Emperoreddy
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He has played tissue soft all year. This is on him. He doesn't belong in the NHL right now.
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He has played tissue soft all year. This is on him. He doesn't belong in the NHL right now.
He's had his games, he doesn't produce or show anything else that could help this team
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No matter what, you can't keep down the rising tide. If we miss the playoffs again, which would be a collapse, you can't bring back this entire coaching staff next year. Someone has to get Lucille'd on this staff, if not all of them, other than Clowe (I don't know enough about what he does here and this is only his second year here) and Melanson. There's no way all 3 of Lloyd, Harry and Hiney can be here next year. That will be year 4 of this staff? If we sucked at our jobs this bad, we wouldn't get a year four. Even if we worked for a company and they gave us incompetent and broken tools to do the job.
The organization has fired people that were better at their job over these last 3 years (Sherry Ross and Rich Matthews), than these guys.
I'd totally blast Nasreddine into a canyon and hope he lands back in Wilkes Barre somewhere. I think you need to blast him before Ward, but maybe the struggles and poor usage are more due to Hynes having full autonomy than anything? Who knows.
I agree. You can't expect a guy to jump in after all the nonsense Hynes has pulled and be lights out. This is one of Zacha's worst games though and considering he's been scratched after playing a lot better I doubt he'll get another game. It's sad as I remember him being benched/scratched for taking too many penalties last year and now he cleans up his game while a moron like Miles Wood takes bad penalties every game and there's no accountability.
The issue isn't everyone else cause they're locks on this team but Zacha isn't and if you want to be a lock, show something... anything.
He hasn't and that's why he'll most probably be in the press box next game or riding the pine in the 3rd.
He hasn't looked nearly this tentative when he played earlier in the season.
"Soft" is a totally sujective assessment. He's not a physical player and I agree he should be more engaged, but it's not a prerequisite to be effective.
johnny pierogi
15 MINUTES OF FAYNE
Drew Stafford can suck on a nightly basis and he gets until December before hes benched because he's a vet. Zacha has to be Wayne Gretzky after having his ass stapled to the scratch box for a week or you all want him banished to Bingo
He'll play every night and probably score a lot, maybe he'll learn to actually use his size
Rust shouldn’t be an excuse because he should be busting his f***ing ass in practice to get back into the lineup. I think the team is done with him. They’ve gone tough love on him to try to spark him and maybe it’s a last straw kind of thing. Who knows? But he’s just not putting it together.
Here's a phrase I've heard many times. I've never seen a guy suffer or get worse from too much time in the AHL. Send zacha down there at least the rest of this season. Maybe even next too. Ask tatar, Nyquist, pacioretty, Kadri, etc.
Gretzky? Nah he just has to show that maybe he's ready to actually be a contributor and play pissed off. He's blown to good chances and got in the way of a potential breakaway.
DerekDevils30
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Zacha hasn't been at full speed, perhaps cause he hasn't played an nhl game in 2 weeks. Whaf Zacha needs is consistency. He was at his best last year when he was with JaJo and Noesen. Frankly they arent very good but he developed chemistry
johnny pierogi
15 MINUTES OF FAYNE
Emperoreddy
Show Me What You Got!
DerekDevils30
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Its weird with Zacha. He looked sharp on the opening shift, flubbed an in tight chance, and then shut it down
John Pedro
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This or he'll just confirm that he's our Jake Virtanen. Either way, better than be hurting the club and further damaging his confidence like he's been doing.
Zippy316
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That was an awful pass to Severson by Vatanen.
I really don't understand how Zacha looks slow. I don't think he has been that bad, but he's not playing like a guy that needs to take a spot and run with it.
I really don't understand how Zacha looks slow. I don't think he has been that bad, but he's not playing like a guy that needs to take a spot and run with it.
I'm fine with sending him down. Either play him consistently or send him down. Stop this stupid scratch then play 10 minutes nonsense. It's just plain bush-league roster management from a bush-league coach.
Emperoreddy
Show Me What You Got!
Zacha to the AHL
Pros:
gets to play every night
no pressure
top minutes and PP time
mental break from Hynes
Cons:
Literally zero
Pros:
gets to play every night
no pressure
top minutes and PP time
mental break from Hynes
Cons:
Literally zero
BenedictGomez
Corsi is GROSSLY overrated
Which I've been saying all year. It's clear he needs more development. For heaven's sake, he's only TWENTY YEARS OLD. There's no shame in learning in the AHL, few players break into the NHL by the age of 20. It should be obvious Zacha has a ton to learn, this isnt minor crap. Send him to Binghamton and let him play on the 1st line night in and night out. It's the best thing for his development.
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