RememberTheRoar
“I’m not as worried about the 5-on-5 scoring.”
i think they are thinking to much. like saad is at his best when hes playing a straight line puck possession game. i think hes trying to do to much. that goes for a few other guys as well. the defensive effort isnt there from kane so far. defensive pairs are getting better but still 1 big problem. although i dont mind kampf on the 4th line i think hes been getting a bigger role then hes capable of. id rather see others get the minutes. effort at the blue lines and on the boards has been an absolute disaster.
Mayers and Sharp talked about the same thing in their podcast that, as a team, they finally simplified their game last night. Both agreed that it needs to happen even more.
As far as Kane not giving a flying f*** defensively, I doubt that's ever going to change. I think he's so set in his style of play that we're best off, for our own sanity, having zero expectations of him putting in any effort defensively. It's frustrating because it's not like he's incapable of making plays defensively.