kranuck
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- Mar 11, 2023
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Yeah, but if you watch them (at home at least) you start to see they have issues chasing in their own end, they give up a lot of high danger chances, they struggle with keeping guys contained near the net (see Pavs and his 8 freaking goals). It’s part of why every goalie has sucked. Make the first save, no help for the guy alone in front looking for the rebound.I'm a Hakskol skeptic, too. But your points suggest that you are watching another team. The Kraken were 6th in the league in scoring this year, up from 29th in the maiden season. Defensvely we approved from 24th in the NHL to 15th. All with basically the same awful goaltending that we had in 21/22.
The Kraken improved by 40 points during the regular season, made the playoffs and knocked off Colorado in the first round.
Give the guy some credit. If he were fired today, he wouldn't be unemployed long.
Offensively they get too fancy, make extra passes, pepper the net with low danger shots. That’s gotten better but it’s still an issue.
I do like the higih pressure game they play.
If he sucks next year and they have a better option then no reason not to fire him.And yet given that Hakstol's "led" the Kraken to their "best" season in franchise history going to be a while before he's let go.
Sure feels like all their success is in spite of Hakstol...Not because of him.
I don’t think it’s in spite, he has them playing pretty high intensity hockey. I do think his system has a few flaws they can’t seem to consistently work out.
It’s why they lost 2 in a row, why they suck at home, why they couldn’t do any bette than 7th despite being very well positioned down the stretch.
I could also see them taking a big step back next year and him not being able to adjust.