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Part of the poor defensive structure is having not consistency in net. Its easier to play when you have confidence in your goaltending. Easier to make a play if you know its not going to end up in your net.Yeah we sucked in March
The complete lack of defensive structure bites us in the ass
People can blame goalies all they want, we played like crap for half the month
One of those has already been completed lol. Just got to lose out now.gotta lose out and shove a horse shoe up ur ass.
When your 2nd line has 38 even strength goals and combine to be -85 while not getting any offence in your bottom 6, that’s a problem. That’s not a coaching issue.
Batherson 7 even strength goals -37
Debrincat 16 even strength -28
Pinto 15 even strength goals -20
Let’s re-sign Debrincat for 8M and run this shit back.
Batherson needs to turn it around for sure but what in the world makes Debrincat worth 8M.I’m not suggesting this fixes everything but having Norris rather than rookie Pinto in that spot likely greatly improves that line effectiveness all over the ice, including defensively.
Again not a total fix, Batherson was indeed completely off his game for a lot of the year so he definitely needs to come back next year with his head screwed on right for that line to turn it around.
Lol good way to put it. They did play meaningful games, at least a few, they just lost most of them.So it turns out we did play meaningful games in March after all. We just f***ed it up. Mission accomplished.
Starting road trip with Belleville goalies for most of the rest of the year, realized it wasn’t likely to happen, still cheered the boys on though.Starting with the game in Chicago, an 8-5-3 record would have got it done. That would have them tied for a playoff spot right now. Instead, they went 5-8-3
If nothing else, DJ needs to be fired for squandering such a great opportunity to get into the playoffs.
We lost crucial games before Chabot and Chychrun's injuriesyeah…. It was 100% DJSs responsibility that Talbot missed three month of the season, Forberg blowing out his knees, Norris re- injuring himself, Chabot being lost for the season, Chychrun being lost for the season, Brassard breaking his leg and all the other injuries….DJS is to blame….
In a bad year he will get close to 30 goals. In a good year he will score over 40. This year with scoring up there will be only 15-17 guys score 40. Goals = $$$$$Batherson needs to turn it around for sure but what in the world makes Debrincat worth 8M.
Regardless the team doesn't play good defense and that is all on the coach. He needs to go.yeah…. It was 100% DJSs responsibility that Talbot missed three month of the season, Forberg blowing out his knees, Norris re- injuring himself, Chabot being lost for the season, Chychrun being lost for the season, Brassard breaking his leg and all the other injuries….DJS is to blame….
YesWe lost crucial games before Chabot and Chychrun's injuries
He averages 22 Even Strength goals per 82 games over his career and he would likely be on PP2 next year behind Brady, Stu, Batherson, Norris and 1 of the D. 8M is a lot for a guy that scores 1/3 of his goals on the PP.In a bad year he will get close to 30 goals. In a good year he will score over 40. This year with scoring up there will be only 15-17 guys score 40. Goals = $$$$$
So it seems you value Batherson over Debrincat ? DBC is only 4 months older and averages .278 ES goals per game compared to Bath who averages .161 ESG? That works out to 10 more ES goals per year and possibly an extra 2 wins. Also for the record, Batherson scores 41% of his goals on the PP where DBC scores 33% of his goals on the PP.He averages 22 Even Strength goals per 82 games over his career and he would likely be on PP2 next year behind Brady, Stu, Batherson, Norris and 1 of the D. 8M is a lot for a guy that scores 1/3 of his goals on the PP.
Batherson makes 5M not 8M. I’d move Batherson or Debrincat but I still don’t want to pay Debrincat anywhere close to 8M.So it seems you value Batherson over Debrincat ? DBC is only 4 months older and averages .278 ES goals per game compared to Bath who averages .161 ESG? That works out to 10 more ES goals per year and possibly an extra 2 wins. Also for the record, Batherson scores 41% of his goals on the PP where DBC scores 33% of his goals on the PP.
At least credit the source:
Sometimes the best trades are the ones you don’t make.
The Dorion story
Imagine if he never made :
- Zibanejad trade
- Duchene trade
- DeMelo trade
- Murray trade
- Gustavsson trade
- Paul trade
- Brown trade
There's plenty more (like Stepan lol) but those are the ones that hurt the most
i dunno man, sure the Zibby Brass trade was awful, but he traded Brass for assets, and then eventually signed him again. Key asset management, Dorion is thinking 12 moves aheadThe Zibanejad-Brassard-Gustavsson-Talbot arc is hilarious and almost reads like a tragedy.
He trades away the very piece that might have slightly redeemed him from one of the worst trades in NHL history.
And he gets rid of that piece in the EXACT same type of mistake!
Zibanejad and Gus out Brassard and Talbot in lol