GDT: Nashville@ Columbus 5/5/21 The Final Countdown Edition

[weeze]

Hynes is messing with the chemistry of this team by putting in Fabbro, Richardson, and Ellis has to sit!! He is god-awful! The team was playing just fine with the other players now with some getting healthy and back to playing, the old mistakes are creeping back in! That was frustrating to watch last night knowing a win against the worst team in our division and we are in. We seem to play down to the competition instead of playing up and better than.

 

[triggrman]

Hynes is messing with the chemistry of this team by putting in Fabbro, Richardson, and Ellis has to sit!! He is god-awful! The team was playing just fine with the other players now with some getting healthy and back to playing, the old mistakes are creeping back in! That was frustrating to watch last night knowing a win against the worst team in our division and we are in. We seem to play down to the competition instead of playing up and better than.

I had no big issues with Fabbro's game last night. He had a couple of late reads and timing was a bit off some but overall average 1st game back.

I'd much rather Fabbro to Benning or Gudbranson (who should be a last resort, IMHO)

 

[nine_inch_fang]

I had no big issues with Fabbro's game last night. He had a couple of late reads and timing was a bit off some but overall average 1st game back.

I'd much rather Fabbro to Benning or Gudbranson (who should be a last resort, IMHO)

Yeah, Fabbro had a rusty/shaky start to the game but he settled in just fine as the game went on. People have got to get over the fact that they've watched every mistake the kid has made over his 100 games and tried to call him a bust every time.

I'm not as down on Gudbranson as you are but don't mind Harpur in over him.

 

[weeze]

The only thing I am talking about is chemistry. Fabbro may be alright but him and Harpur along with Ellis has made that D not look as good as it did before. That is all I am saying. I too thought Gudbranson played well and gave us some tough guy presence that we haven't had in a while. I guess Harpur does that too.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

Some teams are more aggressive and physical than others. I kind of like Gudbranson against Tampa and Florida, those were some nastier games. The Columbus game was a big step down in intensity, I thought. Doesn't really hurt us to sit Gudbranson for somebody else in that game. But now we are basically faced with playing Carolina for the rest of the season... I haven't decided on them yet. I thought Gudbranson looked better than I expected last time against Carolina. I was worried about their speed. But he was fine. Well, no worse than all the rest of our guys against them anyway.

 

[predwings]

Press are in with a Dallas Regulation loss in any of the next 3 games for them or Preds finding 2 points in any fashion. An OTL from Dallas and an OTL from Nashville also clinches it

 

[Jonesey]

Press are in with a Dallas Regulation loss in any of the next 3 games for them or Preds finding 2 points in any fashion. An OTL from Dallas and an OTL from Nashville also clinches it

Here's to the Bolts taking care of business tonight!

 

[Kat Predator]

Press are in with a Dallas Regulation loss in any of the next 3 games for them or Preds finding 2 points in any fashion. An OTL from Dallas and an OTL from Nashville also clinches it

Dallas has to have 5 out of a possible 6 points AND Preds to take 0 out of a possible 4. Or, they must have 6 out of 6 points AND the Preds to take 1 out of a possible 4. The Stars have a chance, but it is not exactly automatic.

But I keep hearing talking heads mentioning "Dallas has a game in hand" repeatedly.

 

[OldFan]

Poile’s acquisition of Gudbranson is turning out to be a good rental player. For a guy who will probably play in 15 or so games he has been solid. Doing his job.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

Poile’s acquisition of Gudbranson is turning out to be a good rental player. For a guy who will probably play in 15 or so games he has been solid. Doing his job.

If we weren't already stuck with Borowiecki and Benning under contract for next year, I wouldn't be against bringing Gudbranson back if he was willing to sign cheap for a depth/spare role. But we just seem to have too many bodies on hand. Maybe if we deal Ellis and don't get another D back... ?

 

[Armourboy]

If we weren't already stuck with Borowiecki and Benning under contract for next year, I wouldn't be against bringing Gudbranson back if he was willing to sign cheap for a depth/spare role. But we just seem to have too many bodies on hand. Maybe if we deal Ellis and don't get another D back... ?

Benning would be easy to trade. Just toss Borocop on waivers and bury him in the minors

 

[Kat Predator]

Benning would be easy to trade. Just toss Borocop on waivers and bury him in the minors

Wasn't Borowiecki like our first signing in free agency? It seemed like someone in the org liked him enough to really go after him, but who knows.

 

[nine_inch_fang]

If we weren't already stuck with Borowiecki and Benning under contract for next year, I wouldn't be against bringing Gudbranson back if he was willing to sign cheap for a depth/spare role. But we just seem to have too many bodies on hand. Maybe if we deal Ellis and don't get another D back... ?

yeah, I wouldn't take a rostered D back in the deal.

 

[herzausstein]

Benning would be easy to trade. Just toss Borocop on waivers and bury him in the minors

Wouldn't bother trading Benning unless we get a decent return. He's the kind of guy you can toss in the pressbox and forget about until an injury comes up and he'll be ready to go. That's the perfect role for a 1M defenseman. Next season should be more normal so i wouldn't expect the taxi squad again. I wouldn't want a young player sitting in the pressbox

 

[bdub24]

Wasn't Borowiecki like our first signing in free agency? It seemed like someone in the org liked him enough to really go after him, but who knows.

Probably same a hole that thought hiring Hynes was a good idea

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

Wasn't Borowiecki like our first signing in free agency? It seemed like someone in the org liked him enough to really go after him, but who knows.

Heck, I was really hoping we'd sign him too! I thought that he was better and that we could use his toughness on our blueline. I thought it was a great signing.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

Wouldn't bother trading Benning unless we get a decent return. He's the kind of guy you can toss in the pressbox and forget about until an injury comes up and he'll be ready to go. That's the perfect role for a 1M defenseman. Next season should be more normal so i wouldn't expect the taxi squad again. I wouldn't want a young player sitting in the pressbox

I mean, our default should be:
Josi-Fabbro
Ekholm-Carrier
Harpur-Ellis
Borowiecki-Benning

... assuming we are able to re-sign Harpur anyway. If we can additionally trade Ellis and Borowiecki, bonus. Benning would still have a spot. He's kind of like the good first year version of Irwin. Serviceable enough for his role and salary for next season. But in that scenario of moving Ellis and Borowiecki, we'd certainly have room to bring Gudbranson back too.

 

[drwpreds]

Dallas has to have 5 out of a possible 6 points AND Preds to take 0 out of a possible 4. Or, they must have 6 out of 6 points AND the Preds to take 1 out of a possible 4. The Stars have a chance, but it is not exactly automatic.

But I keep hearing talking heads mentioning "Dallas has a game in hand" repeatedly.

Yeah, Anson Carter on NBC has been driving me crazy- Preds have a 94% chance to get the 4th slot, but every time they discuss it he is still clinging to "I really like the Stars chances".........LOL

 

[hockey diva]

Tampa is not helping us tonight with their starting goalie.

 

[Armourboy]

Yeah, Anson Carter on NBC has been driving me crazy- Preds have a 94% chance to get the 4th slot, but every time they discuss it he is still clinging to "I really like the Stars chances".........LOL

It's one reason I am happy NBC is getting the boot. The amount of active cheering that goes on by their analysts is insane.

 

[nine_inch_fang]

It's one reason I am happy NBC is getting the boot. The amount of active cheering that goes on by their analysts is insane.

It's crazy that they use the local broadcast guys for national games. Hopefully that goes away, I'll be disappointed if we still have to hear Eddy O for Blackhawk games.

 

[predwings]

Win and we're in scenario Tomorrow, hate to say it for the 30th time this year but this game is huge if we don't clinch the playoffs you have to wonder why we didn't sell at the deadline when we were so far behind. Can't let this opportunity slip away, going to have to bring the A game and beat a team we haven't beaten this year.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

Win and we're in scenario Tomorrow, hate to say it for the 30th time this year but this game is huge if we don't clinch the playoffs you have to wonder why we didn't sell at the deadline when we were so far behind. Can't let this opportunity slip away, going to have to bring the A game and beat a team we haven't beaten this year.

I wouldn't put it past Chicago to lose both those games. That would be typical.

So indeed we have to find a way to get a win from Carolina. I don't know how we manage that. But it's do or die.

I definitely won't wonder anything about the deadline or anything like that if we do end up missing the playoffs, though. It will still go down as quite a miraculous turnaround, and I think we really learned an awful lot about our team and players. That turnaround was invaluable. I wouldn't trade it for the dubious distinction of a 2nd round draft pick or whatever we might have gotten at the deadline instead. Just think of all the golden nuggets we got from this run. We saw Saros regain his #1 status emphatically. We saw some new guys step up and the Herd line emerge. And you know what, I think it was also valuable information to see that there wasn't any particular value added when guys like Duchene and Ellis came back in the lineup. The distinction on that might not have been so clear without the contrast provided by the turnaround.

Not folding up shop and selling at the deadline was 100% the right decision, really the only possible decision, and whether we finish 4th or 5th will not make one bit of difference in that regard.

 

[nine_inch_fang]

I wouldn't put it past Chicago to lose both those games. That would be typical.

So indeed we have to find a way to get a win from Carolina. I don't know how we manage that. But it's do or die.

I definitely won't wonder anything about the deadline or anything like that if we do end up missing the playoffs, though. It will still go down as quite a miraculous turnaround, and I think we really learned an awful lot about our team and players. That turnaround was invaluable. I wouldn't trade it for the dubious distinction of a 2nd round draft pick or whatever we might have gotten at the deadline instead. Just think of all the golden nuggets we got from this run. We saw Saros regain his #1 status emphatically. We saw some new guys step up and the Herd line emerge. And you know what, I think it was also valuable information to see that there wasn't any particular value added when guys like Duchene and Ellis came back in the lineup. The distinction on that might not have been so clear without the contrast provided by the turnaround.

Not folding up shop and selling at the deadline was 100% the right decision, really the only possible decision, and whether we finish 4th or 5th will not make one bit of difference in that regard.

Great post. My response would have been much more condescending and had something to do with winning the trade deadline vs winning games. Vingananan (sp?) Stillman and the like can keep their bullshit trade deadline 4th round "lottery tickets" and I'll take this playoff push every - single - year rather than folding the tent.
I still think the Preds earn two points and stamp their own ticket. Let the fun begin!

 

[101st_fan]

Win and we're in scenario Tomorrow, hate to say it for the 30th time this year but this game is huge if we don't clinch the playoffs you have to wonder why we didn't sell at the deadline when we were so far behind. Can't let this opportunity slip away, going to have to bring the A game and beat a team we haven't beaten this year.

Why would anyone wonder why the team didn't sell at the deadline when they were moving into contention and playing well to the point where they hold their own destiny heading into the final two games? The front office took the risk of falling short while actually doing the things that could lead to regular season success.