Way too much pissing around with the puck. They should be throwing everything they can on net.
Well, for the most part they did do that although Andy needs to be nowhere near the PP. But NOBODY drives the net ...ever, with the exception occasionally of Kadri. While guys play in the centre and in front of the net nobody actually GOES to it. And, when they get opportunities, they go back to the blue line or out to the half-boards. Theyve got the personnel to do better...they just....don't. Coaching?
There is one line that looks good right now, and it has been this way for some time. Huska's answer is to shuffle one player on the 4th line.
Our play in the offensive zone is almost entirely along the perimeter. Our "zone defence" is more passive 5v5 than on the PK. Our PP is beyond terrible. The PK is great.
Lots of things to suggest our rookie coaching staff isn't getting it done.
I've asked before and I still would love someone to tell me. What does Huska want this team to be good at?
BS. There is not enough giant forwards who can park themselves in front of the net to take the goalies eyes away if you are going to employ the system Huska does in the offensive zone. You have smaller skill forwards playing a perimeter/point shot system, it is just stupidity. The only guys not playing that are Zary and Pospisil, if the rest of the forward group would play the same way they do this team could score some goals.
BS. There is not enough giant forwards who can park themselves in front of the net to take the goalies eyes away if you are going to employ the system Huska does in the offensive zone. You have smaller skill forwards playing a perimeter/point shot system, it is just stupidity. The only guys not playing that are Zary and Pospisil, if the rest of the forward group would play the same way they do this team could score some goals.
So we can fault the effort and we do have enough top end / elite talent especially upfront?
Goalie played good enough to win. Defense limited chances. Outworked the other team the majority of the game. Outshot the other team by a substantial amount.
Couldn’t score if their life depended on it.
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There is one line that looks good right now, and it has been this way for some time. Huska's answer is to shuffle one player on the 4th line.
Our play in the offensive zone is almost entirely along the perimeter. Our "zone defence" is more passive 5v5 than on the PK. Our PP is beyond terrible. The PK is great.
Lots of things to suggest our rookie coaching staff isn't getting it done.
I've asked before and I still would love someone to tell me. What does Huska want this team to be good at?
At what point is it not the coach?
This looked more like last season than any recent game
Gotta find one in the third there. Very frustrating game. Thought they deserved to at least be in overtime fighting for the extra point.
Sucks because they don’t play a lot over the next 8-9 days so the gap between them and playoff bar is likely gonna grow. They could have really used this one.
Kadri rarely goes to the net, most of his shots are perimeter shots that hit the goalie in the chest. Coleman I will give you but Coleman and Greer are the only lunchbox players on this team. Actually Pospisil too.
Kadri rarely goes to the net, most of his shots are perimeter shots that hit the goalie in the chest. Coleman I will give you but Coleman and Greer are the only lunchbox players on this team. Actually Pospisil too.
I mean the only goal of the game was Kadri going to the net
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At least Huby was taking more shots this game. Baby steps
He was one of their better players tonight.
Led the team in xGF%. Had 3 shot on goal. Set up 3 or 4 real high quality scoring chances. With tougher matchups and zone starts.
People love the Kadri line (and deservedly so) but they are also being given the high ground with easy matchups and 65%+ offensive zone starts most nights.
Would like to see 47-91-10 for a game just to see what it looks like, Zary and Huberdeau have shown chemistry on limited minutes together. It's only 7 minutes but they had 80% xGF, generated 3 scoring changes and 1GF...feels like that deserves a longer look.
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I mean the only goal of the game was Kadri going to the net
Right, but for every goal he scores going to the net how many perimeter shots does he take that hit the goalie in the breadbasket or go wide? I mean Huberdeau's last goal was also him going to the net, are you saying he is a net driving goal scorer?
Kadri rarely goes to the net, most of his shots are perimeter shots that hit the goalie in the chest. Coleman I will give you but Coleman and Greer are the only lunchbox players on this team. Actually Pospisil too.
Coleman is a volume shooter. He has no idea what he is shooting at.
But who expects him to be a goal scorer. He is overachieving.
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