He has a defender coming right at him, it's either put it on net or dump it in the corner. The onus to get to the net is on the forwards.
- MJL

I'd rather see him find his D partner cross ice or wrap it around the boards and get the cycle going, rather than flip a shot on net. Offensive zone draws are fine and dandy, sure, but cycling and getting nice looks are what change the momentum back

pittsburgh
tampa
washington
learn those teams
- 2Real

What's your point?

Luke Schenn is a master at shooting from the blue line when there's no one in the same zipcode to tip the puck, for either team.
- Giroux_Is_God

oh so it's luke's fault this team is lazy?

You should be Berube's agent
- BiggE

I gave you a simple and logical reason why the ice time is the way it is. And it is sound strategy by Berube to use the Couturier line against the Ovechkin line. Saying the coach needs to be held accountable for that, is criticizing just to criticize, and not recognizing the situation and strategy in the game.

What's your point?
- SuperSchennBros

all lost to get generational talent and are good now

The Voracek call was a bit weak.
- tangent_man

after he was getting hit on the hands over and over at the other end

Has MacDonald been scratched this season? Because I could swear Millbury just said he had been

oh so it's luke's fault this team is lazy?
- 2Real

I didn't say that.

And no. I put that on the captain. Terrible leader.

Yup clean hit.

However when a 20 year old rookie gets decked, it would be nice to see someone respond
- BiggE

They all know who it was. An opportunity to paste him will eventually present itself.

I'd rather see him find his D partner cross ice or wrap it around the boards and get the cycle going, rather than flip a shot on net. Offensive zone draws are fine and dandy, sure, but cycling and getting nice looks are what change the momentum back
- Giroux_Is_God

Dumping it in the corner is an option. A cross ice pass can be risky. It's on the forwards to get to the net when the puck goes back to the point.

Has MacDonald been scratched this season? Because I could swear Millbury just said he had been
- FrmRusiaWifGlov

Yeah and recently also.

The way Zepp is playing, thats the only way Emery is getting on the ice

- BiggE

I think you are right, Zepp is looking like the 2 man. Emery will bring the toughness we need ( can't find it anywhere else) and Zombie won't be missed.

Has MacDonald been scratched this season? Because I could swear Millbury just said he had been
- FrmRusiaWifGlov

berube is showing all our dman have value except coburn

I'd rather see him find his D partner cross ice or wrap it around the boards and get the cycle going, rather than flip a shot on net. Offensive zone draws are fine and dandy, sure, but cycling and getting nice looks are what change the momentum back
- Giroux_Is_God

everybody was clumped up at the other side, he had no clear path to his d partner, he got them an o zone faceoff after waiting as long as possible for one of the forwards to get anywhere near the net

Has MacDonald been scratched this season? Because I could swear Millbury just said he had been
- FrmRusiaWifGlov

2 games.

Is Roo injured? He did not play at the end of the period.

Adjusted SV%?
- Giroux_Is_God

AdjustedSvPct: Adjusted save percentage; this adjusts for the fact that some teams give up more high-quality shots, while others give up more low-quality shots. This is the weighted-average of SvPctHigh, SvPctMed, and SvPctLow, where the weights correspond to the league-wide percentage of shots from each of those areas. In other words, this is a goalies save percentage if they faced a league average proportion of shots from each of the three shooting zones (high, medium, and low probability of success).

It's an attempt to quantify scoring chances & the defense's impact on goalie performance.

Yup clean hit.

However when a 20 year old rookie gets decked, it would be nice to see someone respond
- BiggE

They challenged him when the play was over. If two or three guys were to attack Niskanen and we get scored on, then what? You as well as many call the same group a bunch of meatheads.

What's up with Giroux? He missed a shift at the end there with Voracek and Schenn.

They all know who it was. An opportunity to paste him will eventually present itself.
- tangent_man

simmonds looked mad but i'd rather lose someone else for 5 minutes

all lost to get generational talent and are good now
- 2Real

Giroux and Voracek aren't generational talent? Simmonds, Couturier, Brayden Schenn?

They challenged him when the play was over. If two or three guys were to attack Niskanen and we get scored on, then what? You as well aa many call the same group a bunch of meatheads.
- SuperSchennBros

It looked like a clean hit to me, what are you going to do. Like you said, it's 1-0 game. Retribution can come at a better time.

Pretty sure it was PEB.
- opeth_pa

Yeah that's what I thought - think he muscled OV off the puck there too!

Has MacDonald been scratched this season? Because I could swear Millbury just said he had been
- FrmRusiaWifGlov

He has a few times.

Is Roo injured? He did not play at the end of the period.
- missingmike

wheee