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Originally Posted by Fish Invictus
The defense really hasn't been as horrible as people make it out to be. It just looks worse because at any point, if they make the slightest mistake...it's often in the net. They spent much of the last game doing a good job holding NJ to the perimeter. Yeah, they had a lot of puck possession, but they were held to the outside for much of it. It's not like Bryz got hopelessly shelled...shots were 31-28 through 3 periods and OT, despite them spending so much time in our end.
Caps and NY have been making plenty of defensive errors too. Hell, Wideman and Schultz are both horrendous. The difference is that their goalie bails them out. Seems like Bryz can only do that for one period per game, and after that all bets are off.
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It's been all or nothing. They played great for stretches last night, but that one mistake is catestrophic. But the Devils are having their way with the defense, they WANT to keep it along the boards. It draws both of our defenders to the boards and usually a center as well. There always seems to be a guy open, or someone else gets a step on them.
Again, Bryz isn't Lundqvist. He'll never be Lundqvist. Don't know why people are throwing him out as some kind of comparison. There haven't been many defensive errors on NYRs side either, not sure what you're seeing. Only one that sticks out to me is the Laich sauce to Chimera to end the period early in the series....a stoppable shot that Hank didn't stop. No one seemed to complain.