Big Blue Huddle

I didn't stay up for this one, and I'm glad.

The losses just keep piling up. We're now only two points up in the division.

Quote from: DaveBrown74 on January 21, 2024, 05:47:08 AMI didn't stay up for this one, and I'm glad.

The losses just keep piling up. We're now only two points up in the division.

They're not as good as their start but should be better than how they're playing now.  Teams are now looking to lock down Panarin and Trocheck and with a lacking bottom six they're not generating offense.  Drury needs to do something that shakes things up. 

Quickie's return home game, and his outstanding performance, was completely wasted, in a heartless effort by his teammates.

Their heads aren't right and it appears they are indeed circling the drain.

If they lose to the Quackers tonight ... my optimism will follow them down the proverbial drain with them.

Peace.

Quote from: kartanoman on January 21, 2024, 10:57:55 AMQuickie's return home game, and his outstanding performance, was completely wasted, in a heartless effort by his teammates.

Their heads aren't right and it appears they are indeed circling the drain.

If they lose to the Quackers tonight ... my optimism will follow them down the proverbial drain with them.

Peace.

When you're looking for Quick to start over Shesterkin you know there's a problem with this team.  The bottom six stink and their five on five offense is dreadful.

We have lost eight of the last twelve and six of the last eight. Brutal stretch. Shesty simply isn't a good goalie anymore (think he's a headcase), and as others have noted we get nothing from the bottom six. We also have defensemen who routinely make major defensive gaffes that we just can't afford. We also know this core group of vets gets shut down in the playoffs. Young guys like Laffy and Kakko just never measured up, and who knows what Chytil's deal is at this point.

The reality is that none of these problems are really new with this team. It's the same old stuff. What's new is that we used to get bailed out of bad performances by our goalie a lot more often. Now that doesn't happen anymore. Not with Shesty it doesn't. I guess you could argue it did a little bit against the Krakken, but games like that are a rarity now. Also we scored four goals in that game so it didn't matter. When was the last time we won a 2-1 or 1-0 game with Shesty in net where the team looked brutal but it was just a Shesty show? You never see that anymore. You did in 2021/22, but not really since. He has become an utterly mediocre goaltender now. So when we play badly now, we lose 5-2 instead of winning 2-1 or getting a point out of it at least. And I'm afraid that it has gone on long enough that it's kind of what he is now, unless he proves differently, which feels more like a hope than an eventuality.

Shesterkin isn't Lundqvist that's for sure. 

They don't finish at the net. Laffy had the tying goal on his stick(save and all), there were others. In Vegas they could have had a goal or two in the first 10-15 minutes. Game's complexion would have been different.

Quote from: Messiah717 on January 21, 2024, 01:36:39 PMShesterkin isn't Lundqvist that's for sure. 

Or Richter or Vanbiesbrouck.

Quote from: files58 on January 21, 2024, 03:19:17 PMThey don't finish at the net. Laffy had the tying goal on his stick(save and all), there were others. In Vegas they could have had a goal or two in the first 10-15 minutes. Game's complexion would have been different.

They're also bad at generating offense five on five in general.  The kids who are supposed to help with that can't finish either.

Has a 1st place team ever fired their coach before? Down 2-0 to this crap Ducks team with two ridiculously stupid goals has me ready to blow the whole thing up. They need some sort of a shakeup to get them out of this funk. Right now there's not a team in the league I feel confident they can beat.

Quote from: Gmo11 on January 21, 2024, 09:12:51 PMHas a 1st place team ever fired their coach before? Down 2-0 to this crap Ducks team with two ridiculously stupid goals has me ready to blow the whole thing up. They need some sort of a shakeup to get them out of this funk. Right now there's not a team in the league I feel confident they can beat.

Ugh, losing to the Mighty Quackers again? Sickening! I'm not going to upset myself when there's a great football game on right now.

I'll check this thread after the game.

Thanks for the update.

Peace.

Went from dominant and the best record in the league to unwatchable.

I'm already aggravated about the Bills loss and really am not in the mood to turn this game on.

But of course I'm doing it anyway.

Rising out of the ashes for a 4-2 lead.

Nice comeback but I'm not going to throw bouquets at them for beating Anaheim. Should have been a lot easier than this. Let's see what they do in the coming games.