Fire Drury before he totally ruins our club . He cannot seem to figure things out money or no money ...like a dog chasing it's tail. After 50 yrs of watching this club it should not be still this bad . Foolish trades of late not good now or for the future....and no RW's on our club for next year unless you count KK a 3rd liner at best . Same deal all over again for next season. I wonder what kind of plan Drury has....or if he has one at all ?
If they were in Cup winning shape, I would agree....but they are not the same players that won those cups.
So of course you look at a small sample size of the last few games that included a west coast trip, lot of travel, some new players, and 4 games in 6 nights to determine they can't play defense. Why would this surprise me? They have had too many defensive breakdowns the last 4-5 games but they are 8th in the league in GA, that's top 25 % in the league, so yes they can and have played defense and that's with Igor being average. They are going through a down period in play after playing .800 hockey for over 2 months but sure lets jump on them because it fits the agenda.
I'm looking at the season as a whole but ok.
How do good teams look when they play in a funk exactly? Maybe like outshooting an opponent 51-21 and out chancing them over 2-1 and playing the entire night in the Qzone and still losing because every breakdown wound up in the back of their net because their No. 1 goalie can't stop a beachball right now? Is that how bad teams play or good teams in a funk?
Watch the replay of the goals last night & then get back to me... I'm not saying Halak & certainly not Shesty vs Peg were great or even good
It's not like they decided to sit Zib or Tro at the last minute....we're talking Leshitshow to the press box. According to many, we should have been a better team than before, even minus one forward (if you can call him that).
I presented facts, not unicorns. Top 1/4 in the league over the ENTIRE season with average goaltending.
DIsagree, they need to stop thinking outchancing and outpossessing wins games, that was the perspective to start the season. They are more talented than most teams out there, that is a fact, it does not win games to be just
Yes, that was last night, and I have already said there have been too many defensive breakdowns lately that have ended up in their net. It needs to be cleaned up. The examples I used for the whole "we can't play defense argument" is the entire season. How is that a small sample size?
Well that's an easy one, every D except Fox sucks absolute ass at it.
They just need to clean up the defensive breakdowns and they will. I don't get bent out of shape like some who expect perfection every night. The team just went on an incredible 2 month run so a little slump is to be expected. Drury has set his price for Kane. He won't be giving away the shop. I want Kane but I understand the arguments from those that don't. I think it's going to happen but I wouldn't be upset that if it didn't as long as they make 1 more move for the bottom 6.
I think there's value in the fact of "if you're gonna chill in the slot I hope the broken ankle is worth it" from one of his shots but like 90% of the time that's not what actually happens in practice. Trouba's shots either miss wide or go right to the goalie. Getting pucks through is harder than it's ever been at the NHL level cause defenses got so good at blocking it. I think it's why the Rangers are so reliant on lateral passes, because their D are horrible shooters
