YNWA14
Onbreekbaar
- Dec 29, 2010
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How about we do this for the rest of the team?
Karlsson is not the problem on the Sens..
Right now Karlsson is 16th on the team for on-ice +/- per 60, behind:
Clarke MacAthur (+2.90)
Matt Kassian (+2.81)
Mika Zibanejad (+2.44)
Eric Gryba (+2.19)
Cory Conacher (+2.11)
Kyle Turris (+1.83)
Stephane Da Costa (+1.41)
Zack Smith (+1.18)
Bobby Ryan (+0.70)
Joe Corvo (+0.63)
Chris Neil (+0.45)
Jared Cowen (+0.34)
Patrick Wiercioch (Even)
Chris Phillips (Even)
Marc Methot (-0.28)
Karlsson plays nearly 30 minutes a night. So while he's also usually facing tougher competition he's also facing light competition at the same time. The reality is that Spezza, Karlsson and Michalek need to be better for this team to be successful and I think that starts with Karlsson as the player that needs to be the most responsible in his own end and spends the most time on the ice of them. If he's playing better you'll see a ripple effect.
Spezza has worse numbers than Karlsson, and yet you still choose to blame the D for his poor defensive play? You realize centers are supposed to play a pretty big role in team defence?
If Spezza was as defensively competent as you've been arguing, he'd be playing the role of a center in our own end, which would mean he's been a big part of the cluster**** that is our defence.
The team as a whole is playing poor defence. On any given goal, it seems like there are two or three guys making pretty big mistakes that contribute to the scoring opportunity.
I agree, but team defence is first and foremost handled by the defensive corps and on top of that the guys that are out there for the most minutes. Spezza is not doing well, but Karlsson is playing almost 30 minutes a game and they are on the ice together for 64% of the time Spezza is on the ice. If they're both playing poorly defensively it's going to cause a huge issue. Spezza's job is to create offence for the team and trying to put him in a role that he's not geared for isn't going to be successful. On top of that Spezza's mistakes are almost always in the offensive or neutral zone which leaves a lot of room for other players to step up and mitigate the damage (namely the defence) but if the defencemen are not playing well it only makes it a compounded issue. So either Karlsson needs to focus more on the defensive side of the game (we've seen it before), or they need to spend less time on the ice together because they are directly affecting one another.
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