Quoting: Smitty426
We are fast, but everything else, you're right we arent!
What else do you move if it stays this way?
Simmonds-yes, PK?
Greene to the Isles (maybe bring back CHEAP on a 1 yr)?
Zajac to WPG?
I have Cory going to Seattle with a sweetener
What else? Crazy we are here in early Nov! Damn!
we are a fast team - yes, but we do not play fast.
If you look at when we went to playoffs we were all over opponents. They didnt have a second to even consider looking up nevermind making a play. We get the puck and try to break out slowly, its a second late on the pass up the boards, a second late to the middle. Our powerplay forces the puck carrier to turn and drop for either hall or hughes who then get to the blue line if theyre lucky. They try to dish it off but the 4 d are on the blue line because they dont respect the speed because we dont play with it. If you really watch the game from last night, we are slow, we have no urgerncy, no desperation and guys get to their man on the forecheck they're late the pucks is gone, they reach for the puck they spin away and slap their stick at where the puck was. Finish a guy, get on your horse.
every breakout pass is just outside the reach of a player. Its not cause its a bad pass, its because they arent skating. In practice they fly out the zone, the dman hits them tape to tape, and theyre off. In the game d man makes the same pass and someone lunges for the pick tips it up to the opposing d and they come right back. I don't want to harp on hall, but the amount of rink turns he's taking, thats not the ethic or effort we need.
To answer your question, if were truly out by next week. its a tear down, simmonds we keep till the deadline. greene tdl, vatanen and hall early.
The saddest part is how good we could be with a real system.