Foppa2118
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- Oct 3, 2003
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Turnovers and bad penalties bite the Avs again. They have got to stop this. It's usually the D men too, as Barrie, Cole, Zadorov, and Nemeth have been terrible at both lately.
Varly looked shaky in this one even though he was fighting through it. Was totally screened on two of the goals, but I think he could have had the Boychuk one, even though he's got an absolute bomb. His rebound control has not been good either. I'm no goaltending expert but I feel like he's been playing too deep in his net lately.
I wish Barrie would stop with that too cute play where he flips his stick over at the point to grab pucks not in his wheel house. He insists on doing it every time, even when he doesn't need to, and he's risking chipping it out of the zone. Which he's done multiple times lately. Just use your feet like everyone else unless you need to reach for it.
Not happy with MacKinnon in this one. He was flying all over the ice, getting tons of shots, but like the D men he has been making some half ass passes lately. Not bearing down on his execution at all just flinging them.
Nate has also gotten back into a really bad habit of turning the puck over, and then hanging his head instead of back checking hard to make up for it. He's done that a fair amount this season, and the EN goal was a perfect example. If he would have just kept his legs moving hard through the neutral zone, he could have closed off on Filppula and got that puck back, instead of just letting him skate down and get an easy one.
Simple mistakes keep costing this team. Too many cute plays and not enough execution. Has to be maddening for Bednar.
Varly looked shaky in this one even though he was fighting through it. Was totally screened on two of the goals, but I think he could have had the Boychuk one, even though he's got an absolute bomb. His rebound control has not been good either. I'm no goaltending expert but I feel like he's been playing too deep in his net lately.
I wish Barrie would stop with that too cute play where he flips his stick over at the point to grab pucks not in his wheel house. He insists on doing it every time, even when he doesn't need to, and he's risking chipping it out of the zone. Which he's done multiple times lately. Just use your feet like everyone else unless you need to reach for it.
Not happy with MacKinnon in this one. He was flying all over the ice, getting tons of shots, but like the D men he has been making some half ass passes lately. Not bearing down on his execution at all just flinging them.
Nate has also gotten back into a really bad habit of turning the puck over, and then hanging his head instead of back checking hard to make up for it. He's done that a fair amount this season, and the EN goal was a perfect example. If he would have just kept his legs moving hard through the neutral zone, he could have closed off on Filppula and got that puck back, instead of just letting him skate down and get an easy one.
Simple mistakes keep costing this team. Too many cute plays and not enough execution. Has to be maddening for Bednar.