I'm guessing Carlsson-Quincey will be the pairing next game. They won't need to play a lot of minutes - the big thing is the coaches don't want to have to put Werenski on the PK, so they need one third pair guy to step up there. Harrington on the PK does not work. Nuti and Carlsson can't do it either. Quincey is probably going to be the guy to PK alongside Jones.
GDT: PO Game 1: Columbus at Pittsburgh | 4/12 7:30PM
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One shot, on the PP, was classified as a high danger chance in the first period.
Exactly. Everything seemed to come from the perimeter. And when it came from the high slot/middle of the blueline, it would get blocked. The shots that wound up finding the net were easily controlled by Fleury.
We had four "high danger" chances all game...we averaged 9.5 during the regular season. Pittsburgh had 9. Don't really give a **** about Corsi/possession when you're losing the high-danger battle that badly. For the regular season, we generated 12+ high danger chances per game and had nearly 51% of high-danger chances during the game. Last night we only had 31%. You're going to get swept if that doesn't even out closer to 50/50.
Right, and I'm arguing that that is misleading. Addressed that very point two posts ago.
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I remember the Foligno play. I assume if there is no shot generated then it's not considered a chance-which makes sense in terms of the stat. I'll settle on "near dangerous" on that one.
Don't remember the Werenski shot. I will say this about him. He just has incredible offensive instincts. He thinks the offensive game at a very high level. Every time he has the puck in the ozone, there's a strong possibility of good things happening.
The CBJ are prohibitive underdogs and they came out flying in period one. That's often the case for the underdog. Pittsburgh may have been on their heels given the goaltending situation. Imagine how the Jackets would probably play if Bob were injured in warm ups and Korpi was in. I'll dismiss the period on these grounds.
What we saw in period 2 is what the CBJ are up against. If Pittsburgh is on its game, we have no chance to win this series. None. Add in that Malkin and Crosby weren't firing offensively and the prognosis is very, very grim.
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Watching the game, even in the first period, I felt the Jackets were not in position to capitalize on rebounds and I thought it was due Pittsburgh's discipline and structure on defense.
I also feel this team's personnel is so different than the '14 team and they hadn't yet learned the level needed for the playoffs. I think we will probably see continual improvementioned as the series goes on.
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Anybody have the zone time by period? Sometimes shots can be a little misleading but zone time shows who is controlling the game.
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Not to toot my own horn too much, but I posted this at the end of the 1st last night. This phenomena can be seen in many sports by many teams so its not limited to our beloved Jackets. If they dominate the play but not the scoreboard and the other team scores, its common for the other team to collapse a bit. I believe that if the Jackets could have scored at least one in the first then the game is VERY different.
They got a couple of bad bounces in the 1st that had they gone the other way or gotten a stick on a puck, etc then it would have been a very different result.
No doubt they were stunned after the 2 Pens goals but I love the way they battled back and competed in the 3rd. I am looking forward to a good series but its so hard to predict because momentum can be a tricky mistress.
Right, it was not a "high danger shot attempt" - which is a shot attempt from a defined box in front of the net. A high danger scoring chance is different - it's a subjective stat so it's less reliable in aggregate but will give you a better picture for an individual game. Foligno's chance was definitely a high danger scoring chance. Lately people (not just you) have been mixing up the terms, calling the hdsa's "scoring chances", which is incorrect. I'm not sure that's the stat you are actually referring to though, I haven't seen a link.
Do you still believe that the Jackets can't develop elite players and the literally only way to progress is to finish dead last often enough to draft #1OA?
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I (don't know about CR) never said they couldn't but I sure as hell wish we didn't have late season winning streaks that lessened our chances for McD and Matthews. Mcd or Werenski - ainec although Werenski is great;
Matthews or PLD - ainec.
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In that case Dubi should cold **** Crosby as soon as they get to the circle in game 2.
What bothered me even more was Wennberg whining to the ref and then losing the next face-off.
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In that case Dubi should cold **** Crosby as soon as they get to the circle in game 2.
Hell yes!
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Me too. I guess Torts thinks otherwise. I hope this isn't Stubborn Torts reincarnated from the Worlds.
I'd put Quincey in but I also think Harrington is getting underrated here. He's very quick defensively.
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