slothfacekilla Posted January 3 Posted January 3 It is pretty funny that almost all the playoff teams have a positive goal differential....then there's the Bruins hanging out with a worse differential than a lot of the teams in the wild card hunt! Quote
Tigerbomb13 Posted January 5 Posted January 5 Wings up 1-0 and are outshooting the Jets 12-2. It’s like a different team right now. Quote
lordstanley Posted January 5 Author Posted January 5 17 minutes ago, Tigerbomb13 said: Wings up 1-0 and are outshooting the Jets 12-2. It’s like a different team right now. And in McLellan's first 3 games the Wings outshot the Leafs 25-23, were even with Washington in shots at 27, and even with Pittsburgh at 25. Now 17-7 Wings after 1. What a turnaround. Small sample size caveat of course, but still ... Quote
lordstanley Posted January 5 Author Posted January 5 Wings lead after 2. Maybe the Wings were trying to get Lalonde fired. Quote
lordstanley Posted January 5 Author Posted January 5 Winnipeg goes on a real powerplay after playing like they have been on a powerplay. But 3-1 Wings with 8:17 to go Quote
buddha Posted January 5 Posted January 5 wings are actually trying hard. amazing how that helps. Quote
lordstanley Posted January 5 Author Posted January 5 Uh-oh. 3:14 of tension coming up. This would be such a huge win Quote
Motor City Sonics Posted January 5 Posted January 5 Mr. McLellan seems to have put a bit of a flame under this team's tush. If only Stevie had made the move 2 weeks earlier. Getting out of Winnipeg with a point would be quite impressive. 2 would be awesome. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted January 5 Posted January 5 (edited) 21 minutes ago, lordstanley said: Winnipeg goes on a real powerplay after playing like they have been on a powerplay. But 3-1 Wings with 8:17 to go sometimes freedom to ice the puck actually helps a team that's been under pressure - seemed to there. One really poor play by Johanssen late but other than that solid by pretty much everyone - except maybe Motte - who needed to close on his man more aggressively - leaving too much space. Edited January 5 by gehringer_2 Quote
Sports_Freak Posted January 5 Posted January 5 Impressive win. Apparently, we caught the Jets at the right time. Quote
lordstanley Posted January 5 Author Posted January 5 Just now, buddha said: great win. seider is playing really well right now. He controlled that final 2 minute push by the Jets. Calm and sure-handed. Quote
buddha Posted January 5 Posted January 5 2 points out of a wild card spot with a game against our old friends ottawa next. Quote
Mr.TaterSalad Posted January 5 Posted January 5 (edited) I'm not saying they'll be St. Louis from 2019 and go worst to first and win it all. They won't as their defense is still too poor for that kind of a turnaround and we need more guys on offense to pick it up a bit. They don't quite have that level of physicality that St. Louis had along the boards and in their own end either. But if McLellan can keep the team playing with this level of energy and physicality than I think they will make the playoffs. This has been as fun as nearly anything we watched under the Lalonde era. There was that run we had, right before we collapsed last season, that was a lot of fun and felt like we were turning a corner. But other than that, the Lalonde era didn't produce much. Edited January 5 by Mr.TaterSalad Quote
gehringer_2 Posted January 5 Posted January 5 (edited) 55 minutes ago, Mr.TaterSalad said: But if McLellan can keep the team playing with this level of energy and physicality than I think they will make the playoffs That's the thing though - a team can bring extra energy for a stretch, or especially in the playoffs, but over the long regular season talent eventually makes the difference. I'm also old enough to remember that when Lalonde got here they initially looked a lot better than they had under Blashill. Now all that said, maybe Yzerman has put together a better roster than than we thought while watching Lalonde coach it. That's what we really have to hope. I think the key guys for McLellan are Seider, Edvinsson, Rasmussen, Veleno, Debrincat. I've thought Lalonde underutilized Seider, Edvinsson is going to get a chance to show how much impact he can have without Seider, and Veleno, Rasmussen and Debrincat are three guys who I think could be better than they were showing under Lalonde so far this season, so if McLellan has the right keys you have talent output improvement possible at least with those three. Maybe add Tarasenko who hasn't seemed to find his game here in Detroit so far at all. OTOH, if a few of those guys can't raise their game, I'd expect this initial surge to fade quickly. Edited January 5 by gehringer_2 Quote
slothfacekilla Posted January 8 Posted January 8 Going to be a chippy game tonight, already plenty of scrums 6 minutes in Quote
slothfacekilla Posted January 8 Posted January 8 LOL Tkachuk got a penalty for removing Edvinsson's helmet in a scrum......I can't remember the last time I saw that called. Mickey wasn't impressed of course 😂 Quote
slothfacekilla Posted January 8 Posted January 8 Larkin scores on the ensuing PP! Fantastic passing and a well designed play to get him the easy goal. 1 Quote
Sports_Freak Posted January 8 Posted January 8 6 minutes ago, slothfacekilla said: LOL Tkachuk got a penalty for removing Edvinsson's helmet in a scrum......I can't remember the last time I saw that called. Mickey wasn't impressed of course 😂 "We didn't wear helmets." He said... 1 Quote
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