Playoff GDT: Round 2, Game 2 Canes v. Flyers 5/4 7:00

[Tryamw]

Robinson 2nd half

 

[TheBigKahuna]

Technicolor in HD is atrocious when the colors are orange and urine sample gold.

I still think a Nashville/Vegas game is unwatchable. Ugliest colors in many years.

 

[TheBigKahuna]

Oh, look, a penalty on 37.

 

[Tryamw]

Svech hooking

 

[SlapShots]

It’s just awesome that Svech gets those timely rest periods 3 stick infractions

 

[TheBigKahuna]

Flyers dominating the 4th period.

 

[TheBigKahuna]

It’s just awesome that Svech gets those timely rest periods 3 stick infractions

He needs to join the 4th line again.

 

[Tryamw]

Svech penalty interference tripping by Philly nada

 

[perfectstormhits]

Hall FTW!!!!

 

[Tryamw]

Hall calls game!!

 

[HeyKurtz]

Good teams win when they're not on their game.
Great teams win playoff games when they're not on their game.

 

[Fayettenamcanesfan]

 

[TheBigKahuna]

Hall is just a stud. He's been a perfect fit to Rod's system.

 

[NoMich]

He really has been. I think it's also been a great environment here for him because, really, there's no pressure on the guy. He was just a throw-in during a big trade and everyone was like, "welp, just play hockey I guess"

 

[CanadaCanes]

Freddy stood tall when it mattered most!!! Winning fugly!

 

[ThinIce]

Too tired to comment last night after returning from the arena, but it was a tough, dare I say "Gritty" game, and a win is all that matters. Listening to some of the players and Rod, I know the team is happy with the win but not with their performance - especially the penalties and the inability to get to their strong forechecking game. Let's hope Jarvis' goal lights a fire under him, Aho finds his game, and Bad Svech doesn't reappear.

 

[HurryCanes]

Svetch needs a brain reset and needs to get back to where he was a month ago. The smirks and other looks he was flashing on his way to the box looked like someone who is struggling right now. Maybe a couple of days in Philly will turn the tide. Gotta have good Svetch!

 

[andyt]

No practice today, RBA will meet the media at noon. I expect they’ll practice tomorrow before flying to Philly in the afternoon.

 

[Leoghann]

 

[jeffbear]

Tough game to watch, honestly. Philly mucked it up right from the start and the refs were doing some sort of collective out of body experience thing that kind of maximized the impact. Hard to know what to even think about a game that got so sidetracked with special teams play. Still, the Canes powered through, found a way to get it level and then gutted it out in OT. I think Hall called his game a B- and that probably goes for the whole lot of them, but winning without your fastball is a big deal in the post season. Oh, and good on Freddie for buckling down and playing really well after barfing up two quick, early goals. That’s the point at which his mental game has gone soft in years past, but not last night. Nice.

Going forward, a lot of how this looks will depend on whether or not the Flyers are going to be allowed to hook, hold and interfere to the extent they were last night. When they got the pace slowed down to where they could handle it, Philly was a handful. But, this ain’t a Carolina team that really seems to care what it looks like, so maybe that doesn’t really matter. This is not sour grapes by the way. This stuff happens every year and it just a part of the playoff experience in the NHL.