GDT: carwpg

[DougieSmash]

I'm not disappointed from the effort but this stinks. Almost as painful as Isles game. Good game from Hamilton, Mrazek was on. This team doesn't quit but it's not sustainable to be dominating every game without special team contribution. Our PP is tragic since 2006 but i don't understand how our PK suddenly is one of the worst in the entire league. We are not good on the dot, too.

 

[BB88]

I was really hoping for OT but of course it had to end that way.

Mrazeks last few years have been rough, so his game's a bit of a mess, few good games in a row could do wonders for his game if/when he regained his confidence back.
This was a really good game by him.

 

[ps241]

I think we've gotten accustomed to the idea that we can play with anybody 5-on-5, just talking about the skaters. It's not even that surprising when you look at the template being followed, the CBJs and Vegas have had success the same way with roughly equal (or lesser) talent.

The goalie situation is what will hold this team back. It's going to lose us games where we outplay the other team significantly and that's just the way it is.

The Jets were delusional enough to think Pavs was a starter for close to 5 seasons so I feel your pain. Having a vezina finalist starter last season was so surreal as a Jets fan I felt like George Costanza with the phoney picture of an attractive girlfriend that was the gateway to a place I didn’t belong.

 

[Drivebytrucker]

I do not miss how nervous and scared Cam Ward looked in net with absolutely zero emotion

Mzarek looks f***ing engaged the whole game. You may beat him.... but he looks confident.


Which makes me more confident

 

[The Faulker 27]

I do not miss how nervous and scared Cam Ward looked in net with absolutely zero emotion

Mzarek looks ****ing engaged the whole game. You may beat him.... but he looks confident.


Which makes me more confident

He also looks a bit crazy. Like he might come at you with his goalie stick at any minute.

 

[Negan4Coach]

Well, I guess we had to lose at some point. Sucks to do it in the last couple minutes though.

Where do all these teams get these random backup goalies who can just step out and weather a barrage of 40+ shots and win? Why have we struggled for so many years to get a good one when it seems like every other team has them stacked up like cordwood?

 

[bluedevil58]

Well, I guess we had to lose at some point. Sucks to do it in the last couple minutes though.

Where do all these teams get these random backup goalies who can just step out and weather a barrage of 40+ shots and win? Why have we struggled for so many years to get a good one when it seems like every other team has them stacked up like cordwood?

Q reason why Francis is no longer a GM.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

I do not miss how nervous and scared Cam Ward looked in net with absolutely zero emotion

Mzarek looks ****ing engaged the whole game. You may beat him.... but he looks confident.


Which makes me more confident

Ward with zero emotion? Since when? The guy always wore his emotions on his sleeve (or blocker).

 

[GoldiFox]

On today's episode of "Yeah, that makes sense":

Corsi 5v5 NHL Leaders:

#	Player	CF	CA	+/-
1	Williams	118	44	+74
2	Foegele	114	51	+63
3	Martinook	95	35	+60
4	Staal	107	51	+56
5	Wallmark	97	42	+55
6T	De Haan	122	68	+54

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Canes have #1-5 in the NHL locked up.

This is the same stat/concept people point to in order to show Bergeron-Marchand-Pastrnak's dominance as a line last year. Bergeron finished the year +437 which was over 100 higher than any other team's player (Doughty with +326).

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

Well, I guess we had to lose at some point. Sucks to do it in the last couple minutes though.

Where do all these teams get these random backup goalies who can just step out and weather a barrage of 40+ shots and win? Why have we struggled for so many years to get a good one when it seems like every other team has them stacked up like cordwood?

Every goalie steps up and has a game like that once in a while. They don’t do it consistently or they wouldn’t be journeymen backups.

Having a lot of shots doesn’t mean they’re high quality either.

 

[bleedgreen]

Q reason why Francis is no longer a GM.

It was nice to watch the winni broadcast and hear them a couple of times mention that despite the turnaround this is still the team Francis built. They made sure to give him the credit he deserves.

They also showed stats on drafted talent playing for the big club between the two and had us at 13, either tops in the league or close to it. We’re also the youngest. Francis put a lot of that in place.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

Maybe Francis wasn’t the guy to get us over the hump or make the big trade like we did this summer but I will forever be grateful to him for his drafting and for restocking our system to a level of talent we’ve never experienced before.

 

[MinJaBen]

It was nice to watch the winni broadcast and hear them a couple of times mention that despite the turnaround this is still the team Francis built. They made sure to give him the credit he deserves.

They also showed stats on drafted talent playing for the big club between the two and had us at 13, either tops in the league or close to it. We’re also the youngest. Francis put a lot of that in place.

Maybe Francis wasn’t the guy to get us over the hump or make the big trade like we did this summer but I will forever be grateful to him for his drafting and for restocking our system to a level of talent we’ve never experienced before.

It's not wrong to give both Francis and Waddell credit for how the team looks. Francis did great work by building up the system and bringing in lots of talented players, but Waddell also did great work (so far) by pruning away players that didn't seem to fit well and bringing in guys that are helping to change the culture and make the team work as a unit. Both should get credit for two very different, but equally important, parts of making the team work well now.


And both should get the blame for the goalie situation if it is again the anchor to our season. Neither has effectively handled that albatros.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

It's not wrong to give both Francis and Waddell credit for how the team looks. Francis did great work by building up the system and bringing in lots of talented players, but Waddell also did great work (so far) by pruning away players that didn't seem to fit well and bringing in guys that are helping to change the culture and make the team work as a unit. Both should get credit for two very different, but equally important, parts of making the team work well now.


And both should get the blame for the goalie situation if it is again the anchor to our season. Neither has effectively handled that albatros.

Waddell was in tough to do anything about the goalie situation right away. He made a play for Grubauer and the decision was made to move him outside the division. Not much else available in free agency or even in trade right now. I really have no clue when we’re going to be able to address that weakness.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Waddell was in tough to do anything about the goalie situation right away. He made a play for Grubauer and the decision was made to move him outside the division. Not much else available in free agency or even in trade right now. I really have no clue when we’re going to be able to address that weakness.

When others teams start accepting turtlenecks in trade for goalies.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

We're going to have to trade some one to acquire an acceptable goalie. And it's likely going to be a piece that's going to hurt to lose.

 

[MinJaBen]

We're going to have to trade some one to acquire an acceptable goalie. And it's likely going to be a piece that's going to hurt to lose.

Maybe we just sign a UFA Bob next year. CBJ and Bob don't seem to be seeing eye-to-eye at this point.

 

[GaryPoppins]

Came away very impressed with your team. You'll win 8/10 games playing like that. Hoping this is the year you guys get back to the playoffs.

 

[Svechhammer]

Everything I've read from the team this year says they have faith in Darling. Given how much they've been right about things we thought were... questionable... Who knows, they could be right about this as well. If we do get the Darling that played for Chicago instead of overweight slow Darling that crapped the sheets last year....

 

[Navin R Slavin]

There are plenty of good teams that do very well with average goaltending. Can't fix every problem at once.

 

[Svechhammer]

There are plenty of good teams that do very well with average goaltending. Can't fix every problem at once.

I mean the Flyers made it to Game 6 of the Finals with Michael Leighton

 

[zman77]

Chip Alexander Retweeted
Carolina Hurricanes‏Verified account @NHLCanes 1h1 hour ago
.@SebastianAho has been named the @NHL's third star of the week!
#TakeWarningpic.twitter.com/inFPv8euPS

 

[zman77]

Chip Alexander Retweeted
NHL Public Relations‏Verified account @PR_NHL 1h1 hour ago

21-year-old @SebastianAho has found the score sheet in all six @NHLCanes games this season, becoming the sixth player in Hurricanes/Whalers history to post a season-opening point streak of at least six games.
#NHLStats
pic.twitter.com/YHw2C0T6DU

 

[zman77]

Michael Smith‏ @MSmithCanes 14h14 hours ago

Rod Brind'Amour:
"It's a tough learning lesson for these young guys,
but we believe in them and we'll move on to tomorrow."

 

[Wolfpuck]

Came away very impressed with your team. You'll win 8/10 games playing like that. Hoping this is the year you guys get back to the playoffs.

4/6, apparently, but I'll still take it.