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Post by emerz on Mar 21, 2015 0:31:50 GMT -4
I think Anderson has had his illness for over 2 weeks now, gotta be something more serious.
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Post by eaglefan62 on Mar 21, 2015 6:29:14 GMT -4
maybe Anderson has a viral infection, they pretty much just have to run their course. As far as the injuries are concerned, I believe that Dumont mentioned the other night at the banquet that the team has only had a full roster for 3 games this season. Injuries happen. Can anyone please tell me why Dumont calls up a guy like Matt Paul, a defenceman, and uses his as a forward while he leaves forwards AlexBonaparte and Declan Smith at home. Common sense would dictate that if you are short on forwards, you bring in a forward?
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Post by hal on Mar 21, 2015 8:09:57 GMT -4
Looked like the year long goaltending woes will be our undoing . Losing to this team with a chance to get a kinder seed .........we deserve whatever happens now .
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Post by goeaglesgo on Mar 21, 2015 8:14:14 GMT -4
I didn't understand that move either. Paul didn't play bad but like you said, if your short a forward call up a forward. Doesn't make sense to me. One moment last night really frustrated me towards Dumonts coaching. We got a power play with 1:47 second or something left in the third, down by one goal and here's who he puts out. Farrell,Bishop,Boucher,MacIntyre and Deschamps. Ummm, does he not want to win because it sure looks like it. Where the hell were Lazarev, Svechnikov, Dubois, Gosselin or Leveille. I'm fine with Farrell being out, he should be, but why the hell were the others out in that situation, pathetic.
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Post by theqprofessor on Mar 21, 2015 8:36:41 GMT -4
Is there a possibility that we wanted to lose that game? I think we match up better with the Armada than we do the Remparts
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Post by hal on Mar 21, 2015 8:49:35 GMT -4
If last night means anything .......we don,t match up well against anybody .
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Post by caperguy on Mar 21, 2015 9:17:52 GMT -4
If last night means anything .......we don,t match up well against anybody . My goodness it is one game. I'm not saying they should have lost but look at the wins we have since January. We have played well or won against some top teams. I don't see the purpose of judging the team or their potential success in the playoffs based on one game. Cape Breton teams have unfortunately had bad record against lower teams for whatever reason (over the years). Let's hope they can rebound tonight.
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Post by Jack Bauer on Mar 21, 2015 9:35:53 GMT -4
If last night means anything .......we don,t match up well against anybody . My goodness it is one game. I'm not saying they should have lost but look at the wins we have since January. We have played well or won against some top teams. I don't see the purpose of judging the team or their potential success in the playoffs based on one game. Cape Breton teams have unfortunately had bad record against lower teams for whatever reason (over the years). Let's hope they can rebound tonight. Not sure what that over the years means...we have been a lower team for years. How many playoff game victories has Kyle Farrell seen in his first 4 seasons? Do we ignore that we were a buyer at the trade deadline and moved the potential #1 overall to see little improvement? I know losing Leblanc is a fluke injury but thats the risk in buying from the bottom of the standings and paying a premium for a star player. Losing today and hoping Gatineau passes us and Chicoutimi may be the best thing for us. Hard to see a 1st round upset when the team has not shown much progression over the season in terms of playing as a team and holding onto leads on home ice in big games. We are supposed to be seeing progress and leadership from a team looking to contend next year. We are going to lose our best player and leader and have to move more top 5 picks to fill that role for 1 season. We should be very concerned...especially based on last nights result. We should be steam rolling that team not blowing leads.
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Post by eagles11 on Mar 21, 2015 10:26:20 GMT -4
it sure be nice to atleast win a playoff game this yr even if we dont make it passed round 1.. Considering march 24,2010 was the last time we won a playoff game lol
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Post by dt281 on Mar 21, 2015 11:00:32 GMT -4
With the loss last night we guarantee ourselves a first round matchup with either Rimouski, Moncton, Blainville-Boisbriand, Quebec, or Shawinigan instead of hoping to get a Val d'Or, Baie-Comeau, or Sherbrooke. That blown lead to the last place team might be a very costly one for our season.
Who do we matchup best with? Rimouski & Quebec were favorites since day 1 and are stacked, Moncton has owned us all season, we are 0-2 against Blainville (the best defensive team this year), that leaves Shawinigan. We were 1-1 against them for the season but they have maybe the best goalie in the league in Cupper? I guess that's the team I'd hope to meet for our first round loss this year. Kind of fitting that last nights blown lead was what sealed our fate for first round match since blowing leads/bad goaltending was a common thing all year.
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Post by Jack Bauer on Mar 21, 2015 11:06:35 GMT -4
With the loss last night we guarantee ourselves a first round matchup with either Rimouski, Moncton, Blainville-Boisbriand, Quebec, or Shawinigan instead of hoping to get a Val d'Or, Baie-Comeau, or Sherbrooke. That blown lead to the last place team might be a very costly one for our season. Who do we matchup best with? Rimouski & Quebec were favorites since day 1 and are stacked, Moncton has owned us all season, we are 0-2 against Blainville (the best defensive team this year), that leaves Shawinigan. We were 1-1 against them for the season but they have maybe the best goalie in the league in Cupper? I guess that's the team I'd hope to meet for our first round loss this year. Kind of fitting that last nights blown lead was what sealed our fate for first round match since blowing leads/bad goaltending was a common thing all year. Be interesting to see the last time a team acquired 3 goaltenders, 1 20 and 2 19, yet had such mediocre goaltending. And for the record I dont blame the goaltenders at all. Constant meltdowns like that can not be put on 3 different goaltenders. It shows a larger problem within the team and how it plays with a lead.
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Post by eaglefan62 on Mar 21, 2015 12:02:09 GMT -4
Fully agree with Jack Bauer regarding the goalending issues. I firmly believe the big part of the problem is how Dumont handles(or lack therof) the goaltenders. it has been a revolving door of goaltenders since his arrival and does not seem to be getting any clearer what he does with the goaltenders. latest case in point: Miquel Sullivan stands on his head and wins the goaltender of the month award in January and put up some really impressive numbers. What does Dumont do, sits him 8 of the 10 games in February and one of the 2 games he got to play was because Belanger got hurt. Make any sense to anyone, certainly doesn't make any to me.
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Post by Y Ddraig Goch on Mar 21, 2015 12:14:49 GMT -4
With the loss last night we guarantee ourselves a first round matchup with either Rimouski, Moncton, Blainville-Boisbriand, Quebec, or Shawinigan instead of hoping to get a Val d'Or, Baie-Comeau, or Sherbrooke. That blown lead to the last place team might be a very costly one for our season. Who do we matchup best with? Rimouski & Quebec were favorites since day 1 and are stacked, Moncton has owned us all season, we are 0-2 against Blainville (the best defensive team this year), that leaves Shawinigan. We were 1-1 against them for the season but they have maybe the best goalie in the league in Cupper? I guess that's the team I'd hope to meet for our first round loss this year. Kind of fitting that last nights blown lead was what sealed our fate for first round match since blowing leads/bad goaltending was a common thing all year. Be interesting to see the last time a team acquired 3 goaltenders, 1 20 and 2 19, yet had such mediocre goaltending. And for the record I dont blame the goaltenders at all. Constant meltdowns like that can not be put on 3 different goaltenders. It shows a larger problem within the team and how it plays with a lead. Just look at Brassard in Gatineau. He's giving them pretty solid goaltending. The level of goaltending expected when he was acquired and on par with his career in Quebec. Pretty consistent across his career, Cape Breton aside.
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Post by emerz on Mar 21, 2015 12:57:24 GMT -4
With the loss last night we guarantee ourselves a first round matchup with either Rimouski, Moncton, Blainville-Boisbriand, Quebec, or Shawinigan instead of hoping to get a Val d'Or, Baie-Comeau, or Sherbrooke. That blown lead to the last place team might be a very costly one for our season. Who do we matchup best with? Rimouski & Quebec were favorites since day 1 and are stacked, Moncton has owned us all season, we are 0-2 against Blainville (the best defensive team this year), that leaves Shawinigan. We were 1-1 against them for the season but they have maybe the best goalie in the league in Cupper? I guess that's the team I'd hope to meet for our first round loss this year. Kind of fitting that last nights blown lead was what sealed our fate for first round match since blowing leads/bad goaltending was a common thing all year. Shawinigan I guess would be best, but Cupper can literally steal a series so I don't like the prospect of that. I was really really hoping for Sherbrooke, an inexperienced team with shaking goaltending.
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Post by dt281 on Mar 21, 2015 13:17:13 GMT -4
Sherbrooke and Val d'Or were the 2 I was hoping for. Bureau is a streaky goalie and despite Val d'Ors hot streak and offensive power, they are a little inexperienced defensively
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