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The team started 5-6-1 in their first 12 last year and made the playoffs. Just wait until this firepower heats up...
To be fair, even the "reported" deal to add a d-man was met with near universal outrage.
To be fair, even the "reported" deal to add a d-man was met with near universal outrage.
The team started 5-6-1 in their first 12 last year and made the playoffs. Just wait until this firepower heats up...
"Heats up"?
They ripped up the entire league the first few weeks, but they've been ice cold ever since. We can't rely on a superline to do all the heavy lifting every game, and expect to waltz into the playoffs. Our defense is garbage, and Kari can't play on his head all the time.
Same old song and dance, almost as if Nieuwy never left. At least as far as the blueline is concerned. Too reliant on the new crop and an obviously ill-fated belief that they can make a solid impact as full time NHLers. It's very clearly not working, and hasn't for years. No idea why they keep trying to push a square peg through a round hole.
I had way higher expectations but Sceviour's lack of offense has become noticeable.
Our D core in my opinion
Goligoski wasnt terrible but wasnt very good either
Daley was solid and is easily our best Dman
Jordie was a complete mess worst Ive ever seen him
Dillon was ok was put in awkward spots by turnovers/Jordie
Gonchar/Oleksiak by far our best pairing tonight albeit playing very sheltered minutes
Our 1st line was garbage
2nd line a little less garbage
3rd line one of there better games of the season
4th line very solid had good zone time
If our best players arent our best players we cant beat top teams
“When I look at this sheet and see 19 giveaways, we aren’t going to win hockey games. That’s where I have to change the mentality. That’s my job to change the mentality. Enough of the pond hockey. We’re sitting at 4-4-4 and we have to get going the other direction. We will start with simple and build it back up again.”
Yeah he said that then but what else can he say? He's not going to throw guys by name under the bus because he'd basically have to call out 4/6 of them. But first Ruff it should start with different pairs. We've been trying to pound these square pegs into round holes without success. Time to try something different or all we're going to see is variations on this central theme. Night after night after night.
Paniccccc
You just gave me visions of what our blueline would look like if even Trevor Daley went down, let alone a true top pairing guy like Chara. Which we don't have.
The horror.
....Needless to say, I won't be getting much sleep tonight.
If Daley goes down, we're potentially a top 6 pick in the upcoming draft.
If Daley goes down, we're potentially a top 6 pick in the upcoming draft.
It could always be worse. We could lose Daley and Kari.
You just gave me visions of what our blueline would look like if even Trevor Daley went down, let alone a true top pairing guy like Chara. Which we don't have.
The horror.
....Needless to say, I won't be getting much sleep tonight.