I'm not ready to panic, but I want Bruno to stick for a moment. We looked better against Dallas, we need the lines to get used to playing together - particularly that second line.
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101st_fan
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I'm afraid to look at our shot map after this game. Too many unscreened shots from 35+ feet. Too few screens. Too few rebounds and ugly second attempts.
Need to figure out the 2nd and 3rd lines and let those units build some chemistry. Need to be careful with the puck and reduce the odd man rushes against.
Somebody needs to go ugly and get a goal or two.
Need to figure out the 2nd and 3rd lines and let those units build some chemistry. Need to be careful with the puck and reduce the odd man rushes against.
Somebody needs to go ugly and get a goal or two.
Bringer of Jollity
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This is why I was calling for Parssinen to 2c after Dallas. It's the only change I'd welcome, otherwise we need to trust these guys right now - on paper we are much better than we've seen.
Armourboy
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Dunno what Brunette is going to do but he has Dmen issues and chemistry issues and I don't see either getting better overnight.
Bringer of Jollity
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Too soon.
Saros gave up 2 goals. Ideally, that gets you a win or a loser point, especially with 40 SOG.
The big guns have to do better than hit posts or be just wide with their shots.
101st_fan
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Every line needs solidifying right now. I don't hold the Fil/Ror/Gus line as sacrosanct. Figure out who between Luke, Stammer, Novak, Gus, Fil, Ror. Phil, Fil, March works as a line and go with it. Even the 4th line needs that 3rd member. Scary thing is that Phil has clicked with McCarron before.
Similar issues to the start of last season .... coaches need to figure out the forwards.
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Can someone explain why you'd trot out a line of Smith, Big Sexy, and Jank/Sissons when you are down 2 and time is dropping below 3 minutes left?
101st_fan
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They have the best chances of a dirty goal with the way our top nine is shooting from outside.
Armourboy
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I mean they were as productive as the other 3 lines.
I also don't hold that line 'sacrosanct' but it is the one line we know works together at a really high level in this system so, especially when we're struggling to score, I'd be reluctant to take it apart.
I don't see any reason why that means you can't see a little overlap here and there but I want to see the lines figuring themselves out first. Even if that means Novak going back to 2C - I thought he looked good as 3c with Tomasino and Evangelista earlier on in the game so maybe that's a line that could use some time not being tampered with but someone has to anchor that second line, because on paper it should be scoring. I think Parssinen has the better credentials as a strong creative centre but I'm not on board with ditching Sissons, maybe you bench Tomasino and play Sissons on the third line wing. I don't know. Good job I'm not the coach!
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When Sissons was centre between March and Stam, he was digging out pucks and creating chances. He can't force them to shoot straight and score too. In short, he simply isn't the problem.
Coach doesn't seem to trust the 3rd line. On paper, they look like they should provide some offense, but in practice it seems like coach thinks Cole "Scoring Machine" Smith is the better option.
Coach doesn't seem to trust the 3rd line. On paper, they look like they should provide some offense, but in practice it seems like coach thinks Cole "Scoring Machine" Smith is the better option.
101st_fan
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All of the focus on centers bypasses the question if we have the right mix of wings on the top three lines. Maybe the lines just need more time to build chemistry ... maybe we have the wrong mix.
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On that point, it did seem like March was keenly aware of who's on the opposite wing and was happy to pass up chances to force feed extra passes to that other superstar guy.
March is more of a fast break, odd-man rush sort of scorer (or he was in Vegas anyway). That line has been volatile so far, but I'm not sure Stamkos meshes with that. On the other hand, Fil did mesh well for a few years with a similar player in Arvy.
Oh well. They're all just identical Lego bricks. Keep slapping them together.
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Yeah, I don't think he's utilized right in this set up and he definitely needs to have more time with the puck other than to feed one timers. Combining him with Sissons, Novak, or Parsnip with Evangelista, Tomasino, or Gus as the other wing would be more optimal.On that point, it did seem like March was keenly aware of who's on the opposite wing and was happy to pass up chances to force feed extra passes to that other superstar guy.
March is more of a fast break, odd-man rush sort of scorer (or he was in Vegas anyway). That line has been volatile so far, but I'm not sure Stamkos meshes with that. On the other hand, Fil did mesh well for a few years with a similar player in Arvy.
Oh well. They're all just identical Lego bricks. Keep slapping them together.
Armourboy
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I think alot of what we were seeing right now is what Brunette wanted to see in his head before camp even started and its going to take him a minute to come off of that.
I'm alittle worried that one of Brunette's downsides is that once he gets something in his head as good or bad there is little that can be done to change that.
Two big examples in last nights game is that fact Tomasino had the fewest minutes on the team, with his line mates getting 1.5 - 2 minutes more of ice time. The other is that after watching these first two games there is absolutely no way anyone can convince me that Lauzon should be pulling more ice time than Fabbro.
I'm alittle worried that one of Brunette's downsides is that once he gets something in his head as good or bad there is little that can be done to change that.
Two big examples in last nights game is that fact Tomasino had the fewest minutes on the team, with his line mates getting 1.5 - 2 minutes more of ice time. The other is that after watching these first two games there is absolutely no way anyone can convince me that Lauzon should be pulling more ice time than Fabbro.
I thought Tomasino was pretty good again last night. Certainly seems like he will start converting and contributing if he continues at this play.
