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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Just reading the PGT from the Ducks game, and many people are lamenting the play by Kadri where he didn't pass it back to Huberdeau. First, yes, Kadri seems to lack some vision with his passing game, but to my point above, this has been a problem all year - there have been instances EVERY GAME, where there were opportunities to pass that were ignored, in favour of the shot on net or the rim around the boards to the point. And not just one or two per game, but often many times per night.
Is it the players? In the Kadri example, yes, at least some of that is on him. But with the regular occurrences over the coarse of the season, it is hard to say that all of the players have somehow lost their ability to be creative. The more plausible scenario is that they are being mandated to play that way.
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But we see Backlund stick handle the puck off the side wall and go through player's feet and dangle.
We see Dube taking the puck wide with speed.
We see Mangiapane come out from behind the net and drive to the middle.
None of those are shoot the puck or else, or don't turn it over or else, or rim it or else.
And we see those nightly.
Kadri is either selfish as hell or very limited in what he sees on the ice.
Not sure I agree that they're being mandated at all (and I'm tired of Sutter too).