GDT: Game 61 Coyotes @ Bruins - 5PM - FSAZ+

[Summer Rose]

NESN guys: "Mike Smith, you never know what you're gonna get"


... good way to put it

 

[MP]

when was the last time you saw two wraparound goals in one game?

nhl 98?

 

[SniperHF]

So that was one of the worst periods of the year.

 

[Summer Rose]

nhl 98?

I dunno, I scored a bunch of wraparounds with Dallas Drake in the PC version of NHL 2000.

 

[Matias Maccete]

Goligoski has been pretty bad.

I'm a few minutes back, just saw his giveaway on the marchand goal, upgrading it to terribad.

 

[SniperHF]

What the heck happened to make it 4-1 and take Smith out? I left for 3 minutes to microwave something

 

[_Del_]

I liked McGinn's decision to make the simple play and put it on net there.

On the otherhand, this team is awful.

 

[strizzy16]

NESN dude referring to OEL as just "Ekmann" . I've heard announcers just call him "Larsson", but never only the first part of his last name

 

[GiveAFlyingPuck]

Played like a team about to be relegated.

 

[_Del_]

Watching this Caps-Rags game reminds me of what the game of hockey actually looks like. I miss it.

 

[Matias Maccete]

Watching this Caps-Rags game reminds me of what the game of hockey actually looks like. I miss it.

Crap I forgot that was on.

 

[_Del_]

Since December I have definitely watched more other games than Coyote games. It reminds me that hockey is still an exciting game, and it will help ease the transition after the inevitable.

 

[Plub]

That was one of the most pathetic displays of hockey I've ever seen.

 

[Spirit of Lindgren]

The Coyotes were the only thing that took my interest away from an obsessive 40 year running career and 100,000 miles of training.
Never liked spectator sports before 5 years ago.
Ill continue to buy a ST in hopes that there is some real plan but just in case, Im trying to get that old nomad, long hair 100 mile a week crazy runner spark back again.

 

[cobra427]

It looks like OEL and Gogo were mailing it in tonight, not much concentration and multiple turnovers, a few of which wound up in our net. This is what happens on a bad team that trades away some of their best players at the TDL year after year after year. Human nature. OEL/Doan/Gogo have nothing to prove now or play for the rest of the year.

 

[SniperHF]

OEL/Doan/Gogo have nothing to prove now or play for the rest of the year.

In the case of Goligoski I was hopping he'd keep up his improved play from late January/early February just to prove he could do it and we weren't gonna be screwed going forward on his contract.

But yeah it's hard to blame anyone for checking out right now. It's also going to make evaluating performances tricky from a fan perspective. I'm probably going to try and remember to just ignore everything post Hanzal and just hope we have a few spurts like the Buffalo game where I can enjoy the games left.

 

[Jakey53]

It looks like OEL and Gogo were mailing it in tonight, not much concentration and multiple turnovers, a few of which wound up in our net. This is what happens on a bad team that trades away some of their best players at the TDL year after year after year. Human nature. OEL/Doan/Gogo have nothing to prove now or play for the rest of the year.

OEL and Gogo have not played as expected this year. Trading our best players year after year are other teams second and third liners, except Yandle. We are starting to get a pipe line of really good prospects, and if most can keep on developing I'll be more than happy.

 

[cobra427]

OEL and Gogo have not played as expected this year. Trading our best players year after year are other teams second and third liners, except Yandle. We are starting to get a pipe line of really good prospects, and if most can keep on developing I'll be more than happy.

OEL has been off all year. Gogo has been better the last 20 games, and has had 4 or 5 line mates along the way. It took him time to adjust. The Oilers had a pipe line of really good prospects too. They were not any good until they added McDavid(world class talent) and Larson(top pair D). Hanzal is a solid 2C not a 3C. There aren't 60 centers in the NHL better than Hanzal, no way.

Bottom line is, for our prospects to make a difference, they need to be surrounded by solid vets at key positions. We need a top 2C (Hanzal) and another top 4D (Yandle). Our budget is killing us for the foreseeable future.

 

[Jakey53]

OEL has been off all year. Gogo has been better the last 20 games, and has had 4 or 5 line mates along the way. It took him time to adjust. The Oilers had a pipe line of really good prospects too. They were not any good until they added McDavid(world class talent) and Larson(top pair D). Hanzal is a solid 2C not a 3C. There aren't 60 centers in the NHL better than Hanzal, no way.

Bottom line is, for our prospects to make a difference, they need to be surrounded by solid vets at key positions. We need a top 2C (Hanzal) and another top 4D (Yandle). Our budget is killing us for the foreseeable future.

I agree, but we have plenty of room in our budget if we want Hanzal, but you also have to look toward the future.