One was brutal. Fluttering shot that was going about 10 mph. All he had to do was wall up. Instead he kicked his pad out lazily (or severely misjudging the speed) and a "Utah" (what the hell am I supposed to call him?) caught a piece of it and it fluttered over his pad. Terrible. 4-0 with...
Late to the party here, but can we officially say Gus is slumping? Not giving us a chance to win tonight. Meanwhile, tons of O-zone time, but can't put the biscuit in the basket.
Also, Gaudreau never, ever scores.......
It will be very interesting to see how they do tomorrow. I really hope they get a win - that would be quite a feat! Since they don't play until Thursday........ ;)
The score was 3-3 at the time against a conference rival. The only non-moronic time to do something like that would have been with less than a minute to play when we were down by 2.
That is not "physical". That is dirty. McDavid's play was not dirty in my opinion. He was only trying to hinder Johannsson from getting to the puck carrier. A very, very common tactic in hockey. He just clipped him in a bad spot. Should have been a penalty, but I can see how they missed...
Late in the 2nd period, McDavid stuck his elbow out abruptly right after he had given up the puck and smacked Johansson in the head. Marcus didn’t return to the game. No penalty was called. TV guys were saying it could have been a double minor. I think it was a dangerous move only because...
Yeah. I thought the same thing. He’s not a dirty player and the game was still in the balance. I also didn’t see it as egregious as the TV guys did (which is surprising, since they worship him on TNT). I mean stuff like that happens along the boards all the time. Freak occurrence.
Great post. I agree 100% with your assessment of the defense. I would also say that we relied too much on forcing turnovers. While obviously a great trait for a defense, it can serve to gloss over chunk yardage and can be an unreliable tool. I would prefer a more stingy defense, if I had to...
Shit ton of shots by San Josie- to be expected with top 3 D out - but Fleury stops all but one in a magnificent effort. Rossi & Boldy score and the game is iced by a nice forced turnover by Chisholm and a heads up (literally) 2/3 ice shot right in the heart of the empty net by Zucc, with the...
I wasn’t so fortunate. Brought my pond hockey friend to his first ever Wild game (not a wealthy man). Oof.
Heard Hynes on the way home. He wasn’t too alarmed. I dunno. Gus has given up 10 goals in his last 5 periods. I think 4 or 5 of them tonight were over his glove side shoulder. We also had...