GDT: Game 3: Columbus at Buffalo | 10/10 7PM EDT
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CBJWerenski8
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You guys are too harsh.
Wiz was good tonight. The powerplay had good opportunities just didn't finish. RJ and Foligno were pretty good too. sometimes I feel people just look for things to complain about.
Absolutely no complaints tonight aside from leaving Vanek untouched and uncovered when Nikitin broke his stick, but it happens. Great win. On to Boston
Wiz was good tonight. The powerplay had good opportunities just didn't finish. RJ and Foligno were pretty good too. sometimes I feel people just look for things to complain about.
Absolutely no complaints tonight aside from leaving Vanek untouched and uncovered when Nikitin broke his stick, but it happens. Great win. On to Boston
Our top-line left winger is a point a game so far.... Cam Atkinson.
We'd miss Wiz's offence, of that I have no doubt. If only the coach would use him right!
Jaxs
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One move will be to get Tyutin back and the pairings will be Johnson- Tyutin, Niki- Prout, Wiz- Murray/Savard, most likely.
alphafox
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Exactly, open up space for Erixon. Clear cap space and use wiz as a foundation for a top six left winger.
West just destroys Eastern teams this year. Even Calgary got easy win in Montreal.
The record for the Western teams with East is 26-14-5.
Ahem... that goal happened because a certain defenceman turned it over multiple times.. Guess who?!
Agreed though, I actually thought RJ and Foligno were awesome tonight.
CBJWerenski8
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You mean because the forwards stayed on their shift too long? That entire line was tired, Wiz had no support. It's a team game. He was fine
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CBJWerenski8
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And for what its worth, I thought the RJ-Joey-Foligno line was the most consistently good line tonight. Played sound in their own end, and got a goal. The Dubinsky line was great for two periods, but just meh in the third. Johansen keeps getting better.
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David Savard and Cody Goloubef. Neither have Wiz's shot, though. So he stays on the point where he belongs.
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Dumais
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Savard was terrible tonight.
He was all over the place.
Yet nowhere near the puck.
CBJWerenski8
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What was really amusing was listening to the Buffalo feed and their announcers talking about all of the offensive talent we have.
Foligno, Calvert, Comeau, Letestu. Whoever's hot. Really it'll be tough for us to find an upgrade, and I can't imagine we'll find one in exchange for Wiz.
Goloubef is a right-handed shot. But yeah, even our prospects on the blue line (other than Golo) are lefties.
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I couldn't help noticing him, but he needs to calm down.
EDIT: He's like the exact opposite of Murray.
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For me it isn't so much that the guys are bad, as it is their performance per dollar. Wiz is being paid too much to be a PPQB and 3rd pairing guy. Foligno and Umberger are both paid too much to be "third line" guys, while Johansen is simply frustrating in his slow development (particularly his lack of offensive skill).
Columbus Jack
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Count me in for trading Wizniewski for an upgrade at forward. Lol at blaming the line for being "tired". Your teammates being tired doesn't make up for handing the puck away at least once before stupidly chasing a guy in the corner which led to a goal. Wiz should know his d partner had no stick, if not, Nikitin should be screaming to let him know. Also, what offense exactly is Wizniewski providing? He isn't dominating any kind of form of offense. Not power play not even strength not nothing. Before I come off as a complete Wiz hater, I actually do like the guy. I just wish he was better, especially for what he gets paid. We have a log jam of capable defensemen that actually can play defense well. Ship Wiz for a bag of friggin pucks, he'll never come close to 50 pts again in a season. Sure overall he looked "pretty good" besides that one mistake but we just played the Sabres in a game we probably could of won 6-1 if we kept up our tempo. Whenever we play teams with any level of speed and skill combined, Wizs lack of defense appears. We can't compete long term with the minutes he is getting. I hope Keks shares my thoughts.
