Erik Karlsson's atrocious defending vs Hawks (3 examples)

[Artorius Horus T]

EXAMPLE 1



EXAMPLE 2



EXAMPLE 3

Click to read more...

 

[MMC]

I agree

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

The question is, is he still injured? Doubt he's 100%.

 

[AaronDellForPrez]

The whole team is adjusting to an off season shuffle of players. They have been getting a little better every game.

 

[TheNumber4]

Karlsson was bad defensively last year and was good but not Norris level offensively and people were wondering if he’s injured. Well he’s had a whole offseason to recover, and he’s been playing ever since being “injured”....

Is it possible he’s just not as good as he once was?

 

[OrrNumber4]

The thing that bothered me was that two of those goals were just mental mistakes. It wasn't due to compromised skating or mobility, but just him misreading or not committing properly on the play.

 

[Paul4587]

Karlsson will be fine. He was ass the first month last season and then turned into an absolute beast before getting hurt around the AS break.

 

[Artorius Horus T]

1st goal: Kubalik is his man, first he covers him quite well, but then all of the sudden he starts skating towards the puck carrier,
the pass is made cross the ice, Karlsson just stands there about a meter off the goal, does nothing, the puck comes to him,
he just marginally swings his stick couple of times and then he stands completely still after that

How can any player play like that?

 

[MarkusNaslund19]

He looks like he doesn't give a shit.

Troubling for an 11 million dollar man.

I'm not trolling, I've always liked Karlsson, but the level of engagement on those plays would piss me off from one of my beer league teammates.

 

[Osprey]

EXAMPLE 1

Did he just take a couple of shot attempts at his own goaltender? Also, a Hawks forward seemed to block one of them. Maybe they both forgot which zone they were in.

 

[Shark Finn]

relocate karlsson

 

[Electric Blue]

First one wasn't that THAT bad. The latter two were.

 

[Alwalys]

his mille watch is slowing down his pivoting

 

[Iron Mosher]

The question is, is he still injured? Doubt he's 100%.

I'm thinking he should have rehabbed the first quarter of the season or so.

 

[izzy]

san jose was stupid to give him that money

hes a freakshow if hes given the go ahead to just go out and play his game and be the #1 guy like he was in ottawa

if hes just another guy in san jose hes going to look bad

 

[Chimpradamus]

Ah, the daily "let's bash Karlsson" thread. There was a gap there between this one and the previous one, I was getting worried.

 

[lawrence]

3rd example was a 3 on 2 to be fair.

 

[Pez68]

He looks like he doesn't give a ****.

Troubling for an 11 million dollar man.

I'm not trolling, I've always liked Karlsson, but the level of engagement on those plays would piss me off from one of my beer league teammates.

100% agreed.

 

[TT1]

is this new?

 

[w e l o s t b o y s]

First one wasn't that THAT bad. The latter two were.

Agree
First one the puck just comes to him awkwardly and he makes the right play after he coughs it up. That second one though looks brutal, Debrincat stole his lunch money

 

[MikeK]

The question is, is he still injured? Doubt he's 100%.

This excuse is getting tiresome. Every player in the league plays hurt. Plain and simple EK is just flat out a fraction of his former self and it's only going to get worse. People get older and slower, not younger and faster. Give it 3 years and his contract will look like one of the worst in the game.

 

[JeremyTB]

It's like he is hesitant. Is the groin injury he suffered in the back of his mind? He is shying away from contact. Physically he is probally 100% but is he 100% mentally?

 

[aufheben]

Damn, went deer-in-headlights on two of those. Sadly that is not his worst 2-on-1 this season.

 

[Turin]

Big EK fan, but he’s one guy where mainstream analytics twitter seems to be intentionally obtuse about. It’s not hugely impressive that you tilt the ice offensively so much when every counter attack is an adventure because you can’t/won’t play decent D in your own zone.

I’m not saying he’s bad all the time or that his positives don’t outweigh the negatives by a lot, but for example guys like Filipovic and Berkshire still have him as by far the best D when it’s pretty clear that a lot of goals against have been directly his fault the last year. He just seems like a glass cannon.

 

[bar1]

Has he ever been really good defensively?

That aside, he's really just standing and doing nothing on the ice. In every play he is in like 30% and then gives up. No winning team can have that attitude on the ice. Really really bad.

It's like looking defending at a vet all star game. Stand and wait for the highlight reel goal.