Brad Marchand is still on this team. Dont undervalue Marchand. Hes still completely capable of scoring 30+. On track to get up around there. We need to look more into the reasons why people like Coyle, Zacha, and Elias Lindholm arent scoring. Or why our defense with guys like McAvoy and Hampus Lindholm is the 3rd worst team in defensive scoring.
Marchands been getting as the season progresses. there is definitely a little less zip on his shot this year. Have any of his goals come off his initial shot? I think he has two rebound goals and an empty net goal?
I am with you on Marchand, still a capable player, but not Marchand like anymore, but still can be an asset if handled properly. Funny you bring up his shot, he has lost a little of his fastball so speak, has a matter fact I think he best shot was when he the post last week, and I noticed the same about his goals also, but they count.
I think you'd have to be some kind of especially existentialist comic book villain to "understand the Bruins structure"
Biggest thing was no actual goals being scored and he was a bit of a yoyo, body language-wise.
AHL is even worse for that, you will have plugs trying to run him
Yeah, the numbers don't feel right in this case. Or maybe it's just that (I think) he did better out of the gate, so a lot of those positive numbers came early on when he was on a line with Frederic and Geekie, but it feels like he's struggling lately. I also think he struggles when he moves higher in the lineup... Lately, it seems like he's also turning the puck over in bad spots more than most, like at the blue lines. Lastly, I see him peel off puck battles where he should be pressuring and the peel off leads to easy exits for the other team. To me, it does seem like he's become confused about when to press, when to back off, how to back off so you don't give up numbers, etc.
I see nothing that indicates Lindholm as a number 1 center, and he wasn't in Vancouver.
