I think green realized W they were shit and coaches orders were survive. I mean in the second period they would NOT hit a break out pass. Even with time it was high flip. Flu going around the team? I don’t know I think I’m just making excuses.
Brady only had the one shot, but he had a few more scoring chances that just went wide. He also had two assists on the night.
I don't care either, but it was an indication of trying to handle the adversity in a different way than previous years and imo that's a good thing. That's the veteran voices giving that advice that maybe hasn't been there in the past. We don't know if it will pay off, but they've won a couple and aren't dead in the water yet, so that's a start.
100%
I posted some stats earlier on SJ with and without Celebrini, he'd missed exactly half the teams games prior to last night. Their record is more of an indication of how important he is to the team, because they were .500 with him in the lineup going into last night, and .292 without him.
But who are people going to scapegoat if it's not Hamonic?
Even if you gave him credit for a hit, he's averaging close to 5 shots and 5 hits per game. Still an underwhelming overall performance. He had some decent moments, I'm not taking that away from him, but he didn't have a good game.
I noticed that, celebrini looked great last night. But for the 35 min he wasn't on the ice we still got killed. Their 6 Dmen registered more shots than our 12 forwards.
IMO Hamonic has been a million times better this year than last and has done his part so no issue with him.
The possibilities are endless, but one thing is for certain, that slot will be filled by someone.
I think the issue is that we went from having two good D-pairings when Zub was out to literally none, just so Jensen can carry Tyler Kleven? I can stomach having Hamonic on the top pairing if Chabot-Jensen (one of the few bright spots) are still out there providing good hockey, or even having Jensen with Sanderson. We blew that up just so our #6 d-man can be insulated?
Because this coach sucks?
I think it'll be a fluid situation and they wanted to settle Kleven down as he had a few rough games. Wise or not, they're 2-0 with it, so probably continues in the short term. With the rumors of looking around the league for a RD, I think management knows Hammer with Sandy is not ideal and not a long term solution.
Giroux was one of the few guys out there making the right clearing decisions in the d zone. Coaches lean on their veterans, for better or worse.
In general I agree with you that he should play less, but I don’t have a problem with Giroux’s minutes in a game like last night. Although not sure why he played more than Timmy.
Worth pointing out that Giroux had 2 and a half minutes of pk time Timmy didn't have and only about 30 seconds more total, so really Timmy got more 5 on 5 time. Was also 8-4 on the dot and clearly the main guy they wanted out for big draws. Much ado about nothing imo.
You are correct in that Brady laid out Celebrini big time.
I was impressed by his effort in the D zone more than anything. He was hungry.
He played well defensively. Not perfect but far better than virtually all his teammates.
He did. I'm speaking more to effort even though it didn't all work. He was engaged.
The entire team didn't have a good game, it's hard to get shots when your line gets hemmed in,
Nobody is saying we played well last night, we didn't. What I am saying is that framing them as the worst team in the league lacks context. Him being in the lineup slots all their centers down a notch, they are the definition of better than their record when he's healthy. Imagine us without Stutzle, we'd be awful too.
Giroux is top 3 for PK and ES time, and 6th in terms of PP time.
