This team is just…average right now. Basically can’t string wins together in any appreciable form.
Power play is abysmal.
Goaltending has been sorta meh lately (not blaming Blackwood here BTW).
Team defense has been inexcusably bad.
Team offense has been generating shots but it’s like they gotta make the perfect shot in order for it to go in. I think that’s why they’ve been so abysmal hitting the net this year. Every time they’re trying to pick the corners. They seem unable to score the greasy goals if their name isn’t Lehkonen.
I just don’t love how this team is constructed. Guys like Colton and Wood either need to generate offense or provide really good defense. They’re doing neither. Third pairing has been abysmal, second pairing has been bad.
This was a BAD loss. Really drove home why they’re stuck in neutral.
I'd go as far as the team is poorly constructed and simply is a bottom 10 team that gets a slight bump from having 2 of the best players on the planet.
You have a bottom six that doesn't provide anything of value outside of Drury and LOC. The combo of the other 4 guys down there wouldn't know what scoring is and sure as hell cant play defense.
The 2nd line is an utter black hole because of Middlesuck. So they don't do anything.
Top line usually controls play but always overpasses. Could be so much more effective if they actually just shot the puck.
Defense outside of 8 and 7 is shaky and streaky at best. And 44 and 70 are not NHL players and can't be trusted in the slightest.
Goalies are fine but fatigue of having to be basically perfect every night has set in. Tough to play when you have no confidence that the team will score more than 1 or 2.
PP is beyond terrible. Easily the worst PP in the league and probably worst PP I've seen from a Colorado team since they've been in Denver. They don't do anything well on the PP.
Simply shooting the puck is a minor miracle, because why shoot when you can pass. Like you said when they actually do shoot, it's usually so fine tuned that they miss the net completely.
This team doesn't know the definition of greasy. They couldn't be bothered to get their hands dirty. I could probably count the greasy plays this team has made on one hand for the entire year. Bednar's system is not a greasy one, but this the first year where they flat out won't go to the greasy areas.
Last night's loss doesn't even really bother me. They were fine last night, the better team for a majority. Islanders basically did nothing offensively unfortunately when they did get zone time they scored. But we win this game if the league doesn't completely f*** us on a phantom GI where our player never initiates contact with the goalie. They never even touch each other if Sorokin doesn't reach out to push Drury.
The game that bothers me from the road trip is the Boston game. They shit that one away. Played well but couldn't be bothered to extend the lead when they had a chance and then played a horrid 3rd period. Should never have lost that one.
