Need another top 6 scorer badly. Somebody who can shoot FFS and can hang on to the puck for longer than 3 seconds.
Still really don't have any idea what Lucic is doing on this team. Guy is cooked. Can't skate, can't pass, can't shoot. Useless.
Either we Dallas stars our way into the playoffs or we are screwed. Us sporting a -10 gd and yet being 1st in the pacific is goddamn hilarious.
I can’t see us making it with how anemic our scoring is. It’s really troubling to watch
How great has Derek Ryan been offensively at 5v5 this season?
5th on the team in G/60 (0.73)
1st on the team in A/60 (1.25)
3rd on the team in Primary Assists/60 (0.62)
1st on the team in Points/60 (1.97)
Phenomenal.
I crap on the Flames for being bad and inconsistent as much as anyone but I don't see this as one of those games tbh. I watched almost the entire game and I thought it was even until the last 5 mins or so.
They played fine, not ideal especially considering the other team was hobbled with injuries but they played well enough to win. They won the quality (XGF%, HDCF%, SCF%). On top of that Rittich was great, the tale about the game seems to be that this was a Leafs blowout that Rittich single handedly stopped from happening and that's just not the case.
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Also sidenote Johnny has 27 sog in the last 5 games.
Jankowski was noticeably like, good today. Well, good for his standards. Made a few good plays to hold the puck in and drew a penalty by almost undressing Sandin on the PK. Liked what I saw from him but the main attraction was 100% Rittich. God damn he was good.
I crap on the Flames for being bad and inconsistent as much as anyone but I don't see this as one of those games tbh. I watched almost the entire game and I thought it was even until the last 5 mins or so.
They played fine, not ideal especially considering the other team was hobbled with injuries but they played well enough to win. They won the quality (XGF%, HDCF%, SCF%). On top of that Rittich was great, the tale about the game seems to be that this was a Leafs blowout that Rittich single handedly stopped from happening and that's just not the case.
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Also sidenote Johnny has 27 sog in the last 5 games.
Need another top 6 scorer badly. Somebody who can shoot FFS and can hang on to the puck for longer than 3 seconds.
Still really don't have any idea what Lucic is doing on this team. Guy is cooked. Can't skate, can't pass, can't shoot. Useless.
I mean he's not great lately, but he still contributed decently on the first goal. Only reason that Dube got the puck is cause Lucic forced the turnover.
Exactly lucic and Rinaldo together just make me want to fire Ward. So dumb.I don’t disagree but unless it’s a dumb game like Saturday there’s no reason both Lucic and Rinaldo should be in the lineup at the same time. Especially with the other options we have available
Also there’s probably a better fit for Ryan with how well he’s been playing. If you add a top 6 RW you can drop Backlund down and have Dube-Backlund-Ryan where they alternate faceoffs and that’ll be a lot better
I don’t disagree but unless it’s a dumb game like Saturday there’s no reason both Lucic and Rinaldo should be in the lineup at the same time. Especially with the other options we have available
Also there’s probably a better fit for Ryan with how well he’s been playing. If you add a top 6 RW you can drop Backlund down and have Dube-Backlund-Ryan where they alternate faceoffs and that’ll be a lot better
I think you're half right. The biggest obstacle we currently face is getting our Dmen more involved in our offense, which is a huge reason as to why our PP has looked bad.the biggest area we need to work on continues to be the PP. When we got the disingenuous makeup calls after TO tied it up, I knew we wouldn't score on them.