Nemec is an subject that is somewhat concerning. Let's acknowledge all the disclaimers, short sample, playing with Casey(for most of the season) etc, but Nemec being sent down to Utica is something I would have thought impossible.
I’m worried about a lot of stuff right now, but weirdly Nemec isn’t one of them tbh. He’s a very young D-man that has a lot to work on, and I don’t think the sophomore slump is a myth. We’ll see him back this year eventually.
Fair points. I also agree that there’s context to all of this. Getting Luke and Pesce back should help for sure.
And Jack thus far not being Jack.
Nemec did have that ugly looking injury that knocked him out of the tournament in the offseason. Wouldn’t be surprised if that is a part of his problem, because the falloff from last year has been huge.
I'm a little on the other side. A guy drafted as high as Nemec was should in the league in his +3 year.
Also a shoulder it looks like? Wtf with shoulders and our young potential superstars?
brutal game schedule? they get the leafs coming in off a back to back while devils at home rested. they get the bolts coming in off a back to back while devils home rested both games no showed. just enough with the excuses. i'm tired of the injury excuse too sure luke and brett are big players but having them back in the lineup isn't going to change the team no showing against top tier clubs.
Every player who has literally ever played the game at a high level: “it takes time for teams to learn new systems. You’ll usually see older teams in established systems stronger at the beginning of the year.”
its great that they swept buffalo before the league started their games but since they came back they have gone 3-3-1. the squeaked out a win against the caps on the road which is great good teams do that. then they no show against the same caps team the bolts and the leafs the last two which were playing off back to backs (since thats a huge thing here for our team) and with their backup goalies.
There isn’t a solid set of numbers that I could quickly find but NHL teams seem to perform barely worse on the second night of a back to back. This also makes sense to me as historically I don’t think I’ve seen a huge difference and I don’t believe betting lines reflect a real difference either.
Lmao fair enough. I’ve been one of the most optimistic posters on here since joining, I’ve even been criticized for it, I’ve admittedly been very pissed off the last 2 days. I just don’t understand how they play at times. I understand that learning a system takes some time, but being responsible with the puck, managing it well and playing a smart brand of hockey should be ingrained in these guys.
i agree with you back to backs be damned i think they are actually better to play back to back then not. i'm just saying the majority of this board makes the excuses of back to backs hurting us like last year stands to reason then it should benefit us facing a team on a b2b
well going by last year off the top of my head the rangers predators caps all new coaches all great seasons
Rangers.
Seems to have little to do with the coach or the systems at this point. Nothing we can do now except wait and see if the players get better. I feel somewhat confident they will have a better record than last year, but I'm not sure its going to be much better.
Good calls. That said, those teams were all pretty good before switching coaches. The Predators got off to a tough start this season. I think one distinguishing factor is NJ needing to have the Ruff beaten out of them.
