Seattle Kraken playoffs 2023

[Echawks]

i am very very new to hockey.. are we a good team or just a lucky team?

 

[Echawks]

guess i deserved that

 

[Sports Hernia]

i am very very new to hockey.. are we a good team or just a lucky team?

They are a very good team but with flaws.

 

[JustTheTip]

They are a very good team but with flaws.

Gru looked like a very different goalie than he has since being here last night. Kind of like what they expected to get from him. If he can keep it up, that takes care of the most important flaw the Kraken have.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Man that was a blast the other night. Trying to not scream was a challenge. But it didn't work. Every goal, I got louder.
Maybe the most disciplined, complete game of the season. They came out focused, aggressive and stuck to the plan. Very impressive.
I still think Avs in 6, but damn that was fun.

 

[Ruminator]

Being on the East Coast, I watched periods 2 and 3 on tape last night and was pretty dazzled by the Krak's puck passing, opportune body-checking, skating/orientation quickness and fluidity as if they were born on skates, and of course, Gru. This is who the Krak are when they're well-rested, well-prepared, and fired up.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Hakstol and his coaches came up with a hell of a plan.

 

[Sports Hernia]

Gru looked like a very different goalie than he has since being here last night. Kind of like what they expected to get from him. If he can keep it up, that takes care of the most important flaw the Kraken have.

I’m one of Gru’s harshest critics. I generally don’t think he’s that good of goalie. He’ll make these incredible saves only to let a few lazy goals that should have been stopped thru. He really has been inconsistent in his Seattle tenure.

BUT Tuesday he was flat out amazing. Best game by far I’ve seen him play. That was the guy we thought we were getting. More of the Tuesday night Gru please.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

His playoff experience showed. Whole new game, and he clearly took it up a notch.

 

[Ruminator]

Kraken sure look like the better team to me. Hope we can hold on to this lead, and then win at home too!

 

[NoGain]

HOLD ON....

 

[Threedee]

Well, 1½ periods of strong play. Could hardly get control of the puck after that.

 

[Sports Hernia]

Flaws and old bad habits bit them in the ass tonight. 1st quarter was great…. Then the sloppy/lazy defense happened, losing faceoffs happened, and too much passing during power plays happened. Puck handling also sucked in last 2 periods.

A frustrating game.

 

[Ruminator]

Knowing Seattle, our home-game crowd will surely make their presence felt during the next two.

 

[JustTheTip]

Flaws and old bad habits bit them in the ass tonight. 1st quarter was great…. Then the sloppy/lazy defense happened, losing faceoffs happened, and too much passing during power plays happened. Puck handling also sucked in last 2 periods.

A frustrating game.

I think Colorado fed off the first goal and quickly built momentum. The Kraken didn't know how to respond and the quick second goal was a dagger. Colorado was playing a couple of levels higher than they have been for the rest of the game after those two goals. It really looked like they had unlimited fresh skaters. Even when the Kraken managed to keep what should have been tired Avs on the ice they were still getting outskated.

 

[DJrmb]

I heard someone on the broadcast say that the 2nd day at that altitude really starts to get to guys that aren't used to it and that he thought it was a contributing factor for the drop off. I tend to agree as they just didn't seem able to match the Avs intensity and sustain the same pace, causing them to be late often getting back on defense. Not trying to make excuses, but it did seem to confirm what I thought I was seeing while watching on TV.

 

[Sports Hernia]

Same old bad habits reading the ugly head again.
Out hustled and out played.

 

[Ruminator]

Still time to snap out of it and start kicking some ass.

 

[Bobblehead]

WOW

 

[NoGain]

What an exciting minute that was.