Sens of Anarchy
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Management Travis Green [Head Coach]
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Effortless sexy.
Does he, though?
Senators put so much pressure with their speed and transition that they can feast on PP time or just hope for lucky bounces.
If they beat Tampa Bay next week, Senators are pretty set in stone for the top 3 in Atlantic. The important thing is not allowing any goals. Eventually the offence will blossom, right around playoff time...
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As great as their recent scoring has been, of their 11 goals in the last 2 games, only 2 were ES (both against Wild). The other 9 goals were 5 PP, 3 SH, 1 OT. There are a lot fewer penalties in the playoffs and the likelihood of getting shorties will be limited. Hopefully, the increase in special team scoring gives the players more confidence and leads to more ES scoring.
I was looking at Team Stats on MoneyPuck and it was pretty interesting.
We are bottom 5 in High danger and Medium danger shots for. We are bottom 5 in rebound shots for as well.
Then we are top 10 in low danger shots for.
We take a lot of shots but not from prime scoring areas. Our shooting % at 5 on 5 for shots on goal is 6.96% which is good for 31st. For comparison CBJ is at 10.02% which is a massive difference.
Just looking at these stats it looks like we could be much better offensively by tweaking a few things. Getting guys in front of the net, getting more shots from the slot, and being first on rebounds. I think our offensive game will round out. We just need to be a bit more truculent in the Ozone. We need to move the puck around quicker and make the other team get out of position.
We are bottom 5 in High danger and Medium danger shots for. We are bottom 5 in rebound shots for as well.
Then we are top 10 in low danger shots for.
We take a lot of shots but not from prime scoring areas. Our shooting % at 5 on 5 for shots on goal is 6.96% which is good for 31st. For comparison CBJ is at 10.02% which is a massive difference.
Just looking at these stats it looks like we could be much better offensively by tweaking a few things. Getting guys in front of the net, getting more shots from the slot, and being first on rebounds. I think our offensive game will round out. We just need to be a bit more truculent in the Ozone. We need to move the puck around quicker and make the other team get out of position.
Micklebot
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Weird how we no longer hear about the damage our "rookie" GM caused by putting in place a "substitute teacher" only to hire an "unknown" instead of best in classs right away...
He was an underwhelming hire but several of us are happily eating crow and humble pie because so far Green is getting some amazing D out of this roster
Alf Silfversson
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IMO the transition to this improved style of play began under Martin last year. Green seems to be following up and getting the team to buy in hard to playing better 200 foot hockey. He's a Jack Adams finalist if the season ended today.
Yes, Martin wasn't shy to call the guys out and let everyone know they needed to decide to play the right way and stop cheating.
Staois set the tone with that switch and I like to hear that Green basically told the group it was on them, not on the coaches. They could either play a winning style or they could remain a joke.
