Yeah, honestly, our D hasn't been horrible - mainly some little mistakes that wind up costing us b/c the puck finds the back of the net. Like our offense though, we won't go the entire year letting every small mistake in the back of the net in the same sense that we won't be held scoreless with the number of shots put up. The bolded part of your comment is the difficult part for us right now. If you go back and watch all four games, we haven't gotten great rebound opportunities and our shots through traffic all wind up never getting on goal - most are blocked around the circles and our sticks are tied up each time. We need to get some of these shots through and be aware of our spacing in setting the screens, as we just aren't getting the chances with the opposition out of position. That is about the only negative puck luck that we have seen - too few 2nd chances in close, which makes a world of difference for a team desperate for goals. Crash the net hard, and let's make Dubnyk work for saves. Take some shots with the intent of shooting some low to allow for some juicy rebounds off pads. Haven't seen enough of that and using our angles and players driving toward crease to get some additional high quality shots that way.
As soon as the dam is broken on goal-scoring, we have a lot to like about the direction of the team, as you mentioned with our shots for, chances for, and possession metrics. The problem is that you can do all those things well and still lose games. No fan should be close to panic mode with this team this year. If anything be in "unlucky" mode, b/c record is much worse than what our play and abilities have been.
