GDT: Tampa Bay @ Ottawa - 2pm 03/23/13

[ChocolateLeclaire]

2 deflected goals and one where the guy was left all alone at the side of the net. Maybe you pin the 3rd on him, but Lehner was solid.

I thought he was slow getting over for the 2nd goal but the 3rd goal wasn't good at all. Especially when they needed a save to stop their momentum.

He own reaction after the game indicates he'd be the first to tell you he didn't have a good 3rd.

 

[albator71]

Ugly game looking at it in the present but could be a blessing (from MacLean's POV). A big and important "on-the-job" lesson for the young guys about complacency and not sticking to the game plan for a full 60

Agree, if seems to me that they had no idea how to play with a 4 goal lead. They're not use to it.

 

[VermetteFan]

Not entirely Lehners fault but that is his worst game this season save percentage wise, with a .906

Mar 21 '13 BOS @ OTT L 2 29 27 .931 0 0 59:41 2 0 0 0
Mar 17 '13 WPG @ OTT W 1 26 25 .962 0 0 59:37 1 0 0 0
Mar 13 '13 OTT @ MTL O 3 45 42 .933 0 0 65:00 1 2 0 0
Mar 11 '13 BOS @ OTT O 2 35 33 .943 0 0 65:00 2 0 0 0
Mar 8 '13 OTT @ NYR W 2 35 33 .943 0 0 60:00 2 0 0 0
Mar 3 '13 OTT @ NYI O 2 35 33 .943 0 0 65:00 2 0 0 0
Feb 28 '13 OTT @ BOS O 2 46 44 .957 0 0 63:38 2 0 0 0

 

[Slack]

Let us take this away from the game

 

[Montresor]

Started to sweat a bit in the 3rd, but it could be a lesson to this young team that you still got to play hard even with a big lead, at least I hope that's what they take from today's game. At least it came with a win too.

 

[Tundraman]

What did we learn today boys and girls:

BM will not be trading a goaltender this year. Next season Lehner will start in Bingo and Anderson and Bishop will play in Ottawa. Lehner can't complain and think he has nothing more to learn in the AHL.

...and no .... I don't blame Lehner for every goal. Smith may have tipped one again and won't see ice time when leading in the last 5 minutes too often anymore but if you're BM what incentive do you really have to trade Bishop unless someone overpays by a lot.

Lats playing with the 2 young guys has given Stach another option.

 

[ChocolateLeclaire]

All those huge saves by Desjardins prevented it from becoming a laugher. His glove hand was ridiculous.

 

[pepty]

Maclean took them to task after the Boston game for letting up at the end of the periods,I expect this is really going to drive the lesson home.

 

[muffin with tentacle]

Nobody got injured this game!

 

[Caje]

What did we learn today boys and girls:

BM will not be trading a goaltender this year. Next season Lehner will start in Bingo and Anderson and Bishop will play in Ottawa. Lehner can't complain and think he has nothing more to learn in the AHL.

...and no .... I don't blame Lehner for every goal. Smith may have tipped one again and won't see ice time when leading in the last 5 minutes too often anymore but if you're BM what incentive do you really have to trade Bishop unless someone overpays by a lot.

Lats playing with the 2 young guys has given Stach another option.

I agree. Lehner needs another year or two in the AHL to get all the kinks ironed out of his game. Sign Bishop for a 2 or 3 year contract to back-up Anderson, and then trade him once Lehner is ready.

 

[ZekeA]

How did DD look his 1st game back from injury?????

 

[VVS]

What did we learn today boys and girls:

BM will not be trading a goaltender this year. Next season Lehner will start in Bingo and Anderson and Bishop will play in Ottawa. Lehner can't complain and think he has nothing more to learn in the AHL.

...and no .... I don't blame Lehner for every goal. Smith may have tipped one again and won't see ice time when leading in the last 5 minutes too often anymore but if you're BM what incentive do you really have to trade Bishop unless someone overpays by a lot.

Lats playing with the 2 young guys has given Stach another option.

I agree. Lehner needs another year or two in the AHL to get all the kinks ironed out of his game. Sign Bishop for a 2 or 3 year contract to back-up Anderson, and then trade him once Lehner is ready.

Wow. Kneejerk much?

He has one bad game, and you guys wanna bury him in the minors for another 2 years. Did you miss his previous games where he was kept the team in it while they barely managed to score 2 goals (on a good night)?

 

[saskriders]

What did we learn today boys and girls:

BM will not be trading a goaltender this year. Next season Lehner will start in Bingo and Anderson and Bishop will play in Ottawa. Lehner can't complain and think he has nothing more to learn in the AHL.

...and no .... I don't blame Lehner for every goal. Smith may have tipped one again and won't see ice time when leading in the last 5 minutes too often anymore but if you're BM what incentive do you really have to trade Bishop unless someone overpays by a lot.

Lats playing with the 2 young guys has given Stach another option.

Bishop will be moved by the draft. Part of Lehner's learning curve has to take place in the NHL, he is not going to be a Vezina goalie immediately after his last AHL gmes

 

[OgieO]

Oh good grief. This is the first game this season where Lehner has a Sv% less than .930 and we're already sending him down to the AHL? Ridiculous. Embarrassing actually. Lehner is an NHL goaltender. He's a very good one in fact.

 

[McManked]

Nobody got injured this game!

I spent a minute staring at that, wondering where I had seen this.

Then I shouted "BLUES CLUES".

 

[Iamok]

I think some of you have forgotten what average NHL goaltending even looks like. At least, that's the logic I'm going with.

 

[take a peek]

Tampa has a young hungry team like ours, sometimes teams come back.

They definitely found it hard to keep the fire up after 4-0 first, but like others mentioned, Desjardins with some big saves coulda been a blow out.

Again with Lehner pokes, he was fantastic for the most part and can hardly be blamed on the goals, sure maybe a little, but look at the sloppy ass defensive zone coverage he was dealing with...he made lots of solid saves throughout the game.

No AHL for Lehner.

 

[BK201]

Wow. Kneejerk much?

He has one bad game, and you guys wanna bury him in the minors for another 2 years. Did you miss his previous games where he was kept the team in it while they barely managed to score 2 goals (on a good night)?

Exactly xD people are funny.

This happens to all teams across the league with even the most elite goaltenders.

To expect a shutout or a below 2gaa every single game is rediculous.

 

[GK]

Nobody got injured this game!

Most of the lolz came from the top left corner.


Hopefully they come out with the same spirit against New Jersey, but stick to it after that.

 

[Slack]

Bishop will be moved by the draft. Part of Lehner's learning curve has to take place in the NHL, he is not going to be a Vezina goalie immediately after his last AHL gmes

Exactly. Need to settle down a bit and put things in perspective.

 

[vippe]

Some of you guys.. Lehner had 2 really good periods. Had one really weak goal in the third and he should have another 2-3 years in the AHL.

Right.

Not his best game or even close to it. Probably his worst to date just like every goalie has a bad game.

 

[Benjamin]

Lehner will learn from this and he still gets the win. I aint even mad.

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

What did we learn today boys and girls:

BM will not be trading a goaltender this year. Next season Lehner will start in Bingo and Anderson and Bishop will play in Ottawa. Lehner can't complain and think he has nothing more to learn in the AHL.

...and no .... I don't blame Lehner for every goal. Smith may have tipped one again and won't see ice time when leading in the last 5 minutes too often anymore but if you're BM what incentive do you really have to trade Bishop unless someone overpays by a lot.

Lats playing with the 2 young guys has given Stach another option.

I'm going to have to disagree. I think at this point Lehner will learn more backing up Anderson and getting to play NHL talent here and there than going back to the AHL. Just my opinion, we shall see next year what the team decides.

 

[FolignoQuantumLeap]

I guarentee Lehner will not play In the AHL next season. He's going to improve by facing NHL shooters in games and practice. There's not much left for him in Bingo. We'll give another goalie a chance in Bingo.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

What did we learn today boys and girls:

BM will not be trading a goaltender this year. Next season Lehner will start in Bingo and Anderson and Bishop will play in Ottawa. Lehner can't complain and think he has nothing more to learn in the AHL.

...and no .... I don't blame Lehner for every goal. Smith may have tipped one again and won't see ice time when leading in the last 5 minutes too often anymore but if you're BM what incentive do you really have to trade Bishop unless someone overpays by a lot.

Lats playing with the 2 young guys has given Stach another option.

Worst post of the season right here.And while I agree that Lehner should have saved at least one of those goals, he's been very solid for us and will only be better when he starts the season in OTTAWA next season with Andy.