Game 2 Gamethread: Wild at Stars (8:30 p.m.)

Or not. Booo!

Another PK? This is not going well...

1 minute ago, WheelSnipeCelly said:

WTF! What is happening??? Time to pull Fleury?

No. Leave him in and don't let MAF go again this series unless it get's rough for Gus. 

6 goals on 21 shots. For fuck's sake, time for Fleury to retire.

Just now, jgodwin17 said:

Don't pull Fleury, let him stew in this one. Rest Gus and then bench Fleury for the rest of the playoffs.

Yep no point in putting in Gus now. Save him for valuable games.

1 minute ago, dlhouse said:

Falling over isn't how you do it?

He played that circa 1960 with the two pad stack. 

1 minute ago, dlhouse said:

Falling over isn't how you do it?

That was embarrassing

1 minute ago, jgodwin17 said:

Don't pull Fleury, let him stew in this one. Rest Gus and then bench Fleury for the rest of the playoffs.

Yah Fleury should have to see this to the end.  None of this stink should be on Gus

Just now, UK_Soldier said:

No. Leave him in and don't let MAF go again this series unless it get's rough for Gus. 

Forget the series. The whole playoffs if we get out of the first round.

1 minute ago, UK_Soldier said:

No. Leave him in and don't let MAF go again this series unless it get's rough for Gus. 

Agreed!

Just now, dlhouse said:

Yep no point in putting in Gus now. Save him for valuable games.

 

Just now, UK_Soldier said:

No. Leave him in and don't let MAF go again this series unless it get's rough for Gus. 

Fair enough. Drastic difference in composure between the two goalies. I like Fleury and all, but sometimes he feels like he makes things more complicated than they need to be...

Just now, jgodwin17 said:

Forget the series. The whole playoffs if we get out of the first round.

Eh. I won't go that far, but I understand. 

He tries to make everything a dramatic production. FFS sometimes you just need to be in position and let the damn puck hit you.

Just now, UK_Soldier said:

Eh. I won't go that far, but I understand. 

I know you watched the St. Louis series last year too.

Just now, WheelSnipeCelly said:

 

Fair enough. Drastic difference in composure between the two goalies. I like Fleury and all, but sometimes he feels like he makes things more complicated than they need to be...

Always. That's always been him and I don't know if complicated is even the right word. I'd say hap-hazard and unpredictable. I remember making fun of him for that when the Wild played the Knights in the playoffs. Sometimes it works, sometimes it most certainly does not. I know if I were a defensemen who I'd rather play in front of, and it's not him. Anyone that says any of those defensemen think otherwise are f'ing nuts. 

We are not playing well tonight. We are

A) Trading chances and not playing our game.

B) Play a goalie who hasn't had it for a while now.

2 minutes ago, jgodwin17 said:

I know you watched the St. Louis series last year too.

I did, but also understand if/when we get out of this series or if Gus struggles, MAF could still help. 

Edited April 20, 2023 by UK_Soldier

Boldy, Mojo, Spurgeon all with the uncharacteristic -3 for the night so far. That was a brutal period. Feel like this is on Deano for going with Fleury. I get that he didn't change the goalies last playoffs soon enough, but feels like he overcorrected this go-around. Why would you swap goalies when the Gus Bus did all that could be asked of him and more last game?

Okay Flower, you showed that you can wilt. Now refocus and show us how you bloom! At least for the remaining period.

This is the second playoff flameout by MAF in two years.  I’d be surprised if BG hasn’t seen enough. It’s like having a field goal kicker who repeatedly misses 30 yarders at end of tie games. Can only watch that so many times before the humane thing to do is to not let him be put in that situation anymore.  We’re there with MAF

2 minutes ago, jgodwin17 said:

He tries to make everything a dramatic production. FFS sometimes you just need to be in position and let the damn puck hit you.

He's a relic. Refuses to play the butterfly style and flops around like a flounder for textbook saves. He's completely clueless and out of position all the time.

3 minutes ago, jgodwin17 said:

He tries to make everything a dramatic production. FFS sometimes you just need to be in position and let the damn puck hit you.

That is he.

1 minute ago, Pewterschmidt said:

This is the second playoff flameout by MAF in two years.  I’d be surprised if BG hasn’t seen enough. It’s like having a field goal kicker who repeatedly misses 30 yarders at end of tie games. Can only watch that so many times before the humane thing to do is to not let him be put in that situation anymore.  We’re there with MAF

He should have seen enough prior to this game. It's not enough some nobody you got from Ottawa massively outplayed him all year? BG is just so full of himself that he can't admit he made a mistake by trading for him. He's too prideful and MAF is the hill he chooses to die on.

3 minutes ago, UK_Soldier said:

That is he.

I've always been nervous with his style of play. Too unorthodox for my taste.

Can't believe Boston lost to the Panthers.