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Post by Skilly on Mar 17, 2015 21:03:00 GMT -5
Even up call .... This ref hates us too
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Post by HFTO on Mar 17, 2015 21:03:19 GMT -5
Unbelievable
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2015 21:03:49 GMT -5
If he didn't go into the net, the refs don't care.
Probably.
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Post by Disp on Mar 17, 2015 21:05:02 GMT -5
Now that the habs don't dive anymore, or rarely , it's sure noticeable when the other team is light on their feet.
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Post by Skilly on Mar 17, 2015 21:05:12 GMT -5
That should have been too many men
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Post by Disp on Mar 17, 2015 21:06:10 GMT -5
I thought they were going to let that go. Obvious penalty is obvious.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2015 21:06:18 GMT -5
Panthers caught holding. Surprised they called it.
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Post by Willie Dog on Mar 17, 2015 21:06:20 GMT -5
That should have been too many men Yep goalie wasn't even at the boards
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Post by Skilly on Mar 17, 2015 21:06:37 GMT -5
Notice that the other ref, the one that was calling everything on us, was right next to that holding and DIDNT call it. The ref at the red line called it
Yep, I can see bias
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Post by Willie Dog on Mar 17, 2015 21:08:01 GMT -5
What a big baby Bolland is.
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Post by Skilly on Mar 17, 2015 21:09:31 GMT -5
The Boston game went to OT ...so you know what that means?? My favourite day of the year! Happy LEAFS ELIMINATION DAY It came early this year.
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Post by PTH on Mar 18, 2015 0:08:48 GMT -5
Smith-Pelly can't skate and stickhandle ... Shessh ... Zero offensive IQ The antichambre guys on RDS were ranting about how DSP is the weak link on the 3d line, and how guys like Weise and Prust might soon start making noises that DSP getting 15 minutes while they get 8 isn't exactly fair. --- And I'm still not sold on our "new" 4th line. I haven't seen anything I liked as much as Bournival-Malhotra-Weise/Thomas, that line gave us speed whereas now we just seem to have adequate, bland filler...
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Post by seventeen on Mar 18, 2015 0:37:37 GMT -5
I think when Mitchell returns, he could centre that fourth line. He's decent at face-offs and has more speed than Manny. I've always liked Weise and Prust together, but with the talent that's been shown this year, it's not unexpected to see them in higher lines, though I'd avoid playing them on the top 2 except in emergencies.
Bournival deserves a better chance than he's been given. In his last or second last game, didn't he score that lovely goal on a breakaway coming out of the box? I still think he has more offense than he's shown, but he needs confidence, as do so many of our guys.
Spelley is a quandary. He certainly has been given opportunity galore, but hasn't shown more than a lot of strength. No scoring or passing touch and no vision. The question is, will it come with time? And how much time is enough? Other young players have paid the price for lack of production, while showing more. You'd think he could at least be lucky enough to have the puck bounce in off him. He scored 5 goals in last year's playoffs, but maybe that was just one of those streaks that doesn't get replicated. The search for a scoring RW continues. Will Parentau rediscover his touch? Hope so.
Without seeing the game, I'm working from comments and the box score, but it seems Tokarski had an excellent game, especially the third period. That's awesome because you had to believe the legs would start to go after that frenetic, emotional game against TB. Good for Dustin. Would you say he played well, or did he still look awkward and (cough) lucky? How was he at tracking the puck and how was his rebound control? Tks guys.
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Post by Skilly on Mar 18, 2015 10:31:17 GMT -5
Tokarski won the game for us seventeen. He was square to the puck on most shots. And for the first time this year, I saw him catching the puck while moving laterally. He was following the tic-tac-toe passing of Florida really well. In previous games I would have classified Tokarski as a goalie that has the put hit him; last night he was actually making saves, and on purpose.
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Post by Willie Dog on Mar 18, 2015 13:10:42 GMT -5
Tokarski won the game for us seventeen. He was square to the puck on most shots. And for the first time this year, I saw him catching the puck while moving laterally. He was following the tic-tac-toe passing of Florida really well. In previous games I would have classified Tokarski as a goalie that has the put hit him; last night he was actually making saves, and on purpose. I assume Waite spent quite a bit of time with Toker over the 2 week period.
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Mar 18, 2015 13:44:18 GMT -5
Smith-Pelly can't skate and stickhandle ... Shessh ... Zero offensive IQ The antichambre guys on RDS were ranting about how DSP is the weak link on the 3d line, and how guys like Weise and Prust might soon start making noises that DSP getting 15 minutes while they get 8 isn't exactly fair. I'm hoping by giving DSP the ice time he has, Therrien will have some ammo if he has a problem ending up either on the 4th line or in the press box ... I thought we were a better team with these four all in the lineup at the same time ... both Thomas and Bournival were playing well when they were sent back ... they were scoring goals, not many, but more than our new additions, anyway ... Weise has been very versatile subbing in on just about every line ... Cheers.
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Post by jkr on Mar 18, 2015 15:52:09 GMT -5
Smith-Pelly can't skate and stickhandle ... Shessh ... Zero offensive IQ The antichambre guys on RDS were ranting about how DSP is the weak link on the 3d line, and how guys like Weise and Prust might soon start making noises that DSP getting 15 minutes while they get 8 isn't exactly fair. --- And I'm still not sold on our "new" 4th line. I haven't seen anything I liked as much as Bournival-Malhotra-Weise/Thomas, that line gave us speed whereas now we just seem to have adequate, bland filler... Gord Stellick on Sportsnet said the opposite & singled Smith-Pelly out for praise. Referred to the shot blocks, strong fore checks, what most people would call the little things that are important to team success. His career NHL stats indicate that he scores about once every 10 games but he only has 140 big league games under his belt. I was expecting a little more offense but I'm prepared to wait longer than 11 games to make an evaluation. A common refrain on this board is that the team needs more size, needs to play with some grit. I rather have Smith-Pelly in the lineup than a smallish forward like Thomas. He did score 27 goals in the AHL so he has some touch.
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Post by jkr on Mar 18, 2015 15:58:31 GMT -5
The antichambre guys on RDS were ranting about how DSP is the weak link on the 3d line, and how guys like Weise and Prust might soon start making noises that DSP getting 15 minutes while they get 8 isn't exactly fair. I'm hoping by giving DSP the ice time he has, Therrien will have some ammo if he has a problem ending up either on the 4th line or in the press box ... I thought we were a better team with these four all in the lineup at the same time ... both Thomas and Bournival were playing well when they were sent back ... they were scoring goals, not many, but more than our new additions, anyway ... Weise has been very versatile subbing in on just about every line ... Cheers. FYI: Bournival 3 goals in 29 games; Thomas one goal in 18 games.
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Mar 18, 2015 16:16:11 GMT -5
I'm hoping by giving DSP the ice time he has, Therrien will have some ammo if he has a problem ending up either on the 4th line or in the press box ... I thought we were a better team with these four all in the lineup at the same time ... both Thomas and Bournival were playing well when they were sent back ... they were scoring goals, not many, but more than our new additions, anyway ... Weise has been very versatile subbing in on just about every line ... Cheers. FYI: Bournival 3 goals in 29 games; Thomas one goal in 18 games. Oh well ... seemed like they were playing well ... Cheers.
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Post by PTH on Mar 18, 2015 19:18:49 GMT -5
The antichambre guys on RDS were ranting about how DSP is the weak link on the 3d line, and how guys like Weise and Prust might soon start making noises that DSP getting 15 minutes while they get 8 isn't exactly fair. --- And I'm still not sold on our "new" 4th line. I haven't seen anything I liked as much as Bournival-Malhotra-Weise/Thomas, that line gave us speed whereas now we just seem to have adequate, bland filler... Gord Stellick on Sportsnet said the opposite & singled Smith-Pelly out for praise. Referred to the shot blocks, strong fore checks, what most people would call the little things that are important to team success. His career NHL stats indicate that he scores about once every 10 games but he only has 140 big league games under his belt. I was expecting a little more offense but I'm prepared to wait longer than 11 games to make an evaluation. A common refrain on this board is that the team needs more size, needs to play with some grit. I rather have Smith-Pelly in the lineup than a smallish forward like Thomas. He did score 27 goals in the AHL so he has some touch. Vincent Damphousse mentionned that the reason DSP gets so many solid hits is because he's always second getting to the puck... Something to think about ! ----- I suspect in a few years, the DSP-Sekac trade will be a bit like the Latendresse-Pouliot move: both teams essentially gave up on guys, who really deserved to be given up on (I know Pouliot seems to have found a niche, but clearly he needed a lot more maturity given how he bounced around in the meantime)
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Post by jkr on Mar 18, 2015 21:23:39 GMT -5
Gord Stellick on Sportsnet said the opposite & singled Smith-Pelly out for praise. Referred to the shot blocks, strong fore checks, what most people would call the little things that are important to team success. His career NHL stats indicate that he scores about once every 10 games but he only has 140 big league games under his belt. I was expecting a little more offense but I'm prepared to wait longer than 11 games to make an evaluation. A common refrain on this board is that the team needs more size, needs to play with some grit. I rather have Smith-Pelly in the lineup than a smallish forward like Thomas. He did score 27 goals in the AHL so he has some touch. Vincent Damphousse mentionned that the reason DSP gets so many solid hits is because he's always second getting to the puck... Something to think about ! ----- I suspect in a few years, the DSP-Sekac trade will be a bit like the Latendresse-Pouliot move: both teams essentially gave up on guys, who really deserved to be given up on (I know Pouliot seems to have found a niche, but clearly he needed a lot more maturity given how he bounced around in the meantime) Been thinking about it & I must be missing something. If Smith-Pelly is delivering solid hits on puck carriers what is the issue? Isn't that one of the reasons he was acquired?
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Post by seventeen on Mar 18, 2015 23:13:52 GMT -5
Been thinking about it & I must be missing something. If Smith-Pelly is delivering solid hits on puck carriers what is the issue? Isn't that one of the reasons he was acquired? Good question. Just why was he acquired? If he's fulfilling expectations, no problem. We might want more, but he is what he is. Sometimes a player just needs different circumstances to succeed. Either he hasn't found them, or just hasn't found them yet.
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Post by PTH on Mar 19, 2015 0:03:47 GMT -5
Been thinking about it & I must be missing something. If Smith-Pelly is delivering solid hits on puck carriers what is the issue? Isn't that one of the reasons he was acquired? Good question. Just why was he acquired? If he's fulfilling expectations, no problem. We might want more, but he is what he is. Sometimes a player just needs different circumstances to succeed. Either he hasn't found them, or just hasn't found them yet. All I know is that I'd like to see DSP take a few hits while he controls the puck, and not just hitting opposing players who have the puck. Getting big hits but never getting possession isn't of much value IMO...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2015 1:52:25 GMT -5
Hey guys, first post!
Not sure what I can add, except that I hate the blame the refs excuse, seems like all 30 teams fans think they're getting jobbed. Well except the Laffs of course. They got bigger fish to fry.
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Post by Gogie on Mar 19, 2015 8:14:51 GMT -5
Good question. Just why was he acquired? If he's fulfilling expectations, no problem. We might want more, but he is what he is. Sometimes a player just needs different circumstances to succeed. Either he hasn't found them, or just hasn't found them yet. All I know is that I'd like to see DSP take a few hits while he controls the puck, and not just hitting opposing players who have the puck. Getting big hits but never getting possession isn't of much value IMO... From what I've seen this year, the Habs play much better when they take the body. When they dipsy-doodle, against most teams they struggle. I like what I saw the second half of the TB game, when the boys finally got passionate and began taking the man. When a guy knows he's going to get hit after he makes a play he'll try to make the play that much quicker, leading to more mistakes. The point I'm trying to make is that I like the addition of DSP as long as he continues to take the man. I don't care if he's always the second guy to the puck, so long as the first guy to the puck knows he has to make a play that much quicker and he's still going to get hit. Some guys will start hearing footsteps. others will rush their plays and make more mistakes. Just my two cents.
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Post by seventeen on Mar 19, 2015 10:27:49 GMT -5
Hey guys, first post! Not sure what I can add, except that I hate the blame the refs excuse, seems like all 30 teams fans think they're getting jobbed. Well except the Laffs of course. They got bigger fish to fry. Welcome stranger. Pull up a stump by the fire and help yourself to some beans. (ouch, too many Blazing Saddles references). In any case, welcome to the Board, and please read the Code of Conduct to understand the standards we expect of our posters. Enjoy!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2015 10:39:57 GMT -5
"There you go kids ... Do I know hockey, or do I know hockey? Beauty. Listen to Skilly. Top ten greatest Newfoundlanders ..." Bobby Orr he's a beauty.... taught him everything he knows Bobby Who?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2015 2:44:17 GMT -5
Good question. Just why was he acquired? If he's fulfilling expectations, no problem. We might want more, but he is what he is. Sometimes a player just needs different circumstances to succeed. Either he hasn't found them, or just hasn't found them yet. All I know is that I'd like to see DSP take a few hits while he controls the puck, and not just hitting opposing players who have the puck. Getting big hits but never getting possession isn't of much value IMO... Respectfully I have to have a contrarian viewpoint in that over the course of seven head to head matches I believe that one big hit can make a difference. Carey would likely agree.
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