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"Cowards don't play hockey."
Why do I have the feeling this team would just complain if they were asked to wear too-toos and dance?
Question: Housley's system requires the type of players we absolutely do not have and if we get very lucky will take us about 3-4 years to get. Why did we not hire someone who could implement a system that could get results in less than like half a decade?
Question: Housley's system requires the type of players we absolutely do not have and if we get very lucky will take us about 3-4 years to get. Why did we not hire someone who could implement a system that could get results in less than like half a decade?
I can't separate the Sabres issues passing from the awful spacing created by not having the skating from the back to play the system. Without blueliners capable of breaking the shape of the defense, our forwards are blanketed on the breakout, and don't have the safety valve of a streaking D.Great write up.
In regards to the point I bolded, one of this team's many deficiencies is the glaring lack of all-around passing talent.
List of Sabres forwards I generally trust to either effectively pass to players who are on the move, or receive passes while they're already skating fairly hard:
Jack
RoR
Sam
ERod, sometimes
Hopefully Mittelstadt can do this consistently
List of Sabres defensemen I trust to make accurate passes to fairly nearby (i.e. from a bit within the blue line to players nearing center ice) moving targets:
Nelson
Antipin
Risto, sometimes
The Sabres' speed issue isn't just about lack of footspeed, though that is a problem as well. But the lack of crisp passing results in constant turnovers and a near comical inability to produce any quick strike chances off the rush.
It's not just the quantity that's the problem, it's the skillset we'll need to pick out. Explosive skating defensemen are one of the most valuable player types in the league right now, there aren't many in UFA beyond depth guys (Kempny and Barberio are good projects).I don't think we are. We have one quality defenseman in Scandella, one guy filling minutes, but is an absolute detriment to the team in Ristolainen, and one prospect worth a damn in Guhle. Every other player wouldn't find a roster spot as a 7D for Ottawa.
Because those “results” would plateau at midstandings year after year and never sniff the playoffs, and the we’d be right back to where we were during the Darcy malaise.Question: Housley's system requires the type of players we absolutely do not have and if we get very lucky will take us about 3-4 years to get. Why did we not hire someone who could implement a system that could get results in less than like half a decade?
Vegas right now is showing how far simple well coached hockey can take a team. Playing a system you absolutely don't have the personnel to pull off is guaranteed painful failure. Reminds me of the time Billy Martin sent Mike Pagliarulo up to bat and ordered him to bat from the opposite stance despite the fact he wasn't a switch hitter and had in fact never done that in his life. The result was a 3 pitch strikeout if memory serves.Because those “results” would plateau at midstandings year after year and never sniff the playoffs, and the we’d be right back to where we were during the Darcy malaise.
Vegas right now is showing how far simple well coached hockey can take a team. Playing a system you absolutely don't have the personnel to pull off is guaranteed painful failure. Reminds me of the time Billy Martin sent Mike Pagliarulo up to bat and ordered him to bat from the opposite stance despite the fact he wasn't a switch hitter and had in fact never done that in his life. The result was a 3 pitch strikeout if memory serves.
Handing Coach Phil Eichel-Dahlin is like handing a sixteen year old the keys to a new Ferrari.
Question: Housley's system requires the type of players we absolutely do not have and if we get very lucky will take us about 3-4 years to get. Why did we not hire someone who could implement a system that could get results in less than like half a decade?
“Phil Housley is good because the late-Cretaceous era thinker behind the sports desk said so.”
Did you read that post? It’s more “Botts and Phil don’t have agency because Tim Murray” drek.None of them say he's good -- they're saying that he's not going anywhere because they get the feeling, like everyone else, that Botterill is satisfied with Housley.