Not strictly true, Colorado ran a 1-3-1 with 3D (Makar, Toews, Byram) for a bit a couple years back. The advantage of the 2nd D isn't strictly that they play the point while setup in the offensive zone, it's that we don't get caught out with only 1 D. So having Xhekaj play say the Right Wall where he can one time the puck is fine when setup in the zone, but then once the PP ends he can drift back to point for 5 on 5 play.
But there clearly something about his personality that riles up his teammates to either bully him like in Winnipeg or believe he’s toxic and want management to trade him. My only guess is that he was overly confident and closer to cocky as a rookie in Winnipeg and completely deflated and defeatist when he was in Columbus. MSL, the psychologist and the team will have to do their best from keeping him from getting too high when things go good and too low when things go bad.
Rough treatment?
Indeed times change... but I miss the old Markov perfectly placed soft one timer pass to some other D with a blast. The cross ice was always in play too, loved the scheme of our old PP.
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CBJ reporter talks about Laine. Amongst the more interesting points he mentions that his release is accurate but slower than needed and defencemen are able to easily get in front of him by the time he lets the shot go which has frustrated him.
Anyone know if this is something that Dr Shot can fix?
You know that MSL was already controlling the PP during the past seasons
You also know that the team spent much less time at practice working on their PP compared to normal NHL teams because MSL wanted us to improve our 5 on 5 play before anything else.
I don’t disagree but to say that the PP is gonna be better because Burrows is not here anymore is just false
They improved their 5 on 5 play..?
Worked out great actually, we had a significant improvement in our 5 on 5 play.
It's worse when you look at just even strength as well, I'm not gonna pay for statmuse but we don't make the top-25
MSL has always talked about collaboration and just talking with everyone, so even if the final decisions are his, when the advice he's getting changes the results will change. It's the same with scouting, we maybe don't draft Fowler if Billy Ryan doesn't go to bat for him, but final decisions was still someone else.
Not sure where your getting those stats but from naturalstattrick we are
19th after being 27th and 28th in the 2 years prior, and in terms of actual goals we scored 160 and let in 164 at 5-5.
We were 23rd in Goals For at 5v5 last year - I guess the improvement came defensively at 5v5?
There can be other factors that come to play here. Was the team more penalized etc.
Scored 2 less goals and gave up 36 less goals, so like I said we improved significantly at our 5 on 5 play which was the goal of the coaching staff.
