October 2023 Games

[Sports_Freak]

Beating Pittsburgh is always a joy. 

[slothfacekilla]

I see that Crosby still pulls the "what I didn't do anything" act in his old age

[Sports_Freak]

TNT announcers are horrible. I hope they don’t do many of our games.

[Motor City Sonics]

Gonna be a chippy third, folks

[1984Echoes]

11 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

TNT announcers are horrible. I hope they don’t do many of our games.

It's torture listening to these guys.

Even when they're trying to be Detroit positive and interviewing Stevie Y.

They suck...

[buddha]

can we just take the 2 minute power play and not have copp try a penalty shot?

[lordstanley]

For awhile there I thought it was a question of whether the Wings would be able on for a point, let alone hold the lead. 

[Sports_Freak]

Big call...

[lordstanley]

I hate offside challenges. All sports. 

[lordstanley]

Good goal!

[buddha]

they really cant hang with the cindy/malkin/karlsson group.  they were double shifting and dominating detroit.

you can see detroit's depth in this game, but when pittsburgh's top stars were out there really trying, the wings couldnt match them.

[Sports_Freak]

Pile on Pittsburgh!!

[lordstanley]

Ha, 6-3 score line flatters the Wings given the 3rd period. 

[buddha]

big early season game on saturday to see where they are.

[gehringer_2]

40 minutes ago, buddha said:

they really cant hang with the cindy/malkin/karlsson group.  they were double shifting and dominating detroit.

you can see detroit's depth in this game, but when pittsburgh's top stars were out there really trying, the wings couldnt match them.

In the 3rd I thought it took them too long to figure out they were getting too many people too deep and leaving the trailer wide open on every Pit rush. They seemed to finally start picking him up after the 3rd Pit goal, plus it helped the Wings that the Pit #1 line was reaching their energy limit on their last shift or two.  It was also sort of funny that each team's first goal was almost a mirror image of the same across the slot pass play, with the Pens losing track of Debrincat just like the Wings lost track of Malkin.

So much bad passing by the Wings in the 1st period though. Need to be less sloppy opening the game.

Edited October 19, 2023 by gehringer_2

[buddha]

karlsson played almost 30 minutes.  he'll never keep that up.

pittsburgh is going to be gassed by the end of the season.

in other concerning news, walman and seider got worked.  that could be because - as g2 said - the wings seemed to go into prevent mode in the 3rd and baaically let the pens bring the puck into the zone.  the forwards stopped pressuring them in their own zone.  trying to prevent 2 on 1's or getting caught on a break is admirable, but at the expense of letting crosby and malkin gain the zone that easily?  it almost cost them the game.

[Shinzaki]

Cat leads the league with 8pts in 4 games

[Motor City Sonics]

Wow, this DeBrincat fella is working out so far.   I thought we'd have Detroit Sports Luck and he'd get hurt right away.  

[Shinzaki]

He's the second coming of Marcel Dionne...  🙂

[1984Echoes]

5 goals and 3 assists:

Which is what Larkin and other Wings have been saying: they were surprised that he was not "just a sniper". He's carrying and controlling pucks, and a playmaker too... hence the 3 assists. He can extend play in the offensive zone.

More than pleasantly surprised so far.

Keep it up!

[1984Echoes]

PS: That also pushes Larkin to a higher level: 6 points in 4 games.

[lordstanley]

Ned didn’t get the Green Day song treatment, did he?
 

[lordstanley]

2 hours ago, Shinzaki said:

He's the second coming of Marcel Dionne...  🙂

Or the unforgettable Jud McAtee

 

[gehringer_2]

4 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

Or the unforgettable Jud McAtee

 

that's a pretty sobering list to be found in the company of.

[Shinzaki]

Len Fontaine was a virtual god in the IHL though much of the 70's and early 80's