Habs invite Marc Bureau to coach faceoffs
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And the Chicago Blackhawks have ranked 24th overall in faceoff % over that time period.
If it was as easy as hiring ex-players who were really great at at a particular skill when they used to play, then the Utah Hockey Club wouldn't exist because Wayne Gretzky would have turned the Arizona Coyotes into a dynasty.
Or even better, the Montreal Canadiens wouldn't currently sucked because well, you know, the guy behind the bench was a pretty good player.
It's cool that the Habs hired Marc Bureau, I remember him during his playing days, it doesn't mean that almost 25 years removed from playing in the NHL, that his faceoff ability will translate to coaching and be manifested through Habs players.
It depends on how he communicates. Some people are great teachers and some others are not.
Yes, sure...but even then, not every skill/ability is transferable.
Nobody else sounds like a solid player. We should give him a chance.
Career 51% yeah just an invite.
Trying to get the group to 50%
We are pretty bad at winger assisted wins and we struggle with centers who know how to protect the puck first before trying to win the draw.
They kind of go hand in hand because wingers jumping in is the one way to beat the second scenario.
Can't believe people complain about inviting a coach for a faceoffs day. This is madness.
He works with a lot of QMJHL team and young players during the summer. Patrice Bergeron even train with him for 1 summer
Matheson is already sheltered by being put with our best defensive D in Guhle.
Since Struble, Barron, Xhekaj haven't shown they can play more than 15 minutes a game, there is no one else to fill Matheson's minutes.
Marc Bureau is at 53.4% in career according to NHL.com.Career 51% yeah just an invite.
Trying to get the group to 50%
We are pretty bad at winger assisted wins and we struggle with centers who know how to protect the puck first before trying to win the draw.
They kind of go hand in hand because wingers jumping in is the one way to beat the second scenario.
Since 1980 among players with 1000 FO taken Bureau stands at around 70th ish in FOW%.
That's far from bing terrible.
Get real gang: getting to 50% means winning 1, maybe 2 more faceoffs a game. On the other hand, getting faceoffs when it counts could really help defense or PP.
Yeah I wish there was a +/- point system used for the stat that rewards critical wins.
Say plus or minus 1 point for normal draws and plus or minus 2 points for critical draws.
Add in a plus or minus 2 for all draws that result in an immediate(ish) goal.
We all have a good idea as to what could be construed as a critical draw.
Winning more face-offs will help us, but it will barely help us.
We need to learn how to play defence. Our d zone is a full on mess and it's totally disgusting.
Winning one or two more faceoffs in a game might prevent one or two long shifts where we're hemmed in our zone each game. But we're consistently being hemmed in anyways so it's not gonna move the needle much.
We need to learn how to play defence. Our d zone is a full on mess and it's totally disgusting.
Winning one or two more faceoffs in a game might prevent one or two long shifts where we're hemmed in our zone each game. But we're consistently being hemmed in anyways so it's not gonna move the needle much.
They sort of have one. Laraque has been giving X and Pez lessons. Not that it's been of any use this year.They should hire a boxing coach too!
...and Big George keeps saying the Habs should trade Xhekaj!? That's really unsettling.
No he wants them to trade him because they don't dress him every game because sometimes he's unplayable. So he tries to invent the notion they don't appreciate him and would trade him.
He's an idiot.
Cool,now if only they could bring in people that can teach them how to play defense and score some goals.
Somehwat disagree. Winning faceoffs can cover for a weak defensive quite a bit. The roster is decent once they have possession because they can skate. Winning faceoffs means the shifts where we get hemmed in go down a lot, even if the defensive side doesn't improve all that much. It's a bandaid but a good one
A faceoff win doesn't just help the defense; it boosts the offense too. Winning the draw means we don't waste valuable seconds skating back to our zone to retrieve the puck after a lost faceoff. Those extra seconds are a big advantage on the power play.
