GDT: Sharks @ Kings 7:00pm Game 2 of the Balcers era

[Tw1ster]

That’s a save of the year candidate hahaha

 

[Pinkfloyd]

That was a lucky save. Holy shit.

 

[Alwalys]

how is jones so good in shootouts?

 

[one2gamble]

why can't he be this good during actual games.

Because he can't follow the play at all. He has zero hockey sense

 

[KirbyDots]

Why is Jones so good at shootouts but so bad at everything else?

 

[Jargon]

Jones is a shootout savant.

 

[hohosaregood]

Jeez 5 wins and 1 ROW. We have to be on pace for some crazy NHL record.

 

[drunksage]

SNOG announcement​

Turns out we didn't have a viable SNOG again when the clock struck 00:00 on regulation.

#	Date / Opponent	SNOG Winner(s)​	Result
1	Jan. 14 at Coyotes	Cas	Sharks 4-3 SO
2	Jan. 16 at Coyotes	none	Coyotes 5-3
3	Jan. 18 at Blues	none	Blues 5-4
4	Jan. 20 at Blues	none	Sharks 2-1 SO
5	Jan. 22 at Wild	none	Wild 4-1
6	Jan. 24 at Wild	Munnyro	Sharks 5-3
7	Jan. 26 at Avalanche	none	Avs 7-3
8	Jan. 28 at Avalanche	none	Avs 3-0
9	Feb. 5 at Ducks	none	Sharks 5-4 SO
10	Feb. 6 at Ducks	none	Ducks 2-1 SO
11	Feb. 9 at Kings	none	Sharks 4-3 SO

[THEAD] [/THEAD]
[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Rank	2021 SNOG standings​	# of SNOGs
T-1.	Cas, Munnyro	1

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[Solmors]

Ottawa has only won 2 of their 14 games so far with a 0.179 point %. They have more ROW than the sharks.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Jesus Jones. It makes no sense how good he is

It kind of does. When he can just focus on the shooter he’s very good. When there are people and chaos he seems to get overwhelmed.

 

[Dicdonya]

Getting Donato for a 3rd at the expense of taking on 1 year of Dubnyk is hardly going all in or anything.

But it sure isnt rebuilding either. So not sure what you point was in bringing that up in the first place.

 

[Karl Prime]

Breakouts were better tonight, I noticed a lot more clean zone exits.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

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Why is Jones so good at shootouts but so bad at everything else?

It's easier to focus one on one when you know it's coming. I'm sure that's all it is.

 

[bluefunnel]

Where we're going, we don't need ROWs.

 

[WTFetus]

how is jones so good in shootouts?

Only has to focus on one thing. It's why he gets lost during the play so many times.

 

[The Nemesis]

Don't do that, Brown. Don't give people hope.

 

[FunkyPhin]

Shootouts are saving this garbage ass team, its actually pretty ridiculous 11 games into this season and only 1 win in regulation. Sharks should be right there with the likes of Vancouver, Ott and Detroit with the way they are playing.

 

[Cas]

Why is Jones so good at shootouts but so bad at everything else?

Monkey's paw.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

But it sure isnt rebuilding either. So not sure what you point was in bringing that up in the first place.

Well what’s the point of watching a team that sucks when they haven’t even played a home game yet?

To be .500 points wise right now regardless of the system is huge. In my mind a .500 12-game road trip to start the season isn’t terrible regardless of the underlying data.

I just think it’s rather unfair to say this team is bad when they have been living out of hotels for the last 2 months.

 

[hohosaregood]

Shootouts are saving this garbage ass team, its actually pretty ridiculous 11 games into this season and only 1 win in regulation. Sharks should be right there with the likes of Vancouver, Ott and Detroit with the way they are playing.

We would be if we weren't in the same division as the Kings and Ducks

 

[Pinkfloyd]

They have to scrape and claw just to get a game to overtime because they consistently lose their discipline in the second. This team just isn't good and we just have to hope we see progress in guys like Knyzhov, Donato, Labanc and the other young guys like Gregor, Ferraro, and Gambrell.

 

[OrrNumber4]

In some ways this start seems like the start last season, except with some luck going the Sharks's way.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

Well what’s the point of watching a team that sucks when they haven’t even played a home game yet?

To be .500 points wise right now regardless of the system is huge. In my mind a .500 12-game road trip to start the season isn’t terrible regardless of the underlying data.

I just think it’s rather unfair to say this team is bad when they have been living out of hotels for the last 2 months.

Playing the road doesn't make them take lazy stick penalties and too many men penalties. A lot of the shit they screw up on is self-inflicted.

 

[FunkyPhin]

We would be if we weren't in the same division as the Kings and Ducks

Honestly,
Could you imagine what the leafs, Oilers, or the Lightning would do to this team.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Playing the road doesn't make them take lazy stick penalties and too many men penalties. A lot of the shit they screw up on is self-inflicted.

No, but living the way they have will cause you to have more sore and tired days than if they were sleeping in their own beds and actually spending time with their families.

I mean, what are we arguing really? This team isn’t elite. We knew that coming in. But they are hanging around in the standings after having played just about half their road schedule. Let’s let them get a few home games in before we bury them around here.