Post-Game Talk: The Wings are full blown in the season of giving

[Rzombo4 prez]

But he is responsible for the awful line combinations, TOI distribution, and inability for this team to exit the zone before mishandling or turning the puck over 3x, which is a problem with their defensive and transition systems that he coaches them to follow in practice

Not really...

 

[theYman]

Already into mid December and nobody is double digits in goals yet unlike every other team has at least one guy.

 

[Henkka]

Quality chances were 22-11 for Red Wings...

It was our best hockey at this season, when you count those stupid fumbles out. Mrázek lost this for us. and Bobrovsky was phenomenal.

I hope they can let this behind, and keep this team effort. This kind of hockey on long run leads to wins. They played great. I'm pissed off, but still, they played that kind of hockey I like to watch.

 

[Dotter]

@ Dotter, he had way better games, but just as promised some time stamps of positive plays by Gus throughout the game:

1st

8:28: Playing the puck into the free space between two opponent players --> set up for Sheahan
8:47: Nice no look pass to Vanek, no set up of a scoring chance though

2nd

3:55: Good defensive play in the DZ after Z’s give away
19:12: Good positioning while Vanek & Sheahan battle for the puck along the boards --> fast forwarding the puck to Green in a good position --> puck’s coming back to him around 10 seconds later: Good puck protection against two opponents & nice play along the boards, setting up a one-timer (for DDK, I guess) --> Shot leads to a rebound, which isn't buried --> Gus back in defense mode once C’bus gain possession again (not preventing the pass though)

3rd

Starting around 6:30 into period: attracting attention of several C’bus players after getting the puck in the OZ & setting up Vanek nicely

Wings had some problems tonight, Gus wasn't one of them.

 

[obey86]

I wonder when the Luke Glendening playing in the top 6 for 15+ minutes a game experiment is going to end. So ridiculous.

 

[TheMule93]

On the 2nd goal, why the hell was Dekeyser randomly bear hugging a guy in the corner instead of, ya know, helping prevent a goal?

What was he trying to accomplish? The puck was nowhere near them

 

[obey86]

On the 2nd goal, why the hell was Dekeyser randomly bear hugging a guy in the corner instead of, ya know, helping prevent a goal?

What was he trying to accomplish? The puck was nowhere near them

Just DeKeyser being DeKeyser, nothing to see here.

 

[aar000n]

I know, I can't believe he told Mrazek to not make an easy glove save and to give the puck away when he had it covered outside the crease. What a moron of a coach.

facepalm nice strawman.

 

[Ezekial]

Good try? What? I'm actually shocked he got so much ice time tonight, but doesn't answer the question as to why he's centering the third line. Soooo IMO he deserves more than Riley IE playing on 2nd line. Plus, without looking at numbers, I'd doubt he's averaging that many min this year, one game sample size doesn't fit the bill. Nice try tho

That is our second line bud. Vanek-Sheahan-Nyquist is technically the third line. And he outplays Sheahan in minutes every night.

Edit: I know Sheahan is playing a lil more now but Frans is averaging nearly 4 minutes more a night on the season, so there's that.

 

[Henkka]

Ok, well, a new coach isn't going to enlighten all these players to play better hockey. I think the team is playing about as good as it's going to get. They actually played a good game tonight so I don't get why the "Fire Blashill" crowd is coming out.

Same in here. We played good tonight, I wonder where does this blame come from.

Mike Green was on the ice for 7/9 Blue Jackets first Quality Scoring chances, btw...

 

[aar000n]

Seeing the second goal the puck was under Mrazek a very long time . That should have been frozen.

 

[Whoshattenkirkshoes]

I wonder when the Luke Glendening playing in the top 6 for 15+ minutes a game experiment is going to end. So ridiculous.

I wonder when the constant line changing is going to end. We're the only team in the league that messes with line combos all the time.

*in the summer blash said that was a mistake last year and he needs to keep the lines constant to develope chemistry...

 

[Sadekuuro]

We're the only team in the league that messes with line combos all the time.

Not really.

 

[ap3x]

Same in here. We played good tonight, I wonder where does this blame come from.

The blame comes from what alone could be seen in the final minutes, when having pulled the goalie. Considering those personal decisions, no surprise that we never tie a game up late.

 

[obey86]

I wonder when the constant line changing is going to end. We're the only team in the league that messes with line combos all the time.

*in the summer blash said that was a mistake last year and he needs to keep the lines constant to develope chemistry...

I'm note quite sure if you're defending keeping Luke in the top 6 so we don't mess with the lines again? If that's what you are trying to say, my response is that he never should have been there to begin with.

 

[theYman]

Seeing the second goal the puck was under Mrazek a very long time . That should have been frozen.

So we woulda lost 3-1 instead. But something should have stopped play since there was a wrestling match going on in the corner with Ott and 3 other players.

 

[RedWingzz]

We prolly would have won if Glendening got a couple more minutes out there. He needs more ice time.

Zetterberg needs to have his C stripped, and given to Luke Glendening. Glendening is a Hart trophy candidate as far as I'm concerned. He's up there with Howe and Yzerman as best Wing of all time.

More TOI for LGD.

Also seeing Sheahan with almost 17 minutes is infuriating. I'm getting real sick of complaining about ice time and line combinations. Why can't Blashill see what everybody else sees? Sheahan has no business playing this much, he has literally done nothing offensively to help the team in 28 games.

 

[HIFE]

Quality chances were 22-11 for Red Wings...

It was our best hockey at this season, when you count those stupid fumbles out. Mrázek lost this for us. and Bobrovsky was phenomenal.

I hope they can let this behind, and keep this team effort. This kind of hockey on long run leads to wins. They played great. I'm pissed off, but still, they played that kind of hockey I like to watch.

Yes it really was! To think it was tied 1-1 until halfway through. This may be one of I'm guessing only 3 times the Wings out shot an opponent? Very hard passes and excellent skating, for such a middling team the Wings were great. Textbook shutdown 3rd period from the Jackets they neutralized everything.

I agree with many of the post-game comments:

Tatar has been bad but this performance was awful. In no world should he be on that line with Z and Mantha. The fact he thinks the plays he tries will work, dude is insane.

Mantha getting better each game, taking over at times. In the 3rd he forechecked on a play and exploded with speed that was unreal. It's amazing how little belief mangement has that our young players can be this good, again and again. AM has arrived.

Yeah Green scored on as usual, but when you play 24:00 nightly the chances for goals against increase. We know he is isn't perfect defensively. Ericsson out is a blow to our D core hope he's not gone for long.

Some of Blashill's decisions of TOI were reasonable- AA somehow got 14 minutes while Ott and Jurco only 7 and 8. Sheahan and Glendening with over 17:00 I'd agree that was self-defeating and annoying to watch.

 

[Heaton]

Don't really care how 'great we looked', we only scored one goal, you aren't winning games like that.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

I will take that effort, unfortunate they couldn't bury more chances but Bob deserves a lot of credit for that. Sometimes you get beat while playing very well, that was actually the case last night in my opinion.

I hope they can repeat this effort more often.

 

[Ezekial]

Sometimes goalies play out of their minds.

 

[borisbadenough]

Time to put z, mantha and tv together especially on those offensive zone draws after a icing ?

 

[Run the Jewels]

Already into mid December and nobody is double digits in goals yet unlike every other team has at least one guy.

Blash coached most of these guys in Grand Rapids they said. He'd know how to turn us into an offensive juggernaut they said. Not quite sure what the "Get rid of the trash and hire Blash crowd" saw. Many guys had the worst year of production in their careers last year and it looks like it's getting worse this year.

 

[Cursed Lemon]

Blash coached most of these guys in Grand Rapids they said. He'd know how to turn us into an offensive juggernaut they said. Not quite sure what the "Get rid of the trash and hire Blash crowd" saw. Many guys had the worst year of production in their careers last year and it looks like it's getting worse this year.

No one thought that Blashill would just be a Babcock clone and make the same mistakes he did.

 

[14ari13]

To be fair they did play well just had no luck and had all the breaks go against them. Happens.

We outplayed the hottest team and goalie in the league. But we lost.

Sheahan and Tatar are both so terrible scratch them please.

Agree. They need to sit for a game or 2. Tatar has to simplify his game.

I'm still baffled that they didn't blow the whistle on the stoppage by Mrazek, thought it was a good job by him to prevent a rebound chance. That kinda messed with the momentum I suppose.

Why didn't they? What are the rules about it.

Mantha looks great. I like just about everything he does.

I did not expect to win this game. The blue jackets are a top 3/5 team in the league now. They are red hot.