I don't think Keller plays lazy, at all. Keller plays on a team who has a lack of talent, and where he is the only star. He is almost a pt. per game, a star on any team. His D is very under rated, same as Schmaltz. I think Bear has all our forwards playing pretty good D. I sure don't see a lack of hustle of any forward, on most nights anyway.
I think Bear knows what these guys are going through and has empathy. Did you see the RT interview where he praised Keller and Schmaltz for keeping this team together, with all the distractions? Yeah, we're down a lot of players and that has an impact, but despite the denial in F40, the future of the organization in the desert is becoming tenuous...... more so than ever.
i think you are dead wrong jakey. how many goals did the yotes give up in the last 3? how many did they score? have you been to games? i have, for the last 3 yrs. Keller and Schmaltz skate when they have the puck, or sniff a chance, but otherwise…..
Keller is average on D, Schmaltz is above average, which is why he can play C to some degree. We are missing 2 top 4 D, and a 1C/2C on D. We can score points but we can't defend. When Hayton comes back, we will be much better on D, he can fill one of those holes. We can't expect Cooley to be good enough on D to take the 1C or 2C spot. On D, I don't know what the answer is, its a long road to develop D.
Despite the flack he takes here (for water odd reason), Petey knows his shit.
I agree, but you don't put out Guenther the last minute of a game when you need all the pts. you can get. Maybe Bear was thinking we could win it, but that takes a shot on net, which we didn't do all period.
See...I don't mind putting a player like Guenther out there, because he was one of the very few who was generating offense and although he's not a great defensive player, he has been put on the PK several times, so he's not terrible defensively, and the risk was good in my opinion.
