Tale of the Tape – Roster tweaks won’t get it done
April 19, 2024
Wooooof… Bottom 3 on both sides for Transition, Possession, Center Control, Rush Shots and especially Defense…all keys to modern winning.
Maybe several 07 goalies washing out traumatized isn't about 'fit' after all
Stats all screaming for a big Yzer-moves summer or is the system just that far off?
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Didn’t need a chart to know we had all sorts of trouble entering the zone, but 32nd? Yikes
Low on rush shots on both sides; we’re slow. We knew this.
Possession entry and possession exit near-worst-in-the-league. Yep. Something is definitely wrong.
A crazy-good power-play that gets top-third opportunities in the league will carry you right up until the refs stop calling penalties.
We need to be able to protect the puck when that happens.
I doubt there will be big moves made this summer. They will most likely keep adding depth players on 1-3 year contracts while waiting for some of the young guys in the system to push their way onto the team. Kasper and/or Donaldson will most likely see time next year(maybe not right out of camp but eventually) as well as Johansson on D. Also a chance Mazur gets a look as well if he’s playing well to start the year in the A. I think Berggren most likely gets traded at some point this off-season and maybe a guy like Holl if there is a market for him.
Team is VERY VERY SLOW, 31st in Rush chances highlights this.
Also fucking horrible at exiting the zone 28th, and horrible at entering the zone 32nd, and horrible at forechecking and preventing zone exits 31st.
Replacing Copp, Perron, etc. With big fast skilled offensive players must be priority 1.
Our passing was god awful and we played “dump-and(no)-chase” far too often.
They really never locked in a consistent, effective team game all season. There were good games all throughout, but even their good games carried the DNA in this breakdown. I can imagine the number of truly “great” games they played this season is shockingly low. Honestly, that game against the Capitals was one of their best of the year, and I know there were very few games like that one.
Better players will help, but I really hope the coaching staff can learn from these two seasons. I’m tired of so many of the ineffective things they do. Defensemen getting stuck behind the net because they have no open forwards to pass to, so they rim it around the boards where it’s easily turned into a battle at the blue line. Passive waiting and watching in the defensive zone, but forwards in the neutral zone making runs at the puck carrier and whiffing completely because they’re standing still. The rare offensive zone pressure without even a sniff of a shot on goal. Mindless dump ins that we have no chance to retrieve. So many things I could point to that have to change.
It’s coaching, and not just the head coach, we needed to wipe the entire staff a couple of years ago. This shit was around with Blashill, still here with Lalonde, and it’s definitely not Stevie teaching them that.
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Didn’t need a chart to know we had all sorts of trouble entering the zone, but 32nd? Yikes
Low on rush shots on both sides; we’re slow. We knew this.
Possession entry and possession exit near-worst-in-the-league. Yep. Something is definitely wrong.
A crazy-good power-play that gets top-third opportunities in the league will carry you right up until the refs stop calling penalties.
We need to be able to protect the puck when that happens.
I doubt there will be big moves made this summer. They will most likely keep adding depth players on 1-3 year contracts while waiting for some of the young guys in the system to push their way onto the team. Kasper and/or Donaldson will most likely see time next year(maybe not right out of camp but eventually) as well as Johansson on D. Also a chance Mazur gets a look as well if he’s playing well to start the year in the A. I think Berggren most likely gets traded at some point this off-season and maybe a guy like Holl if there is a market for him.
Team is VERY VERY SLOW, 31st in Rush chances highlights this.
Also fucking horrible at exiting the zone 28th, and horrible at entering the zone 32nd, and horrible at forechecking and preventing zone exits 31st.
Replacing Copp, Perron, etc. With big fast skilled offensive players must be priority 1.
Our passing was god awful and we played “dump-and(no)-chase” far too often.
They really never locked in a consistent, effective team game all season. There were good games all throughout, but even their good games carried the DNA in this breakdown. I can imagine the number of truly “great” games they played this season is shockingly low. Honestly, that game against the Capitals was one of their best of the year, and I know there were very few games like that one.
Better players will help, but I really hope the coaching staff can learn from these two seasons. I’m tired of so many of the ineffective things they do. Defensemen getting stuck behind the net because they have no open forwards to pass to, so they rim it around the boards where it’s easily turned into a battle at the blue line. Passive waiting and watching in the defensive zone, but forwards in the neutral zone making runs at the puck carrier and whiffing completely because they’re standing still. The rare offensive zone pressure without even a sniff of a shot on goal. Mindless dump ins that we have no chance to retrieve. So many things I could point to that have to change.
It’s coaching, and not just the head coach, we needed to wipe the entire staff a couple of years ago. This shit was around with Blashill, still here with Lalonde, and it’s definitely not Stevie teaching them that.