I have the same question for Warsofsky, as he seems to be confused on this point. He's coaching like a guy who wants to impress you on how great a coach he is by eke-ing 10 more points out of one of the worst rosters in the NHL instead of understanding that a team with practically no offensive skill should be figuring out how to build the game and confidence of the most skilled healthy player on their squad.
He's 19. It's game 3. I've been one of the bigger critics and he certainly deserves his fair share of criticisms, but War's job is finding the key to unlocking his potential, and you can't do that with him stapled to the bench.
He's coaching like the guy he coached under last year is the problem.
Bingo. And you can’t give him 18 mins at the nhl level unless you want him to be minus 100.
Yes. I think this season is about both. I don’t think players develop well on losing teams. But realistically I think it’s about being in games like this. I mean this team just worked their asses off against a team that’s supposed to be one of the favorites for the cup. The cup favorite needed a shoot out to beat this team. Apart from the third period of the STL game, this is the most competitive I’ve seen the sharks in YEARS and I’m loving it.
It’s about being hard to play against. The details away from the puck that win games, and bore fans. It’s about grabbing your lunch pail and getting to WORK. Opposing teams are going to have to EARN the two points this season. They’ll do that. It’ll just be by only 2 goals a night, not 7.
It is of course about development #1, don’t you think it would be best to put Will Smith in positions to succeed like the powerplay to help boost confidence and get more touches in the offensive zone where his skillset shines?
Honestly, I'm not advocating for it, but the way War is coaching I expect Smith to be sent down when Celebrini is back.
This is why I keep saying smith needs to move down to the 3rd then move him back up to the 2nd once he gets his game together
As long as we're competitive and making the games entertaining, I'm alright if we finish low in the standings again. So I lean more towards development.
See, it's when Warsofsky says stuff like that that makes me think he's selling snake oil. The Sharks are giving a lot of effort out there, but by no means have they been hard to play against in any game this year and the only scoring they've had has been in transition from defense to offense. This team is flat out horrible in the offensive zone.
Really? I think he’ll get dropped to the third first and give him some PP time before sending him down if it happens unless Grier is worried about burning the first year on his contract. Then again Joe Thornton got 4 points in his rookie year
That's not the problem, the problem is neither of them can create offense so you just take away the puck carrier and the line is worthless because Smith doesn't have a play if he's pressured. Zetterlund is a tertiary scorer and Kostin doesn't score.
Wait. So he’ll get more PP time after Celebrini comes back? What’s he gonna get, 8 seconds now?
The coach should be putting all their players (but especially the young prospects) in a place where they can succeed. That's the coaches' job.
Or he just came back to reality and like I was saying all last season he had a career year. That being said Timo is playing like he doesn’t have to worry about working again
Put him with celebrini, to try and “get him going”
