I think we jumping all over Wilmore a little too much we need to cover in our d zone much better and do tbe little things like block shots and clear the front of the net more so our goalie can see things . Ya can’t expect Dickenson to come back from camp play 30 min cause we’re inexperienced on defense and chip in offensively to not make a mistake, I saw this in Leonard too , trying to get us back in a game by going in deep after pucks. I do agree on Julien kind of disappearing last year off and on and as one of the posters mentioned being -8 is telling
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Agreed on Willmore. He deserved a shot based on past 2 years. It may or may not work out. No biggie.
As far as the D going deep in the OZone......that will continue as it's what they coach them to do. Almost all the D will have a green light to recover pucks below the opponents goaline based on reads. Theyve done it for years. They want possession n it's another way to get it.
Julien, I get people want more but he is what he is and that's not a knock. Kid has done very well and exceeded expectations after MM and JrB season. Expecting him to be a dominant 1C from some on here ( not you ) is too much IMO. He has turned a U18 draft player into a very serviceable JrA player and NHL camp invite. He really just started focusing on hockey as a pro aspiration last year or so. Good on him. He has done more in this game progression wise than most in his position.
Not thinking he will be a pro but hope he keeps chasing it and if not got a good feeling he will do just fine. (his path was always scholastic in focus til he put hockey #1 recently)
JMO
