How do other good coaches do in their second year of turning around a shit show? How did Cooper do? How did Bednar do? Who are you making a comparison to? Is this list long?
Lowry came out and said they were shown what was wrong. He straight said what was wrong. He said the players didn't execute. The coach can't do it for them.
We agree on that part of the game but there is more than just that.
Of course. I share your view that outside of JoMo our dcore is very flawed. I juat view the flaws differently. Or should I say I think every dmen outside of JoMo be it big or small has small to severe flaws in their game play.
Dillion is good at what he does, he's mean and physical and plays a sound game in his end. On the negative he is poor with the puck on his stick and doesn't have a transition game so is forced to chip it up the boards more often the not. You can definitely make room for players of his ilk as they are valuable.
Snerg is like Dillion without the nasty, but he is much better then Dillion and likely league average in regards to puck control and transition ability. Once again you need players like him.
DeMelo much Snerg but not as big.
We have three similar type defensive dmen and imo we really only need two of them the way the league is trending.
On the flip side our puck moving dmen are juat not very good.
Pionk tries hard but is a mess in his end and is among the worst on the team at actually doing what he's supposed to do and move the puck. He's the biggest issue with our dcore imo. He needs to be replaced by a dmen that can actually do his job. That is where I see a Heinola helping this team. He can't be much worse and his transition ability offers a chance at a clear upgrade in time.
Schmidt has just aged out as a good third pairing puck mover. He's still adequate imo but we could use a Walker to take that spot.
Stanley is big and has found his mean streak but he's not mobile and can be victimized by speed.
