Someone has to break off a gbu!!
You don’t enjoy the “we’ll let you stand in front of our goalie, and we will stand a sticks length away and give you a free 2nd chance” style defense?
I thought this was Lehner’s best game of the year, by a long shot, for what you’re hinting at.
What blows my mind, though, is how you can let guys like burrows constantly bump and hang on your goalie in addition to giving up third and fourth chances.
Lehner had bodies draped on him all night, yet his composure stood out to me most. He looked technical - most nights I get the feeling that, as he stands upright for most of the game, he’s thinking in his head “ugh I really hope I don’t have to go down at all”... he was notably lower tonight.
Hoping some of our goalies can chime in. There was a clear uptick in the Lehner optic, if that makes any sense. He LOOKED right. I don’t know how else to explain it. He was crouched and ready to rock and roll the entire game. He wasn’t a mental f***ing nut job. His rebounds were under control. He was efficient side to side. His glove was up and his paddle down where appropriate.
Wondering if others saw it like that??
- We did a much better job in the neutral zone with regards to impeding the Sens’ progress thru it. Especially the forwards. Gives the D a bit of a boost, too, as there isn’t that feeling of a constant attack coming their way at full speed every shift.
- Hate Eichel’s line changes more than a lot of things. Feel uncomfortable with him in defensive situations. But again, his pace of play away from the puck has been better since Brandon. Not that he had anything to do with it, but that’s the reference point for sure. It was the game immediately following that.
- Rodrigues is a positive impact to the lineup
- Karlsson was quiet until the final four minutes
- I see a lot of missed opportunities to put shots on goal, and I really hope we can get to a point where we focus on the next level of offense. One step at a time, I know
- I swear ROR looks like one of the Monstars came down and sucked every ounce of his talent dry. Not kidding.
I’m not being a dick, he’s just flubbing passes, giving shitty ones, missing easy clears, lapses in our zone, he looks like he’s going at 1/4 speed... concerned.
- still a few too many “not my problem” passes, namely from one Dman to his partner... and they look ten times worse when you watch them back a second time. Throwing the puck to the other side of the ice does not mean you’ve done your job, especially if it’s a shit pass. That hot potato mentality and the wings passing to where they themselves are supposed to be are still mistakes that are a little too prevalent.
But all things considered, it was very nice to win a game after playing much, much better over the last five ish.
