GDT: [GM68] Canucks vs Capitals | Sat. Mar 16th, 7:00pm | SNP | Jockeying for Position

[Bourne Endeavor]

That’s been my one of my biggest gripes with this team. Lack of adaptability.

It's starting to worry me a little more now because we just don't adapt at all. I'm all for sticking to something for a bit. Maybe it's an off couple nights? At some point, you have to recognize it just isn't working. We haven't really done that.

 

[Rick Rocket]

They blew their load on Lindholm and couldn't get any more

 

[canuckslover10]

Personally I don't understand why not run

Lotto line
Hoglander-lindholm-garland
Lafferty-blueger-podkolzin
Di guiseppe-Suter-aman

 

[sting101]

Lindholm.and Pettersson can F right off

 

[TraderJim]

He has the playoffs to redeem himself completely

Of course opinions will change if he suddenly rips it up in the playoffs but you have to believe that management would do it over again if they could. It isn't a good look.

 

[TruKnyte]

Of course opinions will change if he suddenly rips it up in the playoffs but you have to believe that management would do it over again if they could. It isn't a good look.

also have a hard time believing he’ll just suddenly switch on in the playoffs and start being productive

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

i think what’s extra frustrating about watching this team is everyone other than miller and garland is extremely soft on the puck. petey, boeser, hughes (although because of his skating it almost never matters), lindholm, even höglander as hard as he tries, they all are very easy to stickcheck. one swipe and possession is gone.

as we have seen for a while now, what teams have figured out is if you clog the middle of the ice you can limit their chances because the minute they try to cut into the middle you can just stickcheck whoever’s carrying the puck.

there’s still enough skill to win more than you lose in the regular season, but tocchey and co better figure something out now that they’ve been figured out.

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Watching the Oilers/Avalanche game now.

This team is going to get eaten alive by MacKinnon or McDavid in the playoffs.

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

Not getting Guentzel, Toffoli, or even Zucker really hurt this team our forward lines have been lackluster

Toffoli is the one that really bothers me. I don't get Allvin being stingy on prospects like Bains or Sasson. Even if New Jersey did only want picks. We really couldn't have found a broker to double retain on Toffoli? He's exactly the player missing in our top six: a finisher.

 

[Jay26]

Yeah its more of a fail by our scouts
First real miss

Might not be so much of a scouting fail and more that management just figured the core players would more or less maintain their elite level and Lindholm would sort of fit right in. They likely knew full well he's a complimentary player. What they didn't count on was their core slipping in a big way in the 2nd half of the season.

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Toffoli is the one that really bothers me. I don't get Allvin being stingy on prospects like Bains or Sasson. Even if New Jersey did only want picks. We really couldn't have found a broker to double retain on Toffoli? He's exactly the player missing in our top six: a finisher.

And he has history with both Lindholm and Pettersson.

Management really had a disappointing deadline. Starting with the acquisition of Lindholm, which also prevented them from being able to upgrade other areas.

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

Personally I don't understand why not run

Lotto line
Hoglander-lindholm-garland
Lafferty-blueger-podkolzin
Di guiseppe-Suter-aman

It really baffles me why Tocchet won't go back to the lotto line. Suter absolutely sucks on Pettersson's wing. They just don't mesh at all together but we're, stubbornly, sticking to it.

 

[SiZ]

Petey's always been really streaky, with long stretches where he looks disinterested. If he's one of those players that flips the switch in the playoffs then he's worth his contract. It will be really interesting to see his compete when the games matter.

 

[Brock Boeser Laser Show]

We need that Joshua Blueger Garland back. It was the one line that was always consistent. Blueger and Garland look a bit lost and haven't found chemistry with anyone else.

I'd this point I'd put Petey with Lindholm and let them sink or swim together.

 

[Jay26]

Onto the next, which is the Sabres on Tuesday.

Not confident about that.

 

[wonton15]

Avalanche look poised to win another cup tbh

 

[PavelBure10]

This is irrelevant but I would love to add more Canadians into the lineup.

 

[TruKnyte]

It really baffles me why Tocchet won't go back to the lotto line. Suter absolutely sucks on Pettersson's wing. They just don't mesh at all together but we're, stubbornly, sticking to it.

Wonder how much of it is stubbornness or ego

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Petey's always been really streaky, with long stretches where he looks disinterested. If he's one of those players that flips the switch in the playoffs then he's worth his contract. It will be really interesting to see his compete when the games matter.

He was f***ing amazing against Vegas in the bubble.

But that level of play hasn't been seen since.

 

[dez]

With Tocchets system, they probably didn't want another slower skater.

 

[Flik]

Avalanche look poised to win another cup tbh

If I were to put money on a team from the west, it'd be them.

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Petey's always been really streaky, with long stretches where he looks disinterested. If he's one of those players that flips the switch in the playoffs then he's worth his contract. It will be really interesting to see his compete when the games matter.

You simply cannot have that in a $11.6 million dollar player. They need to be gamebreakers, night in and night out, making a difference.

 

[Regal]

Hoping whoever is supposed to cover them moves out of position so the free guy gets his perfect shot. That's what we always try to do and teams have started figuring it out.

Team needs to start executing faster if they want to create any room. Their in-zone passing has been lazy and teams aren’t just not biting on moving out of position, but actively pressuring the puck and the team isn’t responding. It’s the same reason the PP has gone bad. I don’t know if they got too confident after the first half but this urgency isn’t going to cut it. Need to get their heads out of their asses