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Originally Posted by Toonage
A great example of this last night was Ferland passing it at the last second to Monahan when he had a great shot at the net. Monahan was both out of position and covered by that point so he couldn't get his stick on it. Those extra passes, trying to finesse something that's already as good as its going to get. We've seen this a lot at home so it begs the question. Execution or coaching? The coach isn't shooting the puck or making that decision, of course not. But he's seen it a lot this year. With a lot of players. I'm not seeing a correction in this behavior. Chicken or the egg?
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We were 10 rows behind the NYI net and I thought Ferly's going to snipe the goal, he moved the goalie out of position short side and then nothing no shot came. Ferland was 10ft from the goal in the kill zone, a clear path and passes it to a covered Monahan.
Agree with your recap and this happened all season with several forwards, JMO Gulutzan has done little to address this glaring problem that has plagued the team since October.
If my assesment is off & Gulutzan has adressed this & they are not getting the message after 6 months of the season then that is entirely on coaching not making himself heard or understood, ineffective coaching that lacks leadership.
Every line is guilty, and when you see this reoccur again and again, opportunity after opportunity then that must reside on a flawed Gulutzan system that appears to instruct in one on one situations look for a secondary pass. Or are the fans to believe this is a team made up of very dumb NHL players that do not recognize when your in the slot with a good look at the net you shoot.
I choose to believe we do not have a roster full of dumb players but rather a very dumb inattentive coaching staff.