HumanSlinky39

HOLY SMOKES A POWER PLAY GOAL

5 minute power play?

PETERKA

RYAN JOHNSON...nm ZEMGUS

They make up for being subpar 5v5 by being absolutely dreadful on the power play.

Do they practice the power play?

Scoreless halfway through the game against the Blackhawks and an .875 goalie. Rad.

Benson is an 18 year old Rookie who plays with energy and actually forechecks. Many nights he's been one of our most impactful players.

These same guys looked like an offensive force much of last season. This season they're too often just gliding around, tossing off sloppy passes, and don't seem to have any clear purpose out there. We still get occasional glimpses of what they're capable of, but then follow that up with another clunker or three. That's what's so frustrating. I still say these guys like Granato, but they won't play for him on any consistent basis. We need a new, tougher voice behind the bench.

Another underwhelming first frame. Luckily the Hawks are awful

Oh good, back on the power play.

Upie saves our bacon.

Let's go, boys. Put this AHL team away early, plz.

I want to buy in, but we've seen these macro-runs before from Upie, then he turns back into a pumpkin for a while. Overall, he's definitely been a good bit better in total so far this season. If he could turn into a steady .910 guy, it would be huge.

I'm not taking anything away from Hasek, he's the GOAT to me (and the inspiration for my username), but holding today's goaltenders up to his standards is simply a false equivalency. He played in a different era when scoring was waaaaaaay down.

And we continue to wait for our first three game win streak of the season as we enter mid-January.

Different era. The "dead puck" era.

Alright, let's start an actual proper win streak, yes? YES???

COZENS

DO NOT BLOW THIS

Need to tighten up. Very sloppy this period.

Okposo on the power play again. Harumph.

Nice dangle by TNT. He's looking like the TNT we love tonight, not the aloof fella we've had most of the season.

Ratfarts.

21 blocks through two periods. 7 between EJ & RJ. We're gonna have some bruised Johnsons after this one. I'll show myself out...