[GT] Flames Vs Jets, 3

[dissentowner]

Really Ryan...

[timbit]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

We have plenty of players that can score, this team has great depth on paper. Geoff Ward hockey though stifles any kind of skilled offense.

Would you mind explaining how he would plan that?

[GranteedEV]

Remember when Giordano had offense?

Pepperidge Farm remembers.

[skcli]

Ryan will he ever scores again?

[Burning Beard]

If hitting shin pads counted for goals Gio would have at least ten this game

[AC]

Derek Ryan will never score again.

[JohnnyB]

Nice play. Too bad the finish didn't work out. Great rush though.

[AustinL_NHL]

It seems like every single Giordano shot this season has been blocked.

Him and Andersson need to figure it out 5v5 because they've been a let down so far after being so great together last year

[Moneyhands23]

Definitely have had our chances, just unable to bury any

[Nsd1]

All that time Ryan spends traveling from the main squad to the taxi squad and back must be taking its toll...

[flamingred89]

Dube and Ryan with breaks this period. Would be nice if one of them could’ve finished.

[dissentowner]

Gio simply can't find shooting lanes anymore. Every shot is right into a block.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by timbit

Would you mind explaining how he would plan that?

Yeah, I’m never sure what’s meant by comments like that. Is Ward coaching them to miss passes, skate slowly and not go towards the net? I kinda doubt it.

[Jeff Lebowski]

CGY needs to get some shots through or just a lot more action at the net. Just get more activity at the net and be there to jump on rebounds.

[Bonded]

Ryan with a miss and Dube couldn't get a shot on a tap-in.
At least they look decent so far in this game.

[JohnnyB]

If Rittich just makes it out of this period with some confidence and no goals against, the win is still doable.

[TheScorpion]

Selected 5v5 on-ice shooting percentages for the Flames:

Nordstrom — 0%
Mangiapane — 1.82%
Leivo — 2.13%
Ryan — 4.55%
Bennett — 5.26%

[SOMBRI]

Put Bennett back with Lucic and Dube and see how it goes please. Lindholm back w 13&23.

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[sketchyt]

There's a lot of assumptions and misinformation when talking about goaltending in general. Some of the criticisms are about as useful as being the guy in the crowd yelling, 'shoooooooot'.

First goal: Rittich can be blamed for poor puck tracking when the puck somehow gets into the slot from behind the bloody net on a PP, but the huge majority of NHL goalies are not making that save especially when you're trying to challenge the shot and you have to toss Dube's salad while you're at it.

Second goal: There's a lot of comments on him over committing or that he needs to calm down. This means nothing. In goaltending, a huge component is ensuring your feet continuously get set from spot to spot. Rittich is not doing this and is why he looks like he's always sliding all over the place. It's a difficult thing to continuously do as it's so damn tempting to go after it instead of being patient with the play.

Third goal: There's two basic ways to play this. 1. Goal line in a la Mike Smith (Markstrom does this too but not to Smiths' ridiculous extent). 2. Goal line out (Kiprusoff was a master at this). Rittich will always choose the second option as he doesn't have the size or puck tracking to sit on the goal line and get big. IMO, he played this fine but should have had more awareness to the wide open man with no D near him. Sometimes, this is how it goes.

To me, the biggest issue with Rittich's game is the discipline to get his feet set, read the play, readjusting and then repeating. He also has very good lower body strength and has the ability to push with a lot of power. Essentially, he needs to commit more to micro movements instead of big swooping motions (Luongo had once said he tracks his movements down to the quarter inch. That is insane). This is all a lot harder than it sounds. That's why you pay Markstrom $6 million for six years.

I personally think the worst goal allowed in the period is the Flames goal. Hellybucyk was swimming out there and gave himself zero chance. Read the play/pass completely wrong, didn't rotate his body/hips to the post and push hard there. Still might not have saved it, but it's better than zero.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by JohnnyB

Nice play. Too bad the finish didn't work out. Great rush though.

The take by Nordstrom was really quite skilled.