No...Jones isn't good..period!
He also was on with Kk for the SJ goal in regulation.. Darren Pang calked Jones out foe being late in coverage at the net when Kk did not get the puck when chasing behind our net and it got sent out to the low slot in front of our crease
Vlasic and Jones do not pair well because simply Jones is a poor defender who loses track of the play and has zero instinct /anticipation where hecshould be in coverage ...if he is in the correct position he does not get beat 1 on1 to an intolerable level...I can take hosxability to vecaveragevorxabovecavwrage if he is in the right spot.. but the trouble is often he is not ...simply a lack of ibstincrvand on sone shifts Focus to track where tpuckniscorbis going to be.
Tonight I often thought his mind wanders or he is on something playing as if in a fog in the d-zione...he does notbl procrss the flow of the pkay well so is either out of position or not gettingto correct position in time..
I cansee the Athletic S Jones but I qurstio the defensive mind for defending.
If he showed me mitigatingveffective offense,maybe I could live with his defensive flaws.. but he is not performing well onattack either..Horrible shot/cannot get through or best goalies ,passes not onto sticks,fails to keep pucks in...PPs die with him.
Good athlete...not so good a hockey player.
It is not only the $9.5 million is not reflected in his performance/production/ shutdown capability.. but Ivaksovdo not see thecsparknofvibstensity ...maybe isis comfort.. $9.5 for 8 seasons( 6 more to go(m) why care to focus and pjay morevibtenslyvand smartly when you are thinking of all that cash going into your bank account and set for life?
For that cost he should be much more that a minute muncher .. He should be more effective at least in 1 aspect ...defense or offense... if not in Both areas of play..
He is not a 1D on any oher team I the NHL except maybe SJ and even there they probably do not want him ...let alone @ $9.5 forv8 years.
I have said before he might be more effective as a forward...Good speed good size..good athelete..no hands ...no shot ofccourse ..but let him rush the puck in with power...create chaos going to the net ...clearing space for others to shoot...occupy dnen..He coukd be a complementary forward doing some pathway clearing.
ButvI just do not think he is an effective competent dman...fre his mind from processing opposition attacks into orbin our d-zone and maybe this freedom to just play and not try to think too much could make him of more use than he is playing all those minutes as a 1D ...or as any type of dman.
I personally do not think $9.5 can play better with any D-partner ..because I do notvthink he ihasctge mind for defending..or tge mindvforvoofense..Rather hevdoeschavexathleticcabilutycandcsize...use those traits abd let hisvnind becfreecforca mirexsinple north-south rishbpiwer forwardcgane.
He also was on with Kk for the SJ goal in regulation.. Darren Pang calked Jones out foe being late in coverage at the net when Kk did not get the puck when chasing behind our net and it got sent out to the low slot in front of our crease
Vlasic and Jones do not pair well because simply Jones is a poor defender who loses track of the play and has zero instinct /anticipation where hecshould be in coverage ...if he is in the correct position he does not get beat 1 on1 to an intolerable level...I can take hosxability to vecaveragevorxabovecavwrage if he is in the right spot.. but the trouble is often he is not ...simply a lack of ibstincrvand on sone shifts Focus to track where tpuckniscorbis going to be.
Tonight I often thought his mind wanders or he is on something playing as if in a fog in the d-zione...he does notbl procrss the flow of the pkay well so is either out of position or not gettingto correct position in time..
I cansee the Athletic S Jones but I qurstio the defensive mind for defending.
If he showed me mitigatingveffective offense,maybe I could live with his defensive flaws.. but he is not performing well onattack either..Horrible shot/cannot get through or best goalies ,passes not onto sticks,fails to keep pucks in...PPs die with him.
Good athlete...not so good a hockey player.
It is not only the $9.5 million is not reflected in his performance/production/ shutdown capability.. but Ivaksovdo not see thecsparknofvibstensity ...maybe isis comfort.. $9.5 for 8 seasons( 6 more to go(m) why care to focus and pjay morevibtenslyvand smartly when you are thinking of all that cash going into your bank account and set for life?
For that cost he should be much more that a minute muncher .. He should be more effective at least in 1 aspect ...defense or offense... if not in Both areas of play..
He is not a 1D on any oher team I the NHL except maybe SJ and even there they probably do not want him ...let alone @ $9.5 forv8 years.
I have said before he might be more effective as a forward...Good speed good size..good athelete..no hands ...no shot ofccourse ..but let him rush the puck in with power...create chaos going to the net ...clearing space for others to shoot...occupy dnen..He coukd be a complementary forward doing some pathway clearing.
ButvI just do not think he is an effective competent dman...fre his mind from processing opposition attacks into orbin our d-zone and maybe this freedom to just play and not try to think too much could make him of more use than he is playing all those minutes as a 1D ...or as any type of dman.
I personally do not think $9.5 can play better with any D-partner ..because I do notvthink he ihasctge mind for defending..or tge mindvforvoofense..Rather hevdoeschavexathleticcabilutycandcsize...use those traits abd let hisvnind becfreecforca mirexsinple north-south rishbpiwer forwardcgane.
