Certainly this one, probably the last one.probably should’ve lost both of the last 2 games
Certainly this one, probably the last one.probably should’ve lost both of the last 2 games
probably should’ve lost both of the last 2 games
Huh, hadn’t noticedDoes anyone know why we have played nearly twice as many road games vs home games(19 vs 10)?
Seems like a massive imbalance to have 1/3rd of the way into the season.
Something we've all been wanting to know since the schedule was released in June.Does anyone know why we have played nearly twice as many road games vs home games(19 vs 10)?
Seems like a massive imbalance to have 1/3rd of the way into the season.
I didn't see Fiala touch the puck on the Rask goal.
Zuccarello is really playing well. I wonder if he has needed all this time to get comfortable with a new team? He's not as flashy as Granlund, but he does some of the same things. Stalock wasn't good tonight, but he didn't fall apart at the end. Dumba also didn't have his best night, but he played a huge amount.
He likes to try and force passes a bit too much still.I didn't see Fiala touch the puck on the Rask goal.
Zuccarello is really playing well. I wonder if he has needed all this time to get comfortable with a new team? He's not as flashy as Granlund, but he does some of the same things. Stalock wasn't good tonight, but he didn't fall apart at the end. Dumba also didn't have his best night, but he played a huge amount.
It's been said since the beginning but I'm still trying to wrap my head around how true it is: poor goaltending has really undercut the team. Not just letting in weak, early goals, but extending out to how the skaters play. We saw it with Kuemper a few seasons ago and we even saw some of it last night whenever Tampa got offensive zone time. They play nervously and it ****s everything up.I don't get this team.....like, at all. They were too good to lose that much at the beginning but they are not good enough to be winning like this either. Feels like being perpetually stuck at .500.
It's been said since the beginning but I'm still trying to wrap my head around how true it is: poor goaltending has really undercut the team. Not just letting in weak, early goals, but extending out to how the skaters play. We saw it with Kuemper a few seasons ago and we even saw some of it last night whenever Tampa got offensive zone time. They play nervously and it ****s everything up.
If they were playing in front of 2017 Dubnyk or 2008 Backstrom? They probably still start bad but get things on track much faster.
These last two games have been borderline fiascos in some respects, but they've also been played partially or entirely without Spurgeon and Koivu. When healthy our defense looks as good as I've ever seen it, which is saying something. The forwards are still kind of spotty offensively, but there also isn't really a bad line right now. It's like two second lines and two third lines, with a fair number of young guys that could potentially break out some time this year.
It's hard to imagine them winning a cup or anything, but they could finish 1st or 31st without surprising me at this point. I'm enjoying the ride.
I get the impression that the "locker room issues" have been misinterpreted pretty badly. It wasn't so much tension and "cancer" as malaise and a lack of "tightness" off the ice. It kind of sounds like pointing the problem out was all it took to solve it.Maybe the locker room culture has been improved, I heard there was an issue. Btw, who used to be a problem in there...Fenton?
LOL, good times!I get the impression that the "locker room issues" have been misinterpreted pretty badly. It wasn't so much tension and "cancer" as malaise and a lack of "tightness" off the ice. It kind of sounds like pointing the problem out was all it took to solve it.
Shockingly, it didn't require trading for Brandon Sutter.
LOL, good times!
Instead of 3-10 it would be 5-5 or even 6-4 with those 2 playing at their best. We'd still lose against Nash and Col, and the Jets and Pens games would be close but we don't lose to Tor and Mont.It's been said since the beginning but I'm still trying to wrap my head around how true it is: poor goaltending has really undercut the team. Not just letting in weak, early goals, but extending out to how the skaters play. We saw it with Kuemper a few seasons ago and we even saw some of it last night whenever Tampa got offensive zone time. They play nervously and it ****s everything up.
If they were playing in front of 2017 Dubnyk or 2008 Backstrom? They probably still start bad but get things on track much faster.
These last two games have been borderline fiascos in some respects, but they've also been played partially or entirely without Spurgeon and Koivu. When healthy our defense looks as good as I've ever seen it, which is saying something. The forwards are still kind of spotty offensively, but there also isn't really a bad line right now. It's like two second lines and two third lines, with a fair number of young guys that could potentially break out some time this year.
It's hard to imagine them winning a cup or anything, but they could finish 1st or 31st without surprising me at this point. I'm enjoying the ride.