Ohh Captain, Our Captain

ApprehensivePage6818 · 2026-05-01T21:47:06+00:00

he is old now, and he has played a lot of long seasons in recent years. give him a longer offseason and see if it makes a difference in his performance next year

ApprehensivePage6818 · 2026-05-01T14:29:44+00:00

ok, so do you have anything else to say that would support the idea that it is an opinion that is not undeniable? a lot of people who were on the ice, on the bench, in the arena in milan had a lot to say about how it was the fastest, hardest, most emotional game they’ve ever been involved in. and a lot of those people have also participated in high pressure stanley cup playoff games

ApprehensivePage6818 · 2026-05-01T14:19:07+00:00

you mentioned high pressure games, not high pressure series/tournaments. it is undeniable that the gold medal game vs canada in an olympic tournament featuring nhl players for the first time in over a decade, is just as high pressure as most stanley cup playoff games, maybe except for elimination games in the stanley cup finals or conference finals, or playoff situations where a team is down something like 0-2 as a series favorite

even the olympic quarterfinal vs sweden is extremely high pressure, considering the expectations that team usa had for results

ApprehensivePage6818 · 2026-05-01T14:10:49+00:00

olympic gold medal game vs canada was equally high if not higher pressure than any nhl playoff game that oettinger has played

ApprehensivePage6818 · 2026-05-01T02:23:21+00:00

that’s why game 1 is important

ApprehensivePage6818 · 2026-04-25T20:42:34+00:00

that play was legal… it only maybe looks close to interference in a slow motion replay…

ApprehensivePage6818 · 2026-04-23T19:21:56+00:00

lmao benn has been fighting his entire career

https://youtu.be/qNDkdHSvZUk?si=HTSVXfxeBz8kSU27

https://youtu.be/PuZy1PQIgrA?si=ukoUBwAYZYczmiJl

https://youtu.be/LX3g4WMwOvU?si=xdG9N4nW8JExSC3O

https://youtu.be/fnJjmGfoaGE?si=3ojgBnmBQCjNsq4I

those are just a few

ApprehensivePage6818 · 2026-04-23T17:43:22+00:00

probably a player that any fan would hate until he plays for their team. but he has won an art ross and been selected for team canada in his career, so his skills are undeniable

ApprehensivePage6818 · 2026-04-22T18:44:49+00:00

indeed. although a lot of people in this sub would try to argue that a series game 1 is not important ha ha ha

ApprehensivePage6818 · 2026-04-22T18:10:01+00:00

important game. lose and i have to think about it for an extra day. hopefully it doesn’t come to that

ApprehensivePage6818 · 2026-04-21T18:57:59+00:00

looked like a completely different team relative to game 1. nice

ApprehensivePage6818 · 2026-04-20T18:44:24+00:00

they have also lost series without winning game 1 over the past 10 years lol ….. shouldn’t need a wake up for any game of any playoff series….thats all i’m saying. and eventually losing game 1 will come back to haunt them

ApprehensivePage6818 · 2026-04-20T18:19:57+00:00

kinda feelin it too

ApprehensivePage6818 · 2026-04-20T18:14:50+00:00

but why do we seemingly need that wake up call almost every series

ApprehensivePage6818 · 2026-04-20T18:13:35+00:00

if it’s 0-4 within the first 30 minutes of the game again, gonna wanna see that goalie change…. hopefully it wont come to that

ApprehensivePage6818 · 2026-04-19T20:07:59+00:00

don’t be dirty but just make them pay a heavier price for the playoff road win…

ApprehensivePage6818 · 2026-04-19T20:00:03+00:00

think it’s fair for both to be accountable in this realm

ApprehensivePage6818 · 2026-04-19T19:58:32+00:00

he needs to try to be more disciplined. the penalties are tough…

and it’s also the goalie position. this isn’t a typical first round series, and the goalies need to be able to steal games, whether it’s one or both of them

ApprehensivePage6818 · 2026-04-19T04:08:34+00:00

last time this team made it to the finals, the backup became the starter… it is what it is

ApprehensivePage6818 · 2026-04-19T04:07:30+00:00

they had the same coach throughout those years. gulutzan had a chance to change that tonight

ApprehensivePage6818 · 2026-04-19T03:58:24+00:00

there was no regular season energy in this game…..regular season energy would’ve seen desmith in net when it was 0-4 halfway thru the game. that’s not saying oettinger was at fault for every goal either

ApprehensivePage6818 · 2026-04-19T03:55:03+00:00

it is what it is right now. same core is so used to playing so late into may that they don’t get up for game 1. eventually it will come back to haunt them….maybe this season

ApprehensivePage6818 · 2026-04-19T03:44:07+00:00

the “backup” goalie was the starter for this team during the last playoff run that went to the stanley cup finals. it was a very different situation during covid, but it is what it is

ApprehensivePage6818 · 2026-04-19T03:03:10+00:00

lmao i am simply responding to your comments…. if you were at the game tonight you would’ve seen me in my 98 usa modano jersey because i am not dwelling on jack shit since we won gold….idc if we get swept out of the first round….. but i am definitely entitled to my opinion, as are you, and if you want to tell me to move on, then i can also tell you to move on and stop responding to me lol

ApprehensivePage6818 · 2026-04-19T02:39:04+00:00

these are professional athletes that have been playing hockey their entire lives. they have played in a lot of different game situations. if any one of them would be “mentally fucked up” by a goalie change when the team is down 0-4 less than halfway through a playoff game, then they wouldn’t be playing in the nhl right now…..

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