sarcastro
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- Jul 28, 2005
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I don't know that it was the "best game," it just wasn't the "worst game."
Nobody sucked tonight, which is a good thing.
Kronwall tried pretty hard though. Three minors and an inexplicable wandering off to cover nobody that cost them the only goal against.
The rest of the D looks better, but Kronwall's been terrible this year and hasn't rounded into any kind of shape. Troubling.
I agree he's looked a bit out of sorts but I think part of that is he and E haven't worked things out yet. Kronner is very much a wanderer. Its why he kinda sucks as the shooter on the PP. Kronner is much better in the Raffy role. He shouldn't be QBing the PP. He should be the guy that can sneak into the slot. Once he and E get 20 games together he'll start to look better. He really does need a solid defensive d partner. Its why he and Stuart worked so well together.
Kronwall tried pretty hard though. Three minors and an inexplicable wandering off to cover nobody that cost them the only goal against.
The rest of the D looks better, but Kronwall's been terrible this year and hasn't rounded into any kind of shape. Troubling.
I gave Z a star because you could tell he wanted to make Daley pay for the dive and bombed in the GWG - the way a captain should respond to a bad call.
1.Datsyuk
2. Jimmy
3. Big E
They need to get Z into shooting areas more often on the PP. He's a shooter, not a particularly good passer - yet they've had him on the boards way, way out of the scoring areas on the PP for years now.
I'd put one defenseman in the middle by the blue line, sneak Brunner down the left side by the dot looking for the one-timer or a rebound, somebody in front to bother the goalie, and then have Pavel move the puck from the right boards to the middle of the ice with Z cutting down the middle. That would give Pavel the option of passing long to Brunner or short to Z, or if the PK is covering both passes it should let Pavel walk it right in and shoot it himself with 3 guys heading to the net.
The PP looked a little bit better tonight but still looked terrible. Gotta get that thing fixed.
Didn't give Flip a star because those goals were served up on a platter by Datsyuk
That shot from Z was something else. Hardly ever see him unleash a slapper