GDT: G17 - MIN @ AZ - 7PM Central - Lift the Puck? - FSN

[Digitalbooya]

Looking at Parise's ice time from the last 5 games (rankings are relative to the other forwards)....

Date	EV	PP	PK
29-Oct	14:52 (3rd)	2:37 (3rd)	0:06 (5th)
30-Oct	13:42 (3rd)	1:28 (3rd)	2:15 (2nd)
2-Nov	16:16 (1st)	1:18 (4th)	0:37 (5th)
5-Nov	12:24 (10th)	2:19 (3rd)	0:49 (6th)
7-Nov	14:09 (5th)	4:03 (1st)	0:46 (5th)

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

For the most part he's getting 2nd line EV minutes (and extending his shifts too long) and 1st unit PP time, which doesn't really bother me in a vacuum. 2nd vs 3rd line on this team isn't going to be much of a difference in minutes.

If you ignore his comments (or my interpretation of them, anyway) my only major complaint is PP1 instead of PP2. If you include the comments I'd like to see him on the 4th line creating his own "opportunities."

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ES:
10/29 - 1st line minutes
10/30 - 1st line minutes
11/2 - 1st line minutes
11/5 - 4th line minutes
11/7 - 2nd line minutes

They went 1-3-1 in those 5 games. You'll never guess which game they won.

 

[Bazeek]

??
ES:
10/29 - 1st line minutes
10/30 - 1st line minutes
11/2 - 1st line minutes
11/5 - 4th line minutes
11/7 - 2nd line minutes

They went 1-3-1 in those 5 games. You'll never guess which game they won.

I'm using numbers from naturalstattrick and may have gotten thrown off by the way Boudreau change lines. I wasn't accounting for Parise technically being on two lines for most games.

Still, the last two games are more in line with what I'd like. As such I'm going to ease off on that particular complaint for now.

 

[AKL]

Those numbers are pretty troubling to look at when you consider he's contributing nothing to the team.

 

[Bazeek]

Those numbers are pretty troubling to look at when you consider he's contributing nothing to the team.

Parise sucking bothers me, but 12-14 even strength minutes for a struggling player that led the team in goals last year doesn't. At least not in November. I would like to see his minutes better reflect his play, but I'd also like to see him play better.

 

[Webster]

Why do you keep punching a guy who's already down? Parise is having a tough time right now, give him a break.

From Russo:
"Other than a dozen reporters and cameramen standing in the middle of the locker room, the only player still remaining was Parise. While all his teammates were in an adjacent room hitting the showers, he still sat at his stall in full gear and stared at the floor with torment written all over his face."

A guy needs support in a situation like this. Boudreau is trying to help him find confidence, the last thing the coach would do is to put him on the 4th line or bench him. Parise needs to play through this, he's a skilled player, at some point he'll be back on his game again.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Why do you keep punching a guy who's already down? Parise is having a tough time right now, give him a break.

From Russo:
"Other than a dozen reporters and cameramen standing in the middle of the locker room, the only player still remaining was Parise. While all his teammates were in an adjacent room hitting the showers, he still sat at his stall in full gear and stared at the floor with torment written all over his face."

A guy needs support in a situation like this. Boudreau is trying to help him find confidence, the last thing the coach would do is to put him on the 4th line or bench him. Parise needs to play through this, he's a skilled player, at some point he'll be back on his game again.

The issue stems mainly from the fact the he gets special treatment and that’s just not good for a locker room.

 

[AKL]

Why do you keep punching a guy who's already down? Parise is having a tough time right now, give him a break.

From Russo:
"Other than a dozen reporters and cameramen standing in the middle of the locker room, the only player still remaining was Parise. While all his teammates were in an adjacent room hitting the showers, he still sat at his stall in full gear and stared at the floor with torment written all over his face."

A guy needs support in a situation like this. Boudreau is trying to help him find confidence, the last thing the coach would do is to put him on the 4th line or bench him. Parise needs to play through this, he's a skilled player, at some point he'll be back on his game again.

Actually, that's part of the problem, he isn't.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

The not-lifting-the-puck thing can happen easily. Ekblad did the same thing in OT in their game and Washington scored less than 10 seconds later. I was way more irked about the Hartman major call than Parise's mini breakaway.

 

[TaLoN]

The not-lifting-the-puck thing can happen easily. Ekblad did the same thing in OT in their game and Washington scored less than 10 seconds later. I was way more irked about the Hartman major call than Parise's mini breakaway.

Only reason I put it in the title is because I half called it that game

 

[Wild11MN]

I just don't get why everyone is spending so much time *****ing about Parise when this team has issues a lot bigger than him.

 

[AKL]

I just don't get why everyone is spending so much time *****ing about Parise when this team has issues a lot bigger than him.

Because reducing Parise's ice time is easy, the other issues aren't as simple to solve.
Plus, reducing Parise's ice time gives the kids a bigger opportunity to sink or swim.
If someone is going to be awful there, I'd rather have it be a guy who can use those minutes and opportunities to improve and be better for us in the future, than someone whose last legs were last year.

 

[Arturia Pendragon]

Goalie's pad: "I have the high ground"

 

[a79krgm]

Everybody seems to be debating about whether the Wild should be tanking or not. I just checked the standings. Debate is over. Wild are tanking right now!

 

[Uberdachen]

Boudreau needs to recognize who is playing well in-game and get them the prime opportunities. That's always been a knock for him as a coach.

It has? He was awesome at it up until last year, when the forwards all went on secret strike.

 

[2Pair]

It has? He was awesome at it up until last year, when the forwards all went on secret strike.

Boudreau has never been good at matchups and icetime.

 

[Uberdachen]

Boudreau has never been good at matchups and icetime.

He regularly made third period adjustments to lines that resulted in moved players scoring.

 

[2Pair]

He regularly made third period adjustments to lines that resulted in moved players scoring.

Not as "regularly" as he watched the same 4-5 guys lose games for him in the 3rd while everyone else sat.

 

[AKL]

Boudreau regularly makes adjustments mid game and shortens the bench in the third period, but the personnel decisions are hardly based on who's having the best game. It seems to be based more on who has been in the league the longest or who makes the most money.

 

[Bazeek]

No Foligno or Kunin, so...

 

[AKL]

No Foligno or Kunin, so...

Wow I sure am sad I'm going to miss this one

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Wow I sure am sad I'm going to miss this one

What streaming service do you use? Just cable?

 

[AKL]

What streaming service do you use? Just cable?

I have NHL.tv and I'm used to just using that, but I didn't consider until right now that I can use my parents cable log in to watch it on the FSN website, so maybe I can catch this one.

 

[Webster]

If Kunin has the flu, it looks to me like the players share water bottles, that's not very smart...

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

I have NHL.tv and I'm used to just using that, but I didn't consider until right now that I can use my parents cable log in to watch it on the FSN website, so maybe I can catch this one.

I have NHL.tv but it’s always blacked out so I just use my parents FSN go

 

[2Pair]

No Foligno or Kunin, so...

Nice work Billy