GDT: WCSF Game 7: vs Canucks | 6PM (or hour after early game) | NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS | series tied 3-3
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The leaderboard will change drastically - One person has bet $5,000,000 on Vancouver to win in regulation
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The leaderboard will change drastically - One person has bet $5,000,000 on Vancouver to win in regulation
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Super Cake
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It is stupid that the Knights allowed this to happen again.
If they don't win, i am personally going to Edmonton myself and backhand slap every single player on the team.
Deboer will get 2 slaps to the face.
This will be me:
If they don't win, i am personally going to Edmonton myself and backhand slap every single player on the team.
Deboer will get 2 slaps to the face.
This will be me:
theslatcher
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I have 0 confidence in this team right now, and fully expect a loss.
Super Cake
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hangman005
Mark Stones Spleen
IceNeophyte
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Just put $700,000 fake dollars on Vegas to lose in regulation. So we’ll lose in OT for the worst of both worlds
The Duck Knight
Henry, you're our only hope!
As a Ducks fan I feel like I have pretty good insight into what a choker looks like. Before last night I wouldn't have given the Knights that label, but a few things really stood out that were straight out of the chokers guidebook. Starting the game tentatively like the Knights did and abandoning any and all structure like they did after Vancouver scored the 2nd goal. Oh and the fact that every single shot was high and wide or in Demko's chest.
Super Cake
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If they lose tonight, changes need to be made in the offseason.
Choking 2 years in a row is unacceptable.
Just put $700,000 fake dollars on Vegas to lose in regulation. So we’ll lose in OT for the worst of both worlds
I bet 300k on Vancouver to win in regulation, so they're guaranteed to lose. We'll see you in the next round.
The Duck Knight
Henry, you're our only hope!
Yeah you'd think 2 years in a row would equal some major changes, but I watched the Ducks blow 3-2 series leads 4 years in a row. All the while they stuck with the same core and magically expected something to change. Lots of GM's are afraid to move core players because then there is more blame on them if things go wrong. Then there's the built in excuses of the bubble and the goalie controversy.
I disagree with the choker label. Sometimes this is a game of inches and that's what happened last night. There were a number of chances that needed just an inch or two to be a goal and would have changed the entire game. Vegas became desperate when they were down by a couple in the third, however all teams typically do, especially in the playoffs. They'll pull through tonight, Vancouver won't be able to sustain their run of getting outshot and outplayed but not outscored. Knights are a deep and experienced team. They will win 4-1 tonight and after their first goal the outcome will never be in doubt. The narrative will be something like "Knights vanish their game 7 demon" but really it's nothing more than a better team coming out on top. Then they'll lose in 5 to the Avs.
Super Cake
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Maybe they are not full on chokers like some teams are, but the choking label is really starting to appear with this team.
2nd year in a row where this bullshit happened.
Vegas07
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I felt worse going into game 7 at San Jose. Our team got dominated in game 5 at San Jose and I didn’t feel good about a game 7 on the road.
This won’t be a road game. But of course I don’t feel good about this one either. We only led once in the last 2 games and didn’t waste any time in giving away that lead.
This won’t be a road game. But of course I don’t feel good about this one either. We only led once in the last 2 games and didn’t waste any time in giving away that lead.
Super Cake
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If they lose, i suggest that when they return to Vegas, we all go and throw pies in their faces when they land.
Like this:
Like this:
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What's worrying is Lehner played well. They had about five breakaways or two on ones and scored on none of them. The third goal may have been softer but that was with ten minutes left and didn't matter they had given up. The game was within reach for fifty minutes and they couldn't even manage a goal.
Have our forwards even gotten a point in two plus games? Theodore did it on his own and then they were shutout.
Have our forwards even gotten a point in two plus games? Theodore did it on his own and then they were shutout.
Haguerbomb
HOCKEY BELONGS IN THE DESERT
Everyone except Lehner looks like they have a case of the yips/mental block, like they're worried about blowing a 3-1 lead and they are.
hangman005
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The Duck Knight
Henry, you're our only hope!
Khudobin is so bad. If Vegas doesn't get this done tonight I may never forgive them.
Puckstop40
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I swear to god if the Knights lose tonight I’m
drinking myself into a coma.
drinking myself into a coma.
Super Cake
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You probably should start preparing for it to happen.
I have already accepted that the Knights will probably lose this game.
The last 2 games is just making it harder for me to see this team pulling out a victory.
I sense a little frustration but no choking. Here's the thing, Demko is going to blow up literally at some point. Doesn't have to be tonight, but its coming. Knights just need to focus on how to be a little less orthodox. They are playing too straight up, have a shot, try to beat the goalie. When he's stopping everything, why not try another pass? Why not try to shoot for a deflection? Even just throw a soft pass right in front of him and see if you can get a bounce or a dirty goal past him. Once you get one or two, you'll get a lot more. But you have to stop bombing away just shooting clear shots he can see, because while sometimes you make one that no one can stop, more often than not you just build up his confidence as he makes another save. This is the thing that always annoys me about Marchy and Carrier, they take such low percentage shots just because that's what they think they should do, but what the team needs is an unexpected last pass like what got Wild Bill all his goals in year one. Fake the shot, make a pass and someone might have an open net to shoot at.
