Richer's Ghost
Bourbonite
repeating myself from Twitter but this game and last game both showed me glaring issues;
1) Lazy defensive zone play. Not attacking the puck and instead waiting for the play to come to them rather than go get into the play.
2) Guessing the play defensively rather than reading the play. When you cheat the game, you cheat your team.
3) Contagion. The above flaws are contagious on a young team at this point. You sit/scratch players leaking into that crap and set the tone for getting PP time, top 6, or flat out replaced. If you don't do it now, it will spread and become the mindset of the locker room - especially with the younger players.
Very frustrating to see the change from the first 15 games to this.
1) Lazy defensive zone play. Not attacking the puck and instead waiting for the play to come to them rather than go get into the play.
2) Guessing the play defensively rather than reading the play. When you cheat the game, you cheat your team.
3) Contagion. The above flaws are contagious on a young team at this point. You sit/scratch players leaking into that crap and set the tone for getting PP time, top 6, or flat out replaced. If you don't do it now, it will spread and become the mindset of the locker room - especially with the younger players.
Very frustrating to see the change from the first 15 games to this.