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Post by oilers4ever on Dec 13, 2009 10:00:03 GMT -4
Qfan69 its kinda hard to have this game when the ref makes penalties up; I still don't understand how Desjardins got unsportsmanlike all I saw was him standing in front of their net; If someone could enlighten me? Its hard to get to OT when your goalie has the puck frozen but the ref is to much of an idiot to blow the play dead and they shove it in. IT IS A CONSPIRACY!!!!!
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Post by sharrow on Dec 13, 2009 10:23:43 GMT -4
Webber you are right on in your assessment of the weekend, Clarke makes a bone head play (not icing the puck while on the P/K) and he gets benched for the remainder of the 1st period, Bernard continues to lack the passion to play Russell hockey, soft, confused, contributes nothing to his linemates, gets benched for the rest of the game, is replaced by Costello who promply scores what should have been the winner, all of this occurs while Desjardins takes yet another dumb penalty while on a power play ( and what is he doing out on the power play anyway) and as you stated no benching (because he's the poster boy) the only stats that stick out for him this season are the brainless penalties he takes as well as his +/- . Corbeil is sliding back to his old ways, a real softy on the Moncton winner and three softys tonight including the PEI winner, while we are certainly heading in the right direction in a lot of ways a few things have to be addressed such as NO FAVORTISM, benching should apply to all when they mess up, A CAPABLE BACK-UP G/T, to keep Corbeil on his game which should be competing, staying forcused and challenging the shooter , BERNARD, PELLETIER are in over their heads in deepwater and they are not swimming, a life guard is needed.
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Post by fireball on Dec 13, 2009 10:31:53 GMT -4
Are''Fred The Moose'' and ''hfxfan09'' the same person !!?
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Post by elvisisalive on Dec 13, 2009 12:13:14 GMT -4
Good to see Costello get his first goal, maybe this will help earn some more playing time. This team still has too many passengers, something you could never accuse him of
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Post by prague55 on Dec 13, 2009 12:20:39 GMT -4
Sharrow, you are bang on with respect to your comments on the goaltenders . The fact is , Cam does not know or understand the goaltending position, which is crucial to the success of any team . I have said from day 1 , with the way that this team has been constructed, which Cam has done a good job at , that you need an older or equivalent goaltender, with some form of previous junior experience, to push Mathieu , so he simply did not have the position of starter by default . By having a rookie ( Grondin ) as backup, that has the worst save percentage in the entire QMJHL , does not allow the team the option of having another option in goal, and in most cases, a Q team would have already returned him back to his midget team , because it would be better for his development going forward, and his overall fundamentals ( technique ) need improvement to be effective at this level . With respect to Corbeil , Mathieu makes the same mistake alot of young goaltenders make, by playing back in the paint , thus leaving too much of the net to opposing shooters . With his size , he should for the most part take advantage of his large frame, by being a step or two outside of the top of the crease , and if his positiong / angles are on, there would be little or no net to shoot at . For the most part, during the teams winning streak back a few ago, he ( Corbeil ) was playing that way, however no goalie in todays game, regardless of size or quickness, can play the this position in the paint, you have to challenge , be square, and make yourself as big as possible .
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Post by hfxfan09 on Dec 13, 2009 15:04:15 GMT -4
Mathieu may have some more work ahead of him and need to be pushed but I'm glad we have him between the pipes; I'm not as scared as when we had Yeti between the pipes. I had reason to complain about the refs this weekend they both sucked he made up hooks, holds, interference that was at times none of; I didn't say we didn't deserve some calls. As for Desjardins penalty I said I never saw anything to warrant a unsportsmanlike; I watched the entire game he didn't appear to say anything to the ref but maybe he did, our maybe he did pull a Sean Avery I doubt it though he was screening their goalie is what it looked like to me. It was nice to see Costello finally score, and for Tomas to have a good game before he leaves for the world juniors. I hope the officiating doesn't factor into our final game and I mean that for both teams before Xmas against St.John really looking forward to that game it should be a good one Fri night, Moose will be without Knotek and Konrad. Go Moose Go!!!!
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Post by howitzer on Dec 13, 2009 15:37:19 GMT -4
I didnt think Corbeil was that bad last night. If you were to just look at the boxscore one might think, oh man, terrible game, but a lot of the goals he didn't have a chance on. First one of the night, he maybe could have had, but odd man rush after Clarke gets danced around, not exactly a "weak" goal. After that two deflections right in front of him, so hard to blame him on those two. Currie was just a nice shot, you could argue he could have had that, but tip your hat to Currie on putting one top cheese. The other two were by Mahbod on a beauty passing play on the PP, and Struthers winner. I didn't get a good look at the winner, but 4 on 3 in OT against a skilled team, they're probably going to win the game. So overall I dont think Corbeil was THAT bad. You always look to your tender after giving up 6 on 25 shots, but PEI is a skilled offensive team that can put the puck in the net. It's not always going to be the goaltenders fault.
Overall we dominated the game. We just couldn't capitalize on as many chances as they did. And where they're more skilled, they don't need many chances. We played well enough to win the last 2 games, so sucks to lose them, but with the way we played, it's hard to complain. The team has been playing hard, hitting, scoring is coming around, just hard luck, as it is most times for a young last place team.
I love Clarke, but I was glad Cam stapled his ass to the bench after he caused the turnover on the PK, leading to PEI's 2nd goal. He had forever in a day to clear the puck, but decided to play around with it, and it cost the team. Appropriate action by Cam sitting his ass down. Same with Bernard. We need more from this guy, I've said that a million times. But he wasn't getting it done, so he sat. As long as Cam stays consistant, and fair with doing that, I'm all for it. You either show up to play, or you don't play.
But overall quite happy with the weekend. Results will come from efforts like that. Just have to keep our head down and keep going.
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Post by lalalaprise on Dec 13, 2009 15:56:50 GMT -4
Sharrow, you are bang on with respect to your comments on the goaltenders . The fact is , Cam does not know or understand the goaltending position, which is crucial to the success of any team . I have said from day 1 , with the way that this team has been constructed, which Cam has done a good job at , that you need an older or equivalent goaltender, with some form of previous junior experience, to push Mathieu , so he simply did not have the position of starter by default . By having a rookie ( Grondin ) as backup, that has the worst save percentage in the entire QMJHL , does not allow the team the option of having another option in goal, and in most cases, a Q team would have already returned him back to his midget team , because it would be better for his development going forward, and his overall fundamentals ( technique ) need improvement to be effective at this level . With respect to Corbeil , Mathieu makes the same mistake alot of young goaltenders make, by playing back in the paint , thus leaving too much of the net to opposing shooters . With his size , he should for the most part take advantage of his large frame, by being a step or two outside of the top of the crease , and if his positiong / angles are on, there would be little or no net to shoot at . For the most part, during the teams winning streak back a few ago, he ( Corbeil ) was playing that way, however no goalie in todays game, regardless of size or quickness, can play the this position in the paint, you have to challenge , be square, and make yourself as big as possible . Mr. Collier..do you just cut and paste the same response after someone brings up the poor play of the goaltenders??
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Post by voiceofytown on Dec 13, 2009 16:38:38 GMT -4
HA HA
the room is sure quiet now.
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Post by milton on Dec 13, 2009 17:07:54 GMT -4
lol, is it ever. Wasn't at the game but in talking to my brother, who was, he really felt Corbeil wasn't that bad. I find it such a joke when people come on here freaking over one bad game. This kid has been our BEST player for the better part of the last month and half or so. We wouldn't have 2 wins if it wasn't for him most nights. Now he has one bad game (questionable if that is true) and people say he's too deep in his net, needs more experience behind him etc. Who would you suggest?? As for Brannon's shot the other night, lucky shot imo. I would be pissed if we got a mosher or something for a pick all for us to finish in last place, makes no sense. Might as well keep supporting the kid, he will be fine.
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Post by hfxfan09 on Dec 13, 2009 17:38:25 GMT -4
I agree farmer on a side note St.John Sea Dog's win streak appears to be in jeopardy 20 to go and they are down 5-2 to Moncton.
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Post by howitzer on Dec 13, 2009 18:46:10 GMT -4
I agree farmer on a side note St.John Sea Dog's win streak appears to be in jeopardy 20 to go and they are down 5-2 to Moncton. Not really a surprise to be honest. It was their 3rd game in 3 days, starting with PEI then Bathurst, and then to Moncton to play a team who has won 5 in a row. When I saw that game up a couple days ago, I thought, if they get by that one, I'll be surprised. But 22 in a row though. That's impressive. Wouldn't shock me to see them start another winning streak after this game (not 22 in a row tho haha). Good days to be a Sea Dog fan.
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Post by melly on Dec 14, 2009 12:28:31 GMT -4
Boys had a great weekend against 2 tough teams. Flynns' whining and crying was just what the doctor ordered. Has anyone else noticed how pissed off the coaches of good teams get when they can't manhandle the Moose. Every coach that has come to the MC since the improved play has had at least 1 open door conversation with the stripes.
On Saturday night, the call on Knotek in OT wouldn't have been that bad had he called that shit all game. Horrible time to make a call like that.
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Post by hfxfan09 on Dec 14, 2009 15:13:00 GMT -4
I agree with that post melly its so true; they all get so frustrated their teams can no longer manhandle us just goes to show how much tougher the Moose are getting to play against.
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Post by elementz on Dec 14, 2009 16:35:09 GMT -4
Even being a non-Moose fan, I agree as well, at least from the limited amount of games I seen. I am very interested too see the Dogs and Moose back to back games this week.
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