Missed the game, very pleasantly surprise we won. The two new dmen must be playing well. When Gio comes back, we may have a solid defense for the first time this year.
Backlund totally turned his season around. A month ago, he couldnt score on an empty net.
I thought the new acquisitions played with confidence. Two pros with no fire drills going on in our own end. I also noticed that the D as a whole wasn't giving up our blue line that easily. Someone must have read the riot act to them.
Why? He is already a Jets.Someone should pass this along to Hamonic.
Why? He is already a Jets.
One can only hope. Shame.. he could've probably got us a first or 2 2nd's if we traded him.
he could've probably got us a first AND two seconds if we never traded for him.
#facts
anyways hopefully he's watching the importance of gap control and steps his game up when he returns.
You guys are so disrespectful to a guy that got his jaw broke in the first game last year then for the rest of the year held himself together with binder twine and duct tape for the rest of the year bleeding Flames blood.
Has Hamonic been less impressive this season... yes.. but dollars to donuts there is a reason. There are few players that give to the community like this man does every day.
Lucic was a gigantic steaming pile of garbage last night and was directly responsible for both goals against.
He had the giveaway on the marchand goal, but it was Hanifin who didn't do his job and allowed that to become a breakaway when it should have been a one v one at best.
He had no way of changing the outcome of the Kuraly goal other than making an unlikely play in midair along the boards. Rittich threw an ill-advised pass and then Ryan got outmuscled down low. Rittich and Ryan are to blame for that goal.
I'm not even a Lucic apologist but your comments are unfair.
The puck lands directly on the stick of one of the games elite point producers in the neutral zone due to a horrific giveaway in transition at the oppositions blue line and you are going to blame the defensemen there for being caught flatfooted? Do you truly expect Hanifin to anticipate that play?
The defenseman's job on the PP is absolutely to anticipate giveaways on attempted PP entries. Teams rarely dump the puck in on the PP because it's such an easy clear for the opponent. So yes I expect Hanifin, or Gio, or Andersson, or Brodie, or Kylington, or Gustafsson, or Valimaki to cover for their forwards' NZ giveaways on the powerplay if they are given the priveledge to play in that role.
You guys are so disrespectful to a guy that got his jaw broke in the first game last year then for the rest of the year held himself together with binder twine and duct tape for the rest of the year bleeding Flames blood.
Has Hamonic been less impressive this season... yes.. but dollars to donuts there is a reason. There are few players that give to the community like this man does every day.
Looking back, it's unbelievable that Treliving paid more for Hamonic than the Blues did for Schenn. Such an egregious misuse of assets.
Also, they should send Kylington down as soon as Giordano's healthy instead of letting him rot in the press box for the rest of the season.
Looking back, it's unbelievable that Treliving paid more for Hamonic than the Blues did for Schenn. Such an egregious misuse of assets.
Also, they should send Kylington down as soon as Giordano's healthy instead of letting him rot in the press box for the rest of the season.
Milan's reaction on the play says it all. It was a bang-bang play that deflected directly back onto Marchand's stick... I honestly don't know what you expect Hanifin to do in that situation.
Do you expect him to still be on his own blue line while the puck is already being transitioned into Boston's end? He was at center ice..
This is it. You really can't blame Hanifin on that play, any defenseman would be beaten like he was. That goal is on Lucic, who barely waited to cross the blue line before throwing an errant backhand into a Boston player's legs, causing it to deflect right to Marchand, and away he goes. Hanifin couldn't do any more than he did without taking a penalty himself.Someone who's never played hockey, basketball or any other fast paced transition sport would question the Dman or the positional player.
The puck is turned off a deflection, directly on someone's stick in the neutral zone, already skating forward he Dman has to literally loop around to even help contain the breakaway.
Hammer has been pure trash this year. See hanifin’s recent play with Andy and it’s embarrassing the coaching staff kept a failed experiment for so long. I wouldn’t even give him a 3x3 at this point, guy is strictly a third pairing guy at this point.
Noah Hanifin has 8 points in 9 games and is a +3 since Hamonic went down with injury.. I honestly just don't understand how a coaching staff could watch that pair struggle for so long and not do a damn thing about it. It was the same situation with Brodie and Hamonic as well.
I have no issues with Hamonic as a person, but the reality is he hasn't been worth that we gave up for him and the direction the game is going isn't suited for him.