This is just f***ing great.
dude, i've never said that komarov should play on the kadri line. not once. and i've never defended babcock for keeping him on that line. i agree that he should've been demoted to the fourth line way earlier, and marner should've played on that line from day 1.
Fair enough, I shouldn't have quoted you specifically I guess.
Lmao this guy, let go of these ripped strands of an argument you have already. Nash didn’t produce at all. 1 goal in 7 games is nothing. They slammed their best players together and ripped apart bozo 51. Wake up, we lost to their first line/top end skill, not rick f***ing nash.
Is that an imaginary crew? Because those people don't exist. Even if you look at your own example, that Komarov shouldn't be anywhere near the PP is a unanimous position. Not having Martin in the lineup was very close to unanimous as well. And the vast majority agrees that Babcock has been overly loyal and slow to make changes.
Yes, they most definitely do. And I'd love to point them out if I wouldn't get more infractions. A lot of them like to pretend they're not defend Babcock at all costs type people yet they defend Babcock at all costs.
You just aren’t getting it huh. Remember when tampa was unbeatable in the first half of the season and stamkos/Kucherov each had 20 goals a mere few weeks into the season? It has nothing to do with depth, its top line players being put in situations where they can succed (ie playing with other top wnd players). We didn’t lose to Boston’s depth, throughout the entire series those depth guys didn’t score meaningfully at all, case and point nash and nash. We got out coached and we lost because our top end didn’t carry due to bad line decisions. Bergeron isn’t a superstar, hes elite forsure, but not superstar level. He was surrounded by A+ talent and that line scored double digit points multiple nights. Then our superstar player plays with hyman and brown while matching up against that elite line from Boston. If you don’t understand how that has literally nothing to do with depth, then idk what to say. The lineup at the top end never gave us a chance to get Matthews going due to this false illusion of depth. Boston supported their star players, we isolated ours.
If the playoff format stays the same, this could be the future. There's no reason two teams with 100 points should play each other in the 1st round.
Hey I'll give Hyman full credit, he capitalized for sure. He earned his praise vs Boston. But you are correct in saying that he had far more room out there than Matthews to make plays due to Boston's defense keying on Matthews instead of him.
Did I mention hyman one time bert? You guys are like a cult when it comes to questioning babcock. You do realize that the one shift marleau matthews and marner had together ended up in a goal right? Superstars need to play with superstars, especially when they are struggling. It has nothing to do with forward depth, and everything to do with lineup decisions. How in gods green earth is our superstar player who is currently struggling going to have any hope of playing against the other teams top 3 players when he is paired with two third liners? It just doesn’t work, and it showed.
Lmao so rookie matthews scores 4 goals against a more stacked opponent in 6 games last year, but his inexperience only showed after he gained more experience? Lmao likely story. I literally laughed out loud.
