Trade talk
Dec 17, 2002 12:06:25 GMT -5
Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on Dec 17, 2002 12:06:25 GMT -5
I, for one, am tired of all the trade talk.
Hackett and Theodore are playing great. Why does everyone want to trade the guys who are performing?
Yannik Perrault is small and soft. He is delivering the goods. Don't trade him. He was small when we signed him and he is still small today. Nothing has changed except that he has scored 14 goals and saved our ass. Enough with the trade Perrault talk.
Our real problem is a coach who can't be traded.
Our next problem is getting outshot 9 of ten games.
We are happy we beat Boston and Ottawa, but we were outshot both nights. We can't expect to continually get outshot and still win.
Our obvious problem is that we are too small and too soft. Too small is an afliction I can live with if all our small guys played like Koivu. Too soft is the result of having small guys who play like Czerkawski. We need a Komisarek in front of the opposition goalie on the power play. Ken Hodge, Cashman, Lindros, Leclair, Thornton, a power forward with a quick release wicked shot from the paint. Detroit is too small too but it hasn't stopped them. You have to have heart and stand in and take the hit to score.
Our next problem is our defense. Our D-men are not steady and reliable. Terry Harper and Tim Horton were steady if not spectacular. You can make up for mistakes on D if you deliver crunching hits and intimidate the opposition. Sometimes taking chances is ok if you have the offensive skills to set up and score more goals than you make mistakes.
Keeping the puck out of the net is not just the responsibliity of the goaltender. The Defensemen have to keep the shots down, clear the rebounds, clear the zone and keep opposing forwards on the perimeter. I could play forward in the NHL if I had Gainey, Provost and Carbonneau in the three forward slots. Even Breezeby could play defense in the NHL is the forwards backchecked and steered forwards to the boards where he could cut them off. We need a system and we need a coach to teach and implement it.
AS..... We soon will need a GM to find a coach. Do your job or someone will come in and do it for you.
Hackett and Theodore are playing great. Why does everyone want to trade the guys who are performing?
Yannik Perrault is small and soft. He is delivering the goods. Don't trade him. He was small when we signed him and he is still small today. Nothing has changed except that he has scored 14 goals and saved our ass. Enough with the trade Perrault talk.
Our real problem is a coach who can't be traded.
Our next problem is getting outshot 9 of ten games.
We are happy we beat Boston and Ottawa, but we were outshot both nights. We can't expect to continually get outshot and still win.
Our obvious problem is that we are too small and too soft. Too small is an afliction I can live with if all our small guys played like Koivu. Too soft is the result of having small guys who play like Czerkawski. We need a Komisarek in front of the opposition goalie on the power play. Ken Hodge, Cashman, Lindros, Leclair, Thornton, a power forward with a quick release wicked shot from the paint. Detroit is too small too but it hasn't stopped them. You have to have heart and stand in and take the hit to score.
Our next problem is our defense. Our D-men are not steady and reliable. Terry Harper and Tim Horton were steady if not spectacular. You can make up for mistakes on D if you deliver crunching hits and intimidate the opposition. Sometimes taking chances is ok if you have the offensive skills to set up and score more goals than you make mistakes.
Keeping the puck out of the net is not just the responsibliity of the goaltender. The Defensemen have to keep the shots down, clear the rebounds, clear the zone and keep opposing forwards on the perimeter. I could play forward in the NHL if I had Gainey, Provost and Carbonneau in the three forward slots. Even Breezeby could play defense in the NHL is the forwards backchecked and steered forwards to the boards where he could cut them off. We need a system and we need a coach to teach and implement it.
AS..... We soon will need a GM to find a coach. Do your job or someone will come in and do it for you.