There was complaining with a team up 1-0 and thensome. That's literally all this roster can be. And it's with young guys in defensive roles, Bedard out with a lead late. Things people complained about last year... when there was no need to rush that. Now is a more apt time for that when you have patentice.
If you're not going to play 1-2-2 when you're good then don't play it to just stay in games. No one gives a f***. Its boring. Its dull, and its not how anyone good plays.
I’ll be shocked if he’s not on the coaching staff after he retires.
I thought he’d get a front office job for sure, but he seems smart enough to go into coaching.
All players also have a very tough time catching a ring around cleanly, then it cascades from there
They ring the puck WAY too much. Even when they have some space to take a stride and put it on the tape. That's a tough f***ing play even in beer league, because as soon as the D rings it, you're going to have a guy in your face immediately. Your only option is chipping it out.
Agree with everything but he didnt have the puck at all again yesterday. Hes got to be able to do something out there.
He was playing with a third line center, and a guy who belongs in the AHL, against a perennial Selke candidate and the defending Stanley Cup champion's top pairing.... They never had the f***ing puck.
They make offensive zone entries look really difficult, even when compared to other non-playoff or fringe playoff teams. They rarely enter the zone with speed; it's usually a pass to someone standing at the blue line who chips it in from there. The Panthers, like most teams, did a good job of swarming Bedard when he had the puck. Actually, most offensive zone possession has the other team doing a good job of swarming the puck carrier, whereas the Hawks seem to sit back, pack it in tight defensively and let the other team move the puck around the zone at will.
The idea isn't a bad one IF they had a top line caliber version of a player who can play a heavy game, but they don't have much of that in the organization. Kurashev, Hall, and Reichel don't work well on the first line. Who else is an option? Nazar, Bedard, and Teravainen sounds ok, but who is retrieving pucks on that line? It's the same problem with what has already been tried with Kurashev and Hall.
This.
All of that is true. Hes still played 20 minutes not doing a thing. At some point it falls onto him to do anything.
Yes, it's on HIM to do something, when he's on a line with a guy who is barely a 3rd line C, and an AHL/13th forward tweener on the other wing, against the defending Stanley Cup champs' best defensive line(with a perennial Selke finalist) and their top D pairing. Like what? How about his dumb f*** coach actually puts top six players on a line with him? And how about his dumb f*** coach actually tries to get favorable matchups for him when he has last change at home?
Yes, hes playing against great players but he is supposed to be a great player as well. This is not the only game this has happened.
