...for the 2nd time in this young season
excuses
Who's making excuses, and for whom? I don't understand your comment.
Anderson should be reading and reacting to the wrap-around much better. He's failed to do so twice already this season.
Fairly comical listening to Todd White on the 1200 post-game show trying to explain how the Sens aren't a slow team. He does this as a way to deflect how little Chris Neil brings to the table. I get more honest and accurate commentary from a handful of Travis Yost tweets than 5 hours of pre, in-game and post-game TSN1200 "analysis".
The only "plus" skaters we have are Hoffman and Karlsson. A few others are just fine (Turris, Mac, Milan, Lazar, Methot, Condra), but the rest are slow compared to the league - the game is faster now. Our defence is slow. Smith, Legwand, Neil, Chiasson, Ryan, and Stone are slow. Greening and Mika used to be decent but now they look slow. We can be a decent team, but need a few more quicker players to help support the more skilled/slower ones.
Complaining about a goal he let in after he made 40 saves is pointless.
Complaining about a goal he let in after he made 40 saves is pointless.
How can people blame Andy for the loss? What's he supposed to do, skate down the ice and get a hat trick while he's tending net, too?
In most situations it's more about making and being able to accept quick accurate passes than pure all out speed. Legwand is considered a good enough skater but watch him on the pp and his decision making along the right boards is like molasses. He wastes 10-15 seconds each time he gets possession before making a pass. He's there because they needed a left shot centre but eventually they'll have to use someone else.
Anderson really needs to work on his wrap arounds.
He slid way to far to the right when toews went behind the net and had not chance to come back in time.
I blame Karlsson for letting Toews skate around him on that goal, he was brutal defensively again tonight not to mention all the give aways & missed passes. Karlsson is the new Spezza defensively.So just because he made 40 saves means that i can't criticize him at all?
I am not blaming him for the loss. He saved the sens butts countless times. If it wasn't for him, it would have been a blowout.
But that does not take away the fact that Anderson kind of screwed up on the first goal.
Nobody is blaming Andy for the loss.
I am personally just criticizing him for the first goal.
His wrap-arounds are bad. They were bad last season as well iirc.
If he's not on the team, the coach will find another veteran to play ahead of the young ones.Getting sick of Neil taking a better player's spot, his contract won't expire fast enough..
How can people blame Andy for the loss? What's he supposed to do, skate down the ice and get a hat trick while he's tending net, too?
Wasn't it Karlsson who let Toews skate around him before putting the puck in on the wrap around.
I blame Karlsson for letting Toews skate around him on that goal, he was brutal defensively again tonight not to mention all the give aways & missed passes. Karlsson is the new Spezza defensively.
Getting sick of Neil taking a better player's spot, his contract won't expire fast enough..
If he's not on the team, the coach will find another veteran to play ahead of the young ones.
Fairly comical listening to Todd White on the 1200 post-game show trying to explain how the Sens aren't a slow team. He does this as a way to deflect how little Chris Neil brings to the table. I get more honest and accurate commentary from a handful of Travis Yost tweets than 5 hours of pre, in-game and post-game TSN1200 "analysis".
The only "plus" skaters we have are Hoffman and Karlsson. A few others are just fine (Turris, Mac, Milan, Lazar, Methot, Condra), but the rest are slow compared to the league - the game is faster now. Our defence is slow. Smith, Legwand, Neil, Chiasson, Ryan, and Stone are slow. Greening and Mika used to be decent but now they look slow. We can be a decent team, but need a few more quicker players to help support the more skilled/slower ones.
Wasn't it Karlsson who let Toews skate around him before putting the puck in on the wrap around.
I blame Karlsson for letting Toews skate around him on that goal, he was brutal defensively again tonight not to mention all the give aways & missed passes. Karlsson is the new Spezza defensively.
If he's not on the team, the coach will find another veteran to play ahead of the young ones.
Would it make you happy if we traded Karlsson and signed Hal Gil? I mean Gil is big you know. Can't have enough of big and slow.
Did you like that one, pick on the team's favourite player.You can pick battles with karlsson but the wraparound probably isnt a good one.
So is it even safe to post, or are these boards on suicide watch? Seemed like it was a pretty good game. Chicago just got lucky and had a "Darling" of a game.