Post-Game Talk: Preds vs. Squids 10/12/23 7:00PM CT Home Opener Edition

[BigFatCat999]

3 goals

shutout
against a playoff team last year.

Please sir, may i have some more!

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

Perds 3 - Tolvanens 0

Gonna be a quiet night in former Pred thread.

 

[ShagDaddy]

This is a very pretty nice looking impact card for the night.

 

[bdub24]

Damn how badly infracted are you that you still don't have that function restored from last season

Its a ,,,, recent.

 

[Adz]

Let's have some WINNER PIE! Regulation, SHUT OUT, Oh, so sweet. Gus and Parsi, you first but there were some very close runners up.

Go Preds!

 

[bdub24]

Let's have some WINNER PIE! Regulation, SHUT OUT, Oh, so sweet. Gus and Parsi, you first but there were some very close runners up.

Go Preds!

Loved

 

[ShagDaddy]

Mmmmm. Kraken sushi looks delicious.

 

[AnalogKid]

Well that was enjoyable!

 

[LCPreds]

Yet another home opener when I’m way out of town! Should be back in time for the game on the 21st. Promising start thus far…Hopefully they can keep improving incrementally as the season progresses.

 

[Scoresberg]

Welcome to the 1st pair, Dante!

 

[Flgatorguy87]

One of the more complete games I can remember watching in a bit.

 

[vipera1960]

Mmmmm. Kraken sushi looks delicious.

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Squid sushi is great, but all I can think looking at this is “why is he wearing a neckerchief?”

 

[Predsanddead24]

One of the more complete games I can remember watching in a bit.

And we left quite a few goals on the table if not for poor finishing/good goaltending by Grubauer. Only real negative I have was that the kids line was mostly invisible and the inability to score on the 5 v 3.

 

[Armourboy]

And we left quite a few goals on the table if not for poor finishing/good goaltending by Grubauer. Only real negative I have was that the kids line was mostly invisible and the inability to score on the 5 v 3.

Kids line is going to do that. They will have games where they light things on fire and ones where they don't. That is the disadvantage of young guys. The 5 on 3 kind of felt like that hadn't really worked on it that much so they just kind of were winging it

 

[Legionnaire11]

I really like what I've seen out of the preseason and first two games from an offensive philosophy. It seems like Brunette has them playing hockey the way that NHL teams are playing in 2023. Not predictably rigid entries and setups, but allowing them to be more creative, take risks, put pucks into areas for teammates to go get rather than always the safe and sure pass, which leads to turnovers sure but also to more surprising quality scoring chances.

I don't know if one way is necessarily better than the other, but this brand is exciting. For ages I've watched games around the league and then watched the Predators and felt like we were sometimes not even playing the same game. Our pace was always slower, our systems were always more dull, a lot of the early seasons that was out of necessity. I thought Laviolette would be this guy, but he turned out to be far less creative than he was billed to be. Hynes was what he was, a return to a heavier game, which at first was probably needed but wasn't a lasting recipe for success. But now watching the Preds, it's like we're doing what the other teams have been doing for a while, it feels like watching NHL hockey.

They might not win a lot just due to experience, but it's entertaining and you can see how this will translate to success once the bulk of the kids get over the hump.

 

[Predsanddead24]

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The best part about this ad is that goalies are so weird that this is a completely realistic conversation.

 

[Scoresberg]

I really like what I've seen out of the preseason and first two games from an offensive philosophy. It seems like Brunette has them playing hockey the way that NHL teams are playing in 2023.

Had this same exact thought after the win last night.

Whereas Hynes tried to turn back the clock with the team to the early 2000's, Brunette has brought them to the 2020's right away.

 

[Adz]

Anyone got a link to the original No Goals ad? I haven't seen it and can't find anything but stills. I wanna know the joke!!!!

 

[NSH615]

Anyone got a link to the original No Goals ad? I haven't seen it and can't find anything but stills. I wanna know the joke!!!!

 

[Adz]

Thanks, my search skills are terrible.

 

[PredsV82]

How did I never see that??

 

[Predation]

Finally got to watch the whole game. A night and day difference from last year’s team. I like what I see so far.