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Afterwards, Richards took dead aim at the young, skilled players in the lineup. He indicated he is getting ready to use his one, big hammer – ice time – at first opportunity. He will have that opportunity when forwards Boone Jenner, Matt Calvert and Nathan Horton regain their health.
No Tyutin still should have bodied Galchenyuk there. It would have been better if Johansen didn't send a bouncer back to Tyutin, but realistically forwards ask their d-men to handle pucks all the time, and Tyutin didn't do it. (Galchenyuk was 15 or so feet away when the puck was sent to Tyutin) Either get the puck right or get Galchenyuk, and he got neither. (Though Tyutin's been good this year, so I'm not doggin him.)
I don't get Richards calling out Johansen there. That's a normal play, and he'll call out the young players for that but won't call out veterans for much worse?
No Tyutin still should have bodied Galchenyuk there. It would have been better if Johansen didn't send a bouncer back to Tyutin, but realistically forwards ask their d-men to handle pucks all the time, and Tyutin didn't do it. (Galchenyuk was 15 or so feet away when the puck was sent to Tyutin) Either get the puck right or get Galchenyuk, and he got neither. (Though Tyutin's been good this year, so I'm not doggin him.)
I don't get Richards calling out Johansen there. That's a normal play, and he'll call out the young players for that but won't call out veterans for much worse?
Color me the optimist but I keep seeing us improving. As Kev22 said, both of our goals tonight were kinda flukes especially the 2nd one. But I think we all know how much Nick Foligno means to the team, its night and day when he's in the lineup. I don't think we need to make a move, I think we need to stay in the hunt until we can get our big guns back (Gaborik, Horton) then propel us to make our run for the playoffs in around late January when the boys returning can get their feet under them and get adjusted with new linemates. Stay the course, but make a move if it improves the team obviously.
I appreciate your optimism but this team can't hold on that long. We are lucky to score two goals per game. If they try to wait a month, we'll be out of the picture. Hell, they may be out of it after this road trip.
So, how many points out of a playoff spot are we now?
Can't wait for the Feel Good Brigade to show up and tell us that our last-place hockey team is actually really good.
Happened right in front of me. Myself, my buddy, and everybody else in our section couldn't believe Joey took a pass from Tyutin, and chose to pass it right back instead of dumping it in. There was 10 seconds left on the clock for goodness sakes. That was all on Joey. Stupid on his part. Richards was correct.
To me, this is not the Same Old Jackets.
I appreciate your optimism but this team can't hold on that long. We are lucky to score two goals per game. If they try to wait a month, we'll be out of the picture. Hell, they may be out of it after this road trip. We are that inept offensively. IMO, I would be fine trading Jack Johnson if the return was right. Calvert and Jenner are not the offensive answers to our scoring problems.
On the bright side, Ryan Murray is now officially our best dman. I believe he led the team in ice time (actually 19 seconds short) and was put out in all situations. He is going to make someone in the top four expendable. That's a good thing.
ThisCam learned a tough one the other night, Joey learned one last night.
youth = mistakes = learning. it's called developing. it's what happens with 20/21 year olds
Jenner and Calvert have a combined 2 goals this season, getting them back will not be the answer to the scoring problem.
Ding Ding Ding.No, but they are critical to the aggressive forecheck system that this team is designed to play. That system, when executed properly, wears down the other teams defense, creates turnovers and opens up more chances for the shooters like Anisimov.
Just now seeing that goal, that's not Johansen's fault at all. All on Tyutin with a dash of Nikitin. Bouncing a bit yes but it was going slow enough and he had plenty of time. He's gotta be harder on his stick and hook the **** outta him before he gets in clean. Nikitin pretty much gave up on it. He had to of been within stick reach when Galchenyuk shoots it. Why not put a stick on him!?! **** a firm poke in the back could've easily thrown him off enough to miss. Mac didn't look very good on it either. 1 main issue I have with him is he seems to get too deep in his net often.
Just now seeing that goal, that's not Johansen's fault at all. All on Tyutin with a dash of Nikitin. Bouncing a bit yes but it was going slow enough and he had plenty of time. He's gotta be harder on his stick and hook the **** outta him before he gets in clean. Nikitin pretty much gave up on it. He had to of been within stick reach when Galchenyuk shoots it. Why not put a stick on him!?! **** a firm poke in the back could've easily thrown him off enough to miss. Mac didn't look very good on it either. 1 main issue I have with him is he seems to get too deep in his net often.
You cant fault him for trusting Tyutin to handle a slow regroup pass with both d-men back and essentially nobody forechecking on him. Tyutin was slow in his decision to control the puck, slow to make a play with it, and slow to react to anything Galchenyuk was doing. Montreal was actually in mid change. What happens if Tyutin controls it, throws it d to d to Nikitin and we break back into their zone and get a quality chance or even a goal? Then it would be "Oh Johansen with such a smart veteran play, most young guys would just dump it in".
Can't focus all on the results of the play as hard as it is.