GDT: Sea Dogs vs Wildcats - February 13, 2008

[habh8er]

Didn't really deserve the two points last night, but like they said "good teams find a way to win" sometimes it's not pretty... but as long as you get the job done the result is still the same.

Congrats. to Yann Sauve on the "Gordie Howe Hat Trick"....... good to see him playing up to his potential lately. Led the team in shots too with 5.

[juliansteed]

elementz said:

I thought Grant played fine tonite except for one or two miscues, but I missed the first period and half of the 2nd. 3 assists, a fight and +2 seems like a good night too me.

Absolutely! Grant played fine. Assisting on all 3 goals, and would have been a plus 3 except for that shorthanded 2 on 1 break where he was the only man back. Can't fault him for that. What more could you ask for?

The only thing I might question was his decision to fight when he did. He had to know he was going to get an instigator penalty for that, thus killing off the rest of our PP and giving Moncton a brief PP of their own. Not to mention the fact he is our best defenceman and he put himself in the box for 7+ minutes. I understand his intentions and think its great that he is willing to stand up for his teammates but big clean open ice hits are part of the game and some things you just have to let go. And lets face it, by no means did he embarrass himself in that fight but he didnt exactly teach the Moncton player a lesson he will never forget either.

As others have mentioned before, I really wish JB would stop using Dido on the point on the PP. He is our best offensive player but he is being wasted in a position where he is not at his best. He'd be so much better down low. The only time he makes things happen back there is when he pinches in, unfortunately that sometimes means bad things as well as good things, which we saw last night. Its not like we have a shortage of capable defenceman either. Anyone of those guys could take that spot on the point alongside Grant. I would love to see Despres get some real PP time (not PP time in a blowout where Gallant is one of the forwards). He is a left-handed shot and Grant is right. It seems perfect to me. Or at the very least bump Sauve upto the #1 unit and put Despres on the 2nd.

Basically by putting Dido on the PP we are wasting his skills, wasting the 2nd point position, and wasting the skills of our young talented defence. Not to mention the fact that he is a defensive liability back there and by using 4 top forwards instead of 3 on the 1st unit, it makes the 2nd unit less potent. I just don't see the upside. JB has an infinite amount of more knowledge than myself about his team or about the sport of hockey in general, but that doesn't mean he's always right does it? I almost get the feeling that he simply does this because he sees NHL coaches use their top forward on the point on the PP from time to time. Just because it works for some doesn't mean its for everybody. I don't blame him for experimenting, but the experiment has gone on far too long in my opinion. I think its time to try something else.

I'm really worried about tomorrow night's game. The way we have been playing lately I can't see how we are going to beat one of the league's top teams. We've barely been getting by (or not getting by at all) some of the weaker teams in the league. I hope to God I'm wrong, especially since I expect a very large crowd tomorrow seeing as how its our 1st weekend game in 3 weeks. Then again, according to the DJ on Big John FM we are playing Rimouski tomorrow so maybe he knows something I don't.

[mvp]

i think dido on the point is the right thing to do . his vision is the reason hes back there and he prolly has the best vision on the team . guys like liske, howes, picard , these guys are better suited for up front because they can bat pucks in or pick up garbage goals as some may call it

other d have had there share of chances on the pp stich , sauve , amyot none worked out too well and dont worry despres will be our guy in the future he will get his time on the pp he just has to pay his dues first

[hounddog]

Can no one remember the start of the year? When JB was using the 3F2D and nothing was happening. Then he changed to put on 4F1D and it worked, and everyone thought he was great. Now everyone is saying that it is a stupid thing to do.

Yes, you may say fine, use 4 forwords, just put Dido up front. But there is another reason he is back there. Yes he does see the play great, but more so, his is the fastest skater on the team, There has been a number of times, when there was a bad turnover, that he was able to get back into the play because of this speed.

[major]

I wouldn't say that he's the fastest skater on the team.

[berner]

You're right hounddog, the Dogs PP was impossibly poor at the start of the year when JB was using Dido up front and two D in the back. He's going with what has worked, I don't know why people forget this.

[Judas In My Mind]

berner said:

You're right hounddog, the Dogs PP was impossibly poor at the start of the year when JB was using Dido up front and two D in the back. He's going with what has worked, I don't know why people forget this.

Umm...I don't know why people "Misremember" to quote Roger Clemens. Yes the 4 forward PP worked much better than the standard 3F and 2D PP for us, but Dido was not always the pointman in that setup in the beginning. Gauthier was back there a fair share. I also find it was a bit more of a "rotating" setup back then. Meaning nobody was a set piece back there with Grant. Dido might have been back there but then he'd skate down low and someone else would go to the point, then if they got the puck they'd slide down and another piece would move up, etc etc.

Now it seems like it is always Dido back there, and if he makes a move toward the net he immediately skates back to the point if it doesn't lead to a goal, instead of like before where he'd move low, stay low, and another forward would assume the point and stay there until their turn came to make a move toward the net.

[kcs247]

dogcatcher said:

SEA DOGS RALLY TO BEAT WILDCATS 3-2

With 3:49 remaining in the first period, star defenseman Yann Sauvé dropped the gloves with Wildcats winger Pierre-Marc Lessard near the Sea Dogs blue line, landing a decisive late-round KO punch which delivered the former first-overall draft pick the victory.

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Hahahahaha, who the hell writes this crap, KO punch? who ever wrote this obviously doesn't know what KO means, sure Sauve won the fight, but KO, I don't think so.
Also, i wounder why he didn't do a recap of the Grant vs Sill fight? It might have something to do with the fact that Grant got his ass handed to him on a platter.

[killer]

Alex Grant vs Zach Sill




Yann Sauve vs Pierre-Marc Lessard

[bjindaho]

um, kcs you might want to watch that Grant fight again... sill spent the whole fight trying to punch alex in the back of the head by turning him, but Alex seemed to land virtually all the decent punches.

[kcs247]

LOL, sorry Bjindaho, i did watch the fight again and it was a clear win for Sill, no question about it, take off your puckbunny glasses and watch it again.

[elementz]

Wasn't much of a fight, but give the edge to Sill.