hockeylegend11
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Goaltending is whats going to make us miss the playoffs, Pavelka is pathetic I mean I called two goals in the first as you could clearly see him off his angles, the guy doesn't look interested any more, idk why but If he doesn't want to play here anymore send him home if he wants to, I've been one of his biggest supporters since he got traded here last year and he's excelled since being here but this past month there has not been one game where I've said he was a big reason for the two points and even against the Pete's I thought he played brutal... Can't win games if you have no confidence in your goalie to stop anything. Coaches should sit down with him and see where his head.
Season's over. We can't beat Ottawa, now down 7 points to Saginaw. Turn out the lights, the party's over.
I would agree Pavelka has been awful of late,also did not think he was that sharp
at Peterborough
Tonite he was not good at all,neither goalie could come up with a big save when
needed
Earlier in the season goaltending was not a concern,both were playing well
considering the lack of offence,now there is offence but no goaltending
Last 4 games spits are 2-2,go 500 the rest of the way and u are out
I thought Pavelka was shaky against Peterborough as well, the goal by Ho-Sang 5 seconds later really killed the Petes and set things in a downward spiral. Split with Saginaw next week and they are looking pretty. Windsor will probably have to win 3 of 4 against Plymouth in order to make the playoffs. There are a lot of things to work on whether it's giving up goals in the first minute of a period or last minute of a period or avoid getting ambushed eg. 3 goals by Ottawa in 2 minutes, same thing happened earlier against Owen Sound this year. Not sure if the preparation is there on the players or being focused but something needs to be addressed. Said it before but one guy who needs to really adjust his game or buy in is Trevor Murphy -17 in 27 games now, has good offensive skill but is really lost defensively.
Saginaw doesn't lose any more, don't get your hopes up that the Spits are going to take both games. I don't think the Spits will get in now unfortunately, more to do with what the Spirit did, not what the Spits didn't. And I'm not sure what more could have gone wrong and not worked out in Windsor this season.
Why do the forwards get a free pass on being non existent in the defensive end. When they do get back long after the original rush because no one back checks they are out of position and completely ineffective along the wall, covering the points or just chipping pucks out. You can't ask defencemen to make 100 ft passes under pressure and out numbered. Giftopoulos is the only player they have worth a salt who is responsible in all area's of the ice.
Easy to blame the D and goaltending which Pav is totally lost he isn't challenging and is too deep in his net for starters. But now with the forwards all just playing the 50 ft of ice that Kirby does it just doesn't work. Coaches never held anyone accountable for taking short cuts, actually it was rewarded now it's an epidemic among the forwards.
The forwards backchecking has been absolutely horrendous I don't think anybody here would tell you otherwise. I agree coaches haven't held players accountable and that contributed to things getting out of hand.
Defense has been an issue for the past couple of years now so that is a big concern moving forward. In regards to goaltending I hope the talk of Pavelka as an OA is put to rest. Windsor will have possibly 2 top 20 import picks or in that area and they need to get 2 top forwards asap. Nobody will say injuries haven't played a role hurting depth but even when Khokhlachev and Aleardi were going the 2nd line of Vail-Johnson-Ho-Sang hasn't been that productive. You have 2 18 year olds and a top 5 pick on your 2nd line and there isn't any chemistry and productivity.
Depth tested further today as Aleardi is out with upper body injury,held out for
precautionary reasons
Brown and Verbeek enter the lineup,Spits dressing 7 D and 9 forwards,Pavelka gets
the call in goal
As for scoring 2nd line HoSang and Johnson have 5 pts each in their last 4 games,Vail
only 2 both goals
Goiftopoulous has 5 pts in his 4 games and 10 in his last 10 nice addition
Clark has done zilch
Said it before and I am a broken record but this organization has zero faith in DeKort. I didn't think DeKort was that bad last night, coming into a game when it's 3-0 5 mins in isn't easy for any goalie. Pavelka will have started all 3 games on this eastern swing, he has been pulled in 4 of his last 6. Did the Spits really think DeKort was poor on Sunday against Guelph? This would have been DeKort's first shot at playing in essence back to back games in the OHL. If the Spits season is all but over after next week DeKort should get every start the rest of the way.
BTW, I am REALLY missing Eric Locke. Top 5 in scoring. What did Taylor Carnevale do for us again? Oh, wait... he quit the Sting and went to the "Q".