I'll probably look like an idiot (nothing new there really), but I think Warren is the most slept on young player in the organisation.Man, the blueline is kind of exciting moving forward.
There are still Solberg and hopefully some of Luneau, Hinds, Warren turns out good too
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Yeah I think it’s important to remember that we’re barely winning games with otherworldly goaltending and with Frankie/Strome/Terry/Jax red hot. Not a sustainable formula.
I’m going to die on the Gaucher will be fine at the NHL lvl hill. I know he hasn’t shown a ton in AHL…. But I think his game will translate fine to nhl
Correct but the last 9 games before last night a stat came up that said we were averaging 26.9 shots against per game vs 33 at the start of the season. 26.9 would put us 8th I believe overall if it was all season. With excellent goaltending if we can keep that up we will have a chance to win every game. More scoring is absolutely needed though to win consistently.
Stop it! Cronin is trash and we all need to keep saying it. Shame on you for offering evidence to the contrary. It's the goalies and nothing but the goalies.
Trouba coming in was a big boost in terms of blocked shots, and fear. I think he’s actually helped the most in terms of shots against changes. Trouba dumo gudas and ecen lacombe have showed willingness to abuse opponents physically.
I think that reveals a more encouraging development which I think it goes beyond just the last ten. From the point that Gudas mentioned they swapped systems, to my eyes, they’ve been quicker and harder in the defensive zone and better at preventing shots getting through. They’re still hemmed in for loooooooong stretches but it’s not as disastrous, which is real progress.
The hemmed in is almost exclusively a result of guys either dropping passes backwards at stupid times or just not being hard enough with the puck. Ie we get pucks stripped or batted down at the blue line because we aren’t hard with the puck. Feel like both can be corrected. Fowler and his skating back into the zone has left PTSD for this team in that sense. Glad he’s gone the most for that reason as much as I was being tired of seeing him lose net front battles
I agree that there are too many turnovers but I think being hemmed in is a feature of the man on man system. Staying inside in that system essentially forces them to cede the initiative to the attackers. It’s supposed to force turnovers and then capitalize on them but we’re not good at that.
Agreed on the high danger chances being too high still but I also think in time that will also improve. Baby steps. I’m just happy the baby doesn’t seem to be crawling anymore.
…. I’ll never learn.
Im not very good at that lol. Especially in Zegras threads because the tales are so brutal.
I actually think most people have been surprisingly civil and even the premise of the thread is relatively positive.
Also doesn’t help that the teams in relatively the same position as us rebuild wise (CHI, SJ, MTL) have all had a 1st overall pick.
It’s fine outside of people who never watch zegras still being upset that zegras exists.
That’s my gripe. So many takes are obvious they don’t watch. I’m on the east coast of Canada, don’t miss a game and know how tired I am a lot of mornings. Less then 5% all the habs fans ripping on Z watch him play more then once a year.
Well, it's also under the radar because Canada and the O6 don't bother with us. The other day on Overdrive there was a mention of us maybe looking to move Trouba at the TDL. They're absolutely clueless as to what goes on here.
