Joems:
Teams hit to hurt. Teams hit to intimidate. Sometimes players get hurt. Of course Avs fans will react emotionally when an Avs player get crushed, just as Preds fans did yesterday. That's human nature. But most don't want hitting gone. It's part of what makes hockey hockey.
I'm sure eventually Downie will have a hit that's over the line. That's inevitable with the way he plays. Landeskog will probably have a hit where he is over the line eventually. It's a very quick game where players don't always are in a great position to take a hit.
I'm all for taking a hard line against blatant headshots. But Downies hit wasn't a headshot. It was a hockey hit. A hard hockey hit that might have hurt the other guy, but still a hockey hit.
Joems:
Teams hit to hurt. Teams hit to intimidate. Sometimes players get hurt. Of course Avs fans will react emotionally when an Avs player get crushed, just as Preds fans did yesterday. That's human nature. But most don't want hitting gone. It's part of what makes hockey hockey.
I'm sure eventually Downie will have a hit that's over the line. That's inevitable with the way he plays. Landeskog will probably have a hit where he is over the line eventually. It's a very quick game where players don't always are in a great position to take a hit.
I'm all for taking a hard line against blatant headshots. But Downies hit wasn't a headshot. It was a hockey hit. A hard hockey hit that might have hurt the other guy, but still a hockey hit.
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100% focus
There really should be a way to quote posters from closed threads.
Once again I thought Varlamov was the first star of the game. Calm, cool and collective. The Allaire effect has so far been a good thing. Our PP was all around pretty bad, can't really say anything good about it.
Thought Benoit and Geunin had another two good games. Defensively anyways. Was really hoping that Benoit would be better on the PP but we're two games in so we'll see what happens. Barrie struggled again and Roy responded by taking him off the PP and replacing him with Parenteau.
Forward wise Parenteau had a good game with two goals. Stastny's line had some decent chances but Rinne bettered them. Duchene's line was average I think. Except for Downie who was all over the ice. I'm becoming pretty impressed with our 4th line. Their not overly skilled but they don't seem to be a huge liability out there.
Also our PK seems to be better then last season by a fair margin. Roy looks like he's actually turned Mitchell and McLeod into PK guys for now. Which is a surprise because it was a guaranteed PP goal when those two were on.
I mentioned it in the other thread, but Duchene seems to give Weber fits. I'm not sure if he struggles like this against any other player, but Duchene's speed has been causing Weber issues the last two years.
He's moving so much less out there, it's really benefitted him. I was skeptical about him changing his style, but so far I think it's worked great. He seems very comfortable playing that style, and is making every save look easy because of his positioning. His higher glove hand is also making shooters less inclined to pick the corners on him because they don't see as much net there.
I don't think he could have had a better start. That's not really the test for him though IMO. He's always seemed to have good starts to seasons. It's the mid and end season games that will be the test, but I like the way his game is now.
It's good to know that Allaire or someone will be there to keep him focused on the details of his position through the course of the long season. That will be the biggest benefit IMO.
I'm nervous by the amount of threads on us on the main board. Everyone hush.
I'm nervous by the amount of threads on us on the main board. Everyone hush.
I'm nervous by the amount of threads on us on the main board. Everyone hush.
I'm nervous by the amount of threads on us on the main board. Everyone hush.
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No, Landy shouldn't be benched because he played good in the first game. I'm still trying too figure out how you guys think he played bad?
And I totally forgot about Hunwick hahaa.
But it is definitely down to Holden and Hunwick, since Guenin has all but locked up his spot. It will be interesting to see how Roy chooses to go if neither of them play before they activate Wilson off the IR.
Its tough not to be excited right now. Im trying to keep a level head because unless Roy's coaching is magically fixing our defense....they will start to cost us games at some point.
I don't know about the posts you're referring to but it wasn't that great of a game by Landy. It was ok, and there were a few shifts where he made mistakes with the puck. Looked a bit nervous, and like he was trying to do too much. A lot like Barrie, but Barrie's made more mistakes and more glaring ones.
He's moving so much less out there, it's really benefitted him. I was skeptical about him changing his style, but so far I think it's worked great. He seems very comfortable playing that style, and is making every save look easy because of his positioning. His higher glove hand is also making shooters less inclined to pick the corners on him because they don't see as much net there.
I don't think he could have had a better start. That's not really the test for him though IMO. He's always seemed to have good starts to seasons. It's the mid and end season games that will be the test, but I like the way his game is now.
It's good to know that Allaire or someone will be there to keep him focused on the details of his position through the course of the long season. That will be the biggest benefit IMO.