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Player Discussion Tocchet What Is/How He Doing?
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mathonwy
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Its a skill issue.
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I haven't done the deep dive on this, but it seems to me that Berube is trying to replicate what Tocchet is doing here over in TO, and their shots for rates have dropped as well.
I'm also going to try to find their rush chance data and see how the compare.
Point being, if shot rates are suppressed for both, is it really fair to blame a lack of offense on execution alone?
I'm also going to try to find their rush chance data and see how the compare.
Point being, if shot rates are suppressed for both, is it really fair to blame a lack of offense on execution alone?
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Elite defensively in xGA (2nd), the dregs offensively in xGF (32nd). Last in rush chances.
Is the system allowing for both and the players aren't executing or moving their feet? Or, is the system predisposed to turtling and we're seeing that play out?
Is the system allowing for both and the players aren't executing or moving their feet? Or, is the system predisposed to turtling and we're seeing that play out?
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The team has one defenseman.
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The team is elite defensively due to more than just one defenseman.
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This team is a dumpster fire in the neutral zone
Controlled entries, transition data
It’s straight garbage
Cassidy is a god of the neutral zone, wanted him sooooooo bad as our coach but our owner doesn’t pay for coaches
I wonder when my boy David Carle is going to get an NHL interview
In the last 3 years:
2 national championships in the NCAA
Back to back WJC gold
Controlled entries, transition data
It’s straight garbage
Cassidy is a god of the neutral zone, wanted him sooooooo bad as our coach but our owner doesn’t pay for coaches
I wonder when my boy David Carle is going to get an NHL interview
In the last 3 years:
2 national championships in the NCAA
Back to back WJC gold
It’s our transition play though… can’t score when you are constantly chasing the puck. Every time it’s glass and out cause those dman besides Hughes can’t. Ove the puck at all.
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The "one dman" comment implies everyone beyond Hughes is not NHL calibre. They are, just not in the way the team needs most.
It goes so much deeper…
It also stiffens in the offensive zone. A prime example was a play where Descharnais actually keeps the puck in the zone, but he is so bad, and u skilled with the puck, he retreats, and just uses his long reach to bat the puck in the zone, so while the puck stays in the zone, half a second later we lose possession, and now instead of either offensive control of the puck, we have two forwards turning to chase the puck, yet they are not in good positions and a counter comes quick.
In the offensive zone we are essentially still playing a man down, as our men can’t make a play and at best they ring it of the boards and our forwards are trying to pick up bad passes or pucks of the boards. It’s an offense killer.
Most of these guys should be a 6th dman at absolute best.
