The 3 goals is one thing but im more disappointed with his play on the kill this season. I thought JTC was a good penalty killer last year but this year it seems like hes just out there. I cant count how many times I've seen seam passes go through him. I underestimated how sorely missed Soda would be on the PK and Nemeth aswell on the PK.
I agree, I was hopeful JT could develop into a good PKer, because he has good speed, and lots of guys can do it. It just takes hard work and lots of studying game tape with coaches.
Unfortunately though he just hasn't been good there. He doesn't always find the shooting lane to block the shot, and he has lapses in his coverage, where he just misses the point man jumping in down low, or covers the wrong guy leaving someone open.
He's not terrible on the PK, it just isn't a strong point for him. Right now at least. It's made worse by the fact that they don't have a great PK to being with, and they're missing Calvert.
I'm not sure why Belly is 4th in PK time either. That was supposed to be one of the main reasons he was brought in. Compher's just been out there too much on the PK. I believe he was 1st in PK time the other day when I looked. He's one second behind Nieto now.