posted on Apr, 15 2017 @ 12:20 PM
Its the morning after......all is well......the GAMEPLAN worked very very well.....the PP failed miserably which can happen from time to
time.......game 1 went as planned game 2 went as planned.........the PP letdown was an anomoly.
TMac is under extreme pressure right now....he does not know how to create seperation between his team and yours....he cannot get on top of momentum
or on top of the games.....he is hanging on and throwing blind bombs....last night he was going down and got lucky on a punchers chance......the Refs
should have trimmed Kassians grass and pushed him back but they let the Oiler with the worst reputation lay a devestating headshot and walk on it
setting the entire tone of the game......the makeup calls were not enough and ended up burning the Sharks anyways.....I drop this one in the Refs
lap.
Skarks ...do not change anything.....nothing.....just stay the course and tighten up on Special teams...KISS....I would dsay you are driving the bus
in this series.
Let Tmac try to feel good about the split......he knows how he managed it....he knows it was lucky.....this is all that matters....keeping a straight
perspective on how games go down is critical......going in to game 3 the Oiler have zero momentum.....they did not earn their flow....it is
co-incidental to flawed Officiating......this means the Oilers will have no more clue on how to control a game in this series than they did coming in
to it......they DO NOT HAVE YOUR NUMBER....you have THEIRS.....just stick to your program....know what the record says.
The guard came down on the PP and it came down on hitting Conner teamwide......you let it come down no one ripped it down....no one broke anything
down....you simply stumbled and had a misstep......this is hugely different than being dominated or even beaten competatively.....this was a fluke and
it will do more damage to the Oilers than the win will do good.....they have nothing to carry forward except a four-leaf clover....you have the
confidence you are still in the drivers seat in this series.They have not built anything to work off of....just a nsty dirty game the Refs llowed them
to play and we all saw a fine example of how a critical non-call on a BLATANT HEADSHOT can change a game and a series.....since when did the Officils
get to decide the tone of a Playoff game???......who gave them permission to allow the Oilers to brutalise one of last season Cup Finalists with their
bully lineup and how are the Refs going to correct their overstepping of their duties????....The Refs let the Oilers ram the livin crap out of the
Sharks with no obvious concern for officiating stepping in....almost like the Oilers had an internal memo from Katz saying the fix was in no one
would make calls on them for anything.
Well done Bettman and Refs.....screwing with things you should leave alone as usual....trying to furtively support NHL parity
Conference-wise...con-jobs.
Sharks look into focusing on a delayed give-and-go in the o-zone coming out of a WIDE STANCE E/W BLUELINE ATACK AND ZONE ENTRY which spreads the
collapse defense OUT WIDE increasing their gaps and giving you back the crossice passing options it trys to remove with bodies and blocks.........one
with a dust-off which gives the collapse defense enough time to begin to transition....a quick execution allows the collapse defense to flow and work
together smoothly...a pause or stutter-step or dust-off breaks the collapse days continuity.Just saying this would be my STARTING
POINT....KISS.......you dont have to make any big changes IMHO.....but it is nice to have options to try out during the games...when you watch the
tapes of game 2 you will see the Oilers were headmanning passes consistantly trying to get you into footraces....soooo....target and note where their
first passes were released from and where they were intended to go to...they made basic adjustments which you did control for most of the game....so
you do have them roped in still....just cut off those passes and you have nailed down 2 of the Oiler 3 System options in terms of d-zone
breakouts.....they were letting you get to pucks first on the walls and outside and they were trying to play an inside game....focusing on the body
all game....its some silly tactic they dreamed up they think they will grind you down.....lol....obviuosly they are deluded and this is good because
just maybe they are to stupid to understand how fortunate they were Bettmans minions assisted them......and just maybe if we are lucky TMac rolls like
this again for us.....lol....what a gift that would be...and I dont think he has another round in the creativity chamber.....lol...I believe TMac is
still stumped techniclly....IMHO the Oilers should be down 2-0 right now.....excluding some true-blue lucky stars shortys...lol...2 in one Playoff
game...which AINT HAPPENING AGAIN ANYTIME SOON ...lol....this is a 2-0 Sharks series lead.
It was nice to see Gretzky smile for once....lol....as brief as his joy shall be.....Wayner....lol....you know how things are going down dont
you?....lol...how lucky your old team was last night....lol...dont expect a repeat.They will be down 3-1 by the time we see them back in Edmonton...so
I say.
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