Post-Game Talk: Results are classified

[Heaton]

But the Wings lose, great performance by Jimmy.

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[korrowan]

Great performance by Jimmy until the shoot out. Awful performance on those 2 shots.

 

[Cyborg Yzerberg]

We were lucky to get a point in this one. Wings left their legs somewhere else. Howard was on point.

 

[Claypool]

Starting the season 1-1-1 against Boston and Anaheim could be worse.

 

[SimplySolace]

Happy to get a point I guess.

 

[Classicnamesup]

Howard is just bad a shootouts and breakaways but he was easily the best player there.

The team didn't deserve a point but Howard pulled through.

Terrible game, this team needs to improve the effort and badly needs to play a weak team to get some confidence.

 

[dutch00]

Babcock's decisions continue to baffle me. Does he even watch the games?

 

[last_sd]

Howard
Goose
Glendening

 

[YostisHome]

Howie
Goose
Tats

hats off to Smitty too.

Majority of the team below average and not excuse for it either.

 

[ArGarBarGar]

What did Nestrasil do to deserve a chance in the shootout?

 

[DanZ]

Wings were lucky to get a point, but they got a point, so that counts for something. Getting points out of games where you get badly outplayed can go a long way.

 

[The Geelee]

Team looked terrible, Howard looked great, stole us a point

Nyquist is a great hockey player

 

[bkozyn19]

Looked pretty bad in our own zone, lots of giveaways. Jimmy bailed us out on more than one occasion

 

[YostisHome]

Howard
Goose
Glendening

Seriously? Luke was god awful tonight... no jump and pretty much responsible for Smith's goal.

 

[Flowah]

One of these games, Howard and the rest of the team are going to be in sync and we're going to go on a ****ing tear.

I'm willing to just cough this one up to a bad game, maybe too long a rest. Basically no one looked that good today save Howard. Nyquist had a great goal but most of the game the entire team was pretty lackluster. Vastly outshot and outpossessed.

What did Nestrasil do to deserve a chance in the shootout?

I honestly believe Babcock sees the shootout as kind of a throwaway.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

That point keeps it a respectable opening at home to start the season against quality opponents. We deserved at least one point against the Ducks and none tonight. Great performance out of Jimmy.

Went with

Jimmy
Goose
Smitty

Glendening, Tats and DeKeyser are really the only other guys I can say I was happy with tonight. Sheahan wasn't bad or great, the rest need to elevate their game.

 

[Eastopia]

Our shooters suck at shootouts. Our goalies suck at shootouts. Shootouts suck. Get rid of shootouts.

Good job by Howard where it really matters, though. He gave us a point which I'm happy with; we were clearly the inferior team tonight.

 

[Bench]

What did Nestrasil do to deserve a chance in the shootout?

Probably showed skill in practice. That's usually how these things work. The shootout isn't anything close to a game situation... look at how brutal Nyquist has been in them.

 

[chances14]

Wings were lucky to get a point, but they got a point, so that counts for something. Getting points out of games where you get badly outplayed can go a long way.

Agreed. And and it takes the sting out of getting hosed in the Anaheim game a little bit

 

[J-Swift]

I'm sure Gustav Nyquist, the team's best goalscorer, could've done better on that final power-play than Franzen.

 

[Datsyukian Deke]

What did Nestrasil do to deserve a chance in the shootout?

He learned from Cleary how to suck up to the coach and gm.

 

[detredWINgs]

Play great against Anaheim, come away with nothing. Play like ass against Boston, come away with a point.

I'm not complaining with the result. I will complain about our finishing though. Half our shots looks like peewee productions. And we have zero offensive threat from the blueline. Even Kronwall has looked mediocre through three games.

Scoring just 2.00 Nyquists per game. Hopefully that will change once we play lesser defensive squads.

 

[Nut Upstrom]

What a ****ing chore to watch that sober. Possibly the worst game I have ever seen by Z.
Beautiful game by Howie, stealing us a point and going gang busters.
Nyquist and Helm were my other stars.

 

[Pavels Dog]

We were badly outplayed, we stole a point for sure. There are details you can complain about that could have given us a chance to steal 2, but bottom line is we had no business even being in that game and we were. That to me is a good sign for our system and for Howard.


No Nyquist on that PP in OT tho? Whatchathinkinbout Babs?? Huh?

 

[Invictus12]

First star, Howard!

Second Star, Cleary.

Third Star Weiss.

They were much more impressive in the press box than the team on the ice.

On the bright sied, both Smith and Dekeyser looked real good to me!