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Or how long Yeo lets him stay out there...
i can totally see Yeo benching him.
Just look at it as 3 minutes less Prosser or Bickel get to play.
Or how long Yeo lets him stay out there...
I understand maybe their might be a mid-shift whistle where he stays out, but other than that, it's not like Yeo can tug on his leash or anything.
So the coach calls for a change and Suter ignores it and... nothing.
Actually, that would explain a lot.
I've often wondered how they do line changes in a loud building. Just the players' responsibility to know when they need to go off and change?
Regular season only:
Suter in Nashville 6 games of 30+ TOI in 542 games = 1.11% of games
Suter in Minnesota 62 games of 30+ TOI in 173 games = 35.84% of games
Regular season+post season
Nashville: 12 in 581 games = 2.07% of games
Minnesota: 71 in 191 games = 37.17% of games
I just did a quick scan of the game logs for each season so I may have missed a game here or there.
“I need to build confidence fast,’ ” Coyle said. “I think that’s been my issue this year. It’s got to come from within. It kicked me into gear.”
Niederreiter also said confidence has become a major issue for him during his six-week slump.
“When you don’t score, you play with less confidence,” Niederreiter said. “You start making simpler plays and I don’t want to say you’re scared going out there, but it’s more like you don’t want to mishandle the puck and you don’t want to make any mistakes. And that’s when you play a little differently than when you have a lot of confidence and just play the game.”
When Yeo spotted that confidence was at rock bottom for both forwards, he decided to, in his words, put them on the fourth line to take pressure off, give them a “chance to reset their game” and basically try to teach them to play a complete game.
Russo
Nothing builds confidence in a player like putting them on the fourth line and limiting their minutes.