And he has punished Rozsival. He has benched him, and cut his icetime, etc. But no one wants to pay attention to that, they just want to *****.
Rozsival has actually been playing decently lately, but nope, **** that guy, Tortorella should bench him for being who he is
But once he gets the puck on his stick is a disaster.
I've defended the guy when he deserved it, but lately, I cringe everytime he gets the puck and that little bit of hesitation he always seems to exhibit when making an outlet pass. Last night he was just brutal.
He was on for both goals last night, and got horribly burned on the last one, something that should never happen to someone who skates like he does.
This board is obsessed with the word accountability. They sent a rookie who has been struggling to play a game or two in the A. Not everything is about "sending a message", maybe they thought his game could use a tuneup. Sometimes a trip out of the spotlight lets a young player focus on their game. It worked wonders for Callahan two years back.
Gilroy's defensive play has often been problematic.
It's not just about Gilroy getting beat on that Overtime goal. He was attrocious on the first goal, too. As was Redden and Boyle. You can't stand around or flop around in your own crease and accomplish absolutely nothing; while opponents crash your net and repeatidly dig for and swat the puck.
Boyle in all his wisdom and brillance, threw his shoulder into his own player, Gilroy. WTF? They don't make opponents pay for crashing the net and digging for the puck. They only hit anyopne threw, was on a Ranger on another Ranger. Pathetic.
Gilroy needs time to work on his defense. But his offensive game hasn't exactly been anything to write home about, for quite a while.
No game plan, bully, plays 3rd 4th line guys to death, hold the WRONG players 'accountable'.
WHAT? Tortorella is known for only utilizing 3 lines and giving his top players, top minutes, at the expense of the bottom 2 lines.... 4th lines see little ice time under Tortorella....
It was Renney who would roll 4 lines and give more playing time to 4th lines than most 4th lines get on other teams in the league.... And Renney didn't hold any veteran players accountable for anything.... Is that what you would prefer?
I have a feeling the Torts-Sather relationship is a lot like Girardi-Cashman in that Sather calls the majority of the shots regarding who plays and who doesnt.
It's the complete opposite of Keenan-Smith, which is ironic because Keenan complained about not having any autonomy despite benching Messier and Leetch (and considering Richter) in the 1994 CF.
Torts IMO would LOVE to bench Rosie and Drury and Brashear and Kotalik, but the mandate from upstairs is otherwise.
Remember, this is pure speculation on my part, but anybody who watched TB under Torts knows he benched/sat EVERYBODY at one point or another.
Sather needs to come out from his Ivory Tower and coach this team because he obviously doesnt want the actual bench bosses doing anything drastic.
Trust me guys...Torts has been tame this season. I think Sather has a proverbial gun to his head.
Has nothing to do with that. The Pack needs Johnson badly. Zaba and Vally have been absolutely embarrassing over the last few games. There's no point in Johnson being on the bench behind Hank anyway. He needs to be playing as much as possible.
I don't think there's a move coming, it's probably just a a series of player shifts. When all is said and done, what do we save off the cap? Don't we need to clear like $1.4M to get Dubinsky off LTIR?
WHAT? Tortorella is known for only utilizing 3 lines and giving his top players, top minutes, at the expense of the bottom 2 lines.... 4th lines see little ice time under Tortorella....
It was Renney who would roll 4 lines and give more playing time to 4th lines than most 4th lines get on other teams in the league.... And Renney didn't hold any veteran players accountable for anything.... Is that what you would prefer?
I think you have your coaches mixed up....
Yea.
He uses a top two lines full of 3rd and 4th liners.
He was on for both goals last night, and got horribly burned on the last one, something that should never happen to someone who skates like he does.
This board is obsessed with the word accountability. They sent a rookie who has been struggling to play a game or two in the A. Not everything is about "sending a message", maybe they thought his game could use a tuneup. Sometimes a trip out of the spotlight lets a young player focus on their game. It worked wonders for Callahan two years back.
Thank you. The defensive play on the Toews goal, which Gilroy was a HUGE part of, was even worse than that on the Byfuglien winner in my opinion. This kid has not been good at all, and this move is not solely in response to last night's game. That OT winner was really just the straw that broke the camel's back. And great point regarding Callahan. Let's hope for a similar rebound from Gilroy.
I thought Rozsival played a pretty good game last night. His offense has completely disappeared, I really don't understand that at all, but he looked poised in his end. He made a couple of "vintage" Rosie plays where he delays with the puck to open up the breakout lanes. I was very impressed by his vision there.
I have a feeling the Torts-Sather relationship is a lot like Girardi-Cashman in that Sather calls the majority of the shots regarding who plays and who doesnt.
It's the complete opposite of Keenan-Smith, which is ironic because Keenan complained about not having any autonomy despite benching Messier and Leetch (and considering Richter) in the 1994 CF.
Torts IMO would LOVE to bench Rosie and Drury and Brashear and Kotalik, but the mandate from upstairs is otherwise.
Remember, this is pure speculation on my part, but anybody who watched TB under Torts knows he benched/sat EVERYBODY at one point or another.
Sather needs to come out from his Ivory Tower and coach this team because he obviously doesnt want the actual bench bosses doing anything drastic.
Trust me guys...Torts has been tame this season. I think Sather has a proverbial gun to his head.
Umm Cashman doesn't tell Girardi who plays and who doesn't.
Wow, overreactions. Johnsson is probably down to play some games instead of getting stale. And you know, we kind of need 2 goalies in case something happens. Maybe I'm naive about the process.
Tortorella doesn't need me to stick up for him, he's a big boy. But I'm reserving my judgement until I get some more facts. Is this a cap move? Is Gilroy struggling and expressing this behind closed door? Is there another move in the works? Who pulled the trigger, Sather or Torts? Let's see what they have to say and then get the torches lit.
