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Re: “I’ve studied goaltending more than anyone in the World”

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TAFKAP wrote: 29 Apr 2025 20:01 pm Man, Games 3 and 4 were LOUD. Can you imagine what Enterprise will be like for Game 6 if we win in the 'Peg?

I couldn't afford SCF tickets, but the loudest I've ever heard Enterprise was the Watch Party for Game 2 when Boom Boom scored in OT. I couldn't hear much of anything the next day.
I was at the Game 7 Watch Party, that was fairly loud as well! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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TAFKAP wrote: 29 Apr 2025 20:01 pm Man, Games 3 and 4 were LOUD. Can you imagine what Enterprise will be like for Game 6 if we win in the 'Peg?

I couldn't afford SCF tickets, but the loudest I've ever heard Enterprise was the Watch Party for Game 2 when Boom Boom scored in OT. I couldn't hear much of anything the next day.
You should have been at the watch party for SCF game 7. Now THAT was loud.

I went to all the watch parties that year and game 7 against the baby bears was deafening. I had to yell at the top of my lungs so my son, sitting right beside me, could hear me.
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Op 100 percent nails it. Utter facepalm comment. On many levels.
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I can't help but hear it in the voice of Dana Carvey doing Mickey Rooney "biggest star in the WORLD" impression
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Maybe mentioned earlier but the irony of this comment is that clearly he is thinking about things and its ib his head. Yes maybe he responds but at some point he won't and he will be tortured with this.
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Aesa wrote: 29 Apr 2025 20:15 pm
TAFKAP wrote: 29 Apr 2025 20:01 pm Man, Games 3 and 4 were LOUD. Can you imagine what Enterprise will be like for Game 6 if we win in the 'Peg?

I couldn't afford SCF tickets, but the loudest I've ever heard Enterprise was the Watch Party for Game 2 when Boom Boom scored in OT. I couldn't hear much of anything the next day.
You should have been at the watch party for SCF game 7. Now THAT was loud.

I went to all the watch parties that year and game 7 against the baby bears was deafening. I had to yell at the top of my lungs so my son, sitting right beside me, could hear me.
We went to 2 and 5, I thought 2 was louder. I knew I was going to be drunk and crying in my beer either way for Game 7 so we stayed home. Glad I did, I was watching the game and listening to Kerbers call at the end. Great times.
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TAFKAP wrote: 29 Apr 2025 21:41 pm
Aesa wrote: 29 Apr 2025 20:15 pm
TAFKAP wrote: 29 Apr 2025 20:01 pm Man, Games 3 and 4 were LOUD. Can you imagine what Enterprise will be like for Game 6 if we win in the 'Peg?

I couldn't afford SCF tickets, but the loudest I've ever heard Enterprise was the Watch Party for Game 2 when Boom Boom scored in OT. I couldn't hear much of anything the next day.
You should have been at the watch party for SCF game 7. Now THAT was loud.

I went to all the watch parties that year and game 7 against the baby bears was deafening. I had to yell at the top of my lungs so my son, sitting right beside me, could hear me.
We went to 2 and 5, I thought 2 was louder. I knew I was going to be drunk and crying in my beer either way for Game 7 so we stayed home. Glad I did, I was watching the game and listening to Kerbers call at the end. Great times.
Still vividly remember Yadi's commercials for the game 7 party..."I hear your house is sold out. Come to ours." 25+ thousand took him up on the invitation... 8)
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theograce wrote: 29 Apr 2025 14:50 pm Wrong thing to say publicly Helly. Face palm that

Neighbours and Schenn be skating in his blue paint asking how school’s going
Maybe he should try more reacting to the puck and less thinking. He's obviously in his own head.
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succinct712 wrote: 29 Apr 2025 18:17 pm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmE-XKMdT5c

Good listen on CH.
I agree 100% with that dude. He is not moving well at all. He's like a statue out there. He's not reacting well with his glove at all. Just being a positional goalie right now is not going to cut it against what the Blues are throwing at him.
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Go at him hard and fast. An early goal will break a fragile psyche.
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BrummerStealsHome wrote: 30 Apr 2025 08:49 am Go at him hard and fast. An early goal will break a fragile psyche.
As Army would say, time to take the knife, stab him in the eye and finish him off. :twisted:
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Is anyone else worried about the Blues coming out so strongly at the start that it feels "decided" after a period of play but it's not because there's wayyyyy too much time to play with the lead on the road against a wounded, desperate team with heavy expectations?

I am hoping for an even kind of game for awhile that the Blues THEN break through and get in his head and there's not enough time to get it together.
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seattleblue wrote: 30 Apr 2025 09:54 am Is anyone else worried about the Blues coming out so strongly at the start that it feels "decided" after a period of play but it's not because there's wayyyyy too much time to play with the lead on the road against a wounded, desperate team with heavy expectations?

I am hoping for an even kind of game for awhile that the Blues THEN break through and get in his head and there's not enough time to get it together.
Based on the performances in the home games, the young guys now know that they could and probably should have won the first game, but they took their foot off the gas. They know that they have to keep the accelerator on the floorboard and stay committed to details. Winny will have a push fueled by the white out, so this will be the Binner show in the first. Then we break their hearts.

This could be the first OT of the series.
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succinct712 wrote: 29 Apr 2025 19:40 pm
Wattage wrote: 29 Apr 2025 19:26 pm
Hooking wrote: 29 Apr 2025 14:58 pm He is very "Not my fault" when he chokes year after year.

I am sure there is some truth to that as ice hockey is very much a team game but he is not adjusting and the Blues are actually scoring goals against the Jets D and G. What I mean by that is there are not a lot of lucky bounces on the Blues goals.
If you read the whole article he did not say its not his fault. He said he has to play better and didnt blame the team. He was just saying he didnt forget how to play and knows he is capable of rebounding andnisnt gonna do anything drastic to change his normal routine and form because he believes he is still the goalie he was in the regular season.
Why would he change his routine/approach? He's definitely in trouble until he figures it out. The issue here is that he has a long history of choking and it's looking bleak for him yet again. Much of what is happening can be attributed to the Blues simply outplaying the Jets. Hopefully the Blues can bring their "A" game the next two and close it out.
There was a piece in the Athletic explaining exactly WHY Hellebyuck struggles in the playoffs. It's because he plays so far back in his crease. That's fine in the regular season when there isn't as much traffic allowed in the paint, and refs tend to call everything. Once the playoffs start and the refs put away the whistles, there's a LOT more traffic in front, teams know to exploit this, and Helly gets pushed further back into his crease.

He HAS to challenge shooters more, and trust his D to cover weakside passes. If they can make that adaptation, he might right the ship.

Sounds like he's talking himself into not needing to make any adaptations, though.
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Aesa wrote: 29 Apr 2025 20:15 pm
TAFKAP wrote: 29 Apr 2025 20:01 pm Man, Games 3 and 4 were LOUD. Can you imagine what Enterprise will be like for Game 6 if we win in the 'Peg?

I couldn't afford SCF tickets, but the loudest I've ever heard Enterprise was the Watch Party for Game 2 when Boom Boom scored in OT. I couldn't hear much of anything the next day.
You should have been at the watch party for SCF game 7. Now THAT was loud.

I went to all the watch parties that year and game 7 against the baby bears was deafening. I had to yell at the top of my lungs so my son, sitting right beside me, could hear me.
I was there for 7 as well. "One of" the greatest nights in my life.

*part in quotes added in case my wife and/or kids are reading*
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sdaltons wrote: 30 Apr 2025 10:29 am
Aesa wrote: 29 Apr 2025 20:15 pm
TAFKAP wrote: 29 Apr 2025 20:01 pm Man, Games 3 and 4 were LOUD. Can you imagine what Enterprise will be like for Game 6 if we win in the 'Peg?

I couldn't afford SCF tickets, but the loudest I've ever heard Enterprise was the Watch Party for Game 2 when Boom Boom scored in OT. I couldn't hear much of anything the next day.
You should have been at the watch party for SCF game 7. Now THAT was loud.

I went to all the watch parties that year and game 7 against the baby bears was deafening. I had to yell at the top of my lungs so my son, sitting right beside me, could hear me.
I was there for 7 as well. "One of" the greatest nights in my life.

*part in quotes added in case my wife and/or kids are reading*
Smart move.
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