About the faceoffs thing, Bergeron is the best in the league.
I know, but those numbers are absurd. Bolland is like 45 percent this year and Barkov isn't much better. Unless we significantly improve our faceoffs next year I don't think we'll be as good as everyone is expecting
It's important, but not the end all be all. Rangers are absolutely atrocious in them
and in before the rangers have more skill. that's not the question here.
I'd still rather avoid Bolland taking faceoffs if at all possible. I expect Barkov to improve eventually, but I'd rather have a winger taking Bolland's draws or put Bolland on the wing.
I actually why Boyes just doesn't take more of them. isnt he statistically the best the team has?
also one of the reasons why I want Vermette so much. great at faceoffs, great passer, and responsible defensively. I wouldn't mind Vermette, Bjug, Pirri line. with Vermette taking draws
I actually why Boyes just doesn't take more of them. isnt he statistically the best the team has?
also one of the reasons why I want Vermette so much. great at faceoffs, great passer, and responsible defensively. I wouldn't mind Vermette, Bjug, Pirri line. with Vermette taking draws
He's not worth the pricetag. We don't need anymore good passers, we have plenty of those.
We scored 1 goal. We lost many face offs. We took dumb penalties. We missed 2 open nets.
As a result we gave Boston a point and are 5 back (yup 5) we lose tiebreakers.
So I loved the game but legitimate reasons to critique
I actually why Boyes just doesn't take more of them. isnt he statistically the best the team has?
bolland dumb penalty gave up pp goal. miffed on a wide open net to make it 2-1 late in third. i watched the replay several times and while potvin says rask made a spectacular save, i saw that bolland miffed on the puck!! also terrible in faceoff circle.
i like the way we played and lou looked great! well, we gained a point, let's hope we continue to get 2 points game in and game out and the teams above us lose. the ultimate to me would be for us and ottawa to over take boston and washington!!!
it wasnt agregious but its universally agreed shoudnt place himself in that position in the O zone.It was (almost) universally agreed upon that Bolland's penalty was not his fault.
bolland dumb penalty gave up pp goal. miffed on a wide open net to make it 2-1 late in third. i watched the replay several times and while potvin says rask made a spectacular save, i saw that bolland miffed on the puck!! also terrible in faceoff circle.
i like the way we played and lou looked great! well, we gained a point, let's hope we continue to get 2 points game in and game out and the teams above us lose. the ultimate to me would be for us and ottawa to over take boston and washington!!!
it wasnt agregious but its universally agreed shoudnt place himself in that position in the O zone.
its also universally agreed bolland whiffed.
The second part is just not true.
Also the penalty took place in the neutral zone did it not? The opposing player took his helmet off then embellished a little when Bolland hardly touched him. If that's any other player we aren't having this discussion right now.
The second part is just not true.
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The second part is just not true.
Also the penalty took place in the neutral zone did it not? The opposing player took his helmet off then embellished a little when Bolland hardly touched him. If that's any other player we aren't having this discussion right now.
http://wp.me/p38Pvw-i3
As always, there were many near misses for the Cats, too, most noticeably Dave Bolland failing on a tap-in. The center had a chance to quiet the belly-aching over his acquisition, and his assist on Jimmy Hayes’ tally in the first was a beautiful backhanded pass. But he came up short on Rask’s doorstep in his efforts to be the game’s No. 1 star. ESPN had that save in its top 10 plays, but the result was more about Bolland whiffing than Rask stonewalling.[/I]
Against the habs bolland was -3 and coughed up the shorty
Last night he took the penalty whiffed the open net and was a whopping 25% in the faceoff circle.
What should we be doing, giving him bonuses?
http://wp.me/p38Pvw-i3
As always, there were many near misses for the Cats, too, most noticeably Dave Bolland failing on a tap-in. The center had a chance to quiet the belly-aching over his acquisition, and his assist on Jimmy Hayes’ tally in the first was a beautiful backhanded pass. But he came up short on Rask’s doorstep in his efforts to be the game’s No. 1 star. ESPN had that save in its top 10 plays, but the result was more about Bolland whiffing than Rask stonewalling.[/I]
Universally agreed. That means everyone. Most on here alone disagree with that.
We can start with not over-analyzing the minute negative impact of one player in a game in which the performance of 19 matters simply because we can't get over the fact that he's making too much money.