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GDT: Islanders @ Sabres 11/1/2024, 7:00 PM EDT; MSG, ESPN+, WGR


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23 minutes ago, Mr Peabody said:

Gilbert was the closest D man to Horvat

Clifton got caught WAY up ice, he was basically in the Islander goal crease when they got control of the puck.

Samuelsson was the other D-man on the ice. I have seen 2 replays and have no idea where he was.

I have no problem with the D-men going to the net in the offensive zone, but ONE of you has to stay back.  Since Clifton was in so deep, I'm going to put this on Samuelsson for 'where was he' as he should be covering for his partner.  

Again, I havne't seen a clear replay of where everyone was on the ice yet.

EDIT: yeah, that one is on Samuelsson. He WAS on the blueline when Clifton went really far in deep, but then he pinched to the boards while clifton was still in deep. MAJOR BAD DECISION to try to pinch in the offensive zone when your partner is so deep. That is why there was no coverage.

EDIT #2:  ON the other hand, Samuelsson HAD Zucker behind him. It still was a bad pinch, but IF he knew Zucker was behind him maybe that is why he decided to pinch..Zucker just got caught flat-footed in the neutral zone and couldn't recover.

Plus, Quinn didn't play it well, the near side was his wing, he over-rotated in the offensive zone and left the entire near side of the ice open (where the goal scorer came from.)

I really don't have a problem with Clifton there.  That one is mostly on Samuelsson and Quinn, with Samuelsson possibly getting a partial pass if Zucker could have recovered better knowing he was there.

Edited by mjd1001
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