And while we had this lack of effort and execution going our coach was laying behind the bench rocking in a hammock, sipping on a margarita. How about showing a pulse and start lighting a fire under their asses
This team just doesn't have shooters. Instead of mitigating that by playing a style more conducive to scoring by committee, i.e. going to the net; shooting for rebounds; creating traffic; etc., they are shocked when they continue to water-bug on the perimeter and can't generate anything.
Connor is comprimised. He's been injured all season. His timing is off and his will to shoot is not there. Still, we needed more from him tonight than making figure 8s on the ice.
Did they shit the bed or did we just get beat by the legit best team in the League that year. Vancouver ain’t close to that. We’ll take em out with 2 Ws in a row. I know you won’t believe, but believeeeeeeeeee
Bouchard was so bad with his puck management.
The player we know has been off all season. Now playoffs.
I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up getting surgery when the season ends. It's not just the dynamic skating that's taken a hit in his game, he's basically stopped shooting, isn't anywhere nearly as tenacious in puck battles, and went from being the toughest player in the NHL when driving to the net to rarely even making the attempt. He looks like a powerplay specialist most nights, which is a far cry from what he was just a year ago.
McDavid has 1 point in the last 3 games down the stretch. Look at Draisaitl last year against Vegas. 4 goals game 1 then torched down the stretch. This isn’t the regular season. You need to get better as it goes deep not worse.
Agreed--there are some serious holes and it was Holland's job to fill them. Anyway, he's catching the Last Train for Columbus so hopefully the Oil can hire someone who isn't buddies with the alumni.
Yeh the warts in his game were back in full force tonight. We know he can play a game where he can minimize and get those out of his game. So just gotta hope that this loss kicks him in the ass a bit and gets him humble and ready to play solid in games 6 AND 7.
Ahahahaha. They got beat 5-2 and McDrai had a total of 1 point and lost it at home.
I'll take your optimism! Thanks! This team is resilient. This game hurt with such a collectively bad effort. Gut check time. Have to start winning games in the face-off dot to assert their game.
I don't even disagree on most of your points -- except Bouchard will have these stupid efforts more than most elite D. From the offensive zone in, he's pretty amazing at times but it's this kind of lackadaisical BS and wobbly defending that will never be erased from his game. But of course, now they (whatever clown the OBC decides to sweep into the GM's seat) will pay him like a no. 1 D and further hamstring their shitty cap management.
That's fair. I will say though they had a decent break between the first and second round and I think he overextended them twice in this series. Am I wrong? Additionally, there was nothing from our depth. We'd probably be eliminated by now if he didn't do that.
