Jean Luc Discard
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- Jul 11, 2014
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dadonov was really responsible for that goal. very soft on the puck in a vulnerable area, then he backed into the goalies lap - you can't allow a player like tavares to walk in and snap one from the top of the circles with no pressure and a screen.
i'll be scrooge again. watched parts of the game. again, up very early so no pressure to exert themselves 5v5. tons of turnovers. against a team that's got similar identity issues.
instead of locking it down at 7-1, we keep making cutesy, risky plays and eventually let it turn into a garbage-fest.
take the 2 points and move.
The Cats are still not able to handle pressure which translates to no-look passes and other fingers-crossed type decision making. Ofc, some guys like Dadonov can't handle even simple defensive duties and Tavares made him pay on one instance. The only saving grace for the Cats really was that the Leafs hit the nightclubs on the night before and the Cats were able to punish the Leafs like on every other attack. They are still in square one as far as defense is concerned and either Q or Dale has to do something about. One very useful move would ofc trading Yandle away.