ECQF Game 3: Pens vs Islanders 04/14/19
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2019 9:49 am
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I understand the reasoning I guess for going defensive. I don't get the reason to get defensive, and find the slowest guys possible.I think I said this months ago...we changed our identity to be a slower, more defensive team...we aren't playing good defense, and we don't have the structure or the players to continue our fast/offensive onslaught ways...so, this is what you get...what kind of identity do we want to have as a team...? Right now, we're kind of in-between and it shows...
If this was true months ago, why is it still true? If you’re the coach, going into the 3rd period yesterday, how could you not look around the room and see a bunch of zombies and not just say, “ya know what...let’s just loosen up and have fun out there”.I think I said this months ago...we changed our identity to be a slower, more defensive team...we aren't playing good defense, and we don't have the structure or the players to continue our fast/offensive onslaught ways...so, this is what you get...what kind of identity do we want to have as a team...? Right now, we're kind of in-between and it shows...
Yeah, he doesn't have next level skill certainly. He has enough skill and sense to keep up with skill guys, but he's a player that could be upgraded in that spot. Bluegers doesn't do much in the NHL for me, I'd want Simon over him for virtually any line. But that's more on Bluegers than Simon...Simon's good enough to play in the league, but he does let a lot of pucks get away from him...doesn't have good protection ability...Is Simon considered “skilled” because he merely tries to make skilled plays? Dude has a success rate of about 3% with anything fancy he tries. He is an all time flubber of pucks.
And sure - Bleuger isn’t the difference here. But he plays like he gives a crap. I’m not sure how he stays out of the lineup right now. Sully things...
GMJR didn't have good assets to play with...so you get what you get...I understand the reasoning I guess for going defensive. I don't get the reason to get defensive, and find the slowest guys possible.I think I said this months ago...we changed our identity to be a slower, more defensive team...we aren't playing good defense, and we don't have the structure or the players to continue our fast/offensive onslaught ways...so, this is what you get...what kind of identity do we want to have as a team...? Right now, we're kind of in-between and it shows...
I wish they would have tried to stay fast, because every team is seemingly fast, going defensive isn't the new angle, because Trotz has his team playing defense.
It's really tough to just open up your game given the limited horses we have from a skill and speed perspective...particularly our back line, the genesis of offense...If this was true months ago, why is it still true? If you’re the coach, going into the 3rd period yesterday, how could you not look around the room and see a bunch of zombies and not just say, “ya know what...let’s just loosen up and have fun out there”.I think I said this months ago...we changed our identity to be a slower, more defensive team...we aren't playing good defense, and we don't have the structure or the players to continue our fast/offensive onslaught ways...so, this is what you get...what kind of identity do we want to have as a team...? Right now, we're kind of in-between and it shows...
This team just packing it in 2 years in a row as Rome burns down around them is shitty. Try something else. Do something.
This is like telling your wife to “calm down”If this was true months ago, why is it still true? If you’re the coach, going into the 3rd period yesterday, how could you not look around the room and see a bunch of zombies and not just say, “ya know what...let’s just loosen up and have fun out there”.
Just heard Sullivan's post-game comments about how "regardless of the players, I think there's right way for this team to play" and now everything makes more sense. He's trying to get a bunch of star players, who don't want to play a defensive system AND know that as a team they're not good enough to win a cup, to play a style better suited for a bunch of "nameless gray faces". They've completely tuned him out. Won't surprise me if this series doesn't go back to that shithole on Long Island.Kessel apparently said yesterday when questioned about strategy on the ice "Our coaches make up the strategy, talk to them."
Sullivan seeming beside himself on the podium last night makes me wonder if he's frustrated that the players have tuned him out, because it's looking that way on the ice.
what does the wife in this premise want, then? just to go not get injured so they can enjoy the longest summer off they've had in 4 years?This is like telling your wife to “calm down”If this was true months ago, why is it still true? If you’re the coach, going into the 3rd period yesterday, how could you not look around the room and see a bunch of zombies and not just say, “ya know what...let’s just loosen up and have fun out there”.
I think that's something that will get lost in the complaints about GMJR's attempt to remake the team. Hagelin was floundering, Pearson was less than stellar, Oleksiak was barely better than the Oleksiak we traded for, Brassard was terrible, and Sprong was struggling and is waiver eligible. Not a whole lot there to salivate about.GMJR didn't have good assets to play with...so you get what you get...I understand the reasoning I guess for going defensive. I don't get the reason to get defensive, and find the slowest guys possible.I think I said this months ago...we changed our identity to be a slower, more defensive team...we aren't playing good defense, and we don't have the structure or the players to continue our fast/offensive onslaught ways...so, this is what you get...what kind of identity do we want to have as a team...? Right now, we're kind of in-between and it shows...
I wish they would have tried to stay fast, because every team is seemingly fast, going defensive isn't the new angle, because Trotz has his team playing defense.
i'm sure someone has brought up comparisons to erik Christensen?Yeah, he doesn't have next level skill certainly. He has enough skill and sense to keep up with skill guys, but he's a player that could be upgraded in that spot. Bluegers doesn't do much in the NHL for me, I'd want Simon over him for virtually any line. But that's more on Bluegers than Simon...Simon's good enough to play in the league, but he does let a lot of pucks get away from him...doesn't have good protection ability...Is Simon considered “skilled” because he merely tries to make skilled plays? Dude has a success rate of about 3% with anything fancy he tries. He is an all time flubber of pucks.
And sure - Bleuger isn’t the difference here. But he plays like he gives a crap. I’m not sure how he stays out of the lineup right now. Sully things...
Swimfan had a shot...Simon can play with the puck a little more, better playmaker, better defensively...I don't think they're terribly similar...i'm sure someone has brought up comparisons to erik Christensen?Yeah, he doesn't have next level skill certainly. He has enough skill and sense to keep up with skill guys, but he's a player that could be upgraded in that spot. Bluegers doesn't do much in the NHL for me, I'd want Simon over him for virtually any line. But that's more on Bluegers than Simon...Simon's good enough to play in the league, but he does let a lot of pucks get away from him...doesn't have good protection ability...Is Simon considered “skilled” because he merely tries to make skilled plays? Dude has a success rate of about 3% with anything fancy he tries. He is an all time flubber of pucks.
And sure - Bleuger isn’t the difference here. But he plays like he gives a crap. I’m not sure how he stays out of the lineup right now. Sully things...
I think I said this months ago...we changed our identity to be a slower, more defensive team...we aren't playing good defense, and we don't have the structure or the players to continue our fast/offensive onslaught ways...so, this is what you get...what kind of identity do we want to have as a team...? Right now, we're kind of in-between and it shows...