New pads for Darling. Dare we hope that helps some of his glove issues?
So we have a 2nd line, a 3rd line and two 4th lines now?
This might be a silly thought. But I always wondered if those bright red pads he wore helps the shooters see his five hole more easier? Wonder if white pads could actually make a difference for him haha.
Looks more like a 1b and 3 4th lines.
I don’t like splitting up Skinner and Williams because at least while they were together they were only ****ing up one line. Now they can immediately kill the offense of two separate lines.
There was that thought for awhile - that colored pads helped shooters more easily identify where to shoot. Somewhat famously, back when Marc-Andre Fleury wore his yellow set, an optometrist wrote him a letter opining that part of his issues was that yellow is the most sensitive color to the eye and not long after that he switched over to white pads and many goalies across the League followed suit. I honestly don't know how sensitive the eye is to that shade of red, but I don't think the color of his pads is the reason why he can't freeze the puck in his crease to save his life.
New pads for Darling. Dare we hope that helps some of his glove issues?
Likely no niskanen or backstrom tonight for caps
Any context here? What effort is he not happy with, there's plenty to choose from. Although, lately the effort has been good enough for a string of wins.
No, I just assumed he meant at practice
Or that he can't catch a pop fly. Goalie play is as much, if not more, mental than physical so maybe he's just changing things just to try and get out of a funk. Can't hurt.
5-1 loss