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 Adam
Messages: 7757
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
6 Cups
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| welcometotheOC wrote on Fri, 03 December 2021 15:24 |
| inverno76 wrote on Fri, 03 December 2021 14:33 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 03 December 2021 13:12 |
Lines for tonight.
Hyman - McD - Yamo
RNH - Drai - JP
Foegele - McLeod - Kass
Perlini - Ryan Sceviour
Russell - Barrie
Lagesson - Bouchard
Niemelaninen - Broberg
Skinner
I like the mix for the top 6. I don't think a line can be successful when you have 2 undersized, somewhat passive players in Nuge and Yamo on the same line so putting a bigger, more assertive player on 1 wing in Hyman and JP and then 2 passive guys on the other makes more sense to me.
Benson deserves to take a seat. He had another game with zeros for stats except the dumbass penalty he took running the Pens goalie.
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That was a horrible penalty. It is inexplicable why Benson took that route through the crease. Benson or Perlini....not much of a difference. Benson seems to have created more scoring chances throughout the year, but both are an offensive black holes.
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On the play the goalie stepped out slightly and extended his stick arm, then Benson bumped the stick going by and the goalie dove. I don't really blame Benson for that one. Lots of acting on the part of the goaler....
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I don't know...he cut right through the blue paint. It's possible Jarry made a meal of it, but Benson made it really easy for him to do so.
He only got one more shift after that, which I think is a mistake that Tippett makes. He is constantly using ice time as a stick to beat young players (and only young players) with. I don't think benching a player for a mistake is a good strategy. It doesn't actually teach anyone anything, just gives the guy no chance to make up for his mistake. There are reasons to shorten your bench, and in a tight game, you may want to do so in the third period to play your best players more, but I wouldn't do it simply to prove a point to a kid who did something dumb.
That said, Benson should know who his coach is by now, and know that he can't do straight up stupid things. Running in to Jarry was stupid and he's got to find a way to avoid that.
"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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