Darkauron
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Wow didn't realize we didn't take a penalty at all in the game. Yet still got battered, I dont want to imagine the score if the refs were calling everything like the normally would.
Wow didn't realize we didn't take a penalty at all in the game. Yet still got battered, I dont want to imagine the score if the refs were calling everything like the normally would.
There's a perfectly reasonable explanation for this. Henrique chases play a lot more than Zacha. He has the puck less than Zacha, that will usually leave you with more hits.But if it's more "but Zacha!" - Henrique has 15 hits in 19 games this year while Zacha has 11 in 15. So not much difference in grit. But with Henrique generating more shots, playing well on the PK, and committing less boneheaded turnovers...you don't have much of a leg to stand on.
Hynes has been disappointing to me in every game so far.
Some of our best played games were actually the last two games. Well, at least before the collapse today. We were really good until that second goal was scored.
I never have been a believer in Hynes and until I see a vast difference in our style of play/system, I don't think I ever will be.
It's clear that he knows what he's doing, even though I thought he may have lost the team last year, which is an even larger smear against him than if he had lost the team. Because sometimes the coach loses the team, without doing anything wrong.
He knows what he's doing, this is just the way he prefers to do things. This is what he desires.
There's a perfectly reasonable explanation for this. Henrique chases play a lot more than Zacha. He has the puck less than Zacha, that will usually leave you with more hits.
If there's one really big knock on Zacha, it's that he somehow manages even fewer shots per game than Henrique and that shouldn't be. That's one area where the coaching staff should wanna see more from him, and not critique his ''Compete level'' or his lack of ''Grit'' or his ability to ''Collectively help us do enough to win a hockey game'' (I'm pretty sure Hynes used that collective word when talking about him yesterday) or whatever cliche you can think.
But if it's more "but Zacha!" - Henrique has 15 hits in 19 games this year while Zacha has 11 in 15. So not much difference in grit. But with Henrique generating more shots, playing well on the PK, and committing less boneheaded turnovers...you don't have much of a leg to stand on.
this game was on schneider.
I can see it in the eye test, but it's certainly no secret that Henrique isn't really a puck possession player. And it's well known that guys who have a lot of hits, usually don't have possession. This isn't a rule, there exceptions. Scott Stevens is probably the most famous of all.Where does this "has the puck less" thing come from? Just what you perceive? It's certainly possible that you're right, but I don't think it's likely to be right.
Anyway I'd actually like Zacha to have the puck less if so. I think he needs to find his way as a winger that gets open for our offensive players with good vision to feed him passes. Like Bratt or Nico. I've seen nothing to think he's going to be the type of puck possessing drive a line on his own player.
Once we are down three and then four goals, I think the analysis that "we are the better team for the most part" goes out the window. They're just cruising, jabbing and occasionally counter-punching at that point,waiting to see if we can land a punch. Which we did not and do not.Probably not that different. They had a bad 180 seconds or so and it resulted in 3 goals against. Otherwise, they were the better team for the most part.
If anything, I think that Edmonton game (where he had a save percentage over 90% for the game) was on Cory, while he played worse on paper in this one, but didn't really play as poorly. This was the evening out of that. Much like Andersen's 42 save shutout was the lowering of our insane shooting percentage. I figured maybe the Jets were due for a game where there's gets lowered, but it wasn't today. There's must be over 12% on the season right now.
Once we are down three and then four goals, I think the analysis that "we are the better team for the most part" goes out the window. They're just cruising, jabbing and occasionally counter-punching at that point,waiting to see if we can land a punch. Which we did not and do not.
We need to score more goals. We need to create more really dangerous chances. Those items are way down the last few weeks and that gives me cause for worry. It's not hot goaltenders who are stopping us really. We are just not creating at the same rate we were. Where is Bratt? We were also counting on Zacha and we know where is is (and isn't).
Also in the end, a team with Boyle and Zajac centering two of its four lines is not going to be terribly dynamic offensively. It may be a team, all the same, that teaches the youngsters how to win 2 - 1 games in this league, and how to play with structure.
I have no crystal ball.
But I'd like to see us build an exciting, young team that can fill the Rock and get people excited with their identity and style of play. So please Rejean Shero and John Hynes stay on topic as to those goals.
This is true, when we were sloppy and getting outshot we were winning games, I am neutral on Hynes because we have a .500 team on paper, maybe a little better than that, but I also dont see a lot of really outstanding coaches in the league nowadays, and none that are available to "hire"
These things usually even themselves out and I think that's what happened today. There's been a couple games where Cory played a lot better on paper than he really did, like against Arizona and Edmonton. That's why I'm not so disappointed with his play tonight, like in other games where he's been lit up.its like the analysis is purely based on rate statistics as opposed to individual instances throughout the season. that has always been my problem with save % and most advanced analytics in a sport like hockey. i dont think cory played poorly overall but the little things likei mentioned that he doesnt do ends up hurting and is covered by these impressive rate statistics. his rebound control was not that great, he was over committed, and then his stick work is pathetic.
I'm not calling for his firing, I'll be fine with keeping him throughout the season, unless we have a chance to hire someone better, in order to save our season.Pretty much every other coach available has the same question marks Hynes has. We'd pretty much have to get lucky with another team getting rid of a good, established coach, or go with another young up-and-coming coach (which Hynes was by the way) that ends up being a truly great coach.
I don't think there's that much difference in coaching these days. For all the talk about systems there are only so many ways to play this game. Maybe a different coach would make better personnel decisions, but you look at just about any team's board and I'll bet they also complain about vets getting more leeway than kids, certain players being used too much, etc. Hynes isn't perfect, and I don't think he's the coach for this team once we start contending, but given where we are in the process, I'm not going to crucify the guy...yet.
HAHAHAHA!!! Jets piano guy playing Blades of Steel intro
Hynes is pretty much the guy you stick with for a while and then you fire him right as the team becomes a serious Stanley Cup contender. Then you bring in a veteran guy with a short shelf-life (2-3 seasons) who will ride a team in its prime to getting past whatever round they're stuck in.
DVR the game, listen to Abbey Road in the car !