They put Slaf back with the 1st line before the 1st even ended.
I think once it got to 3-0 MSL did.
Didn't take a timeout until it was 4-0 already.
Brought Monty back out after the 1st for him to give up a supposed weak goal and then pull him.
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I think once it got to 3-0 MSL did.
Didn't take a timeout until it was 4-0 already.
Brought Monty back out after the 1st for him to give up a supposed weak goal and then pull him.
As soon as Dach left that line he went on to struggle as usual right?
I watch the entire game, as painful as it was, and I have to say that generally speaking, MTL didn't do too bad. After the 5th goal, yeah wheel fell off, but you could see that the team could compete with Seattle. So I don't get too exited by the final score of 8-2. CC could have score 2 more, some good chance by the Evans line again. and some good D play by Hutson. There are some positives.
Like after the NY lost, one shouldn't panic, MTL still has one of the youngest team in the NHL, still missing to regular D and one top 6 FWD. That said, there are clear area of work,
There is a reason why MTL was rumored to be on Askarov last summer: inconsistent goaltending from Montanbeault and Primeau. Yesterday, this cost the team the game. We knew Primeau was a borderline AHL/NHL G, but we all hoped that Monty could show some consistency. In retrospect, i wish he had accepted Team's Canada invite last Spring. He still need more game time. I'm sure that the 4 Nations things is playing in his head right now too. For now, you have to live with his short coming, but clearly, Monty need to work with a sport psychologist.
MLS reverted back to his preferred lines too early. I would have like that he use this situation to really test other combo. Slaf on the 2nd lasted what, 10m?? We all know that we have option for the 1st line and that we have a 3rd line that is ok with Evans, work on finding solution for the 2nd line. stop doing the same shit with Newhook, Armia and Dach.
This get me to: sit Armia and Dvorak. Seriously. waive them... send them to the moon.. I don't care. I don't want to see them on this team.
Xhekaj: ok... two things going against him right now: first the ref are being so f***ing inconsistent in enforcing the rules with him that he must be like "wtf can I do or not do". he's really in this "dam if you do, dam if you don't" kinda situation. I can totally see why this is confusing him. That say, this shouldn't impede is capacity to make hockey play and he's been taking bad decision over bad decision. I'm wondering if you dont send him to Laval for a month or so when Guhle/Barron are back. He needs to play a lot and get that swagger back. I'm also warming up to the idea of converting him as a W, not there yet tho.
Like after the NY lost, one shouldn't panic, MTL still has one of the youngest team in the NHL, still missing to regular D and one top 6 FWD. That said, there are clear area of work,
There is a reason why MTL was rumored to be on Askarov last summer: inconsistent goaltending from Montanbeault and Primeau. Yesterday, this cost the team the game. We knew Primeau was a borderline AHL/NHL G, but we all hoped that Monty could show some consistency. In retrospect, i wish he had accepted Team's Canada invite last Spring. He still need more game time. I'm sure that the 4 Nations things is playing in his head right now too. For now, you have to live with his short coming, but clearly, Monty need to work with a sport psychologist.
MLS reverted back to his preferred lines too early. I would have like that he use this situation to really test other combo. Slaf on the 2nd lasted what, 10m?? We all know that we have option for the 1st line and that we have a 3rd line that is ok with Evans, work on finding solution for the 2nd line. stop doing the same shit with Newhook, Armia and Dach.
This get me to: sit Armia and Dvorak. Seriously. waive them... send them to the moon.. I don't care. I don't want to see them on this team.
Xhekaj: ok... two things going against him right now: first the ref are being so f***ing inconsistent in enforcing the rules with him that he must be like "wtf can I do or not do". he's really in this "dam if you do, dam if you don't" kinda situation. I can totally see why this is confusing him. That say, this shouldn't impede is capacity to make hockey play and he's been taking bad decision over bad decision. I'm wondering if you dont send him to Laval for a month or so when Guhle/Barron are back. He needs to play a lot and get that swagger back. I'm also warming up to the idea of converting him as a W, not there yet tho.
slaf 1st shit back with the 1st line was on CC goal, so at 4-0
Yes. In fact that line got score of a defensive face off after an icing.
Kind of.
He'd do something, but there'd be no one there to help.
Newhook is f***ing awful.
I'll admit he probably isn't that bad, but he's not good.
I'm not even sure when Laine is healthy and if he plays well that there's enough talent for a 2nd line.
To further be fair to Dach, Slaf on that line by himself would either have to do it himself, or watch the play die once he passed it off.
Slaf was back on it in the frist, but MSL really went for the blender at some point with all the lines.
As a note, I really don't like how MSL runs his line and D-pair. Really shows he has no idea what to do with the amount of crap players on his roster.
They ARE rookies.
They are NOT learning their professions.
But they ARE maturing NHLers, a new level of speed, IQ and execution for them.
They are NOT showing your 1 or 2 every game, only when our goalies fail to settle the nerves of a young group.
Nerves, knowing how to react when your goalie allows 3 goals early, IS a maturity issue.
Nothing replaces SCARS.
You can coach fine by adopting a system that doesn't take any risks of self-decisions, but that also means that you'll never know what player can operate in a self-decision kind of system and unless you can apply such a system in the new NHL you will not be competitive.
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Is that one of the posture improvements you were referring to?
This came with 7-8m lest in the 3rd and it didn't split Suzuki and Evans lines. He tried Kapanen and Heineman with Dach for a few shifts and that is it.
I have to say that I like that he used Kapanen and Heinemand on the 4 on 4 in the 3rd.
Everyone struggles who plays with Newhook Armia. Yet Marty thinks it's Gretzky Kurri
I was going to add Kapanen but wasn't sure that would be received well. It wouldn't hurt
I was thinking yesterday that, if MSL wants to keep Dach on the 1nd line, he might as well make a kid line of Slaf/Kapanen/Heinenman and play them with Hutson.
When asked about the lines in practice, Kamala Harris had this to say..........."Marty is doing the right thing here. He's sending a message where it needs to be sent and hoping that in sending the message there is an understanding about the meaning of the message being sent".
Dare we forget to mention neutral zone trap, clutch & grab era hockey helped enormously…
What we are witnessing now is the growing pains associated with a rebuild that has allotted majority TOI to under 23 D corps and lack of offensive depth at F due to Laine injury - before anyone goes there Laine was expected to help with the construction of a 2nd line that could drive possession TOI & offense
Without a 2nd line capable of generating puck possession TOI, Evans line slots into wrong spot combined with more focus on inexperienced D corps spending more TOI defending than they should at this stage of their careers
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She had to have mentioned the middle class and McDonalds???? She's so inspiring! I love her new accents!
