I'm starting to lose hope for this season already which really effing sucks.
Elliott looks terrible and has 0 confidence right now. He fell twice trying to scramble and get back into his net. He's lucky they didn't result in goals.
The team in front of him has no confidence in him either and they're playing like it. Engelland was trying to be a goalie on the powerplay and ended up being the only screen on Elliott for the goal. Elliott also had no desire to try and peak to the sides of Engelland. At least Johnson has the sense to fight to see the puck.
This powerplay is vomit inducing. With the units that we can put out, there is no excuses for this crap powerplay. It's seriously so pathetic to watch even after they get setup in the zone. It revolves around passing to the point and shooting from the far point hoping the puck will get through lanes. But nobody is making an effort to skate into an open lane so it get's blocked every god damn time. I have seen 0 I REPEAT ZERO attempts to shoot the puck from down low or for the forwards to pass to anyone but the point.
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