FloridaCap
Beaglechuk Mania
- Jun 30, 2012
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Backstrom literally makes no effort to get in a shooting position. Everyone on the ice knows he is going to skate with the puck as long as he is allowed before he tries to force it to Ovechkin. He has been doing it consistently since Game 2.
It's like those misses are haunting him and he is trying to not put himself in those positions again. I've never seen him play like this honestly and it's certainly killing Ovie. He is pretty much regressed back to come in, cut to the middle and shoot style Ovie again and that leaves the first line at 1 and done, which as we know. Barely works in beating Lundqvist.
I want to know what is causing Backstrom all of these shooting problems this year. It's not like Ribeiro where the guy just has no shot -- Backstrom's shot is pretty solid. All year he has been whiffing on shots, tap-ins, one timers, etc. It's bizarre for a player of his caliber to not be able to put the puck on net.