Don't know how your takeaway from that period is "Draisaitl doesn't deserve criticism but Skinner does."
Habs request to play Oilers on Superbowl I heard. This is not the first time they've played on Superbowl and it's been in Montreal
Finish your beer fast….we’re putting you guys into the game in the 2nd! Shoot at will.
He should have froze the puck no doubt but it was a fire drill in own zone that led to it. I see too much Skinner scapegoating lately that's largely unwarranted because the team has played poorly defensively and offensively in front of him the last few starts.
Yeah I shouldn’t have counted out the Helly factor. Having just an insane season. I do think their window is about 2-3 years. Lots of their guys are getting older. But yeah they are looking pretty good. Better than I thought they would.
I understand their PP formation and intent. Too often players like Draisaitl can slip into slow puck movement when he's along the boards and goes into the slow spin move and same with Barrie holding on to the puck too long. That's usually when McDavid finally takes control of the puck and looks for penetration opportunities. Fast, crisp puck movement and this PP is hard to stop with all the options. When it slows down defenders have ability to disrupt.
Yeah I watched the period. Skinner made some decent saves but he is fighting the puck a bit. And really fighting handling it. Almost flubbed another one but was able to poke check puck to corner this time
That's one way of looking at it. Or maybe the Oilers were clearly the second best team in this game after 1. I think the latter is more of a factor than Skinner's play which by my eye was fairly good aside from not being clairvoyant and knowing that Kulak would play the puck into him when there was no need for him to.
I hate this analogy after a goal every team in the league has multiple gaffs like that in front of the net during the season
Just yesterday people here on the same board were commenting that Drai had a good game. Do people play hockey? Drai got belted on the boards 3 times in that period. Do you think that might impact him or do you think he has some kind of forcefield where he can just withstand anything? Drai is playing through injury for a calendar year and when you get rocked it hurts. Habs are taking the body against him, they're not even looking for the puck, and its the right way to play Drai. Sometimes I credit opponent.
Lets hope hes the better goalie in periods 2 and 3 when the team needs him to be.
He had a good game yesterday. Hopefully was just a bad period after heavy amounts of poutine last night
WTF did DRai do wrong in that period to deserve such scorn? The scapegoating of Drai nearly every game now is immense. It has been for years. I've asked multiple times and nobody even saying what their specific complaint is.
Clear the freaking puck, man!
Yes. That boy brought the whole city and fan base together to talk about something and share in the experience.
When 90% of our success is based on 2 players, those 2 players will have most of the positive and negative comments about them.
again, if Drai is playing thru an injury he needs to ducking sit to fully heal so by the time we hit the playoffs he isn’t useless.
I remember when we’d always blow out the Hawks. It was the only solace when we barely cracked 70 points or less
What did he do to dissuade criticism? He didn’t contribute offensively and his line was tagged for a GA. Blew it into the glass on the PP.
