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Hi again,
how about the D ? Is anyone playing well in GR ?
Same for the goalies (if not injured) ?
Difficult game to come vs NYI in a few hours… let’s go young ones !Just saw videos of the after game brawl. Part of me says “what a pity, what a stupid Quick doing that, a goalie stays there and does not go in like this” and a little part of me says “okay, he really wants to win badly, at 39, it is not respectful but understandable”.
Loved ASP coming in and help though he is so small, Ed jumping in without thinking he’s got two or three around him throwing punches, Larkin helping of course, Hamonic trying to take one on each arm, Seider stepping in.
Trying to stay a bit more neutral than some NY official sites, I would say Appleton should have stopped his shot, he had time for that but it was not the end of the world and not at all a reason for Quick to go in like this. This is nowhere for a goalie to be or to do, even if the game is over and you don’t mind staying focused or not.
The crowd seemed to love it, okay, and it is emotions indeed. But all this frustration… Quick was trying to contain his emotions and anger on the interview.
NHL mustn’t forget all this is because of poor calls for both teams : what lesson will they learn ?I like your stats on the 6 wins out of 10 games, it will be interesting to follow. They are going to have up and downs but it gives us a good idea where they are.
We should remember the east is so difficult, teams are so close, but if you manage to go to playoffs, you could probably do some interesting games and go forward a bit.
This last game shows us that Detroit has the talent, the coaches, it only needs mental toughness, will (and sometimes rest…) to win !Concerning young D issues indeed, but is it the system or the players ? I’m not sure having a top 4 D (if it is ever possible now it is so expensive) will change the D system. NHL is punishing, a mistake = a goal, but if you can play following a good D system, with a lot of will, it should be enough. Look at the start of the season, it worked.
Maybe it is too demanding, and as the young ones are getting tired, they cannot follow it properly.
But I’m not sure a good D would bring better results. Unless they can bring a superstar like Lidstrom…Yes, indeed, consistency is the main thing with this team ; talent is there but with so many games, you can understand why players can be tired (bodies and/or heads) but that’s how you go to playoffs, furthermore if your division is so so so so (did I say “so” ?) difficult !
At least, once you are in, that means you really deserve it and can do something interesting, and discover unusual heroes.
But as it is often said, one game after the other, we are so far away from that today !Yes, what a relief for the fans too !
They want to win against good teams, and with a bit of work they can do it. Not so motivated against other teams.
The young ones are not spending a long time in the game (watch ASP !), let’s hope it will push every one to become better !
By the way, how was Kasper ?Hi again,
one of the problems is Gibson or Talbot have to be very sharp when the team isn’t, and it didn’t happen enough on this losing streak.
And now, other teams know Kasper and the PP, so they are not surprised anymore. I cannot watch the full games but is the team already tired ? Is it just confidence for the goals ?
Detroit should be motivated facing one of the top teams, no question about that ! A lot of players are proud and want a “revenge”. A spark for the rest of the season ?A season is very long, effort is difficult to sustain but such a difference is such short time ?
3 PP/3 for Chicago, and even a last 5th goal (I thought it was an empty net one… no. 0/5 for Detroit ! 45 shots (!), 1 goal… and they are back home. Too tired from the trip ?
What is going on ?
Panic button is close this time.Following the Chicago game, I’m getting a bit mad : 3/3 pp for Chicago, 0/5 for Detroit ! 35 shots, 1 goal… how can you win a game like this ? I’m getting worried for the season now. If you cannot score on 35+ shots, it is a problem indeed. Grrr, I’m not even listening to the end, though for once it was early enough for me !
Danielson looking good, that’s the only positive thing for now.I loved Gibson’s reaction after Barbarshev tried to intimidate him after a shot : he smiled, seemed to say “do you think that will annoy me boy”, and then Larkin came to help ! Calmness, confidence.
The team looks solid but sometimes tired, (bending with the stick on the knees after the whistle) let’s hope the day off and Kane coming back will help for the next games. Rest, rest, rest…
Eager to follow the next game against Vegas at home, they will have to win it !What a goal by Raymond ! He has really high hockey IQ. I liked Seider’s reaction on his goal too, staying calm but happy (we can see on his face when he is not happy at all or not confident enough). Cat is playing well, so is Talbot. Larkin looked a bit frustrated because he’s be doing so well at the start of the season.
Kane not back yet is a bit of a concern, does anyone have any update ?
Once again, good points, everyone would have signed for that trip ! Let’s see how it will end against a really tough team.
Plus : are they going with Talbot again or are they keeping his energy for the season ? He seems to be more consistent than Gibson.
By the way, Leonard did a nice pre season, his name did’nt come unnoticed but soon forgotten by the start of the season. Now he looks like a player Yzerman could call up !Hi again from overseas,
interesting to compare the numbers from last season at the same time, there is progress indeed even if defense still needs to get better. Is Ed playing well ? ASP is starting to learn the difficult part of the NHL, a bit slow on Terry’s goal (I thought he could skate well but maybe a bit tired on that shift), Hamonic not that bad and a quite good surprise from Chiarot (I’m always careful with this name because in french, “chariot” means a trolley and is almost the same spelling…)
Good surprise from GR, but with Gus and Holl, Leonard and two pretty good goalies, it is another team.
Detroit will need to rest and train to get all the little things back to work, but with the schedule, it is so difficult. They have to focus on the next game, but also see further away for the playoffs (so, good to let the young ones do mistakes… for now !)
Hi everyone,
an interesting trip coming up for Detroit ! I read somewhere that a 3 wins 2 losses would be very good. The results of this trip will be another curve to this long season.
Yzerman being in GR means indeed he has something planned. A bit disappointed for MBN but eager to see someone else come up and try to help AND stay for a long time (a young one would be better for the future). I hope it will not disturb GR winning.
A bit surprised to see Hamonic coming back, but it is nice to give him another chance to play.
Very surprised to see Kasper struggle so much, let’s hope Kane’s come back will help. But it is 2nd year and he was aware of that.
Interesting to see Gus helping the young ones in GR. What a good attitude as he could easily play for a lot of NHL teams this year and just shrug in GR.The start of the game seems to have been good (10 shots to 0) and Gibson at last gives some confidence to the team.
You can see genuine happiness for ASP scoring his first, a lot of good signs for a winning team who will need to go on like this. You may have all the talent you want (they have), you will need to keep (or get it back quickly) confidence to stay consistent for a long season !
We will know more after the Christmas break or even the all star game, this will be the real test and of course, IF they go to playoffs, they will have to be rested and not injured.
But for now, they are doing the work and it is really enjoyable for every fan.Fan de Detroit, je dis bravo à Montréal pour cette victoire…
D’en France, on peut revoir les “condensed games” et c’est déjà bien pour se rendre compte que l’équipe a dominé (avec un bon gardien aussi).
On espère se retrouver aux playoffs, la saison est longue et ce sera difficile pour les deux équipes mais bon courage !ps : ayant eu la chance de visiter Montréal il y a de ça des dizaines d’années, en été, j’ai pu aller voir la patinoire mais forcément elle était fermée. J’espère revenir (comme R. Charlebois ?) pour cette fois, entrer dedans pour de bon !
