GDT: Game #3: Coyotes @ Islanders - 4:30pm (AZ) - Scripps, MSGSN
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The good:
Dermott was pretty solid defensively with several huge saves.
Moser was mostly invisible, neither good nor bad.
Valimaki got better as the game went on (coping)
Brown was...okay?
Cooley is Cooley. Cooley Macelli and Zucker/Guenther/Someone who shoots the puck should be a line for sure.
Schmaltz and Keller learned how to shoot the puck this game.
Vejmelka is still a god.
The bad:
Literally everything else
Dermott was pretty solid defensively with several huge saves.
Moser was mostly invisible, neither good nor bad.
Valimaki got better as the game went on (coping)
Brown was...okay?
Cooley is Cooley. Cooley Macelli and Zucker/Guenther/Someone who shoots the puck should be a line for sure.
Schmaltz and Keller learned how to shoot the puck this game.
Vejmelka is still a god.
The bad:
Literally everything else
Paper bag over the head game, I guess?
14 shots on goal in an entire game. pathetic.
14 shots on goal in an entire game. pathetic.
TheLegend
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Vinny Boombatz
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duh, that should have been the gameplan after the first 10 mins
TheLegend
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An aggressive choking defense tends to make you want to thread a needle.
When they had open space they were getting their chances.
Our top line is legit. They're just not up to speed yet. Big money free agents is not what this rebuild needs.
I would just shuffle the lines a bit and see if something clicks.
Keller Hayton Schmaltz
Maccelli McBain Crouse
Carcone Cooley Zucker
Kerfoot Bjugstad Boyd
Had a mens league game tonight during the middle of the game so missed most of it.
All I have to add is that @TheLegend is 0-2 on GDT's now.
All I have to add is that @TheLegend is 0-2 on GDT's now.
I’d like to see more of what he had rolling in the 3rd. Top line was the same and then he had
Zucker-Cooley-Maccelli
Carcone-Bjugstad-Crouse
O’Brien-McBain-Kerfoot.
I’d like to see more of that, or just go with the original lines but switch Bjugs and Cooley and try that. I’ll repeat it until I’m blue in the face but Cooley and Maccelli will make magic. Just work with the pair method and go from there. Keller/Schmaltz, Cooley/Maccelli, Bjugstad/Crouse…the rest you can mix and match as needed.
You can rotate the lines a thousand times, but you dont get NHL Scorings out of it. Yes, guys like Cooley, Gunther and maybe Maccelli will improve and get more points in the future. But this team has just one real goal scorer and after this 3-4 guys with 10-20 goals… not enough.
But our biggest problem is the qualitay in front of the net and the awful zone entry especially in the powerplay (like the last 1:30 showed brutal again).
You cant handle these problems just with picks and some coaching.
If you want to make the next step (and if these franchise ever wants to be a legit playoff contender), you have to grab some real quality on the free agent market.
Agreed on net front presence, but we do have guys that can move the puck effectively - Schmaltz, Durzi, Cooley, Maccelli, Keller, hell even Kerfoot and Dumba. I'd like to see us use our width in attack a little more combined with our speed. Go more wall to D to wall or just opposite corner dump ins. Then get it back to the trailing attackers, crash the net and for the love of God, get some more shots.
Simple fundamental attacking hockey.
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GhostofTommyBolin
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I absoloutely agree with u with our play style. Thats what we need for sure.
But you also need the right players in this league, there are no bad teams waiting for us to rebuild 20 years.
If u want to win games, use your picks and use some money.
There are so many talanted young players in this organisation, i think they can reach the next level with some qualitaty players in the lineup.
They always say this when they don't score, keep it simple, pucks to the net, etc...I think scoring can improve, I am most happy with our D not giving up a ton of goals so far this year.
ck26
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Dumba and Zucker are "real quality," despite two game's evidence to the contrary.
Everyone relax.
Cooley is on a 82 point pace. Things are fine.
Edit: watching the replay. What an embarrassing crowd. Relocate NYI.
Dumba and Zucker are here to wait for March, so they can be traded cheaply to a playoff team.
This 1 year contracts are s…. as hell
LittlePipes
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not sure if anyone else mentioned: youtube tv in phoenix had the game on the CW61, which is included as a local station in youtube tv here in phx, maybe even all AZ, dont know
rt
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Pretty bad game. Boring and the Yotes didn’t show up until the 3rd. That PP neutral zone drop is so bad when these guys try it. They really should stop.
At least the DVR worked for this one. Haha. Though I kinda wish it hadn’t.
At least the DVR worked for this one. Haha. Though I kinda wish it hadn’t.
B2B after playing two of the best teams in the league. We have a -1 goal differential after playing the best three New York teams (Jersey is a suburb of NY, not up for debate).
NYI is the type of team we will struggle with until the Mavericks and Simashevs hit the blueline. We are not bottom heavy outside of Brown. So getting the on the back end of the B2B was going to lead to this type of performance.
We'll have 20 or so road games all season vs playoff teams, we've already got 3 of those out of the way, and we got a win and 2 1 goal losses. We're fine early. Just get something from this STL game and beat up the Ducks on Saturday.
