2023021196
VAN loses, 3 – 6 .
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Btw where is Dave Tomlinson
After seeing how mantha played, I wish we’d gotten him for a fifth. What a deal
brutal
i think this might be the first game in a while DeSmith had a rough time. most of the time hes pretty good but today… that first goal and the fourth were yikes. ofc hes by far not the only problem but the coaches really shouldve changed goalies after the first.
normally we can pin it on “theyre tired” but thats just not true. we got outplayed through and through and neither the offense nor the defense were able to keep us in the game today
it’s unfortunate when defensive lapses coincide with goaltending lapses but at least they didn’t roll over for the entire game. good news is hughes got two goals to add to his norris portfolio. and our power play has scored for 2 consecutive games! also i really do miss demko
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all the best to the crowd who is certain we’ll be swept in 4 games in round 1 because it’s just another way of watching hockey, so to each their own, but i’m really just not someone with the energy for that. so, onto the next! which happens to be tmr. 😭
Shitty game with some good moments.
We win this with Demko instead of DeSwiss
April 8th rematch needs to be a big statement game
Made one shot glass bet that we’re making it past the 1st round already, down to do 5 more. Anyone wanna bet against the canucks hit me up, if they make it to 2nd round you send me a canucks shot glass, If they don’t I’ll send you one.
Played like a bunch of millionaires, but it’s just one game.
Which was worse, this or the Boston game?
We significantly outchanced Vegas this game. I thought we were pretty clearly the better team after our disastrous first period.
Our backup goalie was in, and he had a bad night.
We were playing with 5 D.
Miller & Suter’s lines were dominant. The fourth line was poor, but we have a legit 2C coming back who’s going to massively improve our bottom 6 once he gets healthy.
Podz is making serious strides in his game—he was one of our best players tonight.
Quinn Hughes is a generational defenseman.
I can’t wait for the playoffs.
I hope tocchett makes them walk to fucking Phoenix, or better yet roller blade. Maybe then they’d learn how to fucking skate.
Absolutely pathetic and exactly what we can expect come playoff time.
Think that’s too pessimistic? In this calendar year, how many games can you honestly say they played like a to 3 team in the league? Really, like 3 or 4? They got lucky in the first half of the season, and their stats bear this out (puck luck, absurdly high shooting %). They are not that good. They’re a middling team right now. It’s a shame they did so well in the first half cause 1. It gave us some fucking hope… But 2. It even seemed to convince JR, and I didn’t think he would’ve been fooled so easily. Now we have no avenue to improve over the next 3 years, and we’re gonna go back downhill.
Cunts
Tochhet is starting to piss me off a bit. I don’t like all this line changing. Let’s just try Petey, Miller and Boeser again. I understand you want your top players distributed throughout in the playoffs but that ain’t even working for us in the regular season.
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They need to sit Petey for a couple of games. I don’t know if he’s playing through something but he’s been basically a complete non factor since the extension minus a few goals here and there.
Straight zeros across the board for ep40 again. At least he doubled his shot output from last game.
2 SOG tonight
Still think they were hungover af. Rewatch a lot of it. More worried If tomorrow is shit.
That was absolutely pathetic. Yes, DeSmith wasn’t very good, and he did let in some goals that Demko probably doesn’t. But the whole team didn’t start on time, and by the time they actually woke up, the damage was done. You can’t go down by 3 goals after the first period against Vegas on the road. The breakdown defensively reminded me of the ones we saw when Bruce Boudreau was coaching this team. The special teams continue to be awful. The penalty kill can’t seem to find its footing on a consistent basis, and I know Vancouver scored a power play goal, but that 4 minute power play in the first was pathetic. There was no urgency and no puck movement. Something with the special teams needs to be fixed and fixed quickly because this will cost the team come the playoffs.
This comment section should be reasonable
I blame clinched t shirts
I don’t like how Tocchet stopped calling Petey out since he signed his extension, Before he had no problems saying Petey wasn’t good enough, I feel like even Tochett is on cruise control now
Honestly Vegas is a fake ass team, last two games against them proved it
Can’t expect Desieve to play like a number 1, he’s held up ok since Demko was injured but he is playing at a level where id expect a #2 to play with a heavy workload. Hopefully they can get healthy as playoffs approach
We’re fucked if we meet LV in the playoffs
Was Bambi even playing tonight? I mean, usually you see him sprawled legs out at some point in the game, but I couldn’t find him anywhere?
Man do I ever hate grinding for many minutes to get a goal then giving one up in 30 seconds that come after. I saw a lot of urgency from the boys tonight but it SUCKS that it came when we were down 3 goals. That urgency has to be there from the jump if we expect anything more than this.
on a positive note, abby has clinched !
Can we not scratch Juulsen? Like ever? Cole looks beyond gassed this late in the season and he’s so obviously slow skating rn.
Sometimes the team needs a good ass kicking.
On the positive side, Vegas winning means they’re one step closer to playing Edmonton in the first round.
We just need Dallas and Seattle to do us some favours tomorrow night.