Lets Get Kraken
Joined: Apr. 2021
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The Canes have the weapons to score at will and score like crazy. The final 5 minutes in Winnipeg showed that. The win against Edmonton showed that. The biggest problem that they face is that they are too defensively oriented, and while the defensive game is a strength, it can’t draw away from the offense. While Rod has been amazing as a coach for the Canes, he just hasn’t been able to draw out the lethal offense that we know the Canes have. You also can’t blame Rod for coaching a defensive style of play when he was one of the best defensive 2-way players of all time. Injuries so far this season have not helped the Canes offense. Being without Patches for the majority of the season is a lot of offense being lost, now add in Turbo being out, and even Kase, the Canes have lost too much of their offense due to injuries. Firing Rod is not the solution in the long run. Whoever is running the PP needs to be sacked, that’s for sure, but firing Rod is not the answer. If the Canes can get their defensive game back to where it was last season, but get the offensive mentality that teams like Colorado have, where the net front role is actually filled, and they have constant movement and a shoot first mentality, they will be a much more lethal team. As good as the Staal line has been, it’s a line built for grinding in the playoffs, not to generate offense in the regular season.