The Faulker 27
Registered User
Still on my break from watching games, and now they've won 2 since I've been away. I guess that's it for me. It's just highlights from here on out.
I'm not sure McGinn has more skill than LaRose, but unlike LaRose, when McGinn hits someone, they actually feel it, but the comparison is probably a good one.
Peters made the comment that he needed the team to play well enough so that he'd force Francis to go out and get a playmaking center. Could it be that his playmaking center has been on the roster all along, only he was playing him as a 4th line RW? Small sample, but Lindholm has looked good in that role and has 1G, 3A in the 3 games he's been at C. He was very effective last year on the PP from that spot behind the net and his assists to PDG and McGinn have come from that spot as well.
Personally, I've been thinking of McGinn as the second coming of Scott Walker.
So for someone that watched the past two games, but had a 103-104 fever during them and was on lots of meds, how did Lindholm look at C?
Geez, that's super high for an adult. Assuming you're not a 5 year old.
I wonder if the success on the breakout is more about the opponent than the Canes? The Sharks were lining 5 guys up across the blue line, and the Canes didn't seem to have an answer. Contrast with Colorado who had everybody spread out, and with the room to operate, they looked amazing.
If I recall there was a good bit of the old "dump and chase" in that game...which is one of the tactics I would think you'd use to break that down.That stood out to me in the Sharks game. I haven't seen any other Sharks games this season, but I'm curious if that was a strategy against the Canes, or if that's routine for them. That's more or less a do a die defense. If you make it past that with 2 guys, you're gonna have a good scoring chance, but it's going to take a strong entry, maybe up the boards, or a lightening fast pass to a power forward breaking through it.
If I recall there was a good bit of the old "dump and chase" in that game...which is one of the tactics I would think you'd use to break that down.
It's one of the ways to beat "stacking up at the line"....given the effort of the team that night, I'm not sure it was a good game to provide an analysis of success/failure.Sure, but how effective was it?