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 Adam
Messages: 7757
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
6 Cups
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| Kr55 wrote on Mon, 05 January 2026 17:51 |
Pretty crazy.
Although, a completely washed up Henrique that can barely touch the puck 5v5, and Lazar as our bottom 6 centers is crazy bad. Possibly the worst we've been down the middle in the bottom 6 in the last decade.
Drai seems to be stuck with total dud wingers again. Not sure what he has been telling Podz, but Podz seems to think he doesn't have to play a simple game anymore. Endless overhandling pucks and long skates in the offensive zone to corner himself and just toss the puck back to the D.
Back to being a 1 line team.
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I don't like the coaching to the 3rd and 4th lines. I don't think there's any expectation of goals - just a requirement not to get scored on. They're endlessly defending as a result because they don't really try to maintain offence, no one shows any creativity. We've also had multiple times now where depth players who've scored are immediately in the press box the following game. All of Philp, Hutson and Jones have had that happen, with Hutson & Jones both not just getting sat, but actually demoted to the AHL after scoring their goals.
I am generally more happy with Knoblauch than I have been with most prior coaches (I liked regular season Woodcroft, not so much the playoff version). But he needs to learn to trust younger players to play a role here and find a way to make them successful, because those old dogs have no bite any more. Unless they can find a way to actually contribute, we need guys like Henrique, Janmark, Frederic and Lazar to play less - and we need to get some of those young guys scoring at an NHL level. We don't need a lot - but it would be nice if some of our depth pieces were at at least a 25-30 point pace.
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
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