bucks_oil
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I think I will agree with you on the Doughty goal that this really is nit picking and leave it there,
The real issue with that goal was why was the right side of the D so wide open that a opposition Dman was able to skate in unobstructed on a breakaway.
That really should be the question here. That was an epic defensive breakdown.
Regarding Foegele...I couldnt disagree more. With the reality of the situation (the Kings player coming in hot) that was a bang bang play. That puck had to either be on Foegles stick or get out of the zone stat and for Foegele to have any chance at transitioning the play that puck had to moved up quickly. Its tough to consider it cheating when Foegele was 10 feet ahead of Bouchard. Screwing around in your own zone in that sitaution shouldnt have been an option for Bouchard.
Bouchard made the worst possible decision he could make on that play.
For sure and it didnt even necessarily have to go off the glass.....just up and out off or along the boards.
Doughty goal: watch the reply again, the answer is very obvious. Kulak pinched in hard and got caught, fell to one knee. Desharnais slid over to the left (perhaps too far?) to cover for Kulak and put pressure on the puck carrier, but that opened up the right side and of course our three forwards were all deep in the zone, so only RNH recognized and sprinted back into position too late. Our F1 needs to be more aware there on that pinch.
Foegele: we can agree glass and out was the best move there, but watch that replay again too. Foegele wasn't even looking at Bouchard or the puck. He didn't give him the easy half wall outlet... he just turned his back and skated out of the zone. The pass caromed off the boards just behind him, but if he'd been facing Bouchard he'd have had a play on that puck. They got their signals crossed. In his defense, Foegele was probably assuming the only play was the safe glass and out play... but we had another forward just over the blue line (I'd have to look again, but I think it was Drai), so maybe Bouchard assumed Foegele planned to give him the half-wall option