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It worked for Team USA in the Junior Goodwill Games….Swapping a cold goalie for a shootout is a recipe for injury.
It worked for Team USA in the Junior Goodwill Games….Swapping a cold goalie for a shootout is a recipe for injury.
Yeah it was perfect shot also, the two draws they won prior to that and the icings bit them.The point was big. We knew this one was going to be real hard during the day and without Dobson.
This said, can't lose a draw late in the game as easily as Horvat lost to Trocheck on that Panarin goal. It was as perfect a faceoff win as you can get. Gotta just go for the neutralization every time in your own end.
And honestly, the boyz had more than enough opportunities to put this one away. Tons of good chances. If Panarin had half the chances Pageau and Fasching had, he's have had the trick tonight.
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One thing should be crystal clear to any and everyone in Islandersville - Sorokin does not win shootouts. He's just brutal in the shootout. Roy is new, but I'd have to think you simply have to put Varlamov in there for that part of the game, no matter what.
Sorokin is THAT bad.
Can you pull a goalie after the OT period and insert a back up goalie for the shoot out?. Because I'd rather a non-warmed up Varly than sorokinpretty good game 5 on 5; but the ridiculously bad PP really hurt. Also, glad there's no shootout in the playoffs - terrible way to decide a game, and Sorokin is just flat out bad in shootouts
FanDuel should have over/under on how many times Aho will be on his ass.I thought after they woke up half way through the first, that they played a good road game. But Aho spent a good part of the game on his rear, and I thought 44 was rather vanilla today. Other than that minus Dobson very good effort.
They had a chance to win it in OT, but nope…Panarin's snap from near the right faceoff circle from Sorokin's right was definitely a downer, but good for the Isles to push the game to OT, earn a point, the shootout, where the Rags won in a skills competition during the shootout.
He played 5 minutes and looked irrelevant out there. He couldn’t start his antics and I’m sure the refs warned the coaches if anything carry over stupidity happens, they’ll just toss guys.…any talk of rempe et al? Real big nothing burger, eh?
Pretty much. Dude is a waste of a roster spot, too bad isles couldn’t capitalize. All the hand wringing about rempe being in the lineup, lmaoHe played 5 minutes and looked irrelevant out there. He couldn’t start his antics and I’m sure the refs warned the coaches if anything carry over stupidity happens, they’ll just toss guys.
That second negative came on a cleanly blown face-off by Horvat. Leaving Horvat -2 and costing the lead. So yeah, that whole line needed more.Good for Sorokin to redeem himself and put together two straight solid games.
Palms, Fasching, and Romanov had excellent games.
Yeah, and Barzal - whatever. LMAO at the carrying the tram crowd and big game player crowd. He was APB, a -2, and with the win on his stick…nope.
Even Johnston did more and his roster spot was just about the same waste. It was all smoke in mirrors to get more calls when that backfired on Laviolette.Pretty much. Dude is a waste of a roster spot, too bad isles couldn’t capitalize. All the hand wringing about rempe being in the lineup, lmao
I can accept the inconsistent PP since there is a precedence. But the PK crashing the way it has this season doesn't make as much sense. That was never a weakness much less bottom level quality.The talk about brutal special teams should not be surprising, we know this team is built to sneak into the playoffs and try to grind out series wins by being the better 5v5 team where less penalties are called.
Hate that continued strategy all you want (I do), but that’s the strategy.
But it's not a mathematical must-win. Not at the risk of losing the point already earned if they surrendered an OT EN goal.In must-win situation like this, with a usually bold guy like Patrick, I'm shocked he didn't pull the goalie in OT.
The Knicks clinched a playoff spot.Does anyone have something positive to say? Christ.
That would have been a dumb as fvck thing to do.In must-win situation like this, with a usually bold guy like Patrick, I'm shocked he didn't pull the goalie in OT.
Problem with that is guys like Martin are dinosaurs in today’s NHL. Just about useless. Much like the meteor, they’re extinct.In all honesty, with his size and mobility Rempe can be a great bottom six project. If he can turn out a career like Matt Martin, that would be a great pick at that spot.
In must-win situation like this, with a usually bold guy like Patrick, I'm shocked he didn't pull the goalie in OT.