I'll give Housley a pass on that one, considering ROR and Reinhart even forgot the season started until after Thanksgiving. Literally, the entire team was trash besides Eichel and Kane up to a certain point. Hard to get too upset that he gave the benefit of the doubt a little too long when it came to picking out the turdiest turd.
Nolan had 53% Corsi in 2013-14 compared to 43% in 2017-18 even though his relative possession impact was worse on the Kings. That's the difference between Sutter and Housley.
| 55 | Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 82 | 9 | 32 | 41 | 33 | -21 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Finland: Turku | 20 |
| 5 | Chad Ruhwedel | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | CA: San Diego | 25 |
| 47 | Zach Bogosian | D | 64 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 68 | -11 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | NY: Massena | 25 |
| 46 | Cody Franson | D | 59 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 26 | -5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | BC: Sicamous | 28 |
| 4 | Josh Gorges | D | 77 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 72 | -7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | BC: Kelowna | 31 |
| 34 | Casey Nelson | D | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | MN: Stillwater | 23 |
| 25 | Carlo Colaiacovo | D | 36 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -11 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ONT: Toronto | 32 |
| 6 | Mike Weber 2 | D | 35 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | PA: Pittsburgh | 27 |
| 3 | Mark Pysyk | D | 55 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 32 | -1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ALTA: Sherwood Park | 23 |
| 29 | Jake McCabe | D | 77 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 51 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | WI: Eau Claire | 21 |
| 38 | Taylor Fedun | D | 27 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ALTA: Edmonton | 28 |
| 41 | Justin Falk | D | 52 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 29 | -3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | MAN: Snowflake | 27 |
| 55 | Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 79 | 6 | 39 | 45 | 58 | -9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Finland: Turku | 21 |
| 47 | Zach Bogosian | D | 56 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 46 | -17 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | NY: Massena | 26 |
| 45 | Brendan Guhle | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ALTA: Edmonton | 19 |
| 4 | Josh Gorges | D | 66 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 50 | -3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | BC: Kelowna | 32 |
| 67 | Brady Austin | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ONT: Bobcaygeon | 23 |
| 6 | Cody Franson | D | 68 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 34 | -5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | BC: Sicamous | 29 |
| 29 | Jake McCabe | D | 76 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 26 | -7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | WI: Eau Claire | 22 |
| 77 | Dmitri Kulikov | D | 47 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 26 | -26 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Russia: Lipetsk | 25 |
| 46 | Erik Burgdoerfer | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | PA: Abington | 27 |
| 34 | Casey Nelson | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | MN: Stillwater | 24 |
| 45 | Brendan Guhle | D | 18 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ALTA: Edmonton | 20 |
| 5 | Matt Tennyson | D | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | MN: Minneapolis | 27 |
| 55 | Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 73 | 6 | 35 | 41 | 48 | -25 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Finland: Turku | 22 |
| 6 | Marco Scandella | D | 82 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 37 | -15 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | PQ: Montreal | 27 |
| 19 | Jake McCabe | D | 53 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 26 | -11 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | WI: Eau Claire | 23 |
| 38 | Zach Redmond | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | MI: Traverse City | 29 |
| 41 | Justin Falk | D | 46 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 28 | -16 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | MAN: Snowflake | 28 |
| 47 | Zach Bogosian | D | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | -9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | NY: Massena | 27 |
| 27 | Taylor Fedun | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ALTA: Edmonton | 29 |
| 82 | Nathan Beaulieu | D | 59 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 36 | -19 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ONT: Strathroy | 24 |
| 4 | Josh Gorges | D | 34 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | -4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | BC: Kelowna | 33 |
| 8 | Casey Nelson | D | 37 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | -14 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | MN: Stillwater | 25 |
| 93 | Viktor Antipin | D | 47 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 18 | -9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Kazakhstan: Ust-Kamenogorsk | 24 |
Because he put the one other functional forward on Eichel's wing?
If your point was that Housley is bad for playing Nolan, then benching him must mean something to you?
Reinhart stopped playing the coaches game and went back to what worked for him the 2nd half of the season.
So you feel players like for example Antipin should be gifted games?
He never went into detail, he just said he went back to his game that was working for him. I will try and look for the interview this evening.
I find it odd that Reinhart would say he went back to his game after the Winter Classic as if Housley was trying to have him do something else and it just wasn't working.
