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MikeyD

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  1. The first goal was a good battle. He took away his stick it was just unlucky. Good defending but you need puck luck sometimes. He took away the skill option.
  2. Petey was the same way before the NHL too. It's one of the first things a scout should look for in an offensive player is how they move away from the puck. Being aware off the puck equals way more consistent offensive performances.
  3. Hoglander is showing his true potential tonight. Imagine if the kid develops a shot.
  4. I'm watching on sportsnet west and the oilers game is supposedly being delayed an hour. This better not cut into our game :(
  5. To be honest, I kind of am worried. He's poor defensively not because he lacks the technical aspect. He's poor because he lacks effort. Defensemen who are invested into defense are constantly turning their heads looking for plays to shut down or men to mark, have the ability to communicate the system to their teammates so avoid confusion, actively look to take away sticks at all times, etc. With Hughes, he just stares at the puck unless another player gets in between him and the puck. Rarely do you see the kid look behind him or look to his side to see if there's an open man. It's not about getting the timing down and learning how to control gaps against the fastest players. He's fundamentally not even aware of what's going on around him and that's what makes him horrible defensively.
  6. It is when you have one of the worst defenses in the entire league. That's a huge chunk of change for somebody that can defend like a 4th defenseman.
  7. Poor third period but for the most part I liked the effort the boys brought. The setups were convoluted and we didn't work extremely well as a team, nor were we well-oiled but at least the effort was acceptable tonight. 7/10 times we walk away with a win putting in that amount of effort.
  8. It was a good period. Systems wise it was terrible but effort wise we were there. Unkucky to be down by 1.
  9. Also nobody here has seen his game when he is allowed to play it. We only saw one period (third) where he had a bit more confidence. He's a play driver. He was terrified to play his own game. Clearly he didn't feel comfortable to play his own game.
  10. They didn't even show the bad entries. There was one where it was a 1 on 3 and our team literally backed off the line and allowed a drive to the net.
  11. Before he got the captaincy he threw hits all of the time. He also used to drive wide and to the net every single game. Good times. He used to be a first line driver with third line hands and now he's got 2nd line hands with 3rd line drive.
  12. I've been saying he should be in the lineup since last season. Am I wrong? He's our best player tonight and it's not even close. Our team has lacked heart in 90% of the games and the guy is nothing but. The fact he's sat out all of this time while the bottom six floats is ridiculous. We've allowed our team to be indifferent. We've actually condoned it.
  13. Not really. He'd make a fantastic third line player if he was actually allowed to play for us.
  14. Who is the Justin Bailey and why does a 4th liner have our only slight scoring chance? What a bum. Keep him out of the line up.
  15. Whoa is that a hockey player hustling?! Who is that guy? I feel like we should play him more often when we had no hustle! I'm not a coach though so what would I know?!
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