GDT: Wings vs flyers 6:00 pm et 2/17/19 nbcsn

[The Zetterberg Era]

Oooo Kronwall had someone lined up but they saw it at the last second.

Nice to see Mantha throwing his weight around.

When we talk about Kronwall throwing less of these, though a few more this year it isn't just his knee at play. We are a bad team playing in kind of dead buildings a lot as we come in as a cellar dweller. Konecky could hear the bench, I could on the broadcast if the building is cranked up, he doesn't hear a thing and is likely looking at the rafters.

 

[Ezekial]

Green hooked?

 

[SoupGuru]

Yes, that's exactly what I was saying. Goalies getting elbowed in the head is fantastic!

It was a loose puck. Two players went for it and there was a collision. Larkin didn't elbow him in the head.

Notice how there wasn't much of a reaction by the Flyers?

You mean the reaction where they all converged on Larkin looking to beat his ass? Sorry, you don't dive head first into a goalie as he's covering the puck. Or really at all Maybe that's what I'm trying to say. When you're not getting pushed in, just don't crash into a goalie's head. Ever.

 

[Ezekial]

I'll take the loss, hard fought. Wish Mantha got a point but whatever.

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

Mantha with his 7th shot of the night.

 

[aar000n]

Most pathetic 6-5 ever

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

You mean the reaction where they all converged on Larkin looking to beat his ass? Sorry, you don't dive head first into a goalie as he's covering the puck. Or really at all Maybe that's what I'm trying to say. When you're not getting pushed in, just don't crash into a goalie's head. Ever.

No, the one where they all stood around and grabbed each other for a couple seconds before dispersing.

It's a 50/50 puck. Hart got there just before Larkin, who is outside the crease. Larkin didn't dive head first at the goalie.

 

[dragonballgtz]

Larkin was very close from having his throat sliced open

 

[theYman]

No heroics today. Oh well.

 

[TatarTangle]

AA always has me wanting more

 

[YpsiWings]

This weekend proved that Detroit doesn’t quit, I like that. It would be real easy to roll over and die, but they keep battling. Good signs from the players that will still be here when the Wings are contenders again.

 

[Shaman464]

AA always has me wanting more

You can say that about most of the team some games. But definitely looking like he's heading into another one of his trademarked slumps.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

AA always has me wanting more

I don't think that is completely fair. AA has the ability to take over games and certainly has games where I am incredibly happy with him like that Nashville game recently. Both him and Mantha have been better in terms of night over night consistency. I think they played well as a team today, sometimes you lose when you do that anyway. Not a lot of problems with the effort tonight. Just couldn't convert and that happens to teams that are low on talent.

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

Team goes from scoring 5 in Philly, to 1 at home so very typical.

 

[Shaman464]

Team goes from scoring 5 in Philly, to 1 at home so very typical.

And it was Helm.

 

[roman star]

bertuzzi is a very very valuable player that gets more impressive by the day

 

[TheRatPoisoner]

Nice loss

Kinda wondering if Mantha having a game had to do with getting a bigger role in Nyquist's absence. Or maybe it's just a coincidence.

Whatever the case, seeing the chemistry between Mantha, Larkin and Bert is pretty encouraging. They'll do some damage next season if they play like that consistently.

 

[Orthodox Caveman]

Nice...and NJ wins. Need the Ducks to win now.

 

[TatarTangle]

I don't think that is completely fair. AA has the ability to take over games and certainly has games where I am incredibly happy with him like that Nashville game recently. Both him and Mantha have been better in terms of night over night consistency. I think they played well as a team today, sometimes you lose when you do that anyway. Not a lot of problems with the effort tonight. Just couldn't convert and that happens to teams that are low on talent.

Team effort has nothing to do with AA so let's dismiss that right away, AA isn't the engine of the team.

AA attempts to skate through three guys as he is known to do and does make it through them. So he gets to the corner and has absolutely no idea what to do with the puck. Decides to just center it into Philly's defense. They get it, make a couple passes, score and seal the game. I had to rewind it to confirm what I actually saw.

His IQ has it's moments both good and bad which tells me overall, he just isn't an intelligent player. That's what always has me wanting more with AA; Easily one of the most talented players on the team but also one of the worst in awareness. But, it is what it is, I'm not gonna really complain if he eventually starts putting 40 pucks in the net.

 

[Shaman464]

Team effort has nothing to do with AA so let's dismiss that right away, AA isn't the engine of the team.

AA attempts to skate through three guys as he is known to do and does make it through them. So he gets to the corner and has absolutely no idea what to do with the puck. Decides to just center it into Philly's defense. They get it, make a couple passes, score and seal the game. I had to rewind it to confirm what I actually saw.

His IQ has it's moments both good and bad which tells me overall, he just isn't an intelligent player. That's what always has me wanting more with AA; Easily one of the most talented players on the team but also one of the worst in awareness. But, it is what it is, I'm not gonna really complain if he eventually starts putting 40 pucks in the net.

While I don't think AA has a high hockey IQ, I think its less to do with his awareness and more to actually do with his speed. I think he skates faster than he can think a lot of the time. So if he isn't in the clear at the end of a transition, he either needs an obvious target to pass it to, or he's going to try a low percentage shot/centering pass. His speed is his biggest asset, but I also think its the biggest reason he isn't a better player.

 

[TatarTangle]

While I don't think AA has a high hockey IQ, I think its less to do with his awareness and more to actually do with his speed. I think he skates faster than he can think a lot of the time. So if he isn't in the clear at the end of a transition, he either needs an obvious target to pass it to, or he's going to try a low percentage shot/centering pass. His speed is his biggest asset, but I also think its the biggest reason he isn't a better player.

Don't see the need to argue any of this, if he could think as fast as he skates don't see why he couldn't be putting up 80+ points a season.

 

[lhsgolf19]

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

Well, he's no Hicketts.

But it's nice to see some accountability for a veteran player. Maybe Blashill should try that with one or two of the forwards.

 

[Dotter]

I didn't know Philadelphia had their own national NBC sports channel. Those play by play guys were slick tiddly-winking the Flyers. Tough to listen to.

 

[TheOtherOne]

Team effort has nothing to do with AA so let's dismiss that right away, AA isn't the engine of the team.

AA attempts to skate through three guys as he is known to do and does make it through them. So he gets to the corner and has absolutely no idea what to do with the puck. Decides to just center it into Philly's defense. They get it, make a couple passes, score and seal the game. I had to rewind it to confirm what I actually saw.

His IQ has it's moments both good and bad which tells me overall, he just isn't an intelligent player. That's what always has me wanting more with AA; Easily one of the most talented players on the team but also one of the worst in awareness. But, it is what it is, I'm not gonna really complain if he eventually starts putting 40 pucks in the net.

As much as anyone I've been a huge AA fan from the start and I've had tremendous patience waiting for him to grow into what I want him to.

But lately this has been starting to sink in for me. This is his biggest downfall. He does something incredible to make space for himself and then just... sends a weak pass to somewhere he hopes his teammate happens to be. Or takes a really low percentage shot with no traffic. Or some dumb thing.

But to be fair, if AA had strong hockey IQ he would be easily one of the best players in the league. And we never would have gotten him in the 4th round.

Oh well. At least he's consistently improving in other areas.