Koach K kaught in the same old 97 29 glue trap.
It hasn’t been working since Day 1 this season and instead has been costing us games, rather than winning us games as these 2 abandon any pretext of playing well defensively when together and instead make costly turnovers from hope plays.
Teams know how to defend these 2 now and refusing to play them apart is detrimental to long term success.
RNH usually can’t do much centering his own line. Holloway buried on line 4 with the most useless player since Tobias Kahun does nothing. Foegele and McLoed are the Magic 8 ball of players, you never know what you’re going to get out of them. Skinner better have his head out of his ass as well or were cooked.
So with all that and a useless morning skate I predict a 4 - 1 Oiler win and the start of a @CROTT GDT win streak!
My fear is that, because his game relies so much on his speed that, because of age and his past injuries, he'll fall off a lot faster than most superstars do. Legs are always the first to go, and we're seeing year after year he looks every so slightly slower out there, which means he dominates less.
It really seems like he does sometimes. Hope he knows people are just passionate and we all appreciate him very muchMcD reads the internet.
I miss him turning the goal light on and taking inside moves and shots instead of going for his trick, shoot it off the goalies ear 5X a game.
Even if he loses his speed, he should be an elite player.
McDrai are both getting nailed often. They always get up quick like "I can take anything" but cumulatively hits have impact and they slow down and effect any player. They're getting drilled. Coleman and others specifically targetted them for hits because why wouldn't an opponent do that?
I actually don't mind this bottom 9 minus Brown.
Janmark has had a couple good games. Couple goals… punched the dude who hit McDavid. I doubt it will last all game but clearly getting rewarded for being one of the only players to show up.
I agree with rewarding positive results but do it by giving a bit more ice time or something like that. Not putting them in a position that they are not designed to be in. He was successful the other night playing where he should be playing, and should stay there. (in the bottom 6)
I'm sure they remember how to play good defence. It's the committment to do it that I think is lacking.
Jesus
If that happens, it will be raining jerseys
Gotta agree with this. Its chaotic at this point. Didn't mind a little experimentation here and there but its just been constant since ASG. Even when lines are playing well in games they are being changed up.
Goaltending has been a far bigger issue than the defense.
