We need Gunnarsson and Elliott back. They are both very important calming influences on this team on the back end.
.....don't forget 17.
Thats part of Hitch's plan. If you are going to win, win by one goal.Unbelievable how we always go into a defensive shell when up on a team. This was an easy win if this team stopped getting so passive.
Yes, I'm really tired of this sort of thing. The Blues' roster is capable of doing much better. They should have 6-7 more regulation wins than they do, and 3 or 4 of those ended up as losses.Unbelievable how we always go into a defensive shell when up on a team. This was an easy win if this team stopped getting so passive.
The referees were terrible tonight, they weren't going to call anything on the Sharks and let some pretty bad interference go a few times. That's not an excuse though, we have to be able to see out a lead in the final minute.
Our defense needs sorted out. Yes, Gunnarsson is out, but we can't go to pieces whenever we have 1 play injured. We are almost exclusively passive, there isn't a need to be overly aggressive, but there needs to be some aggression in how we defend and close gaps. It's not working as it is, if we don't start looking at solutions soon then it's going to be too late.
What a weak trip...
Another lead protecting turtle job backfired. This team seems to have no answer for Joe Thornton, who is a beast.
Steen was atrocious tonight, far outsucking the rest of the forward group. It's like clockwork every 3 games. He'll decide that he's Steve Dangle and his neutral zone play and zone entries suffer majorly because of it.
A lot of discipline from SJS but a bunch of terrible icing calls that chopped up the game by the stripes. Last game it was interference call after interference call and this game you could bear hug someone in the corner if you felt the need. Officiating in this league is brutal.
We need Gunnarsson and Elliott back. They are both very important calming influences on this team on the back end.
I'm not taking a shot at Allen either. I thought he played very well tonight. The team just seems to play better in front if Elliott.
Steen was terrible. I hate him on Tarasenko's line. Even with Schwartz's injury I strongly dislike Hitch's decision to split up SOB. They were playing well and those three are at noticeably better when they're together.
Bergy scores! Ranksu, remember me to tell you a story about a swede that happend to me last time I've been to Finland