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JJ plays a physical game, he hits, but please don't excuse that for good hockey. He's awful. If he could learn that when he's the last man back he shouldn't be pinching leaving to fast breaks, and that defense men aren't suppose to wander all over the ice to lay a hit he'd be worth a damn. But that simply doesn't stick into his head. He's always out there trying to be the hero and being exposed. The team doesn't need a hero defense man, they need someone who can stop goals from going in. I'm not sure what you are talking about as far as shot suppression. Our goalies have been lit up like a Christmas tree as of lately. And he's on the ice for a part of that too.
You people are either completely blind, don't watch games, or have no understanding of what a defense man should do.
Don't get me wrong, it's not all JJ fault. But when a guy is on the ice for 30 some goals and you can directly look at him as being a reason for a lot of them you can't be serious to say he's not the problem.
You could say the same thing about letang. Against the ducks Letang was directly responsible for the goal off the face off. The penguins winger pressed forward to the next level for his defensive responsibility on the Anaheim defense man aka to stop a 1 timer slap shot, and Letang was directly responsible for the Ducks winger closest to the goal who was left uncovered. He did not engage, tie him up etc.... and he scored a goal. That goal is directly on letang who frankly got no help from the goalie who didn't stop an easy shot.
You can make direct relations to who is responsible for goals getting scored. JJ is probably more responsible for goals being scored against this team than any defense man on the ice. Followed by Letang and Oleksiak. But at least Oleksiak brings something to the table. He keeps teams honest in a way JJ will never do. He also is a pretty solid 3rd pairing guy which is all he was suppose to be.