I mean, I think this is how we all envisioned this team operating this year. Outscoring their opposition and being good on the PP. Hopefully passable on the PK.
But man does the goaltending stink right now. Neither Demko or Martin is tracking the puck well. Technique-wise I think you can make some quibbles for both of them but good tracking solves almost all problems. Martin tonight literally whiffed on at least three goals. He had early head track for the most part and got to his spot quickly but then just missed it. I can say much the same for Demko.
I don't know what drills they're working on in practice but Clark needs to build up their confidence quick. The issue with a lot of movement and battle drills is that in the former the play is very predictable so it doesn't necessarily recreate game conditions, while the latter purposely puts the goalie in a disadvantageous position. Between team practice and goalie drills, the traditional problem is that the netminder sees a lot of pucks but doesn't necessarily work on their skating. I suspect both these guys are too pre-occupied with movement and for whatever reason aren't confident picking up the puck. I don't necessarily see them behind the play all that much (Demko still has an issue with early eyes on passes IMO but that's for another post), they are in their spot and just don't react or in the case of Martin tonight flat out miss saveable shots.
Because of the puck volume these guys see it's usually not the case that their reflexes are letting them down. In the case of two day breaks between starts I'd expect that the starter isn't doing as much individual work with the goalie coach since someone needs to play in the team practices. This has been confirmed by previous comments by Luongo, Schneider, etc citing longer breaks being chances to catch up with the goalie coach a bit.
In goalie-only practice, the coach often emphasizes skating, basic technique, and game situations. Often several are combined. Skating normally has a huge effect on squareness and the ability to set before shots and that 5-10% efficiency a goalie gives up in positioning can amount to a 1-2 goals a game. Or little habits can creep in like poor stick discipline.
I guess they could go back to some hand-eye fundamentals and try to make sure more movement drills end up with challenging shots instead of repetitions. If the problem is mental, Clark has a reputation of being good at motivating his guys and helping them prepare mentally.
Honestly I'm a little shocked it's been this bad. Martin looked good in one of his three starts. Demko has had some quality starts but not sure I've seen him in his previous form even once. I don't even count that Carolina game, he was decent but not great since a lot of his good saves he created with poor rebound control. Usually between two guys one will at least go on a hot streak for 1-2 games. I don't think we've seen that at all.