The team came out flat letting the Oilers score two easy goals off the hop. Then outshot 49-26 including 24-7 in the second period. I know Talbot saw most of the second period load. That kind of D is something no goalie should have to deal with.
How can a team with so much talent be so bad?
I am on the train that says the coach isn’t working. So many mind boggling decisions he has made. Not this game but last, trying Derek Ryan on the wing with Johnny and Monny. Seeing Johnny dump it in so that Derek Ryan can go retrieve it? Obviously makes the third line C position worse to create an ineffective winger.
Buddy Robinson ... top 6? I know he scored, but are you kidding me?
They are getting shredded with the opponents reading the wide D to D nonsense. Buying themselves time and space where nothing is happening anyway, having a plodding transition, and letting the opponent get prepared.
Gaudreau has skill but sure looked like he has checked out last night. I’m not sure what is going on there. To be honest, I saw a pretty good effort defensively the previous game against the Oil. I don’t think he wants to do that game in and game out though.
I’m back and forth, but somewhat supportive of trading him. Something changed around the last all star break and it has been over a year now. Even the way the organization is going about things seems different. You see a lot less of them pumping his tires, you see a lot less of Guy, and Johnny just has that dead eye look and looks like is going through the motions.
He somehow has put up 11 points in his last 12, so it’s tough to say he needs press box time, but man, he looks emotionally as flat as a pancake.
Back to coaching though, I’m not sure if he is deciding to skate in to 3 guys on his own and ignore his teammates, or whether they are purposely letting him go with it and seeing what he can create. It clearly is deliberately the plan for PP entries, and it is a pretty lousy plan.
And then it makes poor Johnny sad and frustrated when he loses the puck. He decides to put his effort in to executing a bad idea and gets upset and discouraged
I think the coaches and Johnny maybe need to watch footage of Patrick Kane and even Mitch Marner to see what guys with that similar type of skill set are doing to be successful all the time. I remember a few years ago seeing Kane curling around from behind the net and cutting to the front around the hash marks, and Johnny seemingly noticing and emulating. Nowadays he really stays outside, and stubbornly tries that stupid high short side bad angle shot that basically never works any more. Man, he is frustrating to watch. So much potential being pissed away
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