GDT: XLVIII | Oilers try to catch Lightning in a bottle | Oilers @ Lightning | 5:30 MST

[Aceboogie]

Well see just how important N is these next games. 4-1 loss.

Maybe Lander can answer the bell and play well. This is a great shot for him

 

[CornKicker]

Johnson and Palat both played last time. Same team as last time. We're not though. Nuge is out.

Really tough matchup. But if Hall and Drai are on we have a chance.

true but they were just coming off injury thyve played 4-5 games since and have looked really good.

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

Is there a rule that says if a player leaves the system for the KHL he is suspended for a year?

Otherwise could he not just hop on a plane and take some NHL games?

 

[bucks_oil]

McL on RNH's shot-blocking:

"You have to give every one of them credit for wanting to be in the lane and establishing the fact that they are willing to do it," McLellan said. "But the way young players block shots now, they lower their hands to the ice. Players used to come out and lay down, line their shin pads up. Now you come out, go down to one knee and open up your hands."

Gotta say, I think he's right. If you're a 1st-overall pick with tons of offensive talent, the only time you should be using your hands to block slapshots is in the closing minutes of a playoff series.

Completely agree with this.

As a goalie the current technique is bollocks. The most likely place that the puck is going is:
1) If positioned as Nuge was last night, its most often going right below the tips of his fingers, beside his shin guards. Because he's got his shoulders slumped, arms down, he's made himself wider at exactly the place my eyes need to see around to pick up the shot
2) If he's doing the one leg technique, it's probably going 5 hole on him... again, a spot I can't pick it up.

The whole point of shot blocking is i) to actually block it, but that's not always predictable and ii) to reduce the number of places that the puck can go and iii) maximize your goalies chance of seeing and stopping the rest

A) If you stand with your legs together, stick between your feet... we're all good. If the guy fakes the shot, you can react. You may not be covering much of the net, but you are covering 100% of the sightlines that you are obscuring... so I can look around you.

B) If you slide to block with your legs, also good. I can see perfectly above you to the puck. If it disappears below you its either blocked, or coming very low... butterfly and no problem.

The current techniques... I think they got popular cuz coaches didn't want their guys spinning away on the ice, out of position, without opportunity to recover... that's fine... just do A.

IMO, the only time you should be doing the one knee is on the edge of the crease in desperation.... and the only time to get your delicate (and million dollar) hands involved is never. They don't actually stop the puck (just deflect it) and it just makes it that much harder to see.

 

[Beerfish]

Lander should be on the 2nd line. He plays better the further up the rung he goes Hendricks is the definition of a 3rd, 4th line guy. He does it well. We'll get nothing at all from that line this eve.

 

[joestevens29]

Is there a rule that says if a player leaves the system for the KHL he is suspended for a year?

Otherwise could he not just hop on a plane and take some NHL games?

We allowed him to go so he isn't suspended. I don't know if you can just call him back and then re-assign him again. Seems pointless for just a few games anway

Well see just how important N is these next games. 4-1 loss.

Maybe Lander can answer the bell and play well. This is a great shot for him

Against Dallas even with McDavid and RNH and Klef who the hell knows what would happen.

 

[The Nuge]

Have to think that's a message to bog

It definitely is. I wonder if his out clause in the KHL allows him to come back on loan, in this type of situation, or if it has to be terminated outright

 

[Mr Positive]

that message to Bog might also be a message to other prospects. "Look what happens"

 

[joestevens29]

that message to Bog might also be a message to other prospects. "Look what happens"

Yep. Especially on this team. We lack so much, so if you are a centerman or a d-man or a guy that plays big or is defensively sound or an offensive wizard, just sit tight and wait.

 

[dustrock]

Lander should be on the 2nd line. He plays better the further up the rung he goes Hendricks is the definition of a 3rd, 4th line guy. He does it well. We'll get nothing at all from that line this eve.

I would normally agree except that Lander has been a black hole on offence this year.

 

[McDynasty]

I'm really sad/mad RNH got injured. This team is cursed. We are a poorer team without him. We will probably see a healthy team for less than a month when RNH gets back, provided no one else gets hurt. What a season, so many highs, and then mostly lows. Par for the course I guess.

 

[McPuritania]

We should probably win this one in a 10-0 blowout. TIL that an absurd amount of games lost, and the most valuable players missing is no big deal. We should be wrecking. So yeah, this is clearly an easy win.

 

[McPuritania]

Also, is this going to be the GDT? The game is on in an hour and twenty minutes. I'm waiting on it to be official before I key up some GDT tunes.

 

[McDrai]

I wouldn't mind something like this for the top 6:

Pouliot/Hall/Eberle
Kassian/Draisaitl/Yakupov

 

[blueracer17]

Completely agree with this.

As a goalie the current technique is bollocks. The most likely place that the puck is going is:
1) If positioned as Nuge was last night, its most often going right below the tips of his fingers, beside his shin guards. Because he's got his shoulders slumped, arms down, he's made himself wider at exactly the place my eyes need to see around to pick up the shot
2) If he's doing the one leg technique, it's probably going 5 hole on him... again, a spot I can't pick it up.

The whole point of shot blocking is i) to actually block it, but that's not always predictable and ii) to reduce the number of places that the puck can go and iii) maximize your goalies chance of seeing and stopping the rest

A) If you stand with your legs together, stick between your feet... we're all good. If the guy fakes the shot, you can react. You may not be covering much of the net, but you are covering 100% of the sightlines that you are obscuring... so I can look around you.

B) If you slide to block with your legs, also good. I can see perfectly above you to the puck. If it disappears below you its either blocked, or coming very low... butterfly and no problem.

The current techniques... I think they got popular cuz coaches didn't want their guys spinning away on the ice, out of position, without opportunity to recover... that's fine... just do A.

IMO, the only time you should be doing the one knee is on the edge of the crease in desperation.... and the only time to get your delicate (and million dollar) hands involved is never. They don't actually stop the puck (just deflect it) and it just makes it that much harder to see.

I agree with this 100%. When I played competitively 15 years ago, this is exactly how we blocked shots. I was talking to my fiance' today about how RNH blocked that shot and she asked me why he would try to block it with his hands. I didn't really have an answer, was never taught that technique.

 

[The Nuge]

Also, is this going to be the GDT? The game is on in an hour and twenty minutes. I'm waiting on it to be official before I key up some GDT tunes.

Post away!

 

[rboomercat90]

I agree with this 100%. When I played competitively 15 years ago, this is exactly how we blocked shots. I was talking to my fiance' today about how RNH blocked that shot and she asked me why he would try to block it with his hands. I didn't really have an answer, was never taught that technique.

Did he actually try to block the shot with his hand or did it just hit him there? Looked to me that it just hit him.

 

[McPuritania]

Post away!

Woohoo!

GDT tooooonz.

 

[duul]

I want you all to keep a close eye on Victor Hedman tonight. I for one often focus on our own team too much and recently started paying close attention to the other teams D and comparing them to ours.

Last time we played Tampa, I noticed Hedman could be one of the best D in the NHL right now. Huge, fast, calm, with a brilliant breakout pass. I actually think Davidson plays a similar style of game except he's smaller, slower, and less talented overall. Hedman-lite.

If we had a Hedman on our team, we would be in business.

 

[blueracer17]

Did he actually try to block the shot with his hand or did it just hit him there? Looked to me that it just hit him.

When you drop your hands down to the ice, what do you expect to happen? I doubt he "tried" to block it with his hand, but that's where it hit him. He needed to protect himself better than to drop his hands to his sides and squat down in front of the shot.

 

[ChaoticOrange]

I want you all to keep a close eye on Victor Hedman tonight. I for one often focus on our own team too much and recently started paying close attention to the other teams D and comparing them to ours.

Last time we played Tampa, I noticed Hedman could be one of the best D in the NHL right now. Huge, fast, calm, with a brilliant breakout pass. I actually think Davidson plays a similar style of game except he's smaller, slower, and less talented overall. Hedman-lite.

If we had a Hedman on our team, we would be in business.

Victor Hedman is a better goalie than our actual goalies last year.

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

Woohoo!

GDT tooooonz.

well done.

 

[McBeastMode]

Did he actually try to block the shot with his hand or did it just hit him there? Looked to me that it just hit him.

Looks to me that he tried to block it..The only reason his gloves would be near his skates....

 

[yukoner88]

Woohoo!

GDT tooooonz.

someone should fire up this baby in the Oilers dressing room right when they're about to stand up n march out to the ice

 

[Forgot About Drai]

Looks to me that he tried to block it..The only reason his gloves would be near his skates....

****, what a idiotic way too block a shot. What was he thinking?