zegrassyknoll
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- Dec 2, 2016
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Yeah if we were playing Kings-style hockey that was effective defensively but boring offensively it would be one thing.Every team defensive metric this season is worse than last season, most markedly worse. The lone exception is GA/60, the only one affected by goaltending. The roster is not that different, and we were told repeatedly that this season would be better since they had a year of familiarity with Cronin and his system. They still look clueless the vast majority of the time. So what good habits and defense is the hard-ass actually teaching?
If there were any hint of improvement in anything but the goalies, then yeah, he'd have a good argument to get credit for building a foundation if things take off under the next guy. But the evidence points to total failure at the very things he's meant to be focusing on, so... nope! Rest easy blaming him.
But the only thing similar to the Kings this team has is that I hate watching it with a passion.