Yeah I mean I know Blais was still in the O zone and Goodrow didn’t want to dump it in and jsut give NJ possession, but in no situation is the right play to make a soft lob of a saucer pass into his own zone to the far D man. That’s just such a poor decision it’s crazy. Insane.
They are, but unless a lot of them start picking up the slack even more then we don't get the 2ndry scoring we'll need to win a cup.
Picking up the slack how? They are all playing well lately. Chytil and Kakko have been scoring. I could see both Kakko and Chytil putting up 50 this year. I have no worries.
By the playoffs they'll be back together and they will be fine as a depth threat. We need the pieces that will help the top guys be threats. Fast isn't walking through that door. Get me Labanc and TyJo.
When I saw that play, I knew right away it was going to end up in the back of the net. I had no idea who made the pass until I could check the game thread (lousy replays on NHL Network) I was absolutely stunned that it was Goodrow. Stunned.
Seriously. That's the type of play you expect from a Panarin or one of the kids like Laf or Kravtosv, not from Goodrow. If you're going to attempt to play it back to a D to regroup, why on earth are you choosing to softly saucer a lob pass not only back through the whole NZ but across the ice to the far guy? If you're going to go back with it, go to the guy on your side of the ice. If you're really going to try and get the puck to the far guy the ONLY way to do it is a very, VERY hard pass. Lobbing something high and soft like that is just begging to be picked off, far too much time when there's opponents right there.
And it's not just the kids.
The hot takes after losses are always scorching.
This board will always have their whipping boys. Trouba and Laf happen to be the 2 biggest right now. No matter what happens in any particular game the negative will always be accentuated when the team gets less than 2 points in a game. There are some here who truly expect to win every game and will whine excessively when they don't. 11-2-2 in the last 15 and 102 point pace in the toughest division in hockey isn't good enough. We are too slow, too soft, can't score, can't develop forwards, etc. blah blah blah. This board is becoming insufferable.
He doesn't suck. He is just overpaid. He's a 35-40 point player bottom 6 player that can play up and down the lineup in a pinch and play center as well. He had a really bad game today that cost them a point but has had some very good ones as well. He's not nearly as bad as you make him seem. This team missed him last playoffs. He will most likely be gone this off season anyway.
"Play up and down the lineup" often means "this player plays more than he should" and Goodrow is one of the best examples.
He wins faceoffs just as well as anybody not named Trocheck and he actually played pretty well when he was asked to play 2nd line minutes for a while. He's also asked to PK. He's not as bad as you make him seem and yes he had a bad game.
On the Rangers, so do I lol
Don't worry. You will likely get your wish in the off season. They can't afford him anyway.
It's not like they'll have money to replace him with anybody better. I hate this league.
