GDT: Sharks @ Blues 11/9/18

[bluefunnel]

SNOG:

4-2 Sharks.

Thornton, Meier, Kane and Burns.

Tarasenko and Perron.

 

[Ronnie Residue]

Sharks 5-2
Burns, Couture, EK65, Donskoi, Pavelski
Tarasenko, Pietrangelo

 

[SjMilhouse]

I would guess that since they only use Ryan 5 on 5 they thought they could dress Heed as a PP specialist. Heed then removes Vlasic from the second unit, allowing Vlasic to play fewer pointless(double entendre) minutes on the PP. Vlasic can then focus on 5 on 5 and PKing. If that’s the plan then I understand it. I think this is all a product of Deboer overthinking everything. Karlsson and Burns don’t need to PK when you have Dillon and Ryan, and yet, Dillon and Ryan aren’t on the PK. Karlsson and Vlasic are being overused for no apparent reason. The Sharks have the depth to avoid putting defensemen in positions to fail.

haha you think Vlasic will allow that? He is the teams #1 offensive dman

 

[Lebanezer]

Ryan wasn’t very good yesterday, no doubt. But every ****ing player has off games and none of them have to worry about being scratched. Braun has had a half dozen games worse than Ryan yesterday and he still leads our team in ice time every other night. This is a disgrace.

I would argue that Ryan is just better than Braun at this point. Braun is a robotic fundamental player. He makes the “smart” play everytime, even if it’s the wrong play and leads to a turnover.

 

[Negatively Positive]

Braun and Karlsson will never get benched but let's pick on Ryan and Suomela. I think Pete's shelf life with the Sharks is nearing its end.

 

[LeftHeartInSF]

"Guys, I'd like to introduce our newest d-man: Dÿlun Karlsson"


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"Uhhh, coach? I'm from Sweden and nobody I know has ever talked like that..."

"..."

"I withdraw my comment."

"Damn straight. Besides, aren't you from Denmark?"

"No, that was Hansen. I'm from Gothenberg, Swe-"

"AREN'T YOU FROM DENMARK?!?!?"

"*sigh* Sure. I guess..."

That face can't be unseen.

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

I would argue that Ryan is just better than Braun at this point. Braun is a robotic fundamental player. He makes the “smart” play everytime, even if it’s the wrong play and leads to a turnover.

I would argue that Ryan is closer to Vlasic than he is to Braun at this point.

 

[Kcoyote3]

Sharks 2-1
Labanc, Sorensen
Idk Tarasenko

 

[Gecklund]

Heed-Burns is a pairing. Prepare for some shitty D.

 

[Juxtaposer]

I would argue that Ryan is just better than Braun at this point. Braun is a robotic fundamental player. He makes the “smart” play everytime, even if it’s the wrong play and leads to a turnover.

Oh, I totally agree. Which is why it’s so frustrating to see Ryan get ten minutes of ice time on the left side, where his competition is Vlasic and Dillon, while Braun gets 22 minutes of ice time on the right side, where his competition is Brent freakin’ Burns and Erik freakin’ Karlsson. Braun himself has said he doesn’t like playing on the left side. I don’t get why it’s a thing.

 

[mooncalf]

Whatever, if he wants to get Heed some game action, that's cool.

 

[Crazy Joe Divola]

Heed-Burns is a pairing. Prepare for some ****ty D.

Updated snog: 10-8 sharks

 

[mooncalf]

This board:

HOW DARE Deboer play Polak over Demelo?
I mean, HOW DARE, he play Demelo over Heed?
Er, HOW DARE he play Heed over Ryan?

It's one game, not time to flip out yet.

 

[Sysreq]

This board:

HOW DARE Deboer play Polak over Demelo?
I mean, HOW DARE, he play Demelo over Heed?
Er, HOW DARE he play Heed over Ryan?

It's one game, not time to flip out yet.

How DARE we be 8th OA in the league after the first quintile of the season! Fire PDB!

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

This board:

HOW DARE Deboer play Polak over Demelo?
I mean, HOW DARE, he play Demelo over Heed?
Er, HOW DARE he play Heed over Ryan?

It's one game, not time to flip out yet.

We said the same thing when DeMelo played over Heed last season. It might be one game, but it also might end up being the rest of the season.

 

[Gecklund]

This board:

HOW DARE Deboer play Polak over Demelo?
I mean, HOW DARE, he play Demelo over Heed?
Er, HOW DARE he play Heed over Ryan?

It's one game, not time to flip out yet.

These aren’t equivalent....
Ryan is better than Heed who is better than Demelo who is better than dumpster fire Polak.

 

[weastern bias]

Oh my god, he did it, he scratched Ryan

Peter, you're a god damned moron

 

[Juxtaposer]

This board:

HOW DARE Deboer play Polak over Demelo?
I mean, HOW DARE, he play Demelo over Heed?
Er, HOW DARE he play Heed over Ryan?

It's one game, not time to flip out yet.

You have a really low bar for what qualifies as “flipping out”.

 

[Fistfullofbeer]

Oh my god, he did it, he scratched Ryan

Peter, you're a god damned moron

I got nothing.

 

[mooncalf]

Ryan's unforgivable sin was not saving Melker from looking awful on that goal where Burns got caught up ice.

 

[Levie]

Young player plays one bad game. Better bench him so he figures things out. M. Karlsson hasn't played a good game all year. Move him to the top line until he figures things out.

 

[SjMilhouse]

Maybe Pete is scratching him for a game to get some perspective from the press box like he's a first year rookie?

 

[one2gamble]

Just wow ....

 

[Dicdonya]

This board:

HOW DARE Deboer play Polak over Demelo?
I mean, HOW DARE, he play Demelo over Heed?
Er, HOW DARE he play Heed over Ryan?

It's one game, not time to flip out yet.

Hmmm it’s almost like you just pointed out a trend of poor personnel decisions Deboer makes.

Gee I wonder why we flip out a bit when he starts making the same sort of mistake three years in a row. How nutty we must be.

This is the most egregious case though, Ryan is easily better then some of our current defenseman, and unquestionably has chemistry with, and better stats for Burns when he’s on his pair, yet he’s being benched for Heed, who had a poor camp, and that Deboer did not even trust to play over Demelo.

I was only belly aching about Deboer in the last GDT, now I’m actually leaning towards wanting him fired.

 

[SJSharksfan39]

Maybe Ryan is hurt? He's not even playing tonight, as Heed is making his season debut.