Jakey53
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- Aug 27, 2011
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Well, if you don't read the play correctly and you are not in the proper position, the likely hood of a turnover is very high. I think it's really kind of one of the same. You are kind of cherry picking the play here. Keller hardly ever makes a bad pass, and Moser is usually responsible. This was all Kellers fault, but Durzi had no business going forward as well. He should have stayed back.It's not the turnovers. It really isn't. It's the lack of situational awareness and proper positioning which is killing this team. I put that on Bear. Keller's turnover happens. There should have been at least one defensemen between the puck and the Coyotes blue line. Probably two. Both defensemen were caught going forward towards the Calgary goal. The D needs to know that when one of our "dangle-itis" forwards like Macelli, Cooley or Keller has the puck, there's a chance that he will be stripped. Somebody has to hang back.
Neither Durzi nor Dumba are playing responsible hockey out there.
A rebuild in the NHL is hard and slow. We are seeing first hand. Yes we are getting better, but we have a long way to go.i get after a awful homestand the mood has switched from playoff hopefuls to seeing all the problems (esp on D), but look at 2 short years ago (season keller got hurt) this was top 12F /6D scorers -
keller 63 pts schmaltz 59 kessel 52 boyd 35 crouse 34 hayton 24 galchenyk 21 erickson 19 larson 15 ritchie 14 ladd 12 and fisher 10
ghost 51 stralman 23 chychren 21 moser 15 mayo 12 capo 9
first how the hell did that team win a game? and look at the roster improvement in 1 1/2 years. we have a ton of young young guys who make mistakes but are improving.
looking at that bottom 6 i think current tucson top 6 is miles better.
of that 18 - 6 are still with team (boyd only one over 27yo and a UFA) 9 are out of the league