GDT: Game # 10 | Sens @ Wings | please just winnnnnnnnn

[Frk It]

at

October 30th, 2015
7:30 p.m., FS-D

Place:

Joe Louis Arena
Detroit, Michigan

Lines:

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
Justin Abdelkader|Henrik Zetterberg|Dylan Larkin

Tomas Tatar|Riley Sheahan|Gustav Nyquist

Tomas Jurco|Darren Helm|Teemu Pulkkinen

Drew Miller|Luke Glendening|Joakim Andersson

Left Defense | Right Defense
Niklas Kronwall|Jonathan Ericsson
Danny Dekeyser|Alexey Marchenko
Brendan Smith|Jakub Kindl

Starting Goaltender
Jimmy Howard

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
Shane Prince|Kyle Turris|Mark Stone

Matt Puempel|Mika Zibanejad|Bobby Ryan

Milan Michalek|Jean-Gabriel Pageau|Alex Chiasson

Max McCormick|Zack Smith|Chris Neil

Left Defense | Right Defense
Marc Methot|Erik Karlsson

Patrick Wiercioch|Cody Ceci

Jared Cowen|Mark Borowiecki

Starting Goaltender
Andrew Hammond

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[Hammettf2b]

Larkin back with Z like I suggested. Lets see how it works out.

 

[Frk It]

Larkin back with Z like I suggested. Lets see how it works out.

He really needed to be moved back to wing, 40% on the dot was pretty brutal.

 

[Pavels Dog]

Helm in the middle. Interesting. I hope that can spark him, he's been a ghost so far.

Sheahan between Tatar and Nyquist is one of those lines that look great at times but bad others. Hope it works out.

Pretty important games here against Ottawa. Not good if we fall behind too many teams in our division.

He really needed to be moved back to wing, 40% on the dot was pretty brutal.

Pretty small sample size (35 faceoffs), so winning only a couple could make the % jump a lot. I'm more concerned that both Z and Sheahan are well below 50% on 100+ faceoffs. Not good enough.

 

[Hammettf2b]

He really needed to be moved back to wing, 40% on the dot was pretty brutal.

It got to the point where I didn't want him on the ice during a face off. I'm sure he will get better in due time, but for now, I like him on the wing.

 

[needzmoarcleary]

On paper our Forward lines are pretty solid, just need to get rolling. Our D is what scares me looking at it lol. Really hoping they can get on track and start a winning streak!

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

Red Wings 4

Zetterberg
Tatar
Nyquist
Larkin EN

Ottawa 2
Turris
Karlsson

 

[Vladdy84]

Why no Lando!?

Joker is useless at wing.

 

[Retire91]

That D

 

[Flowah]

It got to the point where I didn't want him on the ice during a face off. I'm sure he will get better in due time, but for now, I like him on the wing.

I said this on another site but that's the single reason why I wouldn't be too upset if we sent him to GR once we got bodies back. We have two top9 centers out right now. Larkin just doesn't have a center job to compete for really and learning to do faceoffs in the NHL is rough for him and the team. We've seen how important they are to the game. In GR he could take a ton of draws and learn the game as a centerman. Bring him back after the TDL

Biggest problem with that I guess is that he's one of our consistently better forwards so far.

 

[Hammettf2b]

I said this on another site but that's the single reason why I wouldn't be too upset if we sent him to GR once we got bodies back. We have two top9 centers out right now. Larkin just doesn't have a center job to compete for really and learning to do faceoffs in the NHL is rough for him and the team. We've seen how important they are to the game. In GR he could take a ton of draws and learn the game as a centerman. Bring him back after the TDL

Biggest problem with that I guess is that he's one of our consistently better forwards so far.

Ya sending him down would be a tough pill to swallow that's for sure. I do think it will make him better on the dot, but I gotta think it would make team worse, not to mention Larkin's morale (NHL 16 anyone) especially if he is still point producing.

 

[Frk It]

I said this on another site but that's the single reason why I wouldn't be too upset if we sent him to GR once we got bodies back. We have two top9 centers out right now. Larkin just doesn't have a center job to compete for really and learning to do faceoffs in the NHL is rough for him and the team. We've seen how important they are to the game. In GR he could take a ton of draws and learn the game as a centerman. Bring him back after the TDL

Biggest problem with that I guess is that he's one of our consistently better forwards so far.

It sucks, but I bet this is a conversation going on internally right now.

Would like it if it pushed them towards moving a forward or two for a defenseman though. That would make the most sense, potentially.

 

[ArGarBarGar]

I said this on another site but that's the single reason why I wouldn't be too upset if we sent him to GR once we got bodies back. We have two top9 centers out right now. Larkin just doesn't have a center job to compete for really and learning to do faceoffs in the NHL is rough for him and the team. We've seen how important they are to the game. In GR he could take a ton of draws and learn the game as a centerman. Bring him back after the TDL

Biggest problem with that I guess is that he's one of our consistently better forwards so far.

The only reason I think management should use to keep him up.

Guy can flat out play at the NHL level.

 

[joe89]

Red Wings 4

Zetterberg
Tatar
Nyquist
Larkin EN

Ottawa 3
Turris
Karlsson
Ryan

4-3 with EN goal, eh. Ottawa must hate 3v3.

 

[Chip39]

They score twice after empty netter.

Or it's an own goal


....duh

 

[GoAwayDanCleary]

I said this on another site but that's the single reason why I wouldn't be too upset if we sent him to GR once we got bodies back. We have two top9 centers out right now. Larkin just doesn't have a center job to compete for really and learning to do faceoffs in the NHL is rough for him and the team. We've seen how important they are to the game. In GR he could take a ton of draws and learn the game as a centerman. Bring him back after the TDL

Biggest problem with that I guess is that he's one of our consistently better forwards so far.

You would send down one of our best players because he's struggling a bit on faceoffs? The kid is excelling at the NHL level, he'll learn faceoffs over time... putting him in the AHL will do nothing but stunt his development everywhere else. He knows how to play the game as a center really well already.

Edit: Missed your bottom point... yeah that's a pretty big problem haha

 

[Redwingsfan]

Larkin can work on faceoffs during practice and learn as he goes in the NHL. Faceoffs is not a good reason to send someone who's so good at everything else to the AHL.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

4-3 with EN goal, eh. Ottawa must hate 3v3.

Yeah meant to say Wings 4 Ottawa 2 and Larkin with the empty netter Changed.

 

[Actual Thought*]

At this point a win is overly ambitious. I would just ask that they don't get humiliated again in their own barn. Maybe keep the giveaways under a dozen and don't get out shot by 20? The schedule coming up is stacked full of losses. Let's try to just be competitive. Baby steps.

 

[needzmoarcleary]

Hamburgler's stats this year aren't good, maybe that is the spark this team needs to get er going LGRW

 

[BF3]

That 2nd line needs to be more consistent. We've seen them be good, but they've been dreadfully invisible as well.

 

[Mr Lemonoue]

4-3 with EN goal, eh. Ottawa must hate 3v3.

Yeah Erik Karlsson don't like 3v3.

 

[redwingsphan]

Yeah Erik Karlsson don't like 3v3.

He was obviously being sarcastic and inferring that ott pulled their keeper with the game at 3-3. But there are quite a few ways for it to end 4-3 with an EN goal.

 

[Spitfire11]

Looks like it's time for Sheahan to step the **** up

 

[WingedWheel1987]

Phase One: Win
Phase Two: ???
Phase Three: Profit