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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
No effort defensively from Johnny? Because of the blown coverage on the Oleksiak goal?
Johnny is hustling back a lot, and the team did really give up relatively few high danger chances
I see he is skating in to guys and turning over the puck a lot, and fighting it offensively. Also flying the zone at times, which the couple of times I have noticed has been pretty well timed - he is anticipating the Flames recovering possession and being ready to fly.
But I disagree with the incorrect assertion that he has no effort defensively.
Or, in other words - remember James Neal?
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Oh man, all I saw was Johnny circling, coasting, waiting for the puck. I saw him actually involved in one board battle in the offensive zone. But mostly I watched him cruising around doing nothing, not controlling lanes properly, not being close enough to actually get a stick on. Very very loose. Did I miss a good shift or two? It's possible, but I spent a lot of that game watching Johnny when he was on. The blown coverage on the Oleksiak goal is ... not great. Is it on Johnny? I don't know... there was a shift change... it's a bad situation. But his positioning on that goal, out in no man's land, not in a lane, not covering a player either... that's his defensive specialty, and I think it's crap.