Well that's a huge problem. Did he not want to be in this series? His inconsistency is maddening, as is his refusal to just shoot the f***ing puck. That 2 on 1, 8 seconds into the game last night was infuriating. As was his knuckleball one timer right into Schmid's chest when he was out of position. He's too good to be a complete no show, which unfortunately happens way too often when he's not engaged.
It's why Ottawa traded him in the first place. If he didn't have warts he wouldn't be here.
It's a broken record at this point...Substitute the player of your choice.
No, it is absolutely a major issue. Don't get me wrong, that wasn't an excuse. In my opinion. he is second behind Panarin on the list of players I'm most disappointed in from these playoffs.
I remember but he was a lot younger. He is 30 now. Big difference. Maturity adds that to their game.
The cap is tied to revenue, why would they want to keep it down?
I know I'll get killed for it, but as much as Fox is deified here, his "slow the game down to a snail's pace" has gotten extremely stale. Seems like the league has caught on to it & he's a bit of a one trick pony. He's not doing himself or the team any favors. The power play is most effective when we zip passes & keep the puck & our players moving constantly. Over the 2nd half of the season, he was handling the puck like a grenade because teams were pressuring the hell out of him & he was too slow to react or compensate.
Well put. If he can't outthink or outmaneuver the forecheck, he's pretty much toast. We have a core group of one trick ponies. Kreider with the tipping. Zib with the one- timer. Panarin just a passer. Trouba with the hitting but a disaster on special teams
I'm being sarcastic, kinda. The owners could give a shit about anything but profits, so they've been rolling in shit with a flat cap & record revenues. They'd love any reason to not raise the cap. I've been vocal quite often that the cap isn't about anything other than salary suppression by the owners.
Thinking the same, about how far behind we look now.
I said that in the post game thread on Saturday after we won game 6 & got killed for it, but I will double down. The comparison needs to stop. Fox is a very good player...he's not Brian Leetch. It's not a crime, it's just the truth. Leetch raised his game in the playoffs like not too many others could. Fox in this series was just meh. I don't want to hear about his 8 assists....the team needed him to step up & he was the worst player on the ice besides Panarin in Game 7 & he was just average in the rest of the series.
I'd actually welcome that. They need someone who's going to make their lives uncomfortable.
