I just don't understand why our defensemen (Gio does this a lot) commit to the player with the puck on his opposite side and leave their man wide open in front...and of course forwards not smart enough to read the coverage and get back to cover their man and play them hard rather than like p***ies.
Our players are just not very smart hockey players, period. I don't think Hartley is telling these guys to be lost and soft on the backcheck so I wouldn't blame the new system/style of play/coaching....I mean, what gives? How did they all just get defensively ######ed?
Their d-zone coverage is downright embarrassing...
I really honestly think we just have a bunch of really dumb hockey players on this team. At times they can effectively cycle and pour on the offense and look really creative/exciting and grind it out, but when there's an odd-man rush or neutral zone breakdown their absolutely lost.
Last edited by Stanley; 03-19-2013 at 08:30 AM.
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