GDT: Jan 26: The Very Fun Kraken versus The Very Not Fun Blues

[The Marquis]

This isn’t great, but it isn’t terrible lololol

 

[Bear of Bad News]

OMG that should have been Schwartzie's goal.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

Another goal by Shane Wright in the A tonight.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

Fun period. Good period.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

Goddammit.

 

[kihei]

These early in the period goals are killers.

 

[Kevinsane]

Aaaaaaugh.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

wow.

 

[kihei]

I don't know why I hate the Blues so much, but I do. They always strike me as big and dumb and boring. And then there is their asshat of a goalie....

 

[Bear of Bad News]

OH WENNBERG

 

[Bear of Bad News]

Holy hell, can we just get this to overtime at this point?

 

[Bear of Bad News]

Yeah, that was a cross-check from Parayko.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

Not what I wanted at the second intermission, but a big point there. Let's get the second one.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

BIG SAVE DACCORD

 

[Bear of Bad News]

F.

G'night, all.

 

[kihei]

Getting a point from these guys on the road would have been acceptable, but not getting two points against the Blues in our own building is disappointing,

 

[behemolari]

what's the deal Tolvanen getting zero time at OT?!

 

[Toomany7pins]

Sh*t.

Was busy, last i checked we were up 3-1, WTF happened was Joey off tonight or did the D get their bad habit of standing around and spectating? Both?

 

[Fuhrious]

Sh*t.

Was busy, last i checked we were up 3-1, WTF happened was Joey off tonight or did the D get their bad habit of standing around and spectating? Both?

I only caught the last 15 minutes or so, but they looked disjointed. Like they were gaining possession regularly and kept the Blues from looking dangerous (other than maybe one or two sequences in the final couple minutes), but would pass the puck into each others skates, struggle to keep it on their sticks, and just sort of fling it on net for low danger chances. Lots of shots but none of them seemed like legitimate chances. I can honestly only think of one Kraken shot in the Blues zone during that stretch where I thought “solid save by Binnington”

I was stuck with the Blues feed as a stream, unfortunately. Listening to them insist Parayko crosschecking Schwartz to the ice was a “good clean hockey play” while showing it isolated/zoomed in slow motion was particularly painful.

And that OT is Exhibit A for why I dislike the current OT format. Watching Blues players under zero pressure cycle the puck back out of the Kraken zone into neutral ice is just tedious. It’s boring that it’s just “manufacture an odd man rush or net front scramble, else endlessly cycle in your own zone” anymore.

 

[RainyCityHockey]

One point, yay.

Gotta get that two goal lead over the line if you want those two points.

I'm also curious about the rotation in net from here on out.
D'Accord has been great, but you can't keep starting him 90% of the games unless you don't care about running him into the ground.

Anyways, two more until the all-star break while the Kraken are hovering around the playoff bubble.