He looked good tonight. Good fighter, scored tonight, had an assist, definitely where he needed to be.Hey guys, just wondering, how has Liam O'Brien looked? I wanted the Rangers to give him a tryout.
He looked good tonight. Good fighter, scored tonight, had an assist, definitely where he needed to be.Hey guys, just wondering, how has Liam O'Brien looked? I wanted the Rangers to give him a tryout.
Hey guys, just wondering, how has Liam O'Brien looked? I wanted the Rangers to give him a tryout.
He got a Gordie Howe hat trick tonight. I cant see any way he does not get a contract with the organization. I can see him being a great bottom six guy.
It's sad how low the bar has been set after Oates. I like Trotz so far but he has his work cut out for him.
He got a Gordie Howe hat trick tonight. I cant see any way he does not get a contract with the organization. I can see him being a great bottom six guy.
FF% was 56 and CF% was 57 for the Caps @ ES.
This is good news. Trotz is not blind or insane.
This is good news. Trotz is not blind or insane.
This and "we're going to get our chances" makes me wonder. I don't necessarily mind if the coaching staff initially focuses on defense but they could stand to get better everywhere. The breakouts need work and so does their decision-making and tenacity all over the ice.WNST: Is there anything different on the break out?
Oleksy: It’s pretty similar, he wants us to feel comfortable. At this level, I think everybody thinks the game well enough to make hockey decisions. He puts that in our hands, which is nice, that way you are giving teams different looks and it’s not so robotic. I think that’s a good thing for us, especially with the skill there on the back end between guys like Niskanen, Green, Carlson and over on the left hand side with Alzner and Hillen. I think when you let those guys get creative I think they are going to create a lot of offense too.
This right here. This is the sort if absurd **** that is killing the quality of this board. Silly hyperbole driven by personal agendas.I want to say that, amazingly, having 2 guys in front of the net for the random pass of the board pays off! Who would have thought?
Kuznetsov will never reach his potential if he plays with Laich, because Leaderp thinks he's a superstar and should be a puck carrier, playmaker and the shooter on his line. Kuzya isn't great without a puck (though it looks like he improved along the boards), and his style is based on puck control.
Didn't like Niskanen's game.
http://wnst.net/nhl/how-are-the-caps-evolving-under-trotz/
This and "we're going to get our chances" makes me wonder. I don't necessarily mind if the coaching staff initially focuses on defense but they could stand to get better everywhere. The breakouts need work and so does their decision-making and tenacity all over the ice.
Around the league, even in the other new coaching situations, you can get a broad sense of the amount of work and composure on display. The Caps have lacked in both areas for a long time and still look to be too loose and reactive. There's still too much glide in their game overall and not sure that'll be an easy tendency to hammer out of them. Trotz really has his work cut out for him. With the free-for-all 2C comment you wonder if they're not casting about for external options just in case.
Show me a player that can't be anchored by a linemate!Here's a reality many don't want to recognize: if a player can be anchored by a linemate, he's not a very good player.
This is a silly hyperbole that falls into a narrow-minded train of thought that overemphasizes individual ability in a team sport. You could put Kopitar or Crosby or whoever with one or two terrible possession players and they're still going to be affected negatively even if they are good enough to carry the line. But there's usually only one player on a given team capable of doing that. Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses, if the complementary players aren't there to help out a good (not elite) player he can easily look bad.This right here. This is the sort if absurd **** that is killing the quality of this board. Silly hyperbole driven by personal agendas.
Here's a reality many don't want to recognize: if a player can be anchored by a linemate, he's not a very good player.
http://wnst.net/nhl/how-are-the-caps-evolving-under-trotz/
This and "we're going to get our chances" makes me wonder. I don't necessarily mind if the coaching staff initially focuses on defense but they could stand to get better everywhere. The breakouts need work and so does their decision-making and tenacity all over the ice.
Around the league, even in the other new coaching situations, you can get a broad sense of the amount of work and composure on display. The Caps have lacked in both areas for a long time and still look to be too loose and reactive. There's still too much glide in their game overall and not sure that'll be an easy tendency to hammer out of them. Trotz really has his work cut out for him. With the free-for-all 2C comment you wonder if they're not casting about for external options just in case.
I actually like that comment from Oleksy. As I said last season, one issue with Oates' massive systemization would be the ability of other teams to know what's coming. Allowing the players to be more creative (within reason) removes that issue and plays to their elite athletic abilities more. This could be similar to the unleashing we saw under BB after Hanlon, which then turned into stagnation. I doubt Trotz would let it stagnate if lack of structure becomes the problem, since he seems to be very detail oriented without going OCD contrarian control freak like Oates.
I'm not too worried about "coaching up" the puck carrier. IMO much more of the breakout comes from having the other guys on the ice in the right position to give the puck carrier options. That's maximizing the benefit of creative back-end players (assuming that the other guys are indeed coached to the right spots).
Show me a player that can't be anchored by a linemate!
NobodyBeatsTheWiz - Gretzky - Acallabeth would give Wayne 150 pts, right?
Ovechkin after his month with Beagle isn't good enough for you, right?
Ovechkin put up 50-50 with Clark and Zubrus. Crosby puts up 100 every year with not much on the wing. Malkin produces no matter who he's put with. Semin scored 40 with Brendan Morrison at center (and guess who on his other wing). Mike Green put up 70 points with Jeff Schultz as his partner. Kopitar is basically a lock for 70 points no matter who is put on his line. There are countless examples of players that aren't anchored by their linemates.
Keep using the anchor ******** against Laich if you wish, but an agenda entirely derived from one 2-on-1 when he didn't pass to Ovechkin comes of as petty and personal. There's no history of him sinking a line.
I think it's more that he doesn't want Laich to ride Kuznetsov's coattails the way he rode Semin's while bringing the latter's game down. A valid concern since Kuznetsov is young, inexperienced and actually knows how to hockey.
You don"t think he has NHL potential?
oh that's cool. Semin, one of the most hated Caps of the Ov generation had his game brought down. It was Laich that made Semin commit all those stick fouls that would send this forum into a head spin everytime. OK.