Post-Game Talk: OTT/VAN ROUND 2.

[Do Make Say Think]

Epic night for the special teams tonight! Perfect on both PP and PK and a shorty. Impressive.

 

[HavlatMach9]

Anderson doing weird things to pucks that come his way.

 

[TheDebater]

Tyler Ennis will fit in nicely. Good skater and fore checker. Hopefully he can stay healthy

Agreed, we are very fortunate to have so many players competing for a spot on the 4th line this pre-season.

 

[BUCKLE UP]

Anderson doing weird things to pucks that come his way.

Bored Anderson strikes again

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

Omg the Canucks must hate Tkachuk so much

 

[NyQuil]

Some good stuff there tonight from a lot of guys.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Brady with another one 2 + 2

 

[Tundraman]

Tkachuk last second goal! What net presence this guy has!

 

[Senscore]

Omg the Canucks must hate Tkachuk so much

Their entire family I'd expect.

 

[swiftwin]

Tyler Ennis will fit in nicely. Good skater and fore checker. Hopefully he can stay healthy

Loved his game tonight. Dude's awesome.

 

[NyQuil]

Demko was shell-shocked. Didn't look very good in there.

 

[BUCKLE UP]

Anyone else love that smug face

 

[HSF]

C.Brown had a strong game

 

[Joeyjoejoe]

Thank god go don't have to listen to those terrible announcers ever again.

 

[TheDebater]

I do not need to be reminded that it is only pre-season, however, we have scored 10 goals in 2 games which is very encouraging considering we iced one quarter of an NHL line-up. It bodes well for opening day, when we actually ice about half an NHL lineup.

 

[coladin]

A lot of guys played quite well considering the start . Nice rebound game

 

[TheDebater]

Anyone else love that smug face

Did anyone else laugh out loud when Tkachuk took a stick to the face from Logan after that goal? Then he wobbles off the ice with his Jersey half tucked in his pants like a drunk...how did he have 4 points tonight I do not know, but I am glad he did.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Great pushback and held strong when Vancouver turned it up after we went up by two.

Glad I stayed up.

 

[starling]

I don't know how he does it but Tkachuk scores goals and gets assists even playing on his ass while drunk.

 

[swiftwin]

I do not need to be reminded that it is only pre-season, however, we have scored 10 goals in 2 games which is very encouraging considering we iced one quarter of an NHL line-up. It bodes well for opening day, when we actually ice about half an NHL lineup.

We were the 2nd highest scoring team in the league on December 1st last year, only a few behind Tampa.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Pretty strange ...
You'd think they'd want to get guys like Logan Brown and Chlapik out there as much as they could to have at least a last look at them.
Logan Brown 10:38
Chlapik 9:35
Sabourin 10:51

for Comparison
Connor Brown 20:16
Tyler Ennis 20:00

Led the forwards

Brannstrom 15:41

Zaitsev 27:36
Hainsey 23:22

Led the Defense

Interesting.
The more things change , the more they stay the same.

 

[TheDebater]

We were the 2nd highest scoring team in the league on December 1st last year, only a few behind Tampa.

You might be right, but we are not even close to the same team we had last year by December 1st, so that is totally irrelevant.

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

I like the set play of Tkachuk taking the draws on the PP, especially when he's winning them. Let's him get right to his office in front of the net.

 

[swiftwin]

Pretty strange ...
You'd think they'd want to get guys like Logan Brown and Chlapik out there as much as they could to have at least a last look at them.
Logan Brown 10:38
Chlapik 9:35
Sabourin 10:51

for Comparison
Connor Brown 20:16
Tyler Ennis 20:00

Led the forwards

Brannstrom 15:41

Zaitsev 27:36
Hainsey 23:22

Led the Defense

Interesting.
The more things change , the more they stay the same.

Literally every fanbase in the league complains about their coach not playing their young players more.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Literally every fanbase in the league complains about their coach not playing their young players more.

I thought this was like a tryout for some players .. while others were pretty much certainly on the team. But thanks for the info

 

[TheDebater]

Pretty strange ...
You'd think they'd want to get guys like Logan Brown and Chlapik out there as much as they could to have at least a last look at them.
Logan Brown 10:38
Chlapik 9:35
Sabourin 10:51

for Comparison
Connor Brown 20:16
Tyler Ennis 20:00

Led the forwards

Brannstrom 15:41

Zaitsev 27:36
Hainsey 23:22

Led the Defense

Interesting.
The more things change , the more they stay the same.

Although I can sympathize with your position on this (i.e it's pre-season, let the young guys play) but it is rather unfair to judge a coach's decision regarding ice time in a game where they win 6-2 and all of the players you mentioned with the most ice time deserved the extra ice time.

This a new coach, with a new team and the bottom line is sometimes the most important--win the game. These guys need confidence, and the only way to get it is to walk back to the locker room at the end of 3 periods with a decisive win like that.