Comments on: Bizarre goal the difference in Thrashers loss

By: Rawhide

Rawhide — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:02:02 +0000

Maggie – Yes…you are absolutely correct. 185-foot goals are not only acceptable, they are in fact common place in the NHL. It was a blistering shot that he had absolutely no chance on

By: Maggie's Doctor

Maggie's Doctor — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:03:29 +0000

It’s that time of the month again.

By: Smoothie

Smoothie — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:00:30 +0000

After last nite’s disappointing loss to a tired Sharks team, I’m beginning to realize that Kozlov needs to be reunited with Peverley and Armstrong. There isn’t enough size on the Kahlua line to maintain puck possession and Kozzy doesn’t jibe well with Afinogenov because Finny likes to dominate the puck before passing or shooting.

And if Kozzy isn’t going to have the puck on his stick for the purpose of setting up other players then he is rendered rather ineffective. Moving him to the “third” line might get him going. And Kane showed last nite he can play with anyone due to his speed, reach and puck savvy.

Move Kaner up to the 2nd line and let he and Max terrorize teams with their speed and ability to get to the net. White is the perfect defensive complement for their risky tendencies. But Kane has demonstrated the ability to get back on D and break up plays / rushes with his superior back-checking.

This allows Little to move back to the top line where he needs to be handling ES face-offs. Also, playing up the middle would allow Little to get more opps to score from between the circles as Kovy and big Antro demand so much attention from the defense. Antro needs to shoot more and I don’t think if will at center where he feels the incessant need to set up Kovy.

If we don’t make adjustments like these to capitalize on the natural talents of our forwards, then puck possession, lack of scoring chances and poor transition D will continue to plague this team.

By: Tony C.

Tony C. — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:59:32 +0000

Funny.

This guy wrote this like two weeks ago:

http://snidesports.blogspot.com/2009/10/thrashers-report-hainseys-own-goals-in.html

Tough luck loss, was surprised that Coach didn’t put O-P back in as the starter…. See yall Thursday???

By: Alan R.

Alan R. — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:02:24 +0000

That was a bad loss. I couldn’t watch the game tonight, but I was watching the box score. I don’t know how the players looked, but seeing the score 4-1 in the second period made me really cringe. Seeing it was Hedberg at the helm for it made it even worse. I’m happy Pavelec kept them from scoring anymore, but we needed to capitalize on whatever other chances we had.

We need to do more to come back from these highly uneven scores, or we as fans will be sorely disappointed throughout the year.

By: stendec's proctologisty

stendec's proctologisty — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:59:25 +0000

Doc, there’s no medicine that can help him. I’m afraid we need to perform surgery.

By: stendec's doctor

stendec's doctor — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:26:27 +0000

CVS, Walgreens, Publix, Kroger, Walmart, and Rite Aid are out of his medication.

Does anyone have a two by four?

By: Sara

Sara — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:56:37 +0000

Now that I have that out of the way – it was an exciting game tonight though the final score and loss of Kovy (whether for the night or longer) were sure bummers. And I had the pleasure of finally meeting Smoothie as well as Paminski tonight which was great! Slowly but surely I’m getting to put faces with names around here. Hopefully one of these days I’ll manage to make it over to TJs and meet more of you.

By: Sara

Sara — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:53:22 +0000

Well if “To Hell with em” is your final word on the subject, Stendec, I hope that’s the final word from you. This team – any team – can do without “fans” like you. It’s one thing to point out screw-ups or weaknesses with a team, it’s something else entirely to dump a heap of crap all over all of them. Guess what – teams all across sports get down by a score or two or sometimes more and battle their way back into the game. Sometimes those battle-back efforts come up short and sometimes they don’t. But only when you completely give up on the game after you get down are you truly heartless. And that’s something we’ve all seen out of the Thrashers of the past and I for one am very proud of this team we have that they show more faith and guts and heart than you do.

By: Brendan

Brendan — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:50:32 +0000

Well, the Wild pulled it off, in overtime, over Carolina, 3-2. So, Tampa and Carolina left points on the board tonight, but the Islanders didn’t help us out any. The Isles had the Caps, 2-0, with 13:58 left in regulation. Capitals won, 3-2, in overtime. Dagnabit! Mandy Sutton had an assist.

In other news, Ottawa collapsed tonight. They had Boston, 3-1, late in the third. But Bruins rallied for two late goals, then won it in the shootout. I think it was Bergeron with the lone S/O tally.

The Leafs are 0-7-1 on this young season. They had a WEEK to prepare for this game vs. Vancouver. The Canucks won, 3-1, with the empty-netter at the end. Toronto’s in trouble. They need Kessel. They need a lot of things. The Islanders might be the better team between the two of them. Straight up, the Isles are 1-8 and Toronto is 0-8. But the Isles actual record is 1-4-4, for 5-pts.

Answering truthfully, at the conclusion of last season, which team did you think was in WORSE shape, the Islanders, Avalanche, or Maple Leafs? I might have been tempted to say the Avalanche. But just look at them! They’re kickin’ tail and takin’ names so far this year.