GDT: Sharks @ Canadiens - 10/26 - 4:00 PM PST - CSN-CA, CBC, RDS, KFOX

[jwhitesj]

For Nieto, being 21 this calender year, 80 games or 3 years.

Oh I didn't realize there was an age restriciton thing on the wavier rule. Thanks for your reply.

 

[Nashology]

Offense in COMPLETELY gone =/

 

[Gene Parmesan]

I'm not sure why Hertl got bumped down to line 4 and not Hamilton. Kind of head-scratching.

Hertl isn't skating. Hamilton is at least trying to forecheck.

 

[68 Z-28]

Who are the Sharks missing more... Burns or Boyle?

I think both. heh.

 

[Grave]

Need to start connecting passes

 

[lsx]

Well the buzzing is gone....


Anybody have any question about what happens to the PP or the zone entry without Boyle?

 

[Timo Time]

Who are the Sharks missing more... Burns or Boyle?

I think both. heh.

Burish.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

Who are the Sharks missing more... Burns or Boyle?

I think both. heh.

Boyle, Burns, Havlat and Torres...all of them.

 

[do0glas]

Need Demers to really step up offensively.

I think there are better ways to balance this current line up. Especially with couture looking terrible.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

They just need to simplify things..more dump and retrieval. The Habs are reading the entry plays.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

Need Demers to really step up offensively.

I think there are better ways to balance this current line up. Especially with couture looking terrible.

Couture isn't shooting the puck nearly enough.

 

[drunksage]

Demers on radio intermission interview:

- great to have family and friends here for his first NHL game in Montreal
- butterflies go away pretty quickly after first couple of shifts
- need to get puck off boards when on PP and work harder

 

[drunksage]

Vlasic on TV intermission interview:

- very special coming back here
- both teams play fast
- need to get puck deep, need to get traffic in front of Price

... oh hey active thread during intermission, I double-posted

 

[do0glas]

Couture isn't shooting the puck nearly enough.

From what I've seen when a player stops shooting there is an injury. He seems behind the play a lot as well.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

From what I've seen when a player stops shooting there is an injury. He seems behind the play a lot as well.

Maybe all those damn shot blocks...a bruised foot or something.

 

[lsx]

They keep on touting how many shots the Sharks are taking, how they lead in shot differential statistic...well we've been down this road before in years past and I'm not convinced one bit that quantity of shots > quality of shots.

 

[do0glas]

Maybe all those damn shot blocks.

Honestly wouldn't surprise me.

Bruise ribs or shoulder, would hurt to take shots.

He's a shifty player, and that line is playing a very high energy style. He's a guy that gets into pockets and snipes.

Kennedy is taking a lot of entry assignments due to his speed and his first instinct is to shoot. Hopefully they keep figuring it out though.

 

[lsx]

Maybe all those damn shot blocks...a bruised foot or something.

Yeah, I'm starting to think that maybe letting the goalie earn his pay and not having the players take a daily beating of pucks might be better in the long term. Seems like this team that always leads in shots blocked always is beat to crap by the time playoffs roll around. Those hits add up if they're not square in the shin pad.

 

[do0glas]

They keep on touting how many shots the Sharks are taking, how they lead in shot differential statistic...well we've been down this road before in years past and I'm not convinced one bit that quantity of shots > quality of shots.

The first shot rarely matters. But of we aren't moving our feet to get the second shot, it's for nothing. But the volume of shots will generally lead to higher scoring chances over time.

Toronto is a perfect example of how you will regress looking for the perfect shot.

 

[magic school bus]

They keep on touting how many shots the Sharks are taking, how they lead in shot differential statistic...well we've been down this road before in years past and I'm not convinced one bit that quantity of shots > quality of shots.

 

[Gene Parmesan]

Right on cue...

 

[Timo Time]

Theres Couture blocking that and looking shaken up...

 

[lsx]

And now he blocks another shot and limps off.

 

[lsx]

The first shot rarely matters. But of we aren't moving our feet to get the second shot, it's for nothing. But the volume of shots will generally lead to higher scoring chances over time.

Toronto is a perfect example of how you will regress looking for the perfect shot.

There's a difference between "looking for the perfect shot," and simply not peppering from the perimeter. That one extra pass to make the goalie move can be all the difference.

 

[Timo Time]

Boyler! Good to finally see him around.