GDT: Los Angeles @ Carolina - Stand back! There's a Hurricane comin' through!

[What the Faulk]

Meh, I'll take it.

 

[Lucky Lindy]

Damn.

SO's another achellies heel.

Haha, there's many in this club.

 

[dogbazinho]

Well in my opinion the worst player on the ice tonight was Eric Staal.

 

[w e l o s t b o y s]

not even mad

 

[Wolfpuck]

6 points in 5 games

I ain't even mad

 

[cptjeff]

Well, we got our 6 in 5. Ward deserves to have a win on his record soon though.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

Ward played a hell of a game. Still sucks that we can't find him a win.

 

[HisIceness]

Lucky to get a point tonight so probably shouldn't ***** but that shorthanded goal

 

[Gr8Dan]

Ill take the point...

Side note, Florida beasting up on Pittsburgh... WTF

 

[tomdundo]

Flyers lose. Pens down 2 with 11:37 left in the third. Islanders down one after two. Devils winning after the 1st.



You can do it Panthers/Blackhawks/Flames.

 

[Wolfpuck]

Ill take the point...

Side note, Florida beasting up on Pittsburgh... WTF

Not the Metro's night. Makes this 1 point even sweeter.

 

[Novacane]

Nice to get the point and of course it was a shootout loss.

 

[tomdundo]

So...back to GTA 5 is it.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Well, we got our 6 in 5.

And to underscore that point, this stretch of games seemed pretty brutal going in. We're playing at a playoff pace against likely playoff teams. Not a bad start at all.

 

[Hornswaggle]

Man faceoffs were brutal tonight, can we dress Brind'amour to come out and take faceoffs for us?

 

[Identity404]

Ward was brutal tonight. Really let the team down on that breakaway and during the shootout.

 

[Joe McGrath]

So who was Harrison compensating for tonight when he got behind forwards and had to take a penalty?

Seriously though, the D played well, Cam played well. The offense just isn't there right now. The shoot out is still a black hole. Will take the 6 points in 5 games for sure though.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Man faceoffs were brutal tonight, can we dress Brind'amour to come out and take faceoffs for us?

It really is ridiculous that we go from Francis...to Brindamour...to Eric Staal.

I understand that Staal was sheltered from having to take faceoffs for most of his career, but at some point, he should pick up the basics, yeah?

 

[Anton Babchuk]

It really is ridiculous that we go from Francis...to Brindamour...to Eric Staal.

I understand that Staal was sheltered from having to take faceoffs for most of his career, but at some point, he should pick up the basics, yeah?

He was 52.0% last year, 52.5% the year before and was above 50% this season heading into tonight's game.

 

[Novacane]

It seems like Patrick Dwyer's name should be Patty O'Dwyer. Just sounds better.

Please no. A group of 50 year old women gravitated towards this nickname and every player out there with 9 on their back was Patty O'Dwyer. It was ****ing brutal.

 

[Razputyn]

At least you guys don't have the LA feed. They've gotten the names wrong way more than getting them right. Jordan Staal is pretty much every Canes player tonight. Skinner is now Hainsey.

They actually called Gerbe Staal. Might want to get their eyes checked.

 

[Boats Ahoes]

Dating back to 2011-2012, we're 6-23 in extra time. Sure we weren't supposed to even get to the shootout, but leaving so many points on the table year after year has gotten me fed up.

Anyways, I really don't think we got outplayed tonight. We had plenty of chances, the finishing just wasn't there. I'm also surprised at how much **** we got away with. Seriously, on any other night we would've been called twice as much as we were. Ward stood on his head, Skinner continues to be our best player, and Faulk and EStaal looked like garbage.

 

[What the Faulk]

The whole team is terrible at faceoffs. Skinner is 50% then it's downhill from there. Lindholm is 48.4%, Jordan is 45.5%, Eric is 42.1%, Sutter is 41.9% and Nash is 37.5%.

 

[Joe McGrath]

He was 52.0% last year, 52.5% the year before and was above 50% this season heading into tonight's game.

Facts are meaningless. You can prove anything that's remotely true with facts. Facts shmacts.

 

[Anton Babchuk]

The whole team is terrible at faceoffs. Skinner is 50% then it's downhill from there. Lindholm is 48.4%, Jordan is 45.5%, Eric is 42.1%, Sutter is 41.9% and Nash is 37.5%.

Well, of course. We are five games into the season and in the fifth game we lost a gazillion faceoffs. A much larger sample size shows that both Eric and Jordan are at least average at faceoffs. The rest? They probably suck.