Rowan Oil Fielding wrote on Thu, 04 April 2024 16:25

Didn't we have a legendary dman on the bench telling all our D to try to make plays like he did in the good old days? Ceci really takes it to heart, why can't Nurse?

Funny side stat. We are 4th last in the league at shot blocking. Vegas is #1. I know there are lots of ways to think about that stat, but I've really taken note lately at how awful most of our D are at getting in front of high danger chances when they had all the opportunity in the world to do it. It's damn annoying and keeping making me think about how badly this team needed a D like Tanev. There is a massive hole in our lineup of a totally reliable defender that is elite at reading and staying ahead of the play on our zone. We arguably have 1 D like that in Ekholm. Ek has his off periods too. Rest of the guys, chasers, stick wavers and elite puck dodgers (intentional or unintentional), sometimes adding elite screening of our goalie at the same time.

Oh well. Too late for this team. Pray for Miracles.

[Updated on: Fri, 05 April 2024 00:59]

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