• Moderators, please send me a PM if you are unable to access mod permissions. Thanks, Habsy.

GDT: Canes v. Blackhawks 2/19 7:00

Canes completely dominated the first 35 minutes, which was enough to secure the win against Chicago. Take the W and get ready for a much tougher opponent in Florida Thursday night.
 
I almost felt sorry for the Blackhawks after we took a 4-goal lead - and I felt really bad for Mrazek, who played most of the game without a team in front of him. (Plus, I still love the guy.) But I could sense that we were stepping off the gas late in the game - maybe it was the 3rd game in 4 nights catching up with us. After the 3rd goal by the Hawks, the unease in the arena was palpable. But a win is a win. Rest and get ready for Thursday.
 
I still love Petr as well. He didn't exactly set the goalie world on fire during his 2+ seasons here, but he will always be remembered as a part of the rebirth of great hockey here in Raleigh. I mean, really, aside from the Cup win in 2006, the best hockey we've ever seen around these parts. Long live Mr Azek!
 
ThinIce said:
I almost felt sorry for the Blackhawks after we took a 4-goal lead - and I felt really bad for Mrazek, who played most of the game without a team in front of him. (Plus, I still love the guy.) But I could sense that we were stepping off the gas late in the game - maybe it was the 3rd game in 4 nights catching up with us. After the 3rd goal by the Hawks, the unease in the arena was palpable. But a win is a win. Rest and get ready for Thursday.
Click to expand...
They took their foot off the gas after Aho’s goal. I hoped Foligno’s goal was a wakeup call, but they must have hit snooze on the alarm. Burns‘ goal came at the end of a fruitless PP, and then the penalty killers lost their minds, leaving Johnson and Bedard all alone. It’s a little concerning, the first period in Vegas was crap, the last 25ish minutes last night were crap. Maybe it was the 3rd game blues after a cross country flight. They stayed in Vegas after the game and flew on Sunday, maybe that disrupted the rhythm. Who knows. But they have to be better on Thursday.
 
Not sure how you do much better than the first two periods and finding three periods of that level of focus against ... checks notes ... the worst team in the league is expecting a lot. I'm not worried about the 3rd period at all. Of course, I don't expect 3 periods of perfection under pretty much any circumstances, so ... there's that. Why not? Because those games are vanishingly rare. You might see a "full 60" twice in a season so I really don't think it's a realistic bar.
 
jeffbear said:
Indeed. Now that they have a new hero, Chicago fans haven't even waited for the team to get good again to get their swagger going again. NEVER feel sorry for a bad team from NY or Chicago. EVER.
Click to expand...
Except the Bears right?
 
cmon3 said:
Except the Bears right?
Click to expand...
I'll make an exception for present company and for the White Sox (for no known reason), but in general no ... because fans of Chicago teams will generally go straight back to being entitled blowhards the second their team is any good. Even freaking Cubs fans, which is a RIOT considering their history.

Oh, forgot to include fans of Boston teams in the list, because they 100% belong there. Honestly, so do LA fans but we live on the opposite coast and are spared much of that bother by the grace of geography.
 
jeffbear said:
Oh, forgot to include fans of Boston teams in the list, because they 100% belong there. Honestly, so do LA fans but we live on the opposite coast and are spared much of that bother by the grace of geography.
Click to expand...
I will never feel sorry for Boston. Or Florida. Or the Rangers. There are others.
 
I know. I understand 💯. Chicago fans are ridiculous in ALL the worst ways. Just another in a long list of reasons why it sucks to be a Bears fan. Loyalty is an overrated virtue. I shouldn’t even really be a Bears fan. It was just a freak set of events that lead to it. And to top it all off I wasn’t even a fan during their glory year. I just get the never ending misery part. No matter what the right call on the NFL draft this season it’s not possible for them to make it. Whichever way they go it will be a huge mistake.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top