travel_dude Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 2 minutes ago, JTech780 said: Walker Deuher has been impressive this year, when he has gotten a chance. He has all but taken Brett Ritchie’s spot in the lineup at this point. Ritchie is injured I believe. If only we had another young forward to play on that 4th line with Duehr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 The Yoots look good. Sit the vets Except Backs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikey7883 Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 15 minutes ago, travel_dude said: Ritchie is injured I believe. If only we had another young forward to play on that 4th line with Duehr. I think me and you are on the same wave length regarding the 4th line. Maybe Sutter is showing both Ruzie and Duehr how to play on that grinder energy line and be effective by playing them separately with Lewis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmac70 Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 Sloppy win but we need it. Too many opportunities not capitalized on and too many break downs as well. You van have 14 shots on net and allow 3 goals either. Take the 2 and pray for a solid effort and a win tommorow would be a blessing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 4 minutes ago, pikey7883 said: I think me and you are on the same wave length regarding the 4th line. Maybe Sutter is showing both Ruzie and Duehr how to play on that grinder energy line and be effective by playing them separately with Lewis? Maybe. Tonight was all about load management. Kept the ice times similar up and down the lineup. I hope. I won't get too excited about beating a basement team. Tomorrow is the one we need more than anything. And a two game winning streak is something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikey7883 Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 3 minutes ago, travel_dude said: Maybe. Tonight was all about load management. Kept the ice times similar up and down the lineup. I hope. I won't get too excited about beating a basement team. Tomorrow is the one we need more than anything. And a two game winning streak is something. I agree this is a game you have to win. But this year we have lost a number of those games (ie: Chicago, Columbus), so yeah I’ll take this win, even if it is with a grain of salt. Time to up the game to play against some of the heavy weights of the west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 Just now, tmac70 said: Sloppy win but we need it. Too many opportunities not capitalized on and too many break downs as well. You van have 14 shots on net and allow 3 goals either. Take the 2 and pray for a solid effort and a win tommorow would be a blessing I would say that one goal was a bad play at the blueline (Tanev to Lewis) and Tanev knicks it in. First goal was a PP and Vladar had little chance. He was too deep, but you have to cover the near post. The 3rd goal was not a great one. Tough shot, but he fanned on the save. The games like this are tough on the goalie. 3 shots in the first. Faces a PP early the next period. The other goalie gets a lot of touches early and gets a feel for it. Sort of the problem with dominating but not getting goals. I will take the win, but need to see more from the Hubey line at 5v5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 Considering the low shot volume by the Yotes, I would consider starting Vladdy against the VGK. I don't know. Markstrom is 50/50. 50% chance to steal the win if we score 4. 50% chance to let in 3 and we score 2 or less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyDeeds Posted February 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 2 hours ago, JTech780 said: If they get a new arena. I wouldn’t do business with this owner, he didn’t pay his taxes at the last arena and that’s why they have to play in this arena that wouldn’t even be big enough for a WHL team. The Coyotes are Bettman’s pet project and that’s the only reason they are still there. A major sports franchise shouldn’t be playing in a 5,000 seat arena for any regular season games let alone for multiple seasons. Maybe things will change with Bettman already announced his retirement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyDeeds Posted February 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 Important stretch of games right now..... More than important... Season could be on the line.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 9 hours ago, DirtyDeeds said: Important stretch of games right now..... More than important... Season could be on the line.... The next 4 games in advance of the TDL. Anything less than 3 of 4 and there is no point in trying to scrape together a strong finish to the season. While they are not direct competition for a WC spot, failure to win suggests we can't win a series against that level of team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 Some context around games in Vegas: Flames are 0-7 lifetime in Vegas, outscored 30-8 with a 6.7% PP and 75% PK. This is reminding me too much of the years of struggles in Anaheim. I suppose that they are more likely to win because they are very much the underdog. All time 0-7, 2nd game of a B2B set. Trap game for Vegas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyDeeds Posted February 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 5 hours ago, travel_dude said: The next 4 games in advance of the TDL. Anything less than 3 of 4 and there is no point in trying to scrape together a strong finish to the season. While they are not direct competition for a WC spot, failure to win suggests we can't win a series against that level of team. They really only need to keep pace in march. If we can be a couple points within a playoff spot or better then we should be fine. Look at April schedule: Nothing too difficult here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 6 minutes ago, DirtyDeeds said: They really only need to keep pace in march. If we can be a couple points within a playoff spot or better then we should be fine. Look at April schedule: Nothing too difficult here Well, we have had success against VAN, ANA and SJS, but not against NAS, CHI, WPG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartbreaker Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 35 minutes ago, DirtyDeeds said: They really only need to keep pace in march. If we can be a couple points within a playoff spot or better then we should be fine. Look at April schedule: Nothing too difficult here Should be just right to ensure that we don't get pick of the litter. Love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyDeeds Posted February 25, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2023 On 2/23/2023 at 2:52 PM, Heartbreaker said: Should be just right to ensure that we don't get pick of the litter. Love. So true for us it seems but that is the case for 32 teams each year. Only 1 team gets that privilege. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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