powerplayer wrote:
Skyline_BNR34 wrote:
powerplayer wrote:
To anyone who's read the "Pulling the Goalie" thread I created under "NHL Talk";
Everything I said about pulling the goalie to give yourself a chance.....
...forget it in this game.
Devils really should go home and get some sleep.
You said this in the GDT, I have been saying this the entire time about this game, being outplayed badly enough to not even try something is right.
I agree with your point in some games, like if it is close and no one team was really dominating.
I was making a joke.
But still, fact is, if you're down by FIVE goals, it's tough to come back, no matter who you are.
THREE goals? It's been done many times---even in the last 5 minutes. In the past couple seasons, we've seen the Sabres, the Lightning and some others I cannot remember now, give up a few in the remaining minutes (how quickly you forget).
If you're in a hole, it NEVER hurts to improve your scoring chance, no matter how small. I don't care how badly the Sharks were playing, since the game was already lost, but why not take a chance, what've you got to lose?
As far as the Devils/Sabres game, I would've done what Ruff himself has done in the past, PULL THE GOALIE halfway through a period (in this case, the 2nd) to try and score a quick one and get some momentum. Had the Devils done that when it became 4-0, they may have had a better shot at making a comeback.
Yea, maybe pull the goalie if you had the momentum in the last 5 minutes but they didn't.
You need to be pushing for it enough to pull the goalie, and they weren't, so it would have been for a wash.
I know coming back from 5 goals or even 3 is not impossible and has been done in this league. But if your team isn't showing they want it enough, what's the point?
If you want to keep arguing go ahead. In this game when the Sharks had no momentum why pull the goalie?
If you're pressing for a goal and hit a few posts already down by three pull the goalie then, but not when your team does not have the momentum.
Do you understand or do I need to draw a picture for you too?
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CriminallyVu1gar wrote:
No need for violence, just tell her she's got a game misconduct and show her the door.
Rud wrote:
As I said in the GDT, the call on Rivet was horseshit. The Bruins player was holding onto Rivet's stick like it was the last fucking raft on the Titanic.
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