GDT: [Game #64] Dallas Stars vs. Vancouver Canucks - 6:00 PM CT (BSSW)

[starsfan86]

Seguin and Radulov were god awful. Radulov should not play another game this season. Guy is washed up

 

[Kcb12345]

Pathetic loss, and a costly one. Could've put Vancouver away tonight

 

[ugrakarma]

Hindsight 20/20 should have scored in the first they were happy being dominant without scoring.

 

[hairylikebear]

Dumbass coach, use your timeout and get your best players on the ice

They lost the face-off last time they were on, so he brought out his best face-off line. I'm not defending the logic, it's stupid as all hell, but that's what I think it is.

 

[Satan]

lmfao

 

[Henderson33]

Need a goal in the last minute? Suter + Radulov should get it done.

Might as well have thrown Faksa out there too, Rick.

 

[Rory]

This coach will cost this team. Can’t win them all but you can’t have Lindell out on the PP and your best guys who are half your goals on the bench at the end of the game. That’s failed coaching.

 

[JeffP]

i guess i sorta dont blame fans, but wait for like 30s

 

[Troy McClure]

Seguin and Radulov were god awful. Radulov should not play another game this season. Guy is washed up

They were following the top line having played a long shift. Can’t bench 3/4 of your forwards. Someone has to play when they’re resting. The problem is the Stars don’t have a lot when the top line sits.

 

[Kcb12345]

The players on the ice at the end when the Stars needed a goal is inexcusable. If the Stars hadn't pulled the goalie I would've been convinced the coaching staff didn't know this was the 3rd period

 

[starsfan86]

They were following the top line having played a long shift. Can’t bench 3/4 of your forwards. Someone has to play when they’re resting. The problem is the Stars don’t have a lot when the top line sits.

Yeah pretty sad

 

[Kcb12345]

They were following the top line having played a long shift. Can’t bench 3/4 of your forwards. Someone has to play when they’re resting. The problem is the Stars don’t have a lot when the top line sits.

Good coaches call a timeout there

 

[catters078]

Dallas got what they deserved tonight.

Granted demko was great, Dallas was lethargic and slow all game. Minimal intensity in an important game.

Dallas was easy to play against tonight.

 

[Troy McClure]

Good coaches call a timeout there

Can't argue with you.

 

[Elysian]

lol

 

[Spotty 2 Hotty]

Looks like I made the right call by turning the game off after it went to 2-1. Welp that's one game in hand gone to waste.

 

[Kcb12345]

I desperately wish I understood the logic behind Lindell on the PP, especially in the slot on your top PP unit...

 

[Rory]

I desperately wish I understood the logic behind Lindell on the PP, especially in the slot on your top PP unit...

You can’t understand it. There is no logic. This coach is trash.

 

[Captain Awesome]

I desperately wish I understood the logic behind Lindell on the PP, especially in the slot on your top PP unit...

This is pure speculation here, but Laxdal has had an obsession with Lindell on the PP back to his Texas Stars days. I believe he utilized him in the bumper role weirdly often and it worked there. Unfortunately Lindell's offense in the AHL is probably a lot more impressive than the NHL.

 

[David Castillo]

Faksa line has to be the worst shut down line in the league I would think?

Evolving-Hockey has a fancy plus minus (G+/60) that combines shot rate share, shot quality share, shooting, and save percentage. Of 53 lines with at least 200 minutes together, they're a -1.7, which is second worst in the league (only the Bonino line in San Jose is worse). It's fairer to look at their defensive components where they're a lot better (the shot quality they allow -xGA/60- ranks 32nd, which is okay but still averageish) but that depends on how much offense you're willing leave on the table out of forwards who get middle six minutes.

 

[Captain Awesome]

Evolving-Hockey has a fancy plus minus (G+/60) that combines shot rate share, shot quality share, shooting, and save percentage. Of 53 lines with at least 200 minutes together, they're a -1.7, which is second worst in the league (only the Bonino line in San Jose is worse). It's fairer to look at their defensive components where they're a lot better (the shot quality they allow -xGA/60- ranks 32nd, which is okay but still averageish) but that depends on how much offense you're willing leave on the table out of forwards who get middle six minutes.

The Dallas Stars are willing to leave all the offense on the table for... 15th in goals against per game played in the NHL.

 

[LT]

Plenty of shitty coaching decisions. Still ran into a hot goalie, though. Demko wasn’t gonna lose this game easily and the Stars just didn’t get quite lucky enough.

 

[JesusNPucks]

Perhaps the Stars deserved this outcome after the Carolina game. Can't have them believing that they can get vastly outplayed and still win games. Not good for building a winning culture.

 

[BfantZ]

Another example of how it all evens out lol

 

[Cowboyluck]

Lindell on the power play shows how out of touch our coaches are about hockey.