GDT: Game 21: Seattle Kraken @ Anaheim Ducks - 5:00pm PST - RootNW

[RayMartyniukTotems]

That's Kraken Hockey babies!!!

 

[kihei]

We're winning the kinds of games we used to blow.

 

[The Marquis]

Not the best win, but 2 is 2.

 

[Sad People]

what is that 10 wins outta the last 12 games now? Not too bad at all. Gotta get the PK sorted though. Defense was also underwhelming tonight as well, gotta work on that as well.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

Great win! Watch that stick, Zegras!

 

[gstommylee]

what is that 10 wins outta the last 12 games now? Not too bad at all. Gotta get the PK sorted though. Defense was also underwhelming tonight as well, gotta work on that as well.

some of that PK issue was a result of geekie leaving for the rest of the game.

 

[RainyCityHockey]

That was a rough one defensively and that pk is pretty bad.
Though, we still found a way to win and that's just nice to see after what we had to go through last season.

Also, we're now on the 2nd five game winning streak this season, we've also won five straight on the road and we're 10-1-1 in our last twelve.

So the Kraken currently look like this to the leagues other teams....

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

some of that PK issue was a result of geekie leaving for the rest of the game.

Is Geekie injured

 

[Sad People]

Is Geekie injured

Yeah, left the game with an upper body injury after he collided with Larsson.

some of that PK issue was a result of geekie leaving for the rest of the game.

I do agree with this but it was one of the worst PKs in the league before tonight as well. Somehting that needs to be worked on throughout the year, hopefully.

 

[gstommylee]

Yeah, left the game with an upper body injury after he collided with Larsson.


I do agree with this but it was one of the worst PKs in the league before tonight as well. Somehting that needs to be worked on throughout the year, hopefully.

You can't exactly make that kind of adjustment on the fly.

 

[GrungeHockey]

Pretty much agree with everybody above. Not the best game they've played but good enough to win and that's what matters. In fairness, Ducks are better at home than on the road but clearly we are a better team than they are.

 

[Irie]

You can't exactly make that kind of adjustment on the fly.

You really can and teams do, as long as they have the personnel.

One of the problems is that this team relies on just a few players to carry the bulk of the penalty killing.

Tanev. Gourde, Wennberg, and Geekie do all the heavy lifting. Kuhlman gets his fair share when he is in the lineup, but he is scratched more than playing.

Other than that, Schwartz is the only other forward that is averaging more than 10 seconds of PK time per game, and he is mostly only PKing if one of the other four is in the box.

Anaheim was not running the 1-3-1 that is popular right now but they were spreading the zone with two players back on the points, and their forwards playing way outside on the halfwalls. They used a lot of rotation and nearly all of their passes were 20+ feet forcing Seattle to abandon their PK box if they wanted to aggressively challenge the puck.

Getting two defenders to challenge at the same time and the box is wide open.

The coaching staff has to adjust there. The players are being told to aggressively challenge the puck on the PK, but when the opposition's powerplay finds a way to exploiting that(like last night), simplify the PK, and focus on spacing instead of puck chasing and quadrant covereage