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Originally Posted by sketchyt
Johnson (the bad): Poor mobility. His positioning makes up for some of it but basically has zero ability to play further than half a foot outside his crease. He can and will be beat up high. Get him constantly moving side-to-side-to-side and he will struggle. This is why his numbers are coming down, I'm noticing teams adjust, moving the puck more, and going upstairs. Terribad puck handler.
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I never saw issues with movement. Rather, I think Chad's difficulty is with point shots with traffic - seems like he got beat clean by a few of those vs TB, CBJ, and SJ. He tends to default into the butterfly for those he can't track, which leads to him getting beat high or just inside the post on those.
Side-to-side lateral movement isn't nearly an issue, as the Flames defense are doing great at preventing the cross-crease and backdoor passes. They just need to help the goalies out by clearing the lane.