travel_dude Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 Already down by a goal on the Sabres first shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted March 25 Author Report Share Posted March 25 Same lines and pairs as yesterday, as far as I can see. Wolf in for Markstrom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouCifer Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 Thanks TD! Go flames go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted March 25 Author Report Share Posted March 25 We seem to have trouble with fast skating teams. Have to go hard to the net to score and stop overpassing it. Holy crap I am tired of passing off when we have a clear look at the net. Pass it to the middle into a bunch of sticks. I think we have to put blinders on Huberdeau and put a bridle on him. When he thinks pass, pull on the reins and yell Woooh.... We don't have 40 goal scorers now, so shoot the dang puck. How many times to we have to see a scramble in fron and nobidy can seem to think goal. Coronato thinks shot every time he sees it. Get him in there and sit one of the 4th line guys. We have an okay 4th line, but they only benefit a team that can score from the other 3. Between the top line and the Backlund line, all the 5v5 goals are scored against them. Or so it seems. Not often do you see Pospisil or Zary out there for a goal against. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robrob74 Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 12 minutes ago, travel_dude said: We seem to have trouble with fast skating teams. Have to go hard to the net to score and stop overpassing it. Holy crap I am tired of passing off when we have a clear look at the net. Pass it to the middle into a bunch of sticks. I think we have to put blinders on Huberdeau and put a bridle on him. When he thinks pass, pull on the reins and yell Woooh.... We don't have 40 goal scorers now, so shoot the dang puck. How many times to we have to see a scramble in fron and nobidy can seem to think goal. Coronato thinks shot every time he sees it. Get him in there and sit one of the 4th line guys. We have an okay 4th line, but they only benefit a team that can score from the other 3. Between the top line and the Backlund line, all the 5v5 goals are scored against them. Or so it seems. Not often do you see Pospisil or Zary out there for a goal against. which is why we can't be drafting guys who need work on skating. We need to draft skill and speed. I think we tend to go safe on 2-way play. We need wheels. I get you can move up ice as fast as the puck can go, it's the defending where speed is a factor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted March 25 Author Report Share Posted March 25 Huberdeau shoots, it's a goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted March 25 Author Report Share Posted March 25 15 minutes ago, robrob74 said: which is why we can't be drafting guys who need work on skating. We need to draft skill and speed. I think we tend to go safe on 2-way play. We need wheels. I get you can move up ice as fast as the puck can go, it's the defending where speed is a factor... We get burned on back coverage. We don't defend the rush when we have too many D playing too deep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted March 25 Author Report Share Posted March 25 Almost for Pospisil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted March 25 Author Report Share Posted March 25 2 minute penalty for Skinner stepping on the puck. Lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted March 25 Author Report Share Posted March 25 Wolf's mechanics look good. Seems to understand the NHL speed and shot placement. Think he may be a good NHL goalie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted March 25 Author Report Share Posted March 25 Top shutdown line burned by having every player either behind the net or one side. JJ left alone in the slot, no chance for Wolf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted March 25 Author Report Share Posted March 25 It's over, and I don't just mean tonight. On a positive note, Buffalo jumps up 2 points on us in the standings. Kraken can't seem to win any games now. Still 2 back of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cross16 Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 IMO that the type of game you want right now. Wolf was good, save for the first goal, team played solid, didn't give up, but lack of talent did them in and they lose the 2 points. That is what is best right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medatswhoP Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 13 hours ago, travel_dude said: Wolf's mechanics look good. Seems to understand the NHL speed and shot placement. Think he may be a good NHL goalie. Agree, as the team re-shapes into a new mold the young players are being positive I too don't think they have given up as Cross mentions. Through highs and lows every team goes through this. A bit of a slow boring game last night but go flames! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted March 25 Author Report Share Posted March 25 45 minutes ago, cross16 said: IMO that the type of game you want right now. Wolf was good, save for the first goal, team played solid, didn't give up, but lack of talent did them in and they lose the 2 points. That is what is best right now. There wasn't much to complain about (effort and goaltending was good). Our version of an attack some days resembles TimBits hockey. Whack away at the puck when we get close to the net. Throw a pass into a scrum. Fly-by when we have a 2 on 1, or no 2nd wave when there are rebounds. There's a lot to like about compete level with this team, even now. The team isn't going to score a lot of goals just going on compete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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