Neil Racki
Registered User
Just back from game. Brutal. Most crowded i have seen the building this year though.
Lots of things to pick at, but the biggest thing is our defense is slow and loses puck battles. Orlov was worst i have seen him. Fever is gassed for sure losing puck battles like he did to start the Rangers game. Kempny is also really bad right now. Turns everything into a puck battle even when it shouldn’t be. Just no flow.
first 2 months of the season, our D was spring boarding our offensive push with clean crisp quick outlet passes and jumping up in the rush. Now the puck gets dumped down into a corner and our guy gets it an just slaps it along the boards or loses the board battle.
Jensen was flying, Orlov was flying, the puck was quickly being played out of our zone and passes were tape to tape.
I had hopes when guys return our PP would come back to life and wed at least be exciting hockey to watch as we earn our annual first round exit ...
No hope left. The bad hockey isnt a rut, its not just a month or 2 funk .. its who we are. We just get bogged down in our own zone on D, guys are skating past us in the neutral zone, poor marking down low.