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Post by seventeen on Dec 12, 2022 23:10:55 GMT -5
Calgary is working hard, but something about their demeanor out there they look like a paper tiger compared to last season. They are lucky that, tonight, Markstrom rolled back the clock and is playing like he did before the page turned to 2022. They’re missing Lindholm and Weegar. Two pretty good players. |
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Post by seventeen on Dec 12, 2022 23:13:24 GMT -5
Man they refuse to shoot from the slot ...what the heck are they doing. I want to see Dach shoot a lot more. I bet every opponent plays him to pass, yet you look at that shoot out goal and you know he’s capable. |
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Post by seventeen on Dec 12, 2022 23:14:12 GMT -5
Who's been playing LW on that line? Man we have some wasted positions out there. There's no place on this team for Pitlick, Hoffman, Armia, Pezzetta, Wideman, Anderson (my pet peeve), or Dadanov. We could debate some others but that's 8 players who are dressed but can be improved upon. That's a lot! The Hoffman. No he’s not. I know that he’s out there but….. |
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Post by seventeen on Dec 12, 2022 23:15:18 GMT -5
The crowd groans as Pitlick is announced. Nothing doing Add me to ‘that crowd’. |
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Post by PTH on Dec 12, 2022 23:38:13 GMT -5
Nothing will happen mid-season, but there is not much of a basis for keeping Burrows employed moving into 2023-24. Even before tonight's extensive 5 on 3 and 4 on 3 debacles while missing Caufield, the Habs power play was 30th in the league. I'm just happy to have seen him talking to Marc Denis. It confirms they are not in fact the same person. |
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Post by PTH on Dec 12, 2022 23:40:52 GMT -5
Anyone else get the feeling someone told Anderson something akin to "they are inquiring about trading for you, if you like the idea of playing for a playoff team rather than a rebuilding on, make sure to show them what you can do".
In fact, it kind of looked like Dvorak and Anderson were being showcased.
All that being said, Slaf and Anderson seem to be developing some chemistry, largely since Anderson doesn't want to carry the puck, so Slaf isn't deferring to anyone when he takes it and decides where the play is heading.
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Post by Skilly on Dec 12, 2022 23:53:16 GMT -5
They should start a search for a PP specialist because clearly Burrows is as inept as the rest of the clowns that preceded him. The various coaching staffs have been out of ideas for years. Time for new ideas and a fresh face. Its beyond embarrassing now. In previous years it was always just blast from the point and hope it gets through, only to see 95% of shots get blocked or go wide This year is baffling. Pass, pass , pass, pass, pass, and they are force the box to drop low into the zone (which is good), but continually giving up shots from the slot to pass to the low post through three sticks. Slaf was the only guy tonight to wind up in the slot and try to pound it in or get that rebound, unfortunately his shot went wide. Someone needs to show them two minutes of constant passing with total zone control then pause and ask the simple question ..."now why didn't they score" ...it's almost as if they are afraid to shoot and be called selfish. You can't score unless you shoot. Dumdums |
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Post by habsorbed on Dec 13, 2022 10:21:15 GMT -5
Having Hoff on the PP, particularly as the QB, is a showstopper. A QB should be smart and have excellent passing skills. Hoff has neither. His ridiculous turnover which ultimately led to the Flames goal was just moronic and contrary to everything a peewee hockey player learns. He did the same thing the game before when we had pulled the goalie and he blindly sent the puck to the front of the Kings net and then it shortly ended up in our net. The guy's got a pretty good shot, sometimes. Otherwise he brings nothing and should not be put in key positions.
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Dec 13, 2022 10:40:23 GMT -5
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Post by Willie Dog on Dec 13, 2022 11:45:32 GMT -5
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Post by Andrew on Dec 13, 2022 12:44:12 GMT -5
I thought he had one of his best games. He's adjusting to the pace and able to hang on to the puck a bit longer, and using his frame to protect the puck well. Got off a couple of good one-timers on net. Just needs to find a way to get those through the goalie. Maybe Caufield can show him a trick or two in that regard. |
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Post by halihab on Dec 13, 2022 13:10:48 GMT -5
I don't understand why they don't play Guhle on the PP. I am not a fan of the 5 forwards on the PP. None of them can shoot from the point. They need a threat at the point, otherwise, the other team is going to take away the low shot.
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Post by seventeen on Dec 13, 2022 14:07:47 GMT -5
Nothing will happen mid-season, but there is not much of a basis for keeping Burrows employed moving into 2023-24. Even before tonight's extensive 5 on 3 and 4 on 3 debacles while missing Caufield, the Habs power play was 30th in the league. I'm just happy to have seen him talking to Marc Denis. It confirms they are not in fact the same person. Twins? |
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Post by Willie Dog on Dec 13, 2022 14:09:59 GMT -5
I don't understand why they don't play Guhle on the PP. I am not a fan of the 5 forwards on the PP. None of them can shoot from the point. They need a threat at the point, otherwise, the other team is going to take away the low shot. Imo... X is a perfect point guy on the Pp... he almost always gets his shot on net... him and guhle on the point is fine with me |
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Post by seventeen on Dec 13, 2022 14:11:12 GMT -5
Anyone else get the feeling someone told Anderson something akin to "they are inquiring about trading for you, if you like the idea of playing for a playoff team rather than a rebuilding on, make sure to show them what you can do". In fact, it kind of looked like Dvorak and Anderson were being showcased. All that being said, Slaf and Anderson seem to be developing some chemistry, largely since Anderson doesn't want to carry the puck, so Slaf isn't deferring to anyone when he takes it and decides where the play is heading. Not sure about that. Anderson seems to love carrying the puck and trying to go through 5 guys. He is completely ineffective with it, so in that sense, the combo of Slaf and Andy makes a lot of sense. Anderson isn't even that good a finisher compared to the number of good chances he gets. Oops. Are any other GM's listening? |
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Post by seventeen on Dec 13, 2022 14:13:49 GMT -5
Anyone have Kirby Dach's mother's phone number? |
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Post by seventeen on Dec 13, 2022 14:18:06 GMT -5
I don't understand why they don't play Guhle on the PP. I am not a fan of the 5 forwards on the PP. None of them can shoot from the point. They need a threat at the point, otherwise, the other team is going to take away the low shot. Imo... X is a perfect point guy on the Pp... he almost always gets his shot on net... him and guhle on the point is fine with me That's the big mystery. Wifi has that heavy wrist shot, so it's going to cause damage a) if it gets blocked, b) if it gets through and is deflected and c) if it gets through and causes a rebound. You often don't expect a big guy to have any brains (why is that?) but he's a sharp guy and he manages to get his shots through often enough. Guhle and Harris are also high hockey IQ guys and well suited to that top PP spot. Hoffman?......I'll concede he can shoot. Leave everything else up to others. |
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Post by Willie Dog on Dec 13, 2022 14:46:37 GMT -5
Imo... X is a perfect point guy on the Pp... he almost always gets his shot on net... him and guhle on the point is fine with me That's the big mystery. Wifi has that heavy wrist shot, so it's going to cause damage a) if it gets blocked, b) if it gets through and is deflected and c) if it gets through and causes a rebound. You often don't expect a big guy to have any brains (why is that?) but he's a sharp guy and he manages to get his shots through often enough. Guhle and Harris are also high hockey IQ guys and well suited to that top PP spot. Hoffman?......I'll concede he can shoot. Leave everything else up to others. I think Hoffman lives off of his reputation... I don't recall him, with the Habs anyways, ever having a great release... he doesn't have a release like CC, Suze or even Kirby(as evidenced by his OT goal... even Gary Galley was positive about it) |
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Post by Skilly on Dec 13, 2022 15:16:08 GMT -5
I'd text him too ...and yelled so loud at the TV everyone east of the Bell Center heard me |
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Post by Cranky on Dec 13, 2022 16:04:13 GMT -5
X and Guhle need to practice shooting with two pound steel pucks like thet did in the old days. That's how Lemaire and Makita got 100mph shots from skinny frames.
Basically the body gets use to moving something heavier and going back to the 6oz puck seems like street ball.
I made one at work and it's a wrist *ucker. Didn't dare try slapshots but wrist shots were definetly faster.
Both of those guys are as big if not bigger the Weber so it's a matter of practice...and pain.
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Post by Cranky on Dec 13, 2022 16:10:33 GMT -5
That's the big mystery. Wifi has that heavy wrist shot, so it's going to cause damage a) if it gets blocked, b) if it gets through and is deflected and c) if it gets through and causes a rebound. You often don't expect a big guy to have any brains (why is that?) but he's a sharp guy and he manages to get his shots through often enough. Guhle and Harris are also high hockey IQ guys and well suited to that top PP spot. Hoffman?......I'll concede he can shoot. Leave everything else up to others. I think Hoffman lives off of his reputation... I don't recall him, with the Habs anyways, ever having a great release... he doesn't have a release like CC, Suze or even Kirby(as evidenced by his OT goal... even Gary Galley was positive about it) The BIGGEST failing of a lot of these guys is that extra second to release their shot. Particularly in brain seized players like Anderson and particularly Armia. That second they take to figure out were to aim is that second the goalie takes to get in posistion. Versus CC who fires it in one motion or Suzuki who is looking like he will pass before shooting. I know it sounds easy from my arm chair but then, I'm not paid millions to make sure i practise my trade until my hands bleed. |
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Post by Willie Dog on Dec 13, 2022 16:44:03 GMT -5
I complain about Savard but man Wideman is useless... he's players with man at the end of their surname are useless
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Post by Willie Dog on Dec 13, 2022 16:55:45 GMT -5
Dvorak Hoffman Dadonov and Armia on a pp in ot... how sad
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