GDT #65: Pens vs Flyers

Postby **crusherstasiak** » Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:07 pm

good chance of being 4 for 36

Postby **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:10 pm

Imagine having Jeff Carter beat you in a foot race.

Postby **crusherstasiak** » Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:10 pm

@mikey
the bumper ?
the guy who takes the slot shot, correct?

Postby **nocera** » Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:12 pm

Much better period.

Postby **stonewizard51** » Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:14 pm

Imagine having Jeff Carter beat you in a foot race.

LOL he can't beat himself in a foot race.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:16 pm

@mikey
the bumper ?
the guy who takes the slot shot, correct?

Right you are, crusher.

Now, one thing that I've been seeing and have been experimenting with myself is actually using the bumper as a decoy. I don't have a big time shot anymore, but no one else knows that...so, I work it into the bumper because that causes the accordion, the convergence on that guy. So he gets it in the middle, bumps it back out to - say - the half wall and then you can usually isolate one of the low d-men and get an even better chance...or you get a chance to work a seam pass all the way across the formation. The middle guy is like a black hole in terms of suction when he touches the puck, so actually using him to be a "bumper" has a lot of upside too...

Postby **King Colby** » Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:21 pm

@mikey
the bumper ?
the guy who takes the slot shot, correct?
a black hole in terms of suction

Oh fack

Postby **crusherstasiak** » Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:24 pm

@mikey
the bumper ?
the guy who takes the slot shot, correct?
Right you are, crusher.

Now, one thing that I've been seeing and have been experimenting with myself is actually using the bumper as a decoy. I don't have a big time shot anymore, but no one else knows that...so, I work it into the bumper because that causes the accordion, the convergence on that guy. So he gets it in the middle, bumps it back out to - say - the half wall and then you can usually isolate one of the low d-men and get an even better chance...or you get a chance to work a seam pass all the way across the formation. The middle guy is like a black hole in terms of suction when he touches the puck, so actually using him to be a "bumper" has a lot of upside too...

you never had a 'big time shot'

this guy called madden the other day and suggested using zucker in the bumper position because no one on the pens really excels at it
madden's response was the 'bumper' is the guy who makes the pass to that locale on the ice
in madden world backstrom is the bumper and oshie (who's as good at it as anyone i've ever seen at taking that shot) is ...whatever
i like madden, but what he doesn't know about hockey after 50 some years of watching and being around the game

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:29 pm

Haha I meant my team...not me personally.

And yeah, no, Oshie is in the bumper spot...Backstrom isn't usually in the slot. Madden is a boob.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:30 pm

Speaking of boobs...there's a whole set a jackasses on this ABC intermission crew...what a mess that is. They combine to have the stage presence of a cactus..

Postby **nocera** » Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:32 pm

Maaaaaan gotta finish that.

Postby **crusherstasiak** » Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:33 pm

how do u miss that?

Postby **crusherstasiak** » Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:35 pm

you think rust shooting% is above 0.5?

Postby **The U** » Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:35 pm

how do u miss that?

The puck seemed to overpower the stick.

Postby **crusherstasiak** » Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:39 pm

that whole bad sequence was initiated by the #5milliondollarman

Postby **nocera** » Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:42 pm

Did CDS just get that with the stick?

Postby **The U** » Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:43 pm

Flyers have more shots on this PP than we do on all of our PPs?

Postby **skullman80** » Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:44 pm

Did CDS just get that with the stick?

I believe so.

Postby **King Colby** » Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:49 pm

That was a pretty dumb penalty

Postby **crusherstasiak** » Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:51 pm

the desintegration has once again reached critical mass

Postby **stonewizard51** » Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:54 pm

That was a pretty dumb penalty

It's who they are. It's what they do.

Postby **King Colby** » Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:54 pm

Will we ever win a faceoff on the kill?

Postby **crusherstasiak** » Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:55 pm

jfc win a fo

Postby **nocera** » Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:57 pm

Postby **skullman80** » Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:58 pm

Leaky goal the other way.