A couple observations (might've been mentioned in GDT, apologies) -
If you insist on using Stapleton on the point on the PP, what is the one player you should NOT be pairing him with? Exactly, a hobbled Buff. Huge defensive liability. Stapler fumbling with the puck at the line, Little covering for Buff who's in front, shorthanded goal. Two games in a row is enough.
PP has gone ice cold, zero confidence with the puck and need to be a lot more decisive entering the zone. I've never been able to decide whether I like dump and chase or carry it in, but I'm not a fan of slowly and hesitatingly carrying it in, causing your teammates to stop at the line and kill momentum.
Bogo was the man (+3, 23 minutes, and a 'fight'). Like everyone else, I'd like to see Macho get 10-11 minutes rather than the 7 he got tonight.
A couple observations (might've been mentioned in GDT, apologies) -
If you insist on using Stapleton on the point on the PP, what is the one player you should NOT be pairing him with? Exactly, a hobbled Buff. Huge defensive liability. Stapler fumbling with the puck at the line, Little covering for Buff who's in front, shorthanded goal. Two games in a row is enough.
PP has gone ice cold, zero confidence with the puck and need to be a lot more decisive entering the zone. I've never been able to decide whether I like dump and chase or carry it in, but I'm not a fan of slowly and hesitatingly carrying it in, causing your teammates to stop at the line and kill momentum.
Bogo was the man (+3, 23 minutes, and a 'fight'). Like everyone else, I'd like to see Macho get 10-11 minutes rather than the 7 he got tonight.
We are 6-3 on Fridays.
um it was wheeler that flubbed the puck at the line and caused the shorthanded goal. Are some of you even watching the game?
well, I didn't expect this result at the end of the first period! Nice character win for the guys. I get the impression there was quite the team meeting between the first and second period.
Nice to see us battle back and come from behind on the road in the 3rd period. So many posts and yet we hung in and as I predicted () Ladd would come up big.
Now let's go out and win a back to back tomorrow night and #%}** the marginal upgrade on the draft.
um it was wheeler that flubbed the puck at the line and caused the shorthanded goal. Are some of you even watching the game?
Apologies, yes it was Wheels. But the point still stands. Wheels was dipsy doodling at the point, Stapler was standing by the boards watching, while Buff was in front of the net (and actually got tripped by Ward when Staal was about 15 feet out on Ma$e, hehe).
Offensively hungry Buff and the tiniest forward on the team (without a big shot or magically skilled hands) might not be the most efficient pairing on the PP. Especially as other teams have figured out you are best to keep hard pressure on our PP and make us react quickly.
Havn't checked in for a while, been hangin out at real Tanking threads in in MTL and TOR. BTW the game WOT is free and you can hack your tank skins, now thats all I'm going to say......
-Wheeler had way too many turnovers tonight for someone that is supposed to be one of your better forwards. Stop doing it please.
-Buff should ask Hainsey how to properly box out, or maybe even his own partner who did a better job on the third goal then fatass standing behind three Canes' players.
-Hainsey was a beast outside of the penalty.
-Skinner's a ***** to play against.
-Stapleton can't be at the point when Buff's in front of the net. We'd be better off having three D-men. Not like Wheeler could hold onto the puck tonight.
-Not sure why our forwards were so passive tonight to pressure the point. Seemed much worse when Glass was on the ice. Not sure if that's coincidence or not.
-Speaking of Glass, him or Mach missed the guy in front of the net. Slater was already high and one of them should have had that guy on the 1st goal.
-POST!!!
) Ladd would come up big.
Glass - what a trooper. Period and a half on a broken foot? Pfft.
