Canucks vs. Blue Jackets in Columbus 4PM PST SNET-P

[Listercat]

Luongo kept them in a game that should not have gone to OT let alone a shootout !!

The strategy for breaking the trap is IMO not working. The Dman are forced to rifle the puck up the boards so the winger can tip it into the offensive zone. The problem with this is twofold. Firstly, it can lead to neutral zone turnovers, which it did on several occasions. Secondly, the "forecheckers" are standing still waiting for the puck to cross the blue line and they often can't get in quick enough. This strategy also tends to widen the gap between the D and forwards on breakouts as forwards vacate early.

Mason was ripe for the picking and the Canucks let him get away.

[Benjo]

I didn't get to see that goal. You may have crushed my optimism.

However, flopping on the puck (even if it squeezes by) is different than flopping in front of the shooter. There is a respectable flop, and then there is the … fish flop.

Was Lu respectable or fishy ?

It was actually kind of like this goal also scored by Carter on Lu, it was a 4 on 3 and Carter somehow jammed it under his pad while Lu was prone.

[clem]

I didn't get to see that goal. You may have crushed my optimism.

However, flopping on the puck (even if it squeezes by) is different than flopping in front of the shooter. There is a respectable flop, and then there is the … fish flop.

Was Lu respectable or fishy ?

It was actually kind of like this goal also scored by Carter on Lu, it was a 4 on 3 and Carter somehow jammed it under his pad while Lu was prone.

The example looked respectable to me. If the puck is in the paint you try and smother it. If it sqeezes by, at least you tried the right thing.

Optimism intact.

[Benjo]

I see it in a glass half empty way. He's only covering the bottom 1/8 th of the net and picks are still squeezing under him :p