Bonsai Tree
Turning a new leaf
- Feb 2, 2014
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I half expect players to start requesting trades out of the desert after this embarrassment. It is apparently where hockey careers go to die.
I'm still stuck on this. I think this broke me. I'm now just a sputtering nincompoop. I'm that Simpsons character eating paste from the last GDT (shush you, I know what you're gonna say)
Maybe he meant when compared to the PP??? That's all I got???
Yeah I'm still trying to wrap my head around it. No sane person on this planet thinks our even strength hockey is "fine"
Tocc said in the presser that the 5 on 5 play is fine. Literally dead last in the league at even strength scoring and we can barely even gain the offensive zone at even strength. He's lost his god damn mind.
Yeah I'm still trying to wrap my head around it. No sane person on this planet thinks our even strength hockey is "fine"
I believed in RT. Until that quote.
He has no history of head coaching success at any level. Maybe head coach is not his strength.
It is painful. I'm going back to wearing a Vegas jersey at the games again.
Besides not scoring our even strength is fine. Our puck possession is fine, but we find a way to make a mistake and it's in the back of our net. Our PP is costing us dearly, and it cost us the game today, and it's not the first time this year it has.
Uh...... no....... If we’re making this many mistakes our puck possession is not fine.
There were passes going everywhere.... at the skates.... behind the player..... TO the opposing player..... even a few where nobody from either side was at all.
We’re a lineup full of Mikkel Boedkers right now.
Welp, not a lot of folks agreed with me about the concept of an "Arizona Malaise."
Today:
Just saying.
- Coyotes get blown out 6-1 by the Flames, looking like the world's worst mites team;
- The Roadrunners blow a 6-2 lead in the third period and lose 7-6 in overtime;
- The Cardinals go from leading 10-7 early to losing 45-10;
- The Suns - who have won exactly 3 games all season - lost again.
Also, Rick Tocchet appears to be turning out to be what I thought he was - completely inessential to the success or failure of whatever team he coaches. Hell, even Wayne Gretzky had some damn passion on the bench and he was the worst absentee owner/coach of all time.
Our puck possession is ranked 13th. We just can't score when we get a chance, and one miscue it's in the back of our net. Last night our possession rating was 56%, but like I said, we make a mistake and it's in our net.
Doesn’t matter where we are ranked. The eye test tells you our puck possession sucks.
Coyotes get blown out 6-1 by the Flames, looking like the world's worst mites team;
The Roadrunners blow a 6-2 lead in the third period and lose 7-6 in overtime;
The Cardinals go from leading 10-7 early to losing 45-10;
The Suns - who have won exactly 3 games all season - lost again.