The weird thing is I have no sense of whether Petey’s wrister/one-timer has been affected by injuries because of his absolute refusal to use either. I can’t tell if those weapons of his are still there somewhere because of a near-zero sample size of late. he hasn’t used those weapons in ages. I guess the hope is it’s a mental thing, but very hard to ascertain.
This should work out well for us since the Canucks like to show up at around 7:40 on a 7:00 start time.
He plays the guys that work hard and support their teammates. Puck support is a thing. It's fascinating that he's learned this over his 50 + years in hockey. Canucks are too spread out. Puck support and 10 - 15 foot passes is older than dirt.
Yep. Credit to Allvin to getting him, but it was pretty much accidental (clearly, considering they left him in the AHL to start). The defense would be horribad without Brannstrom.
Brannstrom has to be playing. He is their 3D on ability right now.
Yeah. I don't get it. I like Bains, and he's a nice story. I even get that Tocc has issues with Hoglander's two-way game at times, so he gets demoted. But I don't get bumping up Bains. It's very obvious he doesn't have the pace or processing to hang on an NHL scoring line (at least right now).
Petey is obviously slumping, so that's part of it. But another big part of it is just a league-wide shift in penalty killing scheme. More and more teams are going primarily with a Diamond PK scheme, rather than the Wedge+1 we used to exclusively see in seasons past. The Diamond PK eliminates a lot of flank shooting opportunities, such that flank PP shots really aren't as common (and not nearly as dangerous) as they used to be. Standing around waiting for flank shot one-timers on the PP isn't going to work.
Weren’t you not concerned about the defence in the summer because they fit our defensive system?
Part of what makes Draisatl so dangerous on the PP is that he positions himself at a bad angle to avoid the coverage. If you can make that shot like he can it brings back that shot from the flank. If you cheat down to take that away he can just move back to a normal flank position. But it only works if you can reliably make that bad angle shot.
1. I wasn't. The few games of data we have lessened my confidence in the blueline group. We'll see as the sample size expands.
Yep. The Draisaitl bad-angle look is a way to get around the Diamond PK taking away your standard flank shots. The coverage isn't going to want to drift that far away and expose the net front or leave a gaping hole in the middle of the ice.
If he listened to you, he might lose his ability to read.
'If only Allvin listened to some posters here'
Now that is f***ing funny.
Re Brannstrom: He signed for one-year at 900K, so if they wanted him, I don't think it would have taken much more. And when they traded for him, they started him in the AHL, so to me doesn't really seem like they viewed him as a guy that would help the NHL roster.
It is a weird shot to be so proficient at.
