Well that certainly was a game of hockey.
I think the team hit a bit a wall to end the season. Rod said so himself in terms of guys being banged up, and playing through some minor injuries. The last 3 games haven't looked good. I think it's disconcerting given just how well the team has played all season, but at the end of the day it's 3 games, and they're getting a short break with some practice time to rejuvenate. With any luck everyone is healthy coming back, and the Preds are over confident. They didn't clinch top seed in the division by sucking.
I don't like the week layoff, but I do think its probably more detrimental to Nashville than us. I definitely would not want to play that team day after tomorrow or whatever.
self quote for a couple highlights -i get no one likes this game, but when it is wrapped up take a couple minutes to look at the time on ice stats. the only goal in this game is stay healthy. we know it. nashville knows it.
Today officially wiped off the books.Semin?
Bean and Gardiner leading the team for TOI. Martinook and Lorentz getting the most TOI for forwards? Turbo and Aho playing reduced mins and basically glued to the bench in the 3rd. All while Hamilton, Slavin, Pesce, Staal, and Svech were scratched?self quote for a couple highlights -
turbo played under 11 minutes
aho played about 13
gardiner finished 2 seconds behind bean for team lead. he also was the only guy to hit -3. the two jakes were the only guys over 20 minutes.
martinook, on basically an ahl conditioning assignment tonight, went just over 17 minutes. only lorentz (~17:30ish) had more among the forwards.
now, get back to normal in the next one.
Semin?
No, it was Alex' residue.All this time I just thought that was peach yogurt
Bean and Gardiner leading the team for TOI. Martinook and Lorentz getting the most TOI for forwards? Turbo and Aho playing reduced mins and basically glued to the bench in the 3rd. All while Hamilton, Slavin, Pesce, Staal, and Svech were scratched?
And some in here were actually hand wringing over the team not getting a great result?
We played this game like a preseason exhibition. We basically schemed our way into this result.
They didn't clinch top seed in the division by sucking.
YupSemin?