slothfacekilla Posted January 8 Posted January 8 Just now, Sports_Freak said: Who is that doing play by play? I haven't been able to figure it out, but it is really throwing me off! Quote
slothfacekilla Posted January 8 Posted January 8 1 minute ago, Sports_Freak said: Who is that doing play by play? Oh duh it is Bob Kaser the Griffins PBP guy, Ken is sick apparently. He sounded familiar-ish but I haven't watched the Griffs in a while. Quote
Sports_Freak Posted January 8 Posted January 8 4 minutes ago, slothfacekilla said: Oh duh it is Bob Kaser the Griffins PBP guy, Ken is sick apparently. He sounded familiar-ish but I haven't watched the Griffs in a while. I'm surprised they didn't use Ken Kal for TV. Put Kaser on the radio. Quote
slothfacekilla Posted January 8 Posted January 8 Crap Alex Lyon got hurt in the first, a Senator landed on him, Talbot in Quote
Sports_Freak Posted January 8 Posted January 8 I hate giving up late goals. Especially on a weak penalty call. Quote
lordstanley Posted January 8 Author Posted January 8 Man, this is what happens living on the West Coast. There's stuff I need to do before dinner and when I'm gone the 2nd period blows up - so to summarize, two Ottawa goals and two Red Wing injuries? Blech. Quote
lordstanley Posted January 8 Author Posted January 8 Listening on the radio late in a 2-2 game. Edvinsson is playing. Into the final minute of regulation … Quote
lordstanley Posted January 8 Author Posted January 8 An overtime powerplay for the Wings with 2:50 to go. Quote
Sports_Freak Posted January 8 Posted January 8 OT faceoffs are huge!! At least, puck possession. Kane!! Quote
lordstanley Posted January 8 Author Posted January 8 Ken Kal’s call of the game winner. “Showtime, baby!” Kane beats Sens.m4a Quote
buddha Posted January 8 Posted January 8 play some ****ing hockey is going to sell a lot of t shirts. 1 Quote
lordstanley Posted January 8 Author Posted January 8 It's getting crowded. And Boston is sitting at 45 points having played 3 more games than the Wings. Quote
lordstanley Posted January 8 Author Posted January 8 Lions have won 3 in a row. Pistons have won 4 in a row. Wings have won 5 in a row. Quote
Mr.TaterSalad Posted January 8 Posted January 8 Can the Wings keep winning until the Lions play their next game? Quote
lordstanley Posted January 8 Author Posted January 8 Kane has 4G 4A 8Pts during this 5 game winning streak. Quote
buddha Posted January 8 Posted January 8 theyre still living off the power play (and got a lot of puck luck in winnipeg). by the stats test, the underlying 5×5 numbers are a touch better but nothing major. the pk has been better. pp too. living off the power play is not a recipe for long term success. with that said, by the EYE test they are playing better. playing harder. kane has shown life. the top line is scoring as many of the team's goals as any line in the league. they'll need someone (kane?) to step up on line 2 and or 3. who could that be? kasper? compher? i imagine that if it comes, it might have to come from the blue line. their forwards other than kane leave a lot to be desired with the only one with significant room for growth being kasper. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted January 8 Posted January 8 (edited) 22 minutes ago, buddha said: who could that be? I don't know much about Tarasenko, but at least based on his career success if he is healthy he should still have more upside at 33 than he is showing. I've seen Johansson make a few mistakes, but I've also seen him play way harder than Petry can any more. I wish Jeff a *long* and comfortable recovery from whatever is ailing him. I agree this line-up just doesn't look like it can be a high pressure over 60 minutes kind of 5 on 5 offense, but they do have the players to score more 5 on 5 transition goals with at least two lines, and hopefully the big improvements in zone exits and faster transitions are going to show up as more transition scoring. Edited January 8 by gehringer_2 Quote
slothfacekilla Posted January 8 Posted January 8 I have to admit I really underestimated what a coaching change would do for the team. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted January 10 Posted January 10 (edited) Kulfan with a story about the Wings shooting the puck more, which is great, but I think he's missing part of the story. I'm sure one reason the Wings wouldn't shoot the puck without a perfect chance in the past was because they couldn't get pucks back after shots. That always makes an offense reluctant to shoot. A big key to getting them to shoot more was in getting them to skate harder to recover pucks. Also liked McLellan talking about changing up lines to match-up with the opposition. Kulfan quotes him as saying he likes to keep pairs of forward (e.g. Larkin and Raymond) mostly together but then rotate the third player for some immediate objective/matchup. Edited January 10 by gehringer_2 Quote
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