GDT: [Game #8] Dallas Stars @ Calgary Flames – 7:30 PM CT (BSSW)

[ElGuapo]

Congratulations to the Stars on another penalty.

 

[Kipper 17]

Lindell save of the game

 

[Kcb12345]

This is such a chaotic period of hockey

 

[Zapp]

Benn got away with a trip on Zary there lmao

 

[Kipper 17]

Fun game

 

[Azzuri]

Look like shit and Otter saves the day. Yikes

 

[Kcb12345]

Not a good 3rd period but the Flames were clearly playing desperate hockey.

Wedgewood vs the Oilers should be fun lol

 

[Satan]

big w

 

[LT]

6-1-1

only losses to the vegas PDO train and joseph woll's best game of his career

Pretty pretty good

 

[Magic Mittens]

Notes from the game

March was very vocal on the ice between whistles, and was always the first to go to Otter for a big save

Suter is a prick to whoever is beside him on the faceoffs lol.

Maybe these are normal, but I don't see many live games obviously

Another two points, let's keep it going boys

 

[LT]

Suter is a prick

Maybe these are normal

yes

 

[catters078]

Gave up the opening goal in each period but still won.

Strong resiliency...but a concerning pattern around being jumped on early into play.

 

[FirstRowUpperDeck]

If they keep playing this way, they will have a losing streak soon. Typically and most often, the team that plays better wins. Except for Otter, not many teams survive 40+ shots against per game. They won't get away with it forever, and probably need a few losses to jar them out of it. Also, I hope they stop reading press clippings.

All that said, most hockey games are one goal affairs and I enjoyed the tension of the back and forth for these early season games.

 

[Kipper 17]

If they keep playing this way, they will have a losing streak soon. Typically and most often, the team that plays better wins. Except for Otter, not many teams survive 40+ shots against per game. They won't get away with it forever, and probably need a few losses to jar them out of it. Also, I hope they stop reading press clippings.

All that said, most hockey games are one goal affairs and I enjoyed the tension of the back and forth for these early season games.

Yep, this whole, taking a period or two off is eventually going to catch up to them. Hard to complain about anything with their record, but you don’t want them forming these bad habits, because winning like this is not sustainable even with Otter net.

 

[eartotheground]

if duchene continues to make that line viable, the consistency will come. crazy how he's dragging them along.

 

[Ratbath]

So now we’re all the way to thinking they’re playing so terribly I just hope they lose games so they can start playing better. Y’all are funny

 

[Kipper 17]

So now we’re all the way to thinking they’re playing so terribly I just hope they lose games so they can start playing better. Y’all are funny

To be clear, I don’t want them to lose. But I think at this point a humbling loss may be all that snaps them out of it.

They keep taking periods off and they keep winning so it’s hard to blame them.

 

[eartotheground]

it's an 82 game grind. expecting any team/player to be all over it every single period is a fool's errand.

get results, get into the playoffs, save your best hockey for the last 6-8 weeks of the regular season and beyond.

 

[LT]

To be clear, I don’t want them to lose. But I think at this point a humbling loss may be all that snaps them out of it.

They keep taking periods off and they keep winning so it’s hard to blame them.

I thought the Toronto game would rattle them, given how they were the better team and still got blown out.

This next stretch of 7 games in 12 days will be a good test. Already off to a great start.

 

[piqued]

Notes from the game

March was very vocal on the ice between whistles, and was always the first to go to Otter for a big save

Suter is a prick to whoever is beside him on the faceoffs lol.

Maybe these are normal, but I don't see many live games obviously

Another two points, let's keep it going boys

You better start driving to Edmonton now.

 

[Magic Mittens]

You better start driving to Edmonton now.

Haha, I've done that before a couple times. Haven't been to the new arena though

 

[MrHeiskanen]

it's an 82 game grind. expecting any team/player to be all over it every single period is a fool's errand.

get results, get into the playoffs, save your best hockey for the last 6-8 weeks of the regular season and beyond.

No one is expecting that, we just expect more 2nd periods than we have gotten. In 8 games we've had like what 2 or 3 really strong periods? For a "top team" that doesn't seem very good?

 

[Ratbath]

Ask the bruins how useful it is to dominate every game in a regular season

 

[Ratbath]

I wouldn’t even consider myself to be overly positive with my sports fandom but y’all are so doom and gloom nearly all the time. We could win a cup and y’all would bitch about how high Robertson lifted it.

 

[M88K]

I wouldn’t even consider myself to be overly positive with my sports fandom but y’all are so doom and gloom nearly all the time. We could win a cup and y’all would bitch about how high Robertson lifted it.

Well there's no reason he couldn't have lifted it those extra 4 inches. Guy is a f***ing slacker