It seemed more like frustration with the team/season in general rather than the actual line of questioning. Rare to see that from him.Count me as one that didn't think Tocchet was joking, even though he tried to save it as such. I don't know if he's really annoyed with the Petey questions specifically, or if there was something/multiple somethings about the game that had him frustrated. But I think he was frustrated in that moment.
I bet Hughes’ numbers with our fourth line are equal (if not better) than our first lines numbers with the bottom 4 (on aggregate). Should give people some perspective on how bad the d is and just how badly they’re tanking everyone else’s results.
Soucy and Myers aren’t fourth liners, but their results without a semi competent PMD are just brutal this year.
While management deserved credit for the Soucy/Zadorov/Cole deals last year, they deserve equal blame for putting together this tirefire behind Hughes this year.
To put in perspective how bad a 42% ES Corsi is, we’re farther behind Chicago (44.5%) than they are behind Vegas (46.5%). It would be the worst figure in the league in the last 10 years outside the 2014/2015 Sabers, and no one else is below 43%.
It’s why I keep calling the situation untenable - I don’t know how the forwards are supposed to do anything other than defend when the defense can’t pass, or how Tocchet is supposed to coach any sort of offensive gameplan.
I'm not sure a save % of .840 is "great" by anybody's metric. He was OK, especially after such a long layoff, but certainly imperfect. First goal was not good. The team played like they thought Silovs was in net and his numbers reflect that. He should remain the backup until either Lanky goes cold or if Demko gets red hot but I suspect that they make him the #1 before Christmas...Demko
- Looks big in net
- Thought he did a great job tonight
Just throwing this out there! How is your depth on the wings? Blues need all kinds of help up the middle. Not sure how your depth is down the middle, but a Kyrou + trade for Elias interest the Canucks at all?
Just throwing this out there! How is your depth on the wings? Blues need all kinds of help up the middle. Not sure how your depth is down the middle, but a Kyrou + trade for Elias interest the Canucks at all?
Count me as one that didn't think Tocchet was joking, even though he tried to save it as such. I don't know if he's really annoyed with the Petey questions specifically, or if there was something/multiple somethings about the game that had him frustrated. But I think he was frustrated in that moment.