Ya, I agree. Cole was no where near as bad as people think, but people are more focused on results than process.
On the first penalty, they didn't really show an extended replay, so its hard to say whether it was Cole's fault or the departing player's fault. It isn't always the fault of the player who jumps on the ice.
The deflection off him that went in was just bad luck.
And I don't think he played the Hyman goal too badly. He was unlucky that his stick hit Hyman's stick causing the shot/release to be unpredictable. 9/10 times he deflects the puck out of harms way.
He did look really bad on that reverse behind the net to no one, but that may have been a systems thing where someone was supposed to be there as the safety valve. Typically, the Canucks like the reverse downlow so it wouldn't surprise me if that was the case.
The 2nd Hyman goal was Myers, not Cole, who got his stick on stick.
But Cole did play terrible. Penalty was on him. One of the commentators (not sure if Simpson or the panel) highlighted that it is the guy jumping on who has to be sure. Different if someone was approaching the bench then turned away, but that didn't happen. Wasn't sure why Soucy touched the puck though.
He then lost Hyman at the side of the net for the PPG.
Terrible turnover to Draisaitl that led to a goal. Another turnover at the offensive blueline plus deflecting a puck. He had a significant portion of the blame for 3 of the goals against, no sugar coating it.
But no, he shouldn't come out of the lineup. We will need Cole to win this series, and he sis settle down as the game went on. Such a big bonus to win the game despite such a Nurse-level stretch of play from our most experienced blueliner.
