Alaska Darin Posted March 15, 2006 Posted March 15, 2006 Miller was good tonight when he needed to be - in the third period. Everyone here is correct, he is struggling tracking the puck and his positioning is at times woeful (it really shows up on the breaks, which are normally his strength but lately have me eating my lip like a Mad Max scavenger). I'm also seeing some serious defensive positioning mistakes. On top of that, the defensemen are struggling finding the flow. They're jumping in too early or too late, getting caught flat or bailing to soon. I think much of that has to do with changing the pairings and Lydman/Teppo feeling the effects of the Olympics. The nice thing is we have time to work it out. Kalinin looked more comfortable tonight, even smacking Ovechkin to the ice on a one-on-one play. As far as Washington goes, they did beat NJ last week and even though they are young and inexperienced from the few times I've seen them they do play hard every shift, every night. When that happens you're bound to make a few plays some nights and tonight they did. We are also playing our third game in four nights, so a third period comeback is pretty nice...
bartshan-83 Posted March 15, 2006 Posted March 15, 2006 Fuggin' Tampa Bay. Fugg. 630014[/snapback] following on cbssportsline.... Ottawa scored with 6 seconds left?
Alaska Darin Posted March 15, 2006 Posted March 15, 2006 following on cbssportsline.... Ottawa scored with 6 seconds left? 630020[/snapback] Tampa just can't make simple plays this season and once again it bit them. Torts was HOT at the end of the game and I don't blame him. His team deserved a better fate from what I saw.
BillsGuyInMalta Posted March 15, 2006 Posted March 15, 2006 Crap...stupid Bolts! Ah well...guess we'll have to bring them down ourselves
SACTOBILLSFAN Posted March 15, 2006 Posted March 15, 2006 Yeah the games that are gonna decide the fate of the northeastern division are the heads up games against the Sens
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted March 15, 2006 Posted March 15, 2006 Miller was good tonight when he needed to be - in the third period. Everyone here is correct, he is struggling tracking the puck and his positioning is at times woeful (it really shows up on the breaks, which are normally his strength but lately have me eating my lip like a Mad Max scavenger). I'm also seeing some serious defensive positioning mistakes. On top of that, the defensemen are struggling finding the flow. They're jumping in too early or too late, getting caught flat or bailing to soon. Three of the four goals happened in front of me. On at least two of them, the defensemen made errors that resulted in the goal (that first goal, by Clymer, was an egregiously bad defensive play. I was jumping out of my seat yelling at whatever bozo - Campbell, I think - left Clymer wide open to cover an already covered Ovechkin well before the goal...without cutting off the obvious pass, either. !@#$ing stupid.) Miller wasn't great...but he wasn't nearly as bad as he looked, and after the first period he was good when he had to be. As far as Washington goes, they did beat NJ last week and even though they are young and inexperienced from the few times I've seen them they do play hard every shift, every night. When that happens you're bound to make a few plays some nights and tonight they did. 629989[/snapback] They have a pretty decent core to build a team around. Give them two years and, provided they find a suitable replacement for Kolzig, they can be competitive again. They're nowhere near as bad a team as their record, though. And Ovechkin is something else...he's like a cross between Gretzky and a truck. And as for the Sabres, I have only one other thing to say: any team that gives up two goals in six seconds to go down 3-1 at the end of the first period, then outscores their opponent 5-1 through the last two periods to win, is a very good team. An average team folds in that situation. The Sabres played with the same sense of "Of course we'll win this" panache that the Bills had in the early 90's.
Ghost of BiB Posted March 15, 2006 Posted March 15, 2006 Three of the four goals happened in front of me. On at least two of them, the defensemen made errors that resulted in the goal (that first goal, by Clymer, was an egregiously bad defensive play. I was jumping out of my seat yelling at whatever bozo - Campbell, I think - left Clymer wide open to cover an already covered Ovechkin well before the goal...without cutting off the obvious pass, either. !@#$ing stupid.) Miller wasn't great...but he wasn't nearly as bad as he looked, and after the first period he was good when he had to be.They have a pretty decent core to build a team around. Give them two years and, provided they find a suitable replacement for Kolzig, they can be competitive again. They're nowhere near as bad a team as their record, though. And Ovechkin is something else...he's like a cross between Gretzky and a truck. And as for the Sabres, I have only one other thing to say: any team that gives up two goals in six seconds to go down 3-1 at the end of the first period, then outscores their opponent 5-1 through the last two periods to win, is a very good team. An average team folds in that situation. The Sabres played with the same sense of "Of course we'll win this" panache that the Bills had in the early 90's. 630129[/snapback] You said panache.
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