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Hey Armchair coaches! What should have Therrien done differently tonight? Thats all we hear after a loss, surely we have some constructive criticism?![]()
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Hey Armchair coaches! What should have Therrien done differently tonight? Thats all we hear after a loss, surely we have some constructive criticism?![]()
How do you find Ryder in his first game ?
referring to white again?
look, there's nothing wrong when you point out that a player has cost us a game (or two in some cases) when a player does quite literally cost you a game. white has cost us 3 (or 4) points so far. nothing wrong pointing it out; doesn't mean we hate him. in fact, he's been beastly since coming back from his second benching.
generally though, i agree, but sometimes it is somebody's fault. like therrien putting gionta and plekanec on the shootout
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Similar foundation (puck possession, aggressive forecheck, defense-first, cries of "boring" by the teams we are beating), but nowhere near the ridiculous possession levels the Blues have.
Yeah, White in a game where we had the one goal lead and Ott pushed Price into the net while White was on the bench.
Gionta against the Sens in the last game we lost in OT. Would have been Emelin tonight if we had not kicked ass in the 3rd Period. The knives were already being sharpened.
It gets old seeing one individual forward or DMan singled out as "costing us a game" when its a team game.
Its a good point though, they are playing on the same general concept, which is absolute supression of they other team getting any significant amount of time in the offensive zone, achieved by not star power but depth of quality two-way players.
Its what they Habs could have had last season if they had 3 things go their way. A second pairing, Gauthier not panicing and going insane on reactionary moves and getting better puck luck.
He was still on the ice though, wasn't he ?
Its a good point though, they are playing on the same general concept, which is absolute supression of they other team getting any significant amount of time in the offensive zone, achieved by not star power but depth of quality two-way players.
Its what they Habs could have had last season if they had 3 things go their way. A second pairing, Gauthier not panicing and going insane on reactionary moves and getting better puck luck.
A coaching change would be required though. The "Trap" is not what we are playing now.
white was the one that took the double minor, letting the sabres come back, hence, cost us the game. gionta has sucked badly, but he hasn't cost us anything so far. and emelin was fine. he's always fine. not great, not terribad, just... fine...
i find it weird that you, who are not usually shy about dispensing some literary justice on scapegoats when we lose, defend your boy white 'til the bitter end.
he cost us a game (or two, can't remember), it's ok, you can admit it![]()
luckily we dont have Gainey to **** things up
I just get the sense like it's all going to fall apart for them... again.
How do you find Ryder in his first game ?
A coaching change would be required though. The "Trap" is not what we are playing now.
We have Pitt and Ruins on B2B nights
But they also got the best player in the worldI'll gladly take 2/4 points and call it a success. Pitt has some holes right now... that's the more winnable game imo.
Not how they are playing, but the Martin era group had similar levels of puck control.
Ironically, it was actually of a much higher event nature than Therrien's team. Habs play more aggressively now, but the net result is actually less goals for either side compared to under Martin. That actually shouldn't be so suppressing, Martin favoured using the trap as a counter-attack strategy to produce offensive rushes, which is how those trapping Otttawa and New Jersey teams were strong in scoring despite playing "boring, trap hockey."
But they also got the best player in the world![]()
Embarrassing thread on the main board started by a Habs fan. This is why we can't have nice things, people!