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Originally Posted by kyuss275
Has our captain called for a " players only" meeting? If players are really having trouble with the system and don't like it, maybe it's time to air out some of the " dirty laundry".
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They had one earlier and then they won a couple games.
Something is really wrong with this team and I think it extends beyond "players not thinking or over thinking".
The team, to me, appears uncomfortable and confused.
Edit: to add..
Last year the D pairings would send the puck back and forth between the two 5 or 6 times to find an open lane or get on their horse and skate it out as the flames have one of the best skating D cores in the game.
Watching Jokipakka on the giveaway to Getzlaf up the left side was so ... stupid.. Hamilton sat in the right corner, comepletely open and not one player closer than the top of the right circle, had Jokipakka sent it to Dougie, Hamilton would have had time to either make a pass up, use his Jokipakka or skate it out. But it's like Jokipakka was compelled to make a pass ahead rather than laterally.
Later in the game from behind the net, he made the same play from behind the net up the middle with 3 ducks player there and zero flames. It almost got picked. Why wouldn't he use his lateral support?
Jokipakka is not stupid. He knows how to play, so to me it's a directive to force that puck up the ice.