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Originally Posted by Realtor 1
I really feel some guys are being mismanaged and this team is not as bad as many believe ... put in the right role and we could be a top team in the division.
Brouwer.... a great 4th line guy we all love until we remember his salary. The salary isn't hurting us right now so no big deal. Coaching seemed to insist on trying to turn him into a top 6 guy too many times instead of facing what we have.
Hathaway... when reminded he is an agitator who plays the body and gets under the skin of other players he is one of my favourite flames to watch. When he plays like Stajan he is completely replaceable as he doesnt bring the experience or leadership Stajan has.... Why he hasn't sat more often after soft games is beyond me.
Stewart and Glass.... inject them both into the lineup on the same night means we are going to play in your face, crash and bang our way to a win and put Anaheim, LA and Edmonton on notice that we can also play big. Instead we see Glass follow the formula on his first shift and then the plan blew away in the wind and we decided to play a skill game with grinders in the lineup.
Bennett has got to be frustrated beyond belief. I understand how many of you are on his case but the guy cant catch a break. He finally gets an opportunity to play with Johny and Mony, we win back to back games scoring 5 in each game and then he is replaced with a waiver wire player...what does that do to a guys confidence. It is obvious he is fighting the game right now and often tries to do too much which leads to a bad play. I will take a wager any day of the week that this guy will score 30 in a season under a different coach.
The 3M line.... why is it impossible to break this up when we are losing? If Bennett isnt the answer on the top line, why have we not seen Tkachuk play with them and Bennett slot in with Backlund and Frolik? I get that the 3 of them play well but imagine if you could create 2 good lines by trying to mix it up.
Our top offensive D man having to wait as long as he did to find a firm spot on the top PP was just stupid.
Hamonic .... I must not have known as much as I thought I did about him because I thought he was a tough keep your head up kind of d man. I still have no issues with the trade as I think he is having an off year and has a lot more to give and could be flipped for more than we paid under a different system that plays to players strengths and not black and white X's and O's
Jankowski... How many rookies did we have sit out every now and then to watch from above over the last few years? He isn't a liability but he isn't anywhere close to what he can be. It feels so "oiler'ish" to let him keep coasting to mediocrity without trying something new.
I believe in this team and despite many of the posts thinking it is average, I believe we are a top team in the division with a healthy Smith and coach who plays each individual player and not advanced stats.
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My biggest thing with GG is his misusage or failing to put his players in situations to succeed. The belief that the system is better and more important than any one player.
A truly talented coach would get the most out of this team and the personnel and would be able to get more out of them as a whole.
The system forces the players to overthink each decision instead of it being a fluid just play and know what you need to do and don’t over complicate it game play