow up....I know its only one game, but it seems like a similar time last year that he started playing with Staal (if I recall correctly) and he turned it on. Hopefully this year it will be more in the goals department.

I feel like we have 4/5 components that can almost make up 2 good lines, just one player short to finish that second line. Either that or Staal is just the most underrated player ever and whoever he plays with produces at an all star level.

 

[Lempo]

I'm not dead, promise you (if not Lempo has killed me and his robot friend taken over this account).

[please pay no attention to the syntax errors in the print-out by this very alive and and on all accounts non-suspicious fellow human who clearly has not been terminated]

 

[Joe McGrath]

I feel like we have 4/5 components that can almost make up 2 good lines, just one player short to finish that second line. Either that or Staal is just the most underrated player ever and whoever he plays with produces at an all star level.

He made a line with himself, Nestrasil, and Nordstrom seem like a legitimate NHL 2nd line, despite the fact those two are replacement level players, if even that.

 

[emptyNedder]

Solid performance--and pretty much what most Canes' fans expected to see this year. Solid D, competent goaltending, opportunistic scoring. I am an outlier in that I think all top 3 lines are capable. I think TT/Staal/Lindholm will produce much like TSA. While McGinn seems to be "Mr. Hit the Post," the second line is driving play and sound defensively. And I think none of us realized that we missed Stempniak quite so much. The interesting thing is if the team wins 2 or 3 more before All-star break, where does Aho play when he comes back? I would think it might be the perfect time to try him at center--between McGinn and Williams. Move Rask down to play with Skinner/Stempniak and have Ryan play RW on fourth. That gives fourth a little more offense and another face-off option.

 

[CandyCanes]

We still have yet to try Skinner & Aho, I'd be intrigued to see if they have any kind of chemistry.

 

[the halleJOKEL]

what if we dont lose a game until aho comes back

does that make aho expendable?? discuss

 

[Stickpucker]

We are too gentlemanly for that.

Maybe we can be renamed the Southern Gentlemen and our logo can be a monocle and top hat?

 

[Stickpucker]

One comment: I LOVE THE ROSTER.

Brock Mcginn or whoever #23 is the Canes next Ron Francis. Stay pat!!!!!

Okay I've definitely missed something here..

 

[Lempo]

what if we dont lose a game until aho comes back

does that make aho expendable?? discuss

I say no. You need some serious 80's action film credit to be considered expendable, but Seabass was born only in 1997 when James Cameron had switched over to doing Titanic and such stuff.

 

[Stickpucker]

[please pay no attention to the syntax errors in the print-out by this very alive and and on all accounts non-suspicious fellow human who clearly has not been terminated]

LEMPO IS A BLADE RUNNER!!

btw...proper terminology is "retired"

 

[Stickpucker]

Really out there comment...I wish we'd kept Nash for 4C over McC & now Kruger.

 

[The Stranger]

Edit - C'mon NFL.

 

[Joe McGrath]

Really out there comment...I wish we'd kept Nash for 4C over McC & now Kruger.

It’s an entirely different strategy with a guy like Nash. He’s the type you’d only start in the offensive zone as a 4th line which based on personnel selection doesn’t seem like Peters/Francis MO.

I’d like to see the 4th line re-made with 3 young guys who can play both ends of the ice like McGinn-Roy/Wallmark-McLovin, for example. That’s a year or so out unfortunately.

 

[CandyCanes]

what if we dont lose a game until aho comes back

does that make aho expendable?? discuss

Nope not expendable still, he will be our sacrifice to the hockey gods

 

[Lempo]

LEMPO IS A BLADE RUNNER!!

btw...proper terminology is "retired"

This is highly subtle way of slipping Dick into the GDT.

Also, who of us would not wish to present himself as a Blade Runner, whilst deep down knowing that you in reality amount up but maybe a scissors runner.