GDT: carmin

[Rick Davis]

Great game but Talbot was the difference. Continue to be impressed with the comeback ability of this team….would not have happened during the recent lost decade….

 

[Wolfpuck]

STFU tripp

Tripp is such a company man turd polisher.

 

[hblueridgegal]

Tripp is such a company man turd polisher.

Mike is just as bad. What would it hurt to say..been a rough road trip?

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Noesen tied it with 80 seconds left for the wolves. Getting ready to go to the shootout

 

[A Star is Burns]

Bummer, but I think it was a fairly fun, even game other than stupid turnovers. Even then, some great shots and plays by Minny. These stretches do happen in the regular season sometimes.

 

[Daeavorn]

We really need trade deadline help if we wanna make a deep run into the playoffs

 

[VAcaniac]

also, I love shitting on the canes fans that have to create threads.

your trash. Buh bye

 

[Identity404]

The results weren't good this road trip, but I don't think we played poorly like others think outside of Ottawa.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

We really need trade deadline help if we wanna make a deep run into the playoffs

we need a shoot first guy, preferably one that can hit the back of the net. Not a faulk like wide shooter.

 

[VAcaniac]

Good news, we play Florida next, so we’ll only be complete trash 85% again

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Good news, we play Florida next, so we’ll only be complete trash 85% again

And it's a national game. So...

 

[surfzone365]

Ebbs and flows of the season. We lost against a good team, and had we been able to have some puck luck, perhaps we complete the comeback. Can’t get too down on ourselves. We can beat Florida.

 

[chaz4hockey]

Well, I’ll get the crabbing out of the way up front. NHL didn’t do us any favors for us with four straight on the road hopscotching north for a back to back and then south and finally West. I haven’t scanned the schedules but Canes have one of the worst if not the worst re-start schedules this past week. Shame of it is we could have played the Toronto game earlier…oh well.

Having said that, I actually look at the trip positively. Toronto was a toss up score wise but we outplayed them and in a playoff game we have a good shot of winning. Ottawa was a trap game but our third period was superb. Boston, the team just hates them and Canes put great effort to win.

Then, tonight (coming after a big effort game). We had many great chances to tie & win and against a really good team on the road with a hot goaltender you just don’t win them all. Toronto and Minny are SC contenders and you couldn’t ask for closer road games from us. We will win some of them in the playoffs and then hold serve at home to win series.

Player wise, it’s really encouraging that Tro has stepped up his play and a Svetch is playing like a superstar. My worries are 22, 24 (play has slipped) and most importantly 11 (sorry Tripp, a one off tipped goal is not wowing me and he is just brutally bad this year). We probably need to solidify D & I also would like Lorentz to remain in the lineup.

 

[chaz4hockey]

We really need trade deadline help if we wanna make a deep run into the playoffs

where? Who are you giving up?

 

[MrazeksVengeance]

Y’ALL NEED SOME VENGEANCE.

 

[The S5]

They need to clean up the defensive zone exits. Seems like they are happy just chipping it out of the zone instead of being more composed and making a pass.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

They need to clean up the defensive zone exits. Seems like they are happy just chipping it out of the zone instead of being more composed and making a pass.

Well, in the case of last night, that was due to a combination of a very strong forecheck from the Wild, as well as some lack of urgency from the Canes. The opportunities for clean breakouts we're there, but far too often, the puck handler was reacting a second or two too slow.

Honestly, that probably applied to all aspects of last night's game. Just a few seconds behind every play.

 

[chaz4hockey]

Well, in the case of last night, that was due to a combination of a very strong forecheck from the Wild, as well as some lack of urgency from the Canes. The opportunities for clean breakouts we're there, but far too often, the puck handler was reacting a second or two too slow.

Honestly, that probably applied to all aspects of last night's game. Just a few seconds behind every play.

4th game on a compressed travel-heavy road trip will often cause that.

let’s see how Wild play in Raleigh before we get too concerned.

 

[larueskee]

My biggest issue is the over playing of the first and second pair. Me thinks that this is not helping but hurting especially when Pesce and Brady get all bottled up and can't get the puck out. Roll the dang 3 pairs and quit jumping from the second to the first pair. I know rod as done a good job but I don't think the handling of the defense has been perfect.

 

[MinJaBen]

My biggest issue is the over playing of the first and second pair. Me thinks that this is not helping but hurting especially when Pesce and Brady get all bottled up and can't get the puck out. Roll the dang 3 pairs and quit jumping from the second to the first pair. I know rod as done a good job but I don't think the handling of the defense has been perfect.

Our defense has been pretty shaky at exiting their own zone all year if my "eye test" is accurate. And while we need more than two pairs, our third pair as been noticeably bad in my opinion, so I get why we have done what we've done.

 

[larueskee]

Our defense has been pretty shaky at exiting their own zone all year if my "eye test" is accurate. And while we need more than two pairs, our third pair as been noticeably bad in my opinion, so I get why we have done what we've done.

Pretty sure the third pair has been very good at even strength, maybe better than the second pair and some fancy stats somewhere may back that up. I am just not sure. As far as my eye test goes the second pair gets hemmed in for some lengthy periods of time.

 

[ClarkBolzano]

Is it fair to say now that this year did the step from being a very good player to a Star Player. I mean i still see Aho up Front but only by a little margin and Svech is coming... And like rindy said... He Sees another step in his game.

 

[ClarkBolzano]

I am talkin about Svech