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Originally Posted by Jore
From Darren Haynes' breakdown of the ot goal the other night on the athletic:
Look at all the space Hamonic gives Soderberg right after surrendering the blueline. What is he doing? Is he afraid of being burned by the all-mighty Soderberg?
I realize that Backlund and Neal also failed on that 3 on 3 rush, but that's beer league gap control from Hamonic. The second pairing has been getting eaten alive on zone entires and exits. Look at the gap Hanifin, following Mackinnon to the boards, gave Makar on his goal.
what is he doing??
Hamonic alone had 3 or 4 passes from his zone right to the tape of the avs forwards last game. Hanifin almost gave the game away in regulation by taking an obviously overwhelmed and panicky penalty right after Rantanen scored.
Give them less ice time ffs Peters. They're playing with much less composure and confidence than the all rookie pairing. Valimaki should have never sat so long for Fantenberg in the first place. |
Compare that to the Avs D who has been swarming the puck carrier right when they cross the blue line. Like Jesus Christ, look how much space he gives him. You wouldn’t like that in pre-season let alone the playoffs. Big reason the Flames are down is awful lazy defence. The D has been floating for large parts of shifts and puck watching. Exactly what Hamonic was doing on the winning goal. Hamonic, Hanifin, Brodie have been beyond awful. The rookie D have look way better and if that second pairing starts sucking it’s time to move them down. Valimaki made more plays last game than Hanifin has during the entire series. Not good!
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