If he is, then it becomes a guaranteed win. A noble sacrifice indeed.
That didn't work out too well for us the last time @Cousin Eddie did it.
If he is, then it becomes a guaranteed win. A noble sacrifice indeed.
If he is, then it becomes a guaranteed win. A noble sacrifice indeed.
Bednar is trying to run some weird mix of dump in/dump out, and possession lol. I wonder what the hell happened to turn that around so hard? Barrie, MacK and EJ's injuries?
I want to break **** when they flip the puck into the neutral zone without serious pressure.
The biggest flaw with Bednar in that it seems like his fall back, falls all the way back to the stone ages when the team isn't breaking out clean. There is no in between it seems. Seeing Z and Barrie ring it up around the boards and flipping it to the middle makes me think it's 100% Bednar taught.
I'll add with Bednar that while the defensive zone play is an obvious problem, I absolutely HATE how they've played in the neutral zone the last few games. If you're not gonna forecheck, whatever, but just waiting there on your own blueline so that the opposition can make every hail-mary pass they want is just idiocy.
Better late than never - Barbs back in black.
What bothers me about Bednar is his system seems predicated on outworking the other team, and that won't work in the playoffs when you're 7 months deep in a season. There's a lot to be said for "work smarter, not harder". His comments about "conditioning" at the beginning of the season we're infuriating to me because if you have a good set of systems you don't need to skate hard all game.
What bothers me about Bednar is his system seems predicated on outworking the other team, and that won't work in the playoffs when you're 7 months deep in a season. There's a lot to be said for "work smarter, not harder". His comments about "conditioning" at the beginning of the season we're infuriating to me because if you have a good set of systems you don't need to skate hard all game.
He's simply not a good coach. This is his Roy/Sacco lone year of success before crashing back down into mediocrity. Except in this instance it's happening in year 2 rather than year 1.
He constantly gets outcoached and his "work hard" game plan is eerily similar to Saccos trusty dump and chase.
That sort of low skill grind em down style works just fine in the AHL, a league full of unskilled plugs and tiny tweener players.
Agreed. I wanted him gone after October but even my hating ass is willing to give him a longer look.Even as one of his most outspoken detractors after last season and heading into this one, I think it's rather foolish to say that he's not a good coach. We simply don't know because of how wildly different both seasons for him have been. We have no idea if he's closer to last year or this year. A larger sample size is needed.
Agreed. I wanted him gone after October but even my hating ass is willing to give him a longer look.
I think you're overrating the team we're having this year. Bednar is doing an excellent job imo.He's simply not a good coach. This is his Roy/Sacco lone year of success before crashing back down into mediocrity. Except in this instance it's happening in year 2 rather than year 1.
He constantly gets outcoached and his "work hard" game plan is eerily similar to Saccos trusty dump and chase.
That sort of low skill grind em down style works just fine in the AHL, a league full of unskilled plugs and tiny tweener players.
With Barberio back, I'll bet Mark Alt sees no more than 6-7 minutes of ice time tomorrow. They'll roll 5 defensemen from the 2nd period onwards.
It's not that he doesn't value skill, he just doesn't know how to use it. How many times this year have you seen a great shift in the offensive zone that lasted 60+ seconds but generated no actual scoring chances or even shots? He's just not a good enough tactician to figure out how to make use of what skill he has, and if it wasn't for MacKinnon going nuts and Bennett revamping the PP this team would probably have similar offensive output to last year despite the objectively better talent. Outside of that first line, the numbers for the rest of the team aren't dissimilar to what we were getting out of Bouque and Duchene last season.Not true. He values skill as much if not more than a lot of coaches in the league. If he was all about "outworking" the opposition he'd stick as many rookies as he could in sheltered, unproductive roles and ride the living hell out of his grinders. He doesn't, and has never done that.
It's not that he doesn't value skill, he just doesn't know how to use it. How many times this year have you seen a great shift in the offensive zone that lasted 60+ seconds but generated no actual scoring chances or even shots? He's just not a good enough tactician to figure out how to make use of what skill he has, and if it wasn't for MacKinnon going nuts and Bennett revamping the PP this team would probably have similar offensive output to last year despite the objectively better talent. Outside of that first line, the numbers for the rest of the team aren't dissimilar to what we were getting out of Bouque and Duchene last season.
What specifically do you see about Bednar this year that says he is worth keeping around? Like, what methods can you cite that he's using to get the results? I'm struggling to see what he specifically is doing to warrant being called a good coach now that doesn't boil down to "the team is better".
It's this kind of hand-waving that bothers me. All the bad things aren't his fault (injuries) but the continued problems are just "unfortunate".BTW, possession numbers were indeed trending the right direction, they only started going south once injuries/illness started getting comically bad, starting with MacKinnon's injury in the Vancouver game. Unfortunately they have continued to tumble, it's something that has to be addressed next season.
It's this kind of hand-waving that bothers me. All the bad things aren't his fault (injuries) but the continued problems are just "unfortunate".
And while this has gotten better, his player usage is of concern to me. Putting Yakupov and Kerfoot out for a D zone faceoff is the kind of unforced error that boggles my mind, especially when they were the 4th line and they were getting limited ice time. Stuff like that makes me question why he does things the way he does. Not to mention the problems you mention in the offensive zone. You could maybe chalk the problems against the forecheck up to personnel and having slugs like Nemeth playing the puck back there, but that's an issue too that's been causing problems lately. There are too many holes in the way the team plays right now that can't be explained away by just rookie jitters. Like I said, look at the team without the top line and I see a lot of the same problems as last year with new and better faces.