GDT: Pittsburgh at Buffalo, Sept. 16, 2019, 7pm (at Penn St.), WGR, online stream.

[LGR4GM]

13 minutes ago, darksabre said:

Is it me or does Dahlin look faster?

He does. I'm kinda excited for it. 

[inkman]

2 minutes ago, Thorny said:

11-1 shots. 

I feel like teams should coordinate when they play their good players. Can we learn anything from this?

Even though you are playing an NHL roster against scrubs, hockey is such *****ery that it makes you no better on the scoreboard.

 

Quite Frankly, this is what is frustraitng about the whole sport.  We have Eichel, Dahlin, Reinhart, Skinner, Montour and we'll be lucky to fight for 8th place. 

[erickompositör72]

Thompson going to the dirty areas?

[miles]

i got a new laptop. the game looks a bit fuzzy. i am trying to figure out if its my new laptop or if it really is a bit fuzzy. 

 

any input would be appreciated

[erickompositör72]

Just now, miles said:

i got a new laptop. the game looks a bit fuzzy. i am trying to figure out if its my new laptop or if it really is a bit fuzzy. 

 

any input would be appreciated

It's fuzzy. The media dept. should be ashamed of themselves

[inkman]

3 minutes ago, nfreeman said:

Whoa.  Joker is really GD fast.

 

2 minutes ago, Derrico said:

That Jokiharju kid looks alright.  Quick. 

He needs to be as he's not exactly Bogo sized. 

[Brawndo]

Zemgus-Larsson-Oglieve will be a great line for the Amerks this year 

[erickompositör72]

Sheary with the speed!

[Randall Flagg]

Joki with a forgettable shift there. Two bad decisions in a row. 

***** I love Dahlin. And Sheary is a reliable finisher on those partial breakaways.

[Brawndo]

More of that please 

[Randall Flagg]

Thought Lazar was Reinhart until now. Was wondering why Sam got so bad 

[LGR4GM]

Still love Jokiharju. 

[Thorny]

Just now, inkman said:

Even though you are playing an NHL roster against scrubs, hockey is such *****ery that it makes you no better on the scoreboard.

 

Quite Frankly, this is what is frustraitng about the whole sport.  We have Eichel, Dahlin, Reinhart, Skinner, Montour and we'll be lucky to fight for 8th place. 

And the Pack have Aaron Rodgers perhaps the best thrower of the football technically of all time and are usually pretty bad. Just the nature of the beast, as you know, in large-team sports. 

If there was actually a talent discrepancy this big during the regular season I'm sure the results would bear themselves out, though. 

16-2 shots, it's not a legitimate competition we are seeing tonight ?

[LGR4GM]

2 minutes ago, inkman said:

 

He needs to be as he's not exactly Bogo sized. 

[inkman]

1 minute ago, Brawndo said:

Zemgus-Larsson-Oglieve will be a great line for the Amerks this year 

We both know that ain't happening.  Now Sobotka-Asplund-Ogelvie has the makings of a great AHL line. 

[miles]

2 minutes ago, erickompositör72 said:

It's fuzzy. The media dept. should be ashamed of themselves

thank you. im glad its not the laptop. i havent been happy with it, but i cant return it without losing a 10% restocking fee

[darksabre]

3 minutes ago, erickompositör72 said:

Thompson going to the dirty areas?

I'm going to have to watch him more in this game. I don't think he looks much stronger so far...

[erickompositör72]

Hutton gets a save in before the end of the period

[inkman]

Just now, LGR4GM said:

Come on Liger, the reason he's good is his abilities, one of which is speed.  Which he wouldn't have if he was 6'4" 230 lbs. 

[erickompositör72]

Just now, darksabre said:

I'm going to have to watch him more in this game. I don't think he looks much stronger so far...

If I'm not mistaken, he took the puck from the corner and drove to the front of the net, for the first time I think I've ever seen.

[triumph_communes]

Cozens likes to stick handle. He likes to engage physically too and that’s refreshing as a lot of our guys don’t.

Tage controlling the ice out there. He did this in the AHL last year though and looked a different player in NHL. We’ll see. 

Dahlin is so good.  Looks bigger for sure.

Vesey invisible out there so far. 

[inkman]

4 minutes ago, Thorny said:

And the Pack have Aaron Rodgers perhaps the best thrower of the football technically of all time and are usually pretty bad. Just the nature of the beast, as you know, in large-team sports. 

If there was actually a talent discrepancy this big during the regular season I'm sure the results would bear themselves out, though. 

16-2 shots, it's not a legitimate competition we are seeing tonight ?

Does this look like "usually bad"? 

QBs in football are the single biggest difference makers in sport. 

2018	6-9-1	3rd -- NFC North	--	Mike McCarthy, Joe Philbin	Roster / Stats
2017	7-9-0	3rd -- NFC North	--	Mike McCarthy	Roster / Stats
2016	10-6-0	1st -- NFC North	2-1 - Lost Conference Championship	Mike McCarthy	Roster / Stats
2015	10-6-0	2nd -- NFC North	1-1 - Lost Divisional Playoffs	Mike McCarthy	Roster / Stats
2014	12-4-0	1st -- NFC North	1-1 - Lost Conference Championship	Mike McCarthy	Roster / Stats
2013	8-7-1	1st -- NFC North	0-1 - Lost Wild Card Playoffs	Mike McCarthy	Roster / Stats
2012	11-5-0	1st -- NFC North	1-1 - Lost Divisional Playoffs	Mike McCarthy	Roster / Stats
2011	15-1-0	1st -- NFC North	0-1 - Lost Divisional Playoffs	Mike McCarthy	Roster / Stats
2010	10-6-0	2nd -- NFC North	4-0 - Won Superbowl	Mike McCarthy	Roster / Stats
2009	11-5-0	2nd -- NFC North	0-1 - Lost Wild Card Playoffs	Mike McCarthy	Roster / Stats
2008	6-10-0

[Thorny]

3 minutes ago, inkman said:

Does this look like "usually bad"? 

QBs in football are the single biggest difference makers in sport. 

2018	6-9-1	3rd -- NFC North	--	Mike McCarthy, Joe Philbin	Roster / Stats
2017	7-9-0	3rd -- NFC North	--	Mike McCarthy	Roster / Stats
2016	10-6-0	1st -- NFC North	2-1 - Lost Conference Championship	Mike McCarthy	Roster / Stats
2015	10-6-0	2nd -- NFC North	1-1 - Lost Divisional Playoffs	Mike McCarthy	Roster / Stats
2014	12-4-0	1st -- NFC North	1-1 - Lost Conference Championship	Mike McCarthy	Roster / Stats
2013	8-7-1	1st -- NFC North	0-1 - Lost Wild Card Playoffs	Mike McCarthy	Roster / Stats
2012	11-5-0	1st -- NFC North	1-1 - Lost Divisional Playoffs	Mike McCarthy	Roster / Stats
2011	15-1-0	1st -- NFC North	0-1 - Lost Divisional Playoffs	Mike McCarthy	Roster / Stats
2010	10-6-0	2nd -- NFC North	4-0 - Won Superbowl	Mike McCarthy	Roster / Stats
2009	11-5-0	2nd -- NFC North	0-1 - Lost Wild Card Playoffs	Mike McCarthy	Roster / Stats
2008	6-10-0

I'm a Packer fan, believe me I've seen how they've done. 

But yes, they've been pretty bad. Relative to how good they should be given their QB. Which is what I should have said. It's been a very similar story to how it went with Favre after he got his title. 

Don't wanna derail the thread here though. But compare the impact a Lebron can have relative to a Rodgers. 

Edited September 16, 2019 by Thorny

[dudacek]

Thing that jumped out to me was the puck-moving D — quick passes on the money.

That, and the fact that our worst players would probably be on the first line on this Pittsburgh team. Guys like Jokiharju, Thompson, Cozens, Gilmour, Lazar, Nelson and Elie aren't going to be in the starting lineup opening night and have reasonable NHL experience and aspirations.

4 minutes ago, triumph_communes said:

Vesey invisible out there so far. 

I sure noticed the one-touch pass to spring Gilmour for the first goal.

[bob_sauve28]

14 minutes ago, miles said:

i got a new laptop. the game looks a bit fuzzy. i am trying to figure out if its my new laptop or if it really is a bit fuzzy. 

 

any input would be appreciated

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