Izzy Goodenough
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I will say this: the Senators outshot the Canucks again, this time by a margin of 36-to-25 but overall I am surprised at how truly awful the Senators are and why is Brady playing wing?
High digerati chances are reduced, but who has the puck? Who is blocking shots, and getting trapped in their own end defending rather than attacking?
The Sens are a very low skilled team, so their possession doesn’t generate high danger chances at the same rate teams with elite skill will do. Was the improvement system play, or was the reduction in high danger chances the Sens are just bad?
Lawrence, a lot of those shots weren’t dangerous. The Canucks can snipe with the best teams in the league. Playing possum and allowing perimeter shots isn’t the end of the world. Despite the shot advantage for Ottawa the three games were all won easily
Do you guys bother to look at advanced metrics or heat maps?I have to agree here, I’d the Canucks had questionable goaltending we would play a different system, one where we suppress the shots and clog up the neutral zone, it’s a boring style and it leads to few chances the other way, it’s also exhausting for the players to chase and box like it’s always killing a penalty. Our 5 on 5 has a long ways to do but the shot count isn’t a very good indicator of the outcome of a period or game without the advanced metrics
Top to bottom: 1/25 vs. 1/27 vs. 1/28Do you guys bother to look at advanced metrics or heat maps?
Last night was better but again this is Ottawa. Other than that they give up an incredibly high amount of scoring chances and they tend to give up shots from the slot.
This idea they hold teams to the outside isn’t based on facts.
If they play like this against the good teams I expect the goals against to go up.
Lawrence, a lot of those shots weren’t dangerous. The Canucks can snipe with the best teams in the league. Playing possum and allowing perimeter shots isn’t the end of the world. Despite the shot advantage for Ottawa the three games were all won easily
When people twist the results instead of being objective you get analysis like this.canucks played an incredibly disciplined version of possum in the playoffs and with the benefit of great goaltending it took them farther than the sum of their parts. i don't think you can do that in the regular season. it is asking too much of players to play that way mistake free and it is psychologically damaging to be on the back foot so much.
We can compare game 2 first period, which was rock bottom in terms of defensive play, with first period of game 3. Fewer shots and much less in the high danger zones. Same low level Sens team, only difference was that we confined their possession to the boards and along the corners. It meant they could really only manage point shots.
Will this adjustment work against an actual NHL roster? I guess we'll find out on Saturday.
The Canucks are in as good a shape to face the Jets,Habs, Leafs as they'll ever be..Both goalies are looking solid, and the D is reasonably healthy, the top 6 has come out of their funk, and woken up (thanks Ottawa)..a stark difference from a week and a half ago.Winnipeg will be a good measuring stick game.
I obviously don't think we're as good as the +13 scoring differential in the three games versus Ottawa suggests, but I do think we're better than the team that started the season with a 2-5 record and a 4.71 goals against average. Now that we have some confidence, and a few good warm up games under our belt, and are back to .500, let's see where this goes.
Disagree with respect to Wellwood (at least during his time as a Canuck). You think a player not having a decent work ethic (to work under the system) would've seen any time under AV back then? Kassian has actually seen PK with the Oilers and wasn't that bad it (mainly because he can skate).
Disagree with respect to Wellwood (at least during his time as a Canuck). You think a player not having a decent work ethic (to work under the system) would've seen any time under AV back then? Kassian has actually seen PK with the Oilers and wasn't that bad it (mainly because he can skate).
With the exception of that one disasterous 1st period....Lawrence, a lot of those shots weren’t dangerous. The Canucks can snipe with the best teams in the league. Playing possum and allowing perimeter shots isn’t the end of the world. Despite the shot advantage for Ottawa the three games were all won easily
Feels like these pairings are about as good as it's going to get with this personnel, IMO.I'm really liking the Schmidt-Myers and Benn-Hughes pairings. Can't say the same for the Edler-Chatfield pairing.
When people twist the results instead of being objective you get analysis like this.
The middle of the ice is where the opposition got their offense in the playoffs.
The heat maps vs Vegas and St Louis look just like that first Ottawa game.
This possum/rope a dope idea is just the Canucks being poor defensively and not being able to get out of their end.