Abysmal defensive coverage by the trio of Verhaeghe, Reinhart, and Forsling. I have no idea what Forsling was looking at on that one. As the defenseman, he should have the front of the net as a backup for anyone that gets past a forward. He was staring out at center ice not even looking as Nylander went around Verhaeghe and tucked it in without even a stick check.
Now people will sit and look at Bobrovsky's numbers and say he's washed up, but he was incredible in this one, stopping great chance after great chance.
The team has absolutely zero defensive IQ, and I have no idea why they're so terrible at it this year, but there's no way they make the playoffs playing like this.
It's on Maurice to figure out a good defensive structure, teach it, and hold his team accountable to that standard. He's just not doing a ####ing thing with this team and I cannot wait until he's fired.
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"You know, that's kinda why I came here, to show that I don't suck that much" ~ Devin Cooley, Professional Goaltender
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