GDT: Game 22 | Columbus @ Winnipeg | 8 PM EST

[CBJ goalie]

1st star: Joonas Kepi-salo

 

[NotWendell]

We can score easier with the goaltender in the net.

 

[MoeBartoli]

1st star: Joonas Kepi-salo

Certainly deserving but I’ll go with Laine

 

[NotWendell]

I've hit 8,861 posts.

Check him for steroids!

 

[ThirdPeriodTurtle]

This was totally Korpi tonight. He was outstanding as Rimer would say. Laine and the first line with two great goals and some insurance by others, but we won because of Korpi.

 

[tunnelvision]

Kent Johnson at a whopping 7:30 of icetime, lowest on the team. Complete joke

2 shifts in the 3rd period. In a 4-0 game, for the most part.

 

[NotWendell]

My 3 would be: Laine, Korpi, Gaudreau.

 

[stevo61]

Id say the stars of the game in order would be Korpi, Laine, Gaudreau. Im happy for Korpi, I know some or someone felt like we were wanting Korpi to fail but that was never the case. I feel confident speaking for people in saying we want Korpi to succeed and that was a hell of a game by him.

 

[Monstershockey]

Good job. Jackets 8-0-0 when scoring 4 or more. Too many penalties for my liking, but the PK was good. Still would like to see less shots against, but as long as they still get the win, I'll take it. Good return for Laine.

 

[VT]

1. Korpisalo
2. Laine (but only because he scored two goals after injury, his play wasn't ideal yet.)
3. Gaudreau

And Peeke in the front of the net...

 

[Monstershockey]

2 shifts in the 3rd period. In a 4-0 game, for the most part.

Between the penalties and the pulled goalie, they were down a man for a good chunk of the period, that worked against him getting more shifts.

 

[MAHJ71]

f*** PLDouche, he scores at least one tonight, though. Jets are playing their backup tonight, which is good since we'll need at least four to overcome our defensive breakdowns.

Hope you also played the lotto tonight.

 

[tunnelvision]

Between the penalties and the pulled goalie, they were down a man for a good chunk of the period, that worked against him getting more shifts.

Clearly didn't work against other forwards since KJ was the only one with less than 3 shifts.

 

[Jovavic]

Hope you also played the lotto tonight.

I was bound to get one right after 80+ GDTs a year for twenty years, about time!

Saw the attendance was just over 13k, is it snowier and colder than normal up there tonight?

 

[Monstershockey]

Clearly didn't work against other forwards since KJ was the only one with less than 3 shifts.

It probably comes back to what was mentioned earlier in the thread where Larson says he has to be better defensively. He obviously doesn't trust him enough defensively to run him out in short handed situations, late in games. I don't know if he is right or wrong, but he is going to do what he thinks is best. I am not in a rush with Johnson, and I am guessing they have a plan with how they are developing him, and they seem to be sticking to it. I don't think they are keeping him in the dark, either. As the season progresses, I am guessing, (hoping), they increase his ice time, but there really isn't any rush this year.

 

[I3LI3]

 

[tunnelvision]

It probably comes back to what was mentioned earlier in the thread where Larson says he has to be better defensively. He obviously doesn't trust him enough defensively to run him out in short handed situations, late in games. I don't know if he is right or wrong, but he is going to do what he thinks is best. I am not in a rush with Johnson, and I am guessing they have a plan with how they are developing him, and they seem to be sticking to it. I don't think they are keeping him in the dark, either. As the season progresses, I am guessing, (hoping), they increase his ice time, but there really isn't any rush this year.

If they didn't have Sillinger in the lineup this would make little more sense. But there he is playing more minutes every night than Johnson while having all kinds of issues with keeping up with the pace. I don't think he's significantly better or more ready at any aspect of the game than KJ. I wonder what their plan for his development might be and how they assess his current "NHL tools", given the bizarre "confidence concerns and detail issues" they've publicly expressed regarding KJ.

 

[thebus88]

Id say the stars of the game in order would be Korpi, Laine, Gaudreau. Im happy for Korpi, I know some or someone felt like we were wanting Korpi to fail but that was never the case. I feel confident speaking for people in saying we want Korpi to succeed and that was a hell of a game by him.

I must say you should probably speak for yourself. Sure, there have been SOME who have defended Korpisalo, but, the numbers are ridiculously small.

Plenty of people have been OVERLY critical of his play and DOWNRIGHT disrespectful. As predicted, everything WRONG said about Korpisalo (along with Elvis) will be quickly forgotten.

Most people going into the year were trying to claim he was an AHL level goalie and many questioned why the team even brought him back. Some of the most positive Korpisalo responses expressed the reason was more of a “favor” to him from the CBJ, instead of him actually being a GOOD goalie.

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

I must say you should probably speak for yourself. Sure, there have been SOME who have defended Korpisalo, but, the numbers are ridiculously small.

Plenty of people have been OVERLY critical of his play and DOWNRIGHT disrespectful. As predicted, everything WRONG said about Korpisalo (along with Elvis) will be quickly forgotten.

Most people going into the year were trying to claim he was an AHL level goalie and many questioned why the team even brought him back. Some of the most positive Korpisalo responses expressed the reason was more of a “favor” to him from the CBJ, instead of him actually being a GOOD goalie.

Overly critical and downright disrespectful is a bit dramatic. It was well within reason to question why he was brought back. He was coming off a significant injury, took a 50% pay cut to come back here, and had only had 1 season out of 6 after his rookie year with a save % above .91

He has struggled. He's playing well right now. He has played well in the past. He has also played pretty poorly in the past. He might keep playing well. He might start struggling again next week. Nobody knows. Tonight was 1 game. The same can be said for any goaltender on this team.

I'm glad he's playing well. I'm glad when any goalie on this team is playing well. I think the same can be said for anyone on this board. I've never seen anyone get pissed off because a goalie who might not be their first choice on their team was having success. Well, maybe nobody.

 

[behemolari]

I don't remember ever Laine got two 5 on 5 passes from his linemates in the game, including especially Winnipeg times, this is remarkable!

 

[Marioesque]

I must say you should probably speak for yourself. Sure, there have been SOME who have defended Korpisalo, but, the numbers are ridiculously small.

Plenty of people have been OVERLY critical of his play and DOWNRIGHT disrespectful. As predicted, everything WRONG said about Korpisalo (along with Elvis) will be quickly forgotten.

Most people going into the year were trying to claim he was an AHL level goalie and many questioned why the team even brought him back. Some of the most positive Korpisalo responses expressed the reason was more of a “favor” to him from the CBJ, instead of him actually being a GOOD goalie.

I agree, Korpi gets so underrated and too harshly criticized by some who refuse to see his value. Kinda like some do with Laine.

 

[NotCommitted]

I must say you should probably speak for yourself. Sure, there have been SOME who have defended Korpisalo, but, the numbers are ridiculously small.

Plenty of people have been OVERLY critical of his play and DOWNRIGHT disrespectful. As predicted, everything WRONG said about Korpisalo (along with Elvis) will be quickly forgotten.

Most people going into the year were trying to claim he was an AHL level goalie and many questioned why the team even brought him back. Some of the most positive Korpisalo responses expressed the reason was more of a “favor” to him from the CBJ, instead of him actually being a GOOD goalie.

Maybe, but IMO it's not far fetched that giving him a deal after last year was partly about doing him a solid. He had a horrible season and had hip surgery, if the Jackets had not signed him, I'm not sure he'd be playing in the NHL. That said I don't think that was the only reason (if a reason at all) and I don't think they would've signed him if they didn't believe he could be a good goalie still.

Both him and Tarasov have been quite good, .908 & .912 is nothing to sneeze at playing behind that team defense, even if it has improved from the absolute low point. Too bad can't say the same about the supposed #1 guy, but hopefully Elvis redeems himself.

As for the first part, hockey fans being bipolar and all about "what have you done for me lately", who would've guessed? But isn't it also a good thing that people change opinions when he actually plays well? Hope he stays healthy and keeps it up, watching him play I've thought there's still room for improvement just by getting into 100% gameshape. I'm also fairly convinced he's changed his game & technique a bit and still in the process of getting completely at ease with the changes.

EDIT: Btw. I'm not basing this on having great insight into his game and seeing changes compared to the past, but just on his demeanor, mainly I see him being very particular about angles, my *guess* is it's because it's something he's been working on. He's been good with them, I just get the vibe it's something he's really focusing on and putting an effort into being calm, to the point it sometimes seems he stays with an angle even after he WANTS to me moving. The other thing is play around the posts, he's been stumbling a bit and looking like he's not so confident with them, which made me wonder if he's changed technique there or just a bit rusty (or both). Would actually be interesting to hear from someone who has watched him longer. Watching goalies with that kind of eye is new to me, I always used to judge them just with intuition, based on how much confidence I have in a goalie. I haven't given up on that, just trying to add to it

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

Elvis was good today.

 

[MoeTheHobo]

f*** PLDouche, he scores at least one tonight, though. Jets are playing their backup tonight, which is good since we'll need at least four to overcome our defensive breakdowns.

This was actually quite impressive

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

I used to like listening to Larsen talk, that has been changing as quickly as my opinion of him as a coach.

Maybe it’s causing it!