That was a rough game to watch, it looked really disjointed straight out of the gate. As the game went out I thought we actually had some nice breakouts at times, but this team is REALLY guilty of overplaying with the puck instead of just shooting. There are so many occasions we try to beat an extra man and lose out, instead of just shooting through traffic.
We really need to improve on the faceoffs, we are on the back foot on most of our shifts purely because we lose the face off and have to extent so much effort to try and regain the puck. Putting Gauthier in to take face offs is just ridiculous, he's even worse then Carlsson on them.
I'll give Cronin till the end of November before really forming an opinion on whether he's the right option going forward or not. Gives Anaheim 22 games including an extended home stretch. Think we've played two solid games (Vegas and Utah), one okay game (Sharks) and one bad game (Avs) so far.
Really need to see more of an offensive strategy, this team is actually talented offensively and shouldn't look so rough. Defensively was bad today, but it had looked better in previous games need to see more improvement in that area.
If this team is looking as bad as last season by the end of November, then serious questions need to be asked of Cronin.