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Re: #FireHolland [message #825933 is a reply to message #825926 ]	Fri, 13 October 2023 17:43

Kr55
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RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 13 October 2023 09:53

I don't get the idea of getting more playmakers for McD and Leon, especially McD. He's a guy that likes to set up people. I loved the fact the was shooting more last year but McD still looks to set up his wingers first. So you'd be asking McD to change his game and become more of a shooter if you put a pure passer on his line. That makes no sense.

For Leon, he likes to pass a lot as well but there is already Nuge on his line who's more of a passer than shooter.

If you don't have wingers that can carry the puck and make plays 5v5, you get exactly what we saw last playoffs. You get McDavid and Drai having to play together. Seems pretty straightforward to me.

Very few top 6 players are a "pure playmaker". However, there are lots of players that are much more shooters than playmakers, like Kane or Nuge 5v5. A forward that is able to hold onto pucks and make good plays usually is also able recognize when they should shoot too.

As for McDrai wanting to be the guys setting players up. I think they just want goals to happen. And we make those 2 players have to do 1 man show acts a lot more than we probably should, because no one else on their lines can hold onto pucks very well.

This has burned us a number of times now, wingers that can't hold pucks and draw some attention away from McDavid or Drai. When you face really good teams, we make the game plan pretty simple. Time and time again our coaches give up on having 2 lines with only 1 player able to carry the puck, and turn us into a 1 line team with 2 guys that can make a play as our only hope.

And yeah, Dragon_Matt gives a good example of the type of player I'm talking about. Eberle would be very useful on this team right now. Heads up player, great playmaker and passer 5v5, and can put the puck in the net when the opportunity is there.

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#FireHolland	By: Ragnarok73 on Thu, 12 October 2023 09:07
Re: #FireHolland	By: CrusaderPi on Thu, 12 October 2023 09:16
Re: #FireHolland	By: Kr55 on Thu, 12 October 2023 13:58
Re: #FireHolland	By: inverno76 on Fri, 13 October 2023 09:34
Re: #FireHolland	By: Dragon_Matt on Fri, 13 October 2023 09:43
Re: #FireHolland	By: RDOilerfan on Fri, 13 October 2023 09:53
Re: #FireHolland	By: Kr55 on Fri, 13 October 2023 17:43
Re: #FireHolland	By: Dragon_Matt on Wed, 18 October 2023 09:19
Re: #FireHolland	By: RDOilerfan on Wed, 18 October 2023 10:38
Re: #FireHolland	By: inverno76 on Wed, 18 October 2023 15:03
Re: #FireHolland	By: RDOilerfan on Wed, 18 October 2023 15:48
Re: #FireHolland	By: Kr55 on Wed, 18 October 2023 16:27
Re: #FireHolland	By: RDOilerfan on Wed, 18 October 2023 16:29
Re: #FireHolland	By: Kr55 on Sun, 22 October 2023 22:51
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