Nobody can win a faceoff.
Are you saying that's what's been occuring every game so far and it's the reason he's played poorly most of the season?
The sheer stupidity in accounting for that is a pretty good reason why they have the worst PP in the game. Worst case, you’re losing 20-30 seconds but impacting the unit’s ability to do anything by playing not one but two non-NHL players with three others who are expected to produce.
Talking about the difference, at most, of 25% swing between a good face off guy and a poor one but killing the productivity of the unit.
As I said, sheer incompetence.
It's MarvinYes.
The good - Carter
The bad - Martin
The ugly - Lapanta
It's Marvin
It’d be less of a problem if they weren’t bad at zone entires. I agree though that they shouldn’t have both of them on there, I’d rather Hartman or Ek be taking the draws.
He’s also on pace for 25 points as the highest paid player in franchise history, which is bound to make people a little upset with his playSpurgeon’s ‘downfall’ has been very over exaggerated this season. He’s 24th among all defenseman in 5v5 HDCF% and 38th in xGF%. He’s just been making more mistakes than he typically makes.
Spurgeon is not playing badly. Who is looking slow out there, and not able to keep up defending outside moves is Suter. He is also losing board battles that he never used to.
He’s also on pace for 25 points as the highest paid player in franchise history, which is bound to make people a little upset with his play
He’s also on pace for 25 points as the highest paid player in franchise history, which is bound to make people a little upset with his play
He’s also got the lowest team SH% when he’s on the ice among the other defensemen, while still generating a similar amount of HDCF. Points are a very hard thing to judge defensemen off of because there’s a lot of external factors in play. He’s had a bad offensive year, but his play hasn’t been bad.
He lost a bit back when he had the foot injury, but this year it's been a big step back. Still handles the puck well, and is reasonably strong, but he is losing his base much quicker than I anticipated. Spurgeon has been off a few times this year, but I think it's more bad luck than anything.Finally, someone else who sees this. Suter is getting beat out wide against not just Avs, but others too. Spurgeon hasn't been all that bad, but he also has to cover for two more often.
I don’t think he’s been bad this year. He’s still a top 4 defenseman for me pretty easily. It’s just frustrating all of the bad contracts we continually give out. Look at the good teams in this league. Everyone talks about trying to find the blueprint to building a good team. The reality is, there’s a ton of ways to do it; this is a parity driven league. However, the common thread is all the good teams make good use of their contracts. They all are getting more value than not. They have, as I call it, an expected cap higher than the actual salary cap, if that makes sense. Spurgeon needs to atleast play close to his cap hit otherwise he rightfully deserves to get some heat.He’s also got the lowest team SH% when he’s on the ice among the other defensemen, while still generating a similar amount of HDCF. Points are a very hard thing to judge defensemen off of because there’s a lot of external factors in play. He’s had a bad offensive year, but his play hasn’t been bad.
I don’t think he’s been bad this year. He’s still a top 4 defenseman for me pretty easily. It’s just frustrating all of the bad contracts we continually give out. Look at the good teams in this league. Everyone talks about trying to find the blueprint to building a good team. The reality is, there’s a ton of ways to do it; this is a parity driven league. However, the common thread is all the good teams make good use of their contracts. They all are getting more value than not. They have, as I call it, an expected cap higher than the actual salary cap, if that makes sense. Spurgeon needs to atleast play close to his cap hit otherwise he rightfully deserves to get some heat.