Rochester Americans / Cincinnati Cyclones Season Thread

[Tsyolin]

Nylander had a goal tonight. Anyone have any idea how lucky/lousy/lazy his goal was?

The opposite. He went hard to the net from center ice using his speed and played the loose puck straight through the goaltenders legs. That's exactly what you want to see from him.

 

[26CornerBlitz]

 

[ForsbergMoDo21]

Nylander had a goal tonight. Anyone have any idea how lucky/lousy/lazy his goal was?

He was on top of the crease during a scramble and put a rebound in. I haven’t been to every game but last year I was ready to write him off as a complete bust and this year I was very surprised by his camp. I’d certainly like him to do well. I think the truth lies somewhere between his fan club and his detractors.

Most fun Amerks game I’ve been to in a long time, not that that’s saying much. Marlies are the defending champs and made a game of it. Gagners game tying shot was very nice.

Play of the game was Guhles goal though. Bailey put a pass all the way from his own corner on the goal line to Smith at center ice. Smith laid a perfect area pass out just inside the zone for a streaking Guhle who came in, blew through the D and did the backhand & tuck five hole move. A very fast transition play.

Redmond and Olofsson got on the scoresheet again.

 

[DDRhockey]

News on pilut?

 

[Dingo44]

Good win, but that was a hideous defensive effort all around. And giving up the tying goal with 10 seconds left is inexcusable. They were standing around. But winning even when playing poorly works.

I read a great recap about the game. See the writer said Nylander had his best game as an Amerk. See the Amerks have won five straight. Say to myself that guy can't make THIS a negative, can he? Come here just to see um, yup, he can.

Amerks Recap - A Statement Win

 

[sabrefan27]

I read a great recap about the game. See the writer said Nylander had his best game as an Amerk. See the Amerks have won five straight. Say to myself that guy can't make THIS a negative, can he? Come here just to see um, yup, he can.

Amerks Recap - A Statement Win

Well Taylor wasn’t too pleased either with large chunks of the game, so I’m in decent company. Nylander played well. The team as a whole did not. PK was bad, PP was bad and you could feel the entire 3rd period they’d give up the lead.

I’ll take Kevin O’s read on things over your link.

Shootout prowess saves Rochester Americans vs. Toronto - Pickin' Splinters

 

[Fezzy126]

I read a great recap about the game. See the writer said Nylander had his best game as an Amerk. See the Amerks have won five straight. Say to myself that guy can't make THIS a negative, can he? Come here just to see um, yup, he can.

Amerks Recap - A Statement Win

I actually appreciate the critical take, and not for the negativity... more because on the surface/without watching I can see that it's:

1. A win
2. Against the defending champs and division opponent
3. The team apparently showed resiliency/mental toughness for winning despite allowing a late game tying goal

It's obvious that the dude cares about more than just prospect development, he actually cares about the team and the overall on ice product.

 

[Tsyolin]

There is a lot of work to be done on this team despite leading the division. PK and defense have been lackluster all year and it really showed last night with Pilut out of the lineup. Wedgewood is not the kind of goalie that can bail out the defense repeatedly.

 

[Dex]

Nylander had a goal tonight. Anyone have any idea how lucky/lousy/lazy his goal was?

I should have put one of these after my question. I've seen a lot of negativism around Nylander irrespective of how he seems to have improved this year - lucky goal, but he had a horrible turnover, only a secondary assist, his one good play of the night, lazy, coasting......

And no, I haven't seen the games, but I did see nearly every exhibition game and thought he looked excellent in preseason, FWIW.

8 points in 7 games - not too bad for a bust.

 

[Tsyolin]

I will say I really enjoyed the Asplund-O'Regan-Olofsson line. They were very fun to watch and generated half of our goals last night.

And incase anyone was wondering, our 1st 3vs3 unit was Redmond-Asplund-Olofsson. Asplund has worked his way up the depth chart.

 

[Doug Prishpreed]

I read a great recap about the game. See the writer said Nylander had his best game as an Amerk. See the Amerks have won five straight. Say to myself that guy can't make THIS a negative, can he? Come here just to see um, yup, he can.

Amerks Recap - A Statement Win

Even the coach was mostly negative about the game, so step off your high horse.

There’s no need to be the negativity police all the time. It’s an awful franchise, get used to it.

 

[Dingo44]

Even the coach was mostly negative about the game, so step off your high horse.

There’s no need to be the negativity police all the time. It’s an awful franchise, get used to it.

No need to be the positivity police brosef.

 

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[Chainshot]

Can they run any more scoring through the D? Borgen now on the board.

 

[Ace]

Six straight powerplays for the sens.

As many as they need until they catch up

 

[Ace]

And they tie it again as a result again

 

[Ace]

Nobody better sneeze near a ref or they’ll lose this in regulation

 

[Chainshot]

Lost in OT. Belville giving out Scoreline tickets to the stripes tonight? Yeesh.

 

[sabrefan27]

The PK has been an absolute joke. 11 goals against. Under 70% for the season.

 

[Zman5778]

The PK has been an absolute joke. 11 goals against. Under 70% for the season.

Like father, like son.

 

[sabrefan27]

Like father, like son.

Pretty sure they play that dumb wedge +1 PK. Whether or not it’s a good strategy, they can’t execute it to save their lives.

Two games in a row blowing late leads. Same as last year.

 

[Dingo44]

Pretty sure they play that dumb wedge +1 PK. Whether or not it’s a good strategy, they can’t execute it to save their lives.

Two games in a row blowing late leads. Same as last year.

And they are 5-0-1 in their last six.

 

[sabrefan27]

And they are 5-0-1 in their last six.

I’m aware. Listen, I don’t need to justify my opinions on the team every time I make a post. I’ve watched almost every game and what I said is true.

 

[GellMann]

Early season samples can do great things to special teams (Amerks' PP). They can also do quite bad things (Amerks' PK). They'll get it sorted out to some degree.