TippettandHague 0 Report post Posted September 29, 2017 1 hour ago, marcaractac said: If you're referring to the preseason, he has been fine. Especially last night. No chance on either goal. But them's the breaks when playing behind a bunch of kids. Just looking at the score of the game, eh? Lefty wont be watching any games this season out of protest. Remember? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChristopherReevesLegs 7,022 Report post Posted September 29, 2017 I have my anti-Mrazek bias, but I think Mrazek has looked ok in preseason. Kinda meh. Not awful, but definitely nothing special or worth getting excited about. Has he looked "really good"? Definitely not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kickazz 5,459 Report post Posted September 29, 2017 No doubt Howard looks better, Mrazek looked good yesterday Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,206 Report post Posted September 29, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, ChristopherReevesLegs said: I have my anti-Mrazek bias, but I think Mrazek has looked ok in preseason. Kinda meh. Not awful, but definitely nothing special or worth getting excited about. Has he looked "really good"? Definitely not. Eh, fair enough. He hasn't wowed me, but I don't really want him to wow me. When he wows me (flashy, dramatic saves and such), it's usually because he's been caught out of position and forced to try make a low-percentage desperation stop. I want him to be more like Howard: cool, calm, collected, clean, efficient, consistent, stopping the pucks he should be stopping. I want him to be less of an athletic, reactive goalie and more of an economical, positionally sound goalie. To me, it looks like he's making that change. He's allowed some goal against, but he's also been hung out to dry many times. http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nhl/red-wings/2017/09/28/red-wings-let-lead-get-away-fall-blackhawks/106099296/ Goaltender Petr Mrazek stopped 37 shots, as the Red Wings were outshot 41-34. “He (Mrazek) was excellent,” coach Jeff Blashill said. “You can’t give up two back-door goals, that’s no way, no chance, you have to make sure you give him (a goaltender) a chance to make the save. He was excellent.” Edited September 29, 2017 by Dabura 2 krsmith17 and amato reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChristopherReevesLegs 7,022 Report post Posted September 29, 2017 21 minutes ago, Dabura said: Eh, fair enough. He hasn't wowed me, but I don't really want him to wow me. When he wows me (flashy, dramatic saves and such), it's usually because he's been caught out of position and forced to try make a low-percentage desperation stop. I want him to be more like Howard: cool, calm, collected, clean, efficient, consistent, stopping the pucks he should be stopping. I want him to be less of an athletic, reactive goalie and more of an economical, positionally sound goalie. To me, it looks like he's making that change. He's allowed some goal against, but he's also been hung out to dry many times. http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nhl/red-wings/2017/09/28/red-wings-let-lead-get-away-fall-blackhawks/106099296/ Goaltender Petr Mrazek stopped 37 shots, as the Red Wings were outshot 41-34. “He (Mrazek) was excellent,” coach Jeff Blashill said. “You can’t give up two back-door goals, that’s no way, no chance, you have to make sure you give him (a goaltender) a chance to make the save. He was excellent.” Not sure you can call this statement reliable seeing as Jeff Blashill is a big dumb dumb stupid head Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,206 Report post Posted September 29, 2017 26 minutes ago, ChristopherReevesLegs said: Not sure you can call this statement reliable seeing as Jeff Blashill is a big dumb dumb stupid head I reserve the right to invoke his authority when it supports my arguments. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,206 Report post Posted September 30, 2017 Nyquist! Great setup by Z. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,206 Report post Posted September 30, 2017 End of 1st. 1-1. Outshooting them 15-3. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kickazz 5,459 Report post Posted September 30, 2017 (edited) 35 minutes ago, Dabura said: Nyquist! Great setup by Z. Ah yes its good to see the Don's vision is still intact. Edited September 30, 2017 by kickazz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,206 Report post Posted September 30, 2017 Our power play is in midseason form. Daley has not impressed me. The Daley-DeKeyser pairing is probably not going to work out. They somehow left two Leafs alone below the hash marks when we were attempting to break out, which resulted in an easy goal for Nylander. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,206 Report post Posted September 30, 2017 Hicketts is absolutely NHL-ready. 3 marcaractac, krsmith17 and puckbags reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marcaractac 3,961 Report post Posted September 30, 2017 disney.com !!!! 1 NerveDamage reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,206 Report post Posted September 30, 2017 Glendening! (Backhand shot.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marcaractac 3,961 Report post Posted September 30, 2017 5 hours ago, TippettandHague said: Lefty wont be watching any games this season out of protest. Remember? Is it because Holland didn't draft you? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,206 Report post Posted September 30, 2017 End of 2nd. Tied 2-2. Leafs were the better team this period. I miss Rasmussen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NerveDamage 4,176 Report post Posted September 30, 2017 All Hail The Mighty Cube! 1 ChristopherReevesLegs reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HadThomasVokounOnFortSt 878 Report post Posted September 30, 2017 Good to see we still can’t start periods on time... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
puckbags 863 Report post Posted September 30, 2017 6 hours ago, LeftWinger said: That will be unfortunate having Kronwall and E on the opening night roster... I mean the whole season really comes down to whether Kronwall, E and DK can play remotely close to what their contracts say they should. Hicketts has been our best D man on the ice tonight and he will get buried in GR. I don't mind our forwards. At least they have some promise but they have no chance if we spend half the night in our own end. Jimmy has been great tonight. Looks sharp. To end this rant I would like to say that this 20 penalties a game garbage is hard to watch and doesn't do anything to make people watch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,206 Report post Posted September 30, 2017 This DeKeyser-Daley pairing. Good Lord. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,206 Report post Posted September 30, 2017 Hicketts absolutely destroys two Leafs in a ten-second span. Kid can hit, in case it wasn't already clear. 3 krsmith17, marcaractac and NerveDamage reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
puckbags 863 Report post Posted September 30, 2017 3 minutes ago, Dabura said: Hicketts absolutely destroys two Leafs in a ten-second span. Kid can hit, in case it wasn't already clear. Could we ever expect the Wings to think outside the box and put this kid on the roster. ? 1 Dabura reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wingnut1989 165 Report post Posted September 30, 2017 should of not signed daley, could just played hickett instead 1 krsmith17 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NerveDamage 4,176 Report post Posted September 30, 2017 3 minutes ago, puckbags said: Could we ever expect the Wings to think outside the box and put this kid on the roster. ? We could only hope. They gave Jensen the chance and, imo, it worked. they should do the same with Hicketts. 1 krsmith17 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,206 Report post Posted September 30, 2017 Leafs win 4-2. Top line was good overall, though not at all on the power play. Power play was, of course, a dumpster fire. Larkin line was ok but didn't give us enough. Mantha seemed to be coasting a bit. Sheahan is like Emmerton but more vanilla and less effective. I have no idea what's going on with him. Fourth line was a black hole, though Glendening did score. Defense situation remains a mess. DeKeyser-Daley is woof, so much woof. Green looks like he's already mentally checked out in anticipation of being traded. Hicketts was our best defenseman. He didn't have a perfect game, but he was the only one of our defensemen who slightly resembled a respectable top-paring defenseman. Howard was good, made a couple of great clutch saves. 2 krsmith17 and puckbags reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
puckbags 863 Report post Posted September 30, 2017 2 minutes ago, NerveDamage said: We could only hope. They gave Jensen the chance and, imo, it worked. they should do the same with Hicketts. At this point I think he at least deserves the chance to play his way off the team. Not the other way around. 3 TheXym, Dabura and krsmith17 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
