GDT: We have a game in a few hours

[moses malone 12]

suck it o'neill

very subtle stickwork by Svech to freeze the defender and keep the passing lane open. Great play.

 

[the halleJOKEL]

5-1 loss btw

 

[CanesUltimate11]

Svech looked incredible tonight. Then again, I say that after just about every game.

I thought we were the better team by a good margin, though you wouldn't see it in the shot count. Our shots were way more dangerous on average. They had some good bounces go their way, and their goalie played pretty well. It was weird, I thought Andersen looked better than Brossoit, but Brossoit got bailed out time after time by his defense. Even though Brossoit made more big saves than Andersen. I thought Andersen's rebound control was excellent.

For the officiating, they were certainly letting a LOT go tonight. But it is a massive double standard to call Teuvo's breathing near the guy and not call players being hauled down in front of the net. A few of those were legit defensive plays, and a few were clear penalties in my book.

I kept saying the puck dies on Pesce's stick, and then in the third I thought he made a few good keep ins and shots on the net. That said, it's funny how Skjei has been much more dangerous offensively this year. Slavin too. And Tony. Pesce is hardly more offensive than Ian Cole, which I'd never thought I would say this year.

Yeah, I was certainly expecting the refs to let Vegas get away with murder during their PK when down 3-1 but didn't really figure they'd let them do it the rest of the way. Though given the season thus far I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that they did.

 

[2Minutes4Surging]

While there are some ugly moments as he works to find a happy medium between aggressive and conservative, Necas dangling is a good sign. If you have speed and the ability to stickhandle, you're a gamebreaker. He looked so much like Point/MacKinnon looping in the neutral zone and attacking with speed in his final few shifts of the game.

His forecheck was probably the best of anyone last night too.

 

[Svechhammer]

All you need to know about the quality of the reffing last night is that, right after kicking Jordo out of the crease on the faceoff, they kicked Roy out as well, only to watch Roy skate to the wing and right back to the dot to take the faceoff without anyone realizing what happened.

When they're missing the easy obvious things like that, its absolutely no wonder that they were completely botching the on ice action as well.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

All you need to know about the quality of the reffing last night is that, right after kicking Jordo out of the crease on the faceoff, they kicked Roy out as well, only to watch Roy skate to the wing and right back to the dot to take the faceoff without anyone realizing what happened.

When they're missing the easy obvious things like that, its absolutely no wonder that they were completely botching the on ice action as well.

Shouldn't they fine him for that shit?

 

[Stickpucker]

FRAK YEAH!!! Andrei gets the last laugh!!

Sesame street count laughing.gif

 

[WreckingCrew]

Shouldn't they fine him for that shit?

Only if they get called out for it...and RBA then is getting the fine...

 

[Stickpucker]

Ever since the turn of the year I'd say he's been our best forward.. I don't know exactly what clicked but it sure feels like something has..

He stopped being wingman for El capitan and trying to hook him up.

 

[Stickpucker]

While there are some ugly moments as he works to find a happy medium between aggressive and conservative, Necas dangling is a good sign. If you have speed and the ability to stickhandle, you're a gamebreaker. He looked so much like Point/MacKinnon looping in the neutral zone and attacking with speed in his final few shifts of the game.

I'm fine with him doing this. It puts defenses on their heels.

 

[Svechhammer]

Svech is a beast. He's physical enough to dominate any game if he so desires. He's agile enough to skate around anyone, but more than willing to skate through you if you get in his way. And he's sneaky fast, he had at least 2 breakaways where he just turnstyled the defense to go 1v1 with the goalie in OT before setting up Aho. And of course, he's now smart enough to know when to let someone else get themselves worked up and use it against them, just like he did in OT when the Vegas player was trying to get under his skin on the faceoff about 20 seconds before dog walking that same guy for the takeaway directly leading to the goal.

 

[Unsustainable]

I lost the stream when they scored back to back, got it back in time to see it tie up at 3 and go to OT.

Svech is a man on a mission

 

[Svechhammer]

lol and the best part about Svech

We have him locked up for the next 7 and a half seasons at $7.75m aav

That... could be a bargain by the end of this season.

 

[hblueridgegal]

He stopped being wingman for El capitan and trying to hook him up.

I loved his “I have a big body so why not”
commentary in the pre-game chat.

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

lol and the best part about Svech

We have him locked up for the next 7 and a half seasons at $7.75m aav

That... could be a bargain by the end of this season.

I think it already is

 

[Svechhammer]

I think it already is

Honestly, you're probably right. I just want to see this be more of a sustained level of play without the month or so annual slump he's gone through earlier in his career