Post-Game Talk (GBU): The Montreal Screwjob
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struckbyaparkedcar
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Housley shuffling the lineup coming off the best game of the year was needless, and his offensive zone stuff at ES and +1 has been poor all season, but I'll put this loss on talent before coaching for a change.
We had the zone time for most of the game, but the bottom six was the only unit penetrating all the way to the net. O'Reilly got housed by Patches, and Plekanec largely kept Eichel out of the paint. They need to win those matchups, especially with Weber out.
Generally, the team needs to scrap anything that involves execution at the defensive blueline and use more flip plays and indirect plays into space to clear the zone and set up foot races. While there were a few instances that made me go "ah, this is Phil Housley hockey," where defensemen made really good heads-up plays that set up controlled zone entries, they also left a ton of meat on the bone trying to carry the puck out of the zone.
Roster-wise, all of Cris, Griffith, & Moulson should be down, and we should be rotating fresh AHL dudes + Nolan into the bottom three lineup spots. What's crazy is:
Smith-Girgensons/ERod/Larsson-Okposo
GEL-GEL-Fasching
Would be our most talented bottom six of the season and it wouldn't be close. I'm not sure why this staff doesn't like Fasching, when they're big on shot volume and he's one of the organization's better guys around the net.
We had the zone time for most of the game, but the bottom six was the only unit penetrating all the way to the net. O'Reilly got housed by Patches, and Plekanec largely kept Eichel out of the paint. They need to win those matchups, especially with Weber out.
Generally, the team needs to scrap anything that involves execution at the defensive blueline and use more flip plays and indirect plays into space to clear the zone and set up foot races. While there were a few instances that made me go "ah, this is Phil Housley hockey," where defensemen made really good heads-up plays that set up controlled zone entries, they also left a ton of meat on the bone trying to carry the puck out of the zone.
Roster-wise, all of Cris, Griffith, & Moulson should be down, and we should be rotating fresh AHL dudes + Nolan into the bottom three lineup spots. What's crazy is:
Smith-Girgensons/ERod/Larsson-Okposo
GEL-GEL-Fasching
Would be our most talented bottom six of the season and it wouldn't be close. I'm not sure why this staff doesn't like Fasching, when they're big on shot volume and he's one of the organization's better guys around the net.
Losing the goal is more "meh" than "screwjob". Watching the replay, they had a lot of opportunity and didn't get it done. They can't seem to get to the net and that has become the theme almost every night to their o-zone failures.
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Watching Kane pump his fist while lying on the ice after thinking he scored with 30 seconds left made me want to reach my hand through the screen and punch him in the face. Who celebrates in that situation? Did he honestly think the most offensively challenged team in the league stood any chance of potting 2 more goals in the next 30 seconds to send the game into OT? I'm probably over-interpreting the moment, but I can honestly say I've never been more put off by the guy's self absorbed approach to the game.
struckbyaparkedcar
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I'm no Kane fan, but I honestly thought it was a sign of relief than anything, they had thrown a ton at Price with nothing to show for it, and finally one of our 60+ shot attempts was flubbed. If you wanna criticize the team celebrating not getting shut out that's one thing, but I really don't think that was a "me first" deal.
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