Post-Game Talk: Hockey game

[Melkor]

I'm gonna get a lot of shit for this but I feel like Kovalchuk needs to be promoted to the top-6. Yeah, doesn't create much on his current line but I do feel he needs someone to actually play with, not to run around chasing the puck. Someone who would slow the play down, find him with a good pass that would connect right in stride, he'd give it back and they'd just make things happen. Hagelin, Boyd, Eller... I'm sorry but they are not those guys and Kovalchuk being way past his prime doesn't help things get better either.

 

[Hivemind]

Best shift from 92 in a while.

 

[searle]

I'm gonna get a lot of shit for this but I feel like Kovalchuk needs to be promoted to the top-6. Yeah, doesn't create much on his current line but I do feel he needs someone to actually play with, not to run around chasing the puck. Someone who would slow the play down, find him with a good pass that would connect right in stride, he'd give it back and they'd just make things happen. Hagelin, Boyd, Eller... I'm sorry but they are not those guys and Kovalchuk being way past his prime doesn't help things get better either.

Not against this, but who do you send down?

Oshie and Wilson are the motors of the team, I wouldn't want to see either of them with less ice time

 

[francaisvolantsparis]

How long does Eller have to sit b4 return? Does he basically miss first round

3 days more

 

[kicksavedave]

How long does Eller have to sit b4 return? Does he basically miss first round

If he tests negative he will not miss any games.

 

[Corby78]

Ovie with a smart pass off the boards

 

[Melkor]

Not against this, but who do you send down?

Oshie and Wilson are the motors of the team, I wouldn't want to see either of them with less ice time

I'm sending Vrana down

 

[francaisvolantsparis]

Panik-Boyd-Kovalchuk
Eller-Dowd-Hathaway

best bottom6 we can imagine

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Panik-Boyd-Kovalchuk
Eller-Dowd-Hathaway

best bottom6 we can imagine

Eller 4th line wing? Lol

 

[troyerlaw]

Why arent they showing replay of those two hits

 

[tenken00]

Man I can't wait for that TOR/CBJ game tonight

 

[searle]

I'm sending Vrana down

Vrana's a frustrating one. I'm constantly waiting for him to break out, but it just never seems to happen, he seems to have all the tools, just can't seem to put it together

29 saves for Holtby, wow, he's really a Bruins killer

 

[troyerlaw]

Four consecutive negative COVID tests. So at least 4 days.

Tnx

 

[Jarias2311]

I’ll take the Islanders

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

I'm gonna get a lot of shit for this but I feel like Kovalchuk needs to be promoted to the top-6. Yeah, doesn't create much on his current line but I do feel he needs someone to actually play with, not to run around chasing the puck. Someone who would slow the play down, find him with a good pass that would connect right in stride, he'd give it back and they'd just make things happen. Hagelin, Boyd, Eller... I'm sorry but they are not those guys and Kovalchuk being way past his prime doesn't help things get better either.

you may be right, but even with the puck on his stick, results have been average at best.

 

[Corby78]

Ugly but we get islanders thankfully.

At least we can say we are the best old, slow, beer league team in the NHL.

 

[maacoshark]

He had been benched for the final two months that year, which is why he didn't start the playoffs.

He put up big regular season numbers when they rode him into the ground, then faltered in the playoffs each year. THe year he was borderline Conn Smythe was the year he was rested (from being benched).

But he carried them in the playoffs. And if you have watched Holtby's career you would know that he has always played well in the playoffs. He has some sick playoff numbers.

 

[searle]

Glad we're not facing the canes. Them and the flyers seem like wagons

 

[Empty Goal Net]

Pres Trophy winners lose their first 3 warm-up matches. Can the Canes sweep them when play begins for real?

 

[tenken00]

As bad as we looked, the only team that took it to us since the restart was the Flyers. We looked the better against the Bolts after a miserable 1st period. Looked decent against Boston and Carolina in the exhibition.

 

[maacoshark]

That Wilson goal was a thing of beauty - coaches should have that as a big part of the video session, it's the perfect example of what effort gets you

Wilson is probably our best all around player right now. He does everything for this team. Not really a weakness in his game.

 

[kicksavedave]

But he carried them in the playoffs. And if you have watched Holtby's career you would know that he has always played well in the playoffs. He has some sick playoff numbers.

He carried them in the playoffs when he was rested. When he was overworked, he let them down in tbe big games late in series. His best numbers were earlier in his career, not 2016-2017.

 

[discobob]

As bad as we looked, the only team that took it to us since the restart was the Flyers. We looked the better against the Bolts after a miserable 1st period. Looked decent against Boston and Carolina in the exhibition.

I dont really see the Bolts as a loss - the shootout and 3v3 hockey have no place in determining playoff seeding...

 

[EroCaps]

Yeah, the Flyers and Lightning look like favorites to me, and Tampa may have just lost Hedman.

 

[kicksavedave]

Bring on the Trotz!