Post-Game Talk: It's A Game Of Inches....

[Walshy7]

I don't watch tsn or listen to sports radio. What are they saying? Are they trashing this team, prospects or management? I wasn't expecting playoffs this year. Nobody should. Shannahan there was no timeline for the rebuild to end and that's all I need to hear. The team is in good hands and will slowly improve.

Most are just forgetting to mention him, For example TSN Cuthbert or miller (cant remember which) and ferraro where talking and they mention Matthews show some highlights then Marner highlights then basically said and the rest of the rookies, that kind of thing keeps happening.

But Jeff "O'dog" Oneill has some serious issue with him. he basically talks like Nylander should feel privileged to be on Matthews line.

 

[Moncherry]

Getting really tired of JVR not trying. This isn't him recovering from his injury, he played like this before he got hurt. He's played like this for years.

I used to like him but he plays with no intensity whatsoever. He's also uncharacteristically soft for a guy his size.

 

[Rick74*]

My advice to the younger/inexperienced fans: Don't expect playoffs. Get playoffs out of your head entirely. Seems to be a lot of you completely freaking out over something small. This is the youngest team in the league and we don't even look all that bad. We've gotten 4 out of 8 potential points and things look like they can even improve in the very short-term.

Sometimes you lose games that look win-able. And sometimes you win games you should have lost. But all-in-all, it's a HUGE stretch to expect playoffs with this very young team.

These forums need a like feature.

 

[Crosscrease14]

We'll be thankful for close losses like this come ~game 70 or so when the tank is rolling.

 

[Magic Man]

I liked Roman's game.

 

[Clark4Ever]

Getting really tired of JVR not trying. This isn't him recovering from his injury, he played like this before he got hurt. He's played like this for years.

If only he was Canadian, he'd be a beast.

 

[BlueBaron]

People need to chill on JVR, he was our best player last year until he got injured and he is still rounding into form. He is going to be fine.

 

[Confucius]

They are pace for 82 points?

That is true however reading his post he stated he would take 78 more like the last game which was a loss ...

 

[Confucius]

You caught me. I want the team to lose 79 games by 1 goal in regulation.

So far you're getting your wish....

 

[Confucius]

They've only lost 1 game out of 4 in regulation. How do you possibly extrapolate that to 79 regulation losses? Clearly your math is way out of whack. A couple good replies have already addressed this but I couldn't resist.

I went to bed last night after the 2nd hoping they would hang on for the win. So I didn't see the third. Too bad they couldn't close it. Eric Staal again!

Clearly our reading apprehension is out of whack. 79 more like the last game which was a loss. Nothing was mentioned about the current record to that point.