unsaddleddonald

 

Not dumb luck.  How many times does the goalie stop the puck for the defenseman to pickup?  A million times a game?  It's a routine play that they bobbled, bumbled, and ultimately got scored on.  Luck had nothing to do with it.  Execution did. 

 

 

Also, good teams that play good rise to the occasion in "must win" situations.  They score on one of their million powerplay chances.  They beat the worst team in the conference.  They do lots of things.  What they don't do is commit a litany of mental errors which ultimately give the game to the opposition on a night when their main competitors for the playoffs beat the second best team in the conference in a nearly identical situations.

Good teams beat teams that are asking to be beat.

 

yes... like i said, we need more goals, we can't win if we can't score. Saying the team didn't play well however is incorrect, Calgary had no business winning tonight,

It doesn't matter that they played well if they don't win.

I'm really not trying to get under your skin or anything, but moral victories don't produce 2 points.

Bottom line: score goals or get out.

I 100% agree that he's this team's MVP and we'd be in a lot of trouble without him.  I also agree that goal scoring is our biggest problem.

 

But that doesn't mean that he never deserves blame - and in particular he's got to take a lot of responsibility for this game.  What I found particularly inexcusable (as I said before) was his COMPLETE lack of effort to get back in the net on the third goal.  That was embarrassing.

Middle ground: the blame of this loss is 50% on Jimmy and 50% on the offense.

 

Did Jimmy Howard forget to drink his coffee and look extremely slow and disinterested on both goals? You're in a playoff race. You have to be on your toes, never taking your eyes off the puck, thinking at 100 mph about the next play. Not waddling around behind the net like a baby penguin expecting something to happen.

LOL

To blame Jimmy for this loss would imply that the team in front of him deserved to win.

They scored (for all intents and purposes) ONE GODDAMN GOAL.

ONE

Not Jimmy's fault.

Was it Jimmy Howard that failed to capitalize on all of those scoring chances?

Did Jimmy Howard have a TERRIBLE line change on that PP that left no one behind the goal line except Jimmy, Steve Begin, and the trapezoid?

Did Jimmy Howard throw the puck into his feet from Big E's stick?

It is not Jimmy Howard's fault the Red Wings lack a legitimate scoring threat.

FORECHECK FORECHECK FORECHECK

This is how Calgary played us last time too. They routinely have 3 guys high on the forecheck and we can't break it. Even when we do, we lack enough team speed to really make them pay.

Franzen is such a talented power forward. I just wish he had that grittiness that guys like clarkson and callahan have

Franzen's talent + Cleary's drive and desire =  pretty good hockey player.

We have the technology, we can build him...

To win, they must score.

Score more goals.

LOL, you mean like this?
Johan Franzen cranks Kevin Shattenkirk 1 Feb 2013 St. Louis Blues vs Detroit Red Wings NHL Hockey

Better hold on to that one. That's a pretty rare find.

Dan Cleary: "There is no such thing as a bad angle."

I agree with this.

Which makes this season so frustrating.

When will Babs:

1. cut ties with Dan Cleary
2. punish the Mule for his play
3. load up on skill on the top lines

Like others have mentioned, if there only was a way to put Cleary's drive and desire into Mule's body....

This seems to still be relevant.

Nothing....just nothing.

Not one player in this lineup can be counted on to score when we REALLY need one.

I can count on Hank or Pav to assist on the goal, but no one to score it.

This has been considered before. Buying into it anymore?

“If we need forwards, Riley Sheahan deserves a chance, Landon Ferraro, we’ve got Tomas Tatar, Gustav Nyquist, Joakim Andersson, Damien Brunner,..." per Kenny.

Uses the word "deserves". Makes me think he wants the young guys up now.

Also, Dan Cleary would have been sat by 29 other coaches at some point this year.

Everyone is freaking out because we didn't trade several roster players for Gaborik, when he has 1 more goal than Dan Cleary this season.

I'm not saying Gaborik would get us a Cup, but keep this line to yourself.

If you need a goal, are you REALLY relying on Dan Cleary as much as Marian Gaborik?

Is Marian Gaborik REALLY equal to Dan Cleary? Come on.....

Add Sheahan to this list.

I don't need a be an NHL head coach to see Dan Cleary fall on his ass at least once per shift or Ian White get pushed around like a little girl in every corner.

did anyone really want us to ge Clowe?

We need scoring.

He has no goals.

No.