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Comrie bringing his A period so far. They need to keep throwing pucks at him.

A follow up to the Defensive positioning. Before the goal was scored, you can see Timmons stay with his guy, Bryam went to the boards (as a D-man could/should rather than a forward deep in the zone) and Benson 'kinda' picks up the front of the net. In the next screenshot, Timmons is still with his guy (he played that exactly as he should). Byram was out of the play because he was circling back, but thats fine because he was coming back from the boards. Until Byram circles back, Benson was covering the front of the net/Connon and he NEEDS to keep doing that. It was Benson who lost his guy. This one is not at all on the D-men. They did their job. Forward coverage made them look bad for all that are blaming Timmons/Byram.

Nice try PP....

With the Sabres PP there is no such thing as an opponent taking a bad penalty

Did Dahlin just have a chance by... not doing a drop pass on the PP? Or did he receive the drop pass and I missed it because watching the power play is often a good time to get a beer?

Our passes are so telegraphed on the PP. Tage is such a black hole on the PP. Dude just stands in the same spot every time

Biz criticized the d-men. Hank kept it at team defense and having the willingness to play it.

Jets take the dreaded offensive zone penalty.

Signing in! 4 shots, 1 goal? Here we go again.

They are averaging more than one goal against per game per Matt Fairburn

Glad you told me. I was going to ask if we had 2 D on the ice. I only saw forwards. WTF.

This is just what I mentioned in another thread befor where the Defense takes too much blame. The puck went into the corner down low and then up the side, Byram went after it. Timmons was left alone in front of the net. When Byram is on the near boards it is the job of a FORWARD (probably the center or the near side winger) to cover for him. Its perfectly fine for the D-mean to go to the boards, I'd RATHER have a D-man down there than a center, but it is the forwards job to cover for them. Timmons didn't do much wrong, he had to cover 2 guys in front of the net because of lack of support. Byram did nothing wrong, he went to the boards under the dots to chase a puck that is on the FORWARDS, not Byram or Timmons. Watching the replay, that looked to be on Benson, everyone's 2-way hero. Bendon was the closest guy to the front of the net, as a matter of fact about 2 seconds before the goal was scored Byram was already on the boards and Benson was right near Connor. For some reason he 'floated' away from him and no one covered him.

Byram was up by the blue line.

Not giving your goalie a chance. Giving up two point blank shots. Someone blew an assignment.

The Timmons and Byram pairing strikes again

That went south quickly.

1-0

Ok, just 2 minutes later and Krebs, Greenway, and Malenstyn are out there again already, this time for a longer shift. Maybe Lindy DOES anticipate this is the line he wants the use the most tonight?

Username checks out.

A minor gripe, but I don't understan starting with Krebs, Greenway, and Malenstyn. Yeah, there is 'setting the tone' I guess, but their shift lasted a total a 19 seconds and nothing happened. You are on the road, so the Jets are going to match your lines not the other way around. Whatever line you envision getting the most ice time for you, your 'best' line, is going to get matched by the Jets anyway, so just put them out to start the game.

He played well earlier this week. Hopefully he's starting a heater.

OK, UPL in net. I still don't trust him. Last year his play probably turned me on him more than any other player I can think. I would rather they moved in for spare parts a week ago. But, they didn't and he's in net now. So...play a good game. Maybe steal a game for a win. Those of us that don't trust you, win that trust back. If Ruff and the front office want him as the starter, then be a starter. no softies tonight.

*NEARLY* headless?!

Got the first fireplace fire of winter going. LaChouffe Belgian Blonde chilling, and I jinxed the Jets with a small wager. Worked with Carolina.