Yep, the PP has been brutal. There's an old adage about goaltending and special teams being critical for playoff success so that's been a big part of why we keep failing.
Well it will be a win win for me. We either have a great post season or it’s just 9 straight… lol! Thanks!!
That’s your opinion his job would be get matthews the pucc that’s his specialty shouldn’t be hard
Doesn’t matter what you prefer it’s the coaches job to decide what’s best for the team I’m sure mcd wants to play with drai if it’s not what’s best for the team it shouldn’t happen especially when we’ve won 1 round In 8 years
Everyone cares if they get close. If you listened to the radio, tv, podcasts, X, you name it, every person’s evaluation of the core is based around the fact they haven’t gotten close, like McDavid and Drai have, nor have they been the difference makers in a series.
I thought you just said maybe that’s what matthews wants are you saying it’s both?
I just looked at it nylanders plus minus is better every other year with marner getting a 2 year period 2021-2023 one plays with matthews one doesn’t and that’s last years production we need to put to bed this narrative as well marner was a minus player twice and nylander was a minus player 3 times so yes they need to win their minutes for sure but marner last year was tied for 4th in scoring with a plus 1 which wouldn’t be bad if it wasn’t a total of 3 points 1 less than domi and bertuzzi who also played 7 games matthews who played 5 games and tied with nylander who only played 4 games and had all his points be the last 3 goals we scored as a team marner had 1 goal 2 assists I remember the goal came in a blow out where he did the through the legs deke they all need to bring it or be held accountable no favouritism
We're all speculating of course, nobody knows what the thought process is. I will say that Matthews wanting to play with Marner should 100% not be a factor. I would even say that Matthews shouldn't even say he wants to play with Marner, he should keep his yap shut except to say whatever you want coach, I'm ready. This goes for every player, but especially for the captain who is supposed to lead by setting a good example for the rest of the team.
Everyone needs to be better, I mean OK I mostly agree with that although in every playoff series there are some players who earn their cap hits but whatever. The first people that need to better are the star players with the biggest cap hits as they are supposed to lead by example and set the tone and collectively. Some people complaining about the supporting cast M%M&JT have been nowhere near good enough in the playoffs IMO and they also make way more money than the supporting cast, that's why they deserve more blame. JMHO.
It hasn’t amounted to much so if we can get Matthews normal production with out marner and marners normal production without matthews that’s a top 9 that no one in the league wants to deal with on top of a steady defence group but who knows maybe they’ll dominate in a heavy top 6 format
I agree I wasn’t the one that felt the need to bring it up so it cant be useless when I rebut it but fine when someone else is using it doesn’t work that way so if we’re scrapping it we’re scrapping it shouldn’t be a topic of discussion when it’s convenient
I’m just trying to understand what your saying it’s hard to reply without understanding
It can be meaningful over the course of the entire season but certainly can lose context in an individual game.
Yeah I don’t think he was necessarily deserving of a dash 2 but he also didn’t really have a great game
Yeah one of them wasn’t a full change Tavares was still on the ice second period
