Let's be honest, boys: this defence is the reason we're losing
Watched the third pairing get cooked live at PPG last week and honestly I could've saved my C$50 on pizza, that was a lottery, not sport 😂 Seven goals against in four home games and half the thread's still blaming Geno's line 🤡 Keep running the same six D out there if you want, I'll happily fade this team on the puck line every night 😏
And you saw that pizza money come back how, exactly? Seven GA from the third pairing is real, sure, but who was on the ice for the turnovers feeding them those chances — check that before writing off six guys on four games. Geno's line gets a free pass in your ledger somehow? Show me the numbers on both ends, then we'll talk.
Geno's line bails this D out every single night, c'mon 😤 seven GA at home and we're still talking about turnovers?? ah well, nowt to do 🔥💪
One love, one side ❤️
KevReds nails it, four home games is a small sample but seven against is still seven against. I keep my own ledgers every round and the third pair's shifts at PPG told the same story twice. Beaten wide, recovery never coming. My caveat: check which forwards were on for the turnovers first, context matters, and I've sat through worse at the Gardens-era barns. But rolling the same six out unchanged? That needs a better answer than "trust the process."
Do the math before you argue.
Yeah Jack, I'd hedge too if my take aged like warm beer 😂 Seven GA at home in four nights and the fanboys want patience? I've laid C$ on better defences than this, trust me 😏
Enforcer_YYZ talking about defences that aged well? buddy, your takes go stale faster than a Timmies double-double 😂 Seven against in four nights at PPG ain't a hedge situation, that's a fire alarm, wake up 🤬 Geno's boys are bailing these D out every shift and y'all still wanna blame them?
Heart with the team, head on pause.
Easy lads, everyone's hot under the collar here 😄 I sat in those same seats back in the lean years and seen worse pairings than this one, believe me. That said, seven against at PPG in four nights, watch as long as I have and you'll get it, that don't fix itself by yelling at Geno's boys. Kid gloves off, shuffle the third pair, let the kids learn somewhere the roof ain't leaking. 😉
Seen it all, lads.
I was at the rink Tuesday and watched the third pair get beaten wide twice in the same shift. Nobody touching the guy driving the net. Seven against at home in four nights might be a small sample, on condition that the pattern shows up only in those games; show me the numbers when they've been sheltered against middling competition and I'll concede they're fine. Until then, Geno's boys are doing the cleaning up.
Hype isn't an argument.
ValueDan's got the right instinct, honestly - four home games is a small sample, though seven against from one pairing makes you squint even at my own spreadsheet 📊. My worry is the pattern: beaten wide, nobody covering the net-front, that reads like a structure problem more than bad luck. Still, I want five more games of tracking before we say who's carrying the blame, because context matters and Geno's line has been bailing them out all month.
Context beats a bare stat.