GDT: Jeu XXXV: Les Habitants @ L'Avalanche - Bad French Edition

[S E P H]

Tyson Barrie is a trash hockey player.

Grubs was amazing and I love how the fans have carried him into the "favourite" category with the "GRUBBBBBB" chants.

 

[CobraAcesS]

Tyson Barrie is a trash hockey player.

Grubs was amazing and I love how the fans have carried him into the "favourite" category with the "GRUBBBBBB" chants.

I still think they need to grab onto the Guardians of the Galaxy Grooooot thing for him. Just add a T at the end of it lol. GruuuuuuuuuuuuT!

 

[chet1926]

Guessing you missed the Carolina game?

Fair enough he had a good game that day, but followed it up with a bunch of trashy efforts which made me forget about it and chalk it up as an outlier.

 

[the_fan]

Good win

 

[Pokecheque]

Wow, that win was uglier than the talent in a backwater strip club but I suppose if there was a way to see if your goalie was up to the task that was a way to do it.

The 2nd line was sooooooo bad tonight (not like the rest of the team was a ton better) but it wasn't Jost who was driving me batty, it was Andrighetto. Bednar must've agreed because eventually both he and Compher ended up on the 4th line, Kerf and Captain Average got promoted. I don't know how you manage Jost going forward, it's obvious Bednar will not mess with lines 1 and 3 (just like last season) so he either figures it out or he doesn't.

PP2 was abysmal tonight. PP1 was...not good either but that 2nd unit was atrocious. One big reason? Ghetto. Dude has been terrible since coming back from injury, he's obviously just not up to speed for whatever reason and he's turning it over way too much.

2-1 on this homestand and the 2nd win comes out of a dumpster fire effort. Hopefully they build on it.

 

[chet1926]

Tyson Barrie is a trash hockey player.

Grubs was amazing and I love how the fans have carried him into the "favourite" category with the "GRUBBBBBB" chants.

Barrie has been pretty damn bad lately.

 

[S E P H]

Burke going full Cherry right now. Calls Landeskog one of the best draft interviews he has ever had. "Not a lot of Swedish in his game....."

Burke, the old gang, and anyone connected to these blokes is the reason why Petterssons' and Rantanens' constantly fall in the draft.

 

[Pokecheque]

I shudder to think of what Burke would've done had he been in Toronto the same time as Mats Sundin was in his prime.

 

[AvsFan29]

I shudder to think of what Burke would've done had he been in Toronto the same time as Mats Sundin was in his prime.

Hes pretty good on hockey central. Smart guy

 

[Muffin]

Fair enough he had a good game that day, but followed it up with a bunch of trashy efforts which made me forget about it and chalk it up as an outlier.

He doesn't always have the best stats but I feel like he makes saves at the right time, his record speaks for itself. How many times have we seen Varly just completely fold under pressure? Maybe it's a mental thing?

 

[Pokecheque]

Hes pretty good on hockey central. Smart guy

Who? Sundin?

 

[Avs71]

Jost would be a lot better if he could play with someone who would allow him to float around the slot. He has a good shot, and a quick release, but no one to really set him up. Or another big body down low he could cycle the puck with because he can be surprisingly good at protecting the puck.

The fact that Jost, Ghetto, Kerfoot, and JTC are all the same size with similar flaws just compounds the frustrations with Jost.

 

[NOTENOUGHJTCGOALS]

Burke, the old gang, and anyone connected to these blokes is the reason why Petterssons' and Rantanens' constantly fall in the draft.

Two good old Canadian boys were picked ahead of Elias... Are you suggesting both or at least one of those picks was a mistake?

 

[AvsFan29]

Who? Sundin?

Burke

 

[Pokecheque]

Burke

That was a bit of sarcasm if you didn't notice...

I used to have a lot of respect for Burke but he's turning into Don Cherry 2.0 at this point. To call Landeskog a Swedish player who isn't really "Swedish" is about the dumbest thing I've ever heard him say and he's had some doozies over the years. Keep in mind this is the guy who took a bad Leafs team and somehow made it worse.

 

[Pokecheque]

He's 20.

He's 20 years old people... Christ.

Yes. We know. Doesn't mean he's free from criticism.

Is he no longer waiver exempt? If not, they should send him down.

 

[S E P H]

Two good old Canadian boys were picked ahead of Elias... Are you suggesting both or at least one of those picks was a mistake?

Depends on how much truculence they have.

 

[AvsFan29]

That was a bit of sarcasm if you didn't notice...

I used to have a lot of respect for Burke but he's turning into Don Cherry 2.0 at this point. To call Landeskog a Swedish player who isn't really "Swedish" is about the dumbest thing I've ever heard him say and he's had some doozies over the years. Keep in mind this is the guy who took a bad Leafs team and somehow made it worse.

Yah it's not a very bright comment. In his defence, Landeskog lost his Swedish accent a long time ago and you probably wouldn't be able to even tell he's from Sweden at this point.

Using that as a reason to somehow say he's better because he isn't really "Swedish" is pretty stupid.

All it really shows is that Landy is great at learning languages lol nothing to do with hockey

 

[Foppberg]

Yes. We know. Doesn't mean he's free from criticism.

Is he no longer waiver exempt? If not, they should send him down.

Obviously not. But have a little patience. It was just a year and a half ago where people were starting to write off MacKinnon as a 50ish point top 6 center.

 

[dahrougem2]

I feel like you have to try that kids line, no? Prior to Kerfoot's injury, it seemed like any time they were put out together for the odd shift, they were buzzing. Try that out and see if it can get them going.

I love Sven, but he's just redundant at this point and not providing anything to that 2nd line. If you can ship him out for a legit bottom-6 penalty killing forward who can skate and actually take a regular 4th line shift, that would be great. PK needs a lot of help. Bednar mentioned guys not being as committed as last season, especially when it comes to getting in the lanes.

 

[Forceberg]

I hope grubauer keeps up the good play. Would be nice to trade Varly and get back a nice piece in that trade. I think francouz is nhl ready and a tandem of grubauer and francouz would do it.

 

[crue7]

I feel like you have to try that kids line, no? Prior to Kerfoot's injury, it seemed like any time they were put out together for the odd shift, they were buzzing. Try that out and see if it can get them going.

I love Sven, but he's just redundant at this point and not providing anything to that 2nd line. If you can ship him out for a legit bottom-6 penalty killing forward who can skate and actually take a regular 4th line shift, that would be great. PK needs a lot of help. Bednar mentioned guys not being as committed as last season, especially when it comes to getting in the lanes.

Sven is not providing anything to that line. I would love to see the kid line again. I don't even know where to put Sven right now lol he just doesn't fit anywhere in the lineup.

 

[Freaky Styley]

The trouble isn't Jost, he's going to be inconsistent. He's being asked to play a large role with not much support. He shouldn't be asked to carry his own line, and neither should Compher. Both are complementary pieces at this point. Put Jost with Soda for a little bit, and move Compher back to the wing. Call up Toninato since Kam is hurt.

Wilson - Kerfoot - Compher
Jost - Soda - Calvert
Nieto - Toninato - Ghetto

Or trade Ghetto for a 4th line C and call Greer up - probably my preferred option.

 

[Balthazar]

https://www.tsn.ca/video/button-there-s-not-a-team-that-knows-how-to-shut-down-avs-top-line~1569248

 

[Foppberg]

Duchene must look at that list and get jealous as f that he's not the one sandwiched between his two childhood idols.