He didn't bury it. Yankee makes a strong point.

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Wheelhouse

Yea, I know. And he hasn't disappointed. (I will admit success where necessary, for the comment I'm about to make), It appears as though, atleast early on, that Regier and his staff made a good selection in the second round with Adam. (Dammit, that was extremely hard to say )

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Lord Stanley's Cup is what its all about.
Mr. Pegula, your destiny awaits you sir.

No, he doesn't.

999 times out of 1000 that shot is a goal. This one wasn't because of a fluke stick being in the way. Adam did the right thing. The puck was away from his body, and goalie was down. He shot quick. Had he pussy footed around and brought the puck in to a position where he could elevate it, the goalie would have more than likely recovered, and people would be mother fucking him for waiting so long to shoot.

If I'm there, with an open net like that, I'm shooting fast. My coaches as a kid would have stapled my ass to the bench for a week if I tried to get fancy with it.

Have we become so arrogant as fans that we are going to start deciding how good goals are? We're going to start commenting that Player X scored on a play, but he's no good because he went 5 hole instead of top shelf?

The bottom line is that Luke Adam was in the correct place at the correct time and made the correct play. It was very unlucky for him to have hit Ennis' stick. That's it.

Yeah, he does.

He didn't need to take more time to elevate it, Squanto. He was already in good position. He didn't have to pull it back or anything. An extra flick of the wrist is all it would have taken.

I see opportunities to score get blown ALL THE TIME because a body or a stick is laying down in the crease and a player failed to elevate it. That wasn't a fluke play. Players end up in the crease behind the goaltender quite often.

Proven goal scorers know that and do it. Briere was awesome at it.

Luke is a rookie and he'll pick up on it.

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Wheelhouse

Watch the play Adam. His arms were fully extended just to get the puck. You cannot flick your wrists from that position and and elevate the puck. He would have had to pull the puck in closer to his body to do.

Whatever. This argument is pointless. I full expect to read more unreasonable criticism for the rest of the year as the team performs poorly.

I understand why you guys don't remember that it was me. I'm not very memorable.

However, that was the first time all year I've seen that approach work like that. And the reason I think it did was because someone actually shot the puck before getting within 10 feet of the net. I still think it's a dumb strategy, espicially when there are no passes to get the goalie moving side to side.

I don't think anyone's criticizing him. Just noting a rookie mistake. He came back last night and buried an elevated backhander.

I like the kid. He's going to be a good player.

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Wheelhouse

Adam still did the right thing regardless the outcome of a phantom stick.

Had he waited a second long it might not have done anything, it's not like this is a rec league where he would have had 5 extra seconds to shoot that puck. It's the NHL, there is no time to pussyfoot around.

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damned if you.
damned if you dont.

adam did the right thing.

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Post #1 would like to disagree with you.

He also left it open. As if to admit that he may not be correct.

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Wheelhouse

Dear god, I cant believe what a shit-storm this has turned into.

I definitely wish i'd not even mentioned the non-goal, it really wasnt that big a deal and was not the reason I started this thread. I really, honestly, just wanted to hear peoples opinions about this kid. Hell, I thought we'd all have a chuckle at ennis totally cock-blocking adam (and the unfortunate choice of shot location). I guess i'll use a bit more discretion next time I want to say something here, I didnt know i'd have people jumping down my fucking throat for what felt like such an innocent observation.

I dont think theres anything left to be said here, sorry for any misunderstandings. Peace.

I think at this time all points have been made and the topic should move on..

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I'm makin waffles!

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"Call a cop he robbed Delmore blind!!!"
Rick Jeanerette after Marty Biron's diving save back in 2000.

"I'm going to go to the spa and have a hot tub and massage and relax," Miller said. "That's it, and it's back to work tomorrow." Ryan Miller after clinching the North East division.

If a coincidental occurrence didn't happen (Ennis getting shoved into the net), this thread wouldn't exist. Maybe it needs to not exist now, too.

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mechaphil

Maybe you need not to exist too.

I keed, I keed. Been spending all week with teenagers.

It wasn't a rookie mistake, physics just broke for a second.

Someone divided by zero.

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i love that picture, but its terrifying to think what would happen if someone got curious and swam too close to that.

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True Mike. Honestly it's just the spillway, I think someone could survive it, but they would have a few broken bones at least.

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