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 CrudeRemarks
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Location: Edmonton
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| overdue wrote on Thu, 31 October 2019 12:30 |
| Steve wrote on Wed, 30 October 2019 14:50 |
I thought our bottom 6 additions were decent in the offseason too. I'm starting to wonder if it's not just a personnel problem, but a coaching and/or physiological problem. We've seen this since McDavid arrived no matter who the players are and no matter who the coach is. Having two of the best players in the league on the top line must be having an affect here. There just isn't enough pressure on the remaining players to score goals, because they literally do not have to for the team to win games.
God forbid McDavid gets hurt, but if he did I would guess that our bottom 6 scoring would pick up rather quickly.
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I agree with you're theory and have mentioned it in a post on here before. Same mindset as in past seasons, even though many of the players have been changed out, because of how good that top line is. The bottom 6 take a back seat in every way except maybe penalty killing. You would think McDavid's presence and example would lift the rest of the team to a higher level but in this case it doesn't seem to work that way. The players on his line benefit with better offensive numbers ( Chaisson last season ) but that's as far as it goes. That's why I also think they need to start scale
ing back the dynamic duo in ice time ( unless the situation is dire ) and give a bit more to the bottom end of the team. Winning games is everything and the big stars can do that for you,( some of the time ) but it may come with a price. IE burnout or injury. I guess another way to look at it is they make as much as 3 or 4 times the money the lesser players do so they should be playing more and getting the juicy assignments but if it continues probably ends up with the team going nowhere. Too predictable and easier to defend. Guess you can't blame the coaches for riding them as much as possible though given that their job is to try to manufacture wins.
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You really would think that a young offensive player would be able to produce behind McDavid beecause they're facing the 2nd and 3rd pairing more often. Could it be that the "role player" guys are such offensive black holes that they erase that advantage? It was certainly the case with Lucic.
You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you can get a lottery pick.
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