MoeBartoli
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Saad was like the basketball player who misses the open shot then jumps right back into foul.
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Saad was like the basketball player who misses the open shot then jumps right back into foul.
MoeBartoli
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UNDBluejacketsfan
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He rarely sets up or creates plays. He scores goals when others do that work for him.
You can usually find him coasting on the back check
They may have been the worst Jackets home game I can ever remember. Not a single guy even bothered to show up.
MoeBartoli
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Spare me the ********, but there is not a single thing the Jackets have done since the end of the streak that proves they will bounce back. This is who they are, a team that got hot and is really a borderline lottery team.
I think we're overgeneralizing from a bad start to 2017 for Saad.
Virtually every player on the entire team scores more when Saad's on the ice. I hope that stat isn't too advanced for some folks.
Got to get back to meat and potatoes hockey. All the overpassing made me miss Todd Richards' hockey.
They need to do more "passing off the pads" and making traffic. Lot of perimeter play out there.
They need to do more "passing off the pads" and making traffic. Lot of perimeter play out there.
Meh, we're floundering. Not really a surprise. It will be interesting to see where we go from here.
The biggest problem with the roster we have is the lack of goal scorers, and nights like tonight really highlight that problem. The PP has dried up, and we aren't generating quality chances 5-5. Bob was decent, but he needs to control rebounds better...the bigger issue is our lack of finishing right now...Foligno, Saad, Wennberg, Gagne, these guys have to start finding the back of the net.
CBJfan4evr
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Saad stats on the surface look good; but I really question the consistency of his effort. Watch him fail to back check on the second Van goal. Lazy penalty took away our PP. If I'm Torts I'm taking a long look at him and Gagner.
CBJfan4evr
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Agree totally on lack of goal scoring. We really need a gritty forward who can score goals
For some reason, Saad is immune from criticism both on this board and in the coach's office. I notice this a month ago. Saad is next to worthless right now. It is not just his lack of goal scoring. It is his complete lack of everything else include defense, passing and effort.
Jackets seem to have a lot of trouble getting up for mediocre teams. They played that PIT game at a completely different level than we've seen before and since... a lot of limp, uninspired efforts against teams they should be beating. Hope it's just a matter of "youth" and not a habit we'll be dealing with in future years.
Yup, Saad's effort without the puck was very lackluster. In the first GA, he made a lazy swipe for the puck in the neutral zone, then just coasted along the play with no care for the world or where his man actually was on the ice. Jones also looked really bad on the play, just letting Daniel beat him to the rebound despite being closer.
