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Originally Posted by puckluck2
I don't believe this theory for one second.
The Flames give up high quality scoring chances. The defence backs in because the forwards hardly back check hard and when they do, they do it without a purpose.
Macdonald played great last night and still ended up with a lousy save percentage.
3 of the 4 goals he had no chance on and 2 were tap-ins. That's been happening all year. The goalies haven't been great, but they also haven't been the reason we're in 14th place.
Take a look at the fourth goal from last night. Glencross taps his stick on the ice to make the Stars' player think he's being pressured but then he turns away leaving Eriksson wide open for a tap-in.
http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/con...,2,424&lang=en |
Him and Stajan play a little game of "Don't got it!"
It's why Gio and Sarich etc look so bad coming off their side to take away the centre lane so often. There is no centre support for that third forward/defender coming down the centre lane.
The Nystrom goal, the only player that is in position as the goal goes in is Brodie. Everyone else has skated by the play and turned up ice, even Bouwmeester doesn't bother to stop in front of the net and take a man, he just glides by.
The first erickson goal is a classic flames defensive breakdown.
Wideman starts it by crossing over and then trying to go behind the net, he's late to the play and instructs Backlund to get to the half-wall to cover Wideman's man (which will never work when split second decisions mean pucks in the net). Flames start running around because Dennis "reggie dunlop player coach" wideman is directing traffic and before you know it, no one is covering anyone and Erickson has a wide open net.
Everyone is doing their jobs until wideman decides it's not worth it to skate, better to stand around.