Although we have no hard and fast evidence, hard to believe Cronin is a coach who can get the maximum potential offense out of his forwards. obviously there's nothing documented so all i can go off of is just feel, and that's what i think.
For me it's just hard to see it all coming together for Zegs with Cronin behind the bench, i'm less worried about Leo because i think his style is less system dependent and because they are less intent on/obsessed with trying to get him to play a certain way than with Z.
Welp, here is Zegras' splits last year. The splits are broken up based upon missed time due to injury.
Zegras | 2023-24 | Splits | | | | | | |
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Date | Game set | Games | G | A | Pts | ppg | | +/- |
2023 - 24 | Total | 31 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0.484 | | -1 |
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Oct to Nov | 1 to 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.167 | | -4 |
Dec to Jan | 13 to 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.625 | | -1 |
Mar to Apr | 21 to 31 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.727 | | 4 |
I think Z found a way to vastly improve offensively and improve defensively throughout the season. Granted, it's a small sample, but he still found a way.
- Under Eakins, here are Zegras' ppg rates:
- 2021-22: 75 games, 23g + 38a = 61 pts (0.81 ppg)
- 2022-23: 81 games, 23g + 42a = 65 pts (0.80 ppg)
Although, I still don't trust Cronin's offensive scheme overall b/c he was worse than Eakins' offensive scheme.
Ducks | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Season | Game Set | GF | GA | GD | . | PPG | PPO | Eff | . | PPGA | TSH | PK Eff | . | SH GF | SH GA |
2023-24 | Season | 204 | 295 | -91 | . | 43 | 235 | 18.3% | . | 91 | 330 | 72.4% | . | 12 | 5 |
2022-23 | Season | 209 | 338 | -129 | . | 36 | 229 | 15.7% | . | 78 | 280 | 72.1% | . | 1 | 7 |
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| Difference | -5 | -43 | 38 | . | 7 | 6 | 2.6% | . | 13 | 50 | 0.3% | . | 11 | -2 |
Negative GF is bad b/c it means we've scored fewer. Negative GA is good b/c it means we've allowed fewer GA.
HC Cronin isn't in charge of the PP (Brown, whose contract was not renewed) and PK (Thompson, he's still around). Cronin is in charge of ES play.
Ducks | | | | |
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Season | Game Set | ES GF | ES GA | ES GD |
2023-24 | Season | 149 | 55 | 94 |
2022-23 | Season | 172 | 102 | 70 |
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| Difference | -23 | -47 | 24 |
The lack of offensive production at ES is very concerning because we could not score enough goals to overcome our atrocious PP and PK as well as negate the vast improvement at ES defense (ES GA).