Talking about Cole's usage in this game is one thing, talking about whether he is disgruntled, wants out of winnipeg and what his agent is scheming and other conspiracy theories belongs in his own thread and not a PGT.Are we not allowed to talk about anything negative because we won?
Ragging on a player who's sat for half the season and then is asked to play the fourth line energy forecheck... he does it and it's like oh all he does is skate.See a bunch of people talking about Kupari and poor he looked.
I came away from the game more encouraged about him than before; I know nothing really came of his play, but it’s not like he’s had a lot of ice time this year to improve.
I very well could be wrong, but I think he has another level or two he can hit and be a good player.
Just saw it in SN Jets at 6, Canucks at 9 on SundayIs that confirmed?
Hallelujah. A Monday game at 845 would have been crap.Just saw it in SN Jets at 6, Canucks at 9 on Sunday
So that's game 82. Helluva season. 8 game win streak to end it off. 2nd in the west. While I've been on board with critiquing some of Bones' decisions, tonight I want to embrace what we've accomplished with Bones at the helm.
One thing I want to call out is Morrissey's evolution under Bones. Even though Bones is known for a stifling defensive game overall, he also has a vision that every player on the ice is responsible for both defense and offense. The forwards need to think defensively. When they don't, we see what happens. But he also opened the floodgates for our D to step into an offensive role, because our forwards cover for them when they do. And Morrissey has gone from pretty f***ing good, to absolutely dominant under Bones. To whatever extent Bones as an old coach is a dinosaur or old skool, he also sees every player on the ice as part of a coehsive unit that scores goals and stops goals. And Morrissey, to both their credit, has become the player he was meant to be in that system.
Epic bed shitting by LA
True, but is facing Dallas any better?I would throw this game too if I were LA to avoid facing the Oilers in the 1st round.
True, but is facing Dallas any better?
I don't disagree, but you can't have your 2RW go on a stretch like he did and not do something about it when the team looks like it can compete
His banishment was finalized with the Toffoli trade. In that sense, both him and Ville just had terrible timing with their misfortunes this year
zomg how dare I forget his what 1 assist in that span? going that many games without scoring to make him become a healthy scratch is what cost him millions, had he scored he wouldn't have been scratched and hold have made his bonuses lol
I think it's a mixture of both. Morrissey was showing signs of being an elite impact d-man the season before Bones under Maurice/Lowry. Based on @IneffetiveMath's Synthetic Goals metric he had already achieved #1 d-man results the season prior to Bones:
So maybe Bones helped unlock the offense by giving him the greenlight but I would not be surprised if JoMo was going to post elite results no matter what.
Talking about Cole's usage in this game is one thing, talking about whether he is disgruntled, wants out of winnipeg and what his agent is scheming and other conspiracy theories belongs in his own thread and not a PGT.
Isn’t that Sip’s sister?I'm committing myself to a Nunnery...
The innocent version of the Jets punished the West Coast Sinners...
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I think it's a mixture of both. Morrissey was showing signs of being an elite impact d-man the season before Bones under Maurice/Lowry. Based on @IneffetiveMath's Synthetic Goals metric he had already achieved #1 d-man results the season prior to Bones:
So maybe Bones helped unlock the offense by giving him the greenlight but I would not be surprised if JoMo was going to post elite results no matter what.
This is close to what I think. I agree, Bones didn't make Morrissey into a great #1 D, he was doing that already all by himself. But I do see an association between Bones' system and Morrissey's offensive break-out. Josh has played differently since Bones got here, because the system has allowed him to. While that was obviously always something Morrissey had the potential to do (because he's doing it now), I do think that the way Bones coaches the game (always think D, but then score when the opportunity arises) has both made the other players on the ice allow Morrissey to unleash his offensive potential, and also given Morrissey the freedom to play the highly intelligent game that he does, where he can read the ice and make the best play, instead of being stifled into a more static defensive position.
Sunday at 6