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bubbsy · 12-13-2017, 05:43 AM

I'm fine with the game last night. Worked hard, decent road game.

The special teams are pretty ugly. First, I realize the pk did not give up a goal but that's more on the opposition pp than it was on our pk. It's too easy for teams to get set up, and the pk is incapable of applying puck pressure, getting into passing lanes, etc. Stajan is a brutal hockey player, and simply not fast enough to be effective on the pk.

The pp, well it's nice to try different personnel a bit but the entire set up of that top unit is played out and not working. Even if they do get set up, the puck spends 80% of the time with Brodie at the point or with Gaudreau, essentially at the left point. They pose literally 0% to score there, as Brodie is scared to shoot, and Gaudreau also does not have a shot nor in a great shooting position.

Get Brodie off the top unit already. Put Giordano and Hamilton there, where the pk needs to respect the shot from the point. Keep Gaudreau as the play maker but lower on the half boards looking for one time options.

Watching Brodie and Gaudreau pass the puck amongst themselves is getting tiring to watch, it's not working. The cliché of getting pucks to the net when a pp is struggling requires changing the guys at the point, primarily Brodie.

Brodie doesn't have the hockey sense to realize when it's a good time to shoot when it's 5 on 5, let alone with the man advantage.

12-13-2017, 05:43 AM	#155
bubbsy Franchise Player Join Date: Aug 2008 Exp:	I'm fine with the game last night. Worked hard, decent road game. The special teams are pretty ugly. First, I realize the pk did not give up a goal but that's more on the opposition pp than it was on our pk. It's too easy for teams to get set up, and the pk is incapable of applying puck pressure, getting into passing lanes, etc. Stajan is a brutal hockey player, and simply not fast enough to be effective on the pk. The pp, well it's nice to try different personnel a bit but the entire set up of that top unit is played out and not working. Even if they do get set up, the puck spends 80% of the time with Brodie at the point or with Gaudreau, essentially at the left point. They pose literally 0% to score there, as Brodie is scared to shoot, and Gaudreau also does not have a shot nor in a great shooting position. Get Brodie off the top unit already. Put Giordano and Hamilton there, where the pk needs to respect the shot from the point. Keep Gaudreau as the play maker but lower on the half boards looking for one time options. Watching Brodie and Gaudreau pass the puck amongst themselves is getting tiring to watch, it's not working. The cliché of getting pucks to the net when a pp is struggling requires changing the guys at the point, primarily Brodie. Brodie doesn't have the hockey sense to realize when it's a good time to shoot when it's 5 on 5, let alone with the man advantage.