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Skookum Jim wrote on Thu, 25 April 2024 15:12 |
NetBOG wrote on Wed, 24 April 2024 22:13 |
Skookum Jim wrote on Wed, 24 April 2024 23:08 | Classic Nurse.
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It was the other D-man having a shoving match at the redline when the goal went in that was the issue.
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I think I saw something different.. The LA d-man shot the puck up from the LA zone to Byfield at center ice.. Ceci had Byfield checked.. puck deflects off Byfield.. Nurse is asleep at the wheel (great band!) .. he has initial position on Kopitar and should be able to check him .. but is caught flat footed (?) due to (IMHO) lack of situational awareness, and too slow to react, which is a problem of his (my complaint) .. maybe he has a mechanical weakness pivoting to his right (?) .. but he's one of the Oilers top 2 shutdown D-men.. can't happen.. so often.. One (1) mistake can cost you a playoff series.. and a Stanley Cup (ask Steve Smith! .. although Fuhr should've had it!) .. Nurse.. as with everyone else, has to play mistake free, along with highest level of situational awareness, in order to progress through to the Cup final.. they all need to be much better.
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I agree with 95% of this. I have been hard on Ceci a lot this year but he is making the exact right play there. Blaming him for this goal is just a silly take.
While I agree that Nurse could have made a better play it is a really tough read. I dont think anyone expected that puck to come out of the boards or be redirected by Byfield right to Kopitar.
When the puck side D pinches off a long pass the other D needs to cheat to the middle and the weak side winger needs to be coming back to cover the trailer.
This is where Nurse could have done better in that as soon as the long pass to center was made, Ceci steps up, Nurse cheats over. If he does that a quarter second earlier he is probably able to make a play on the puck or angle Kopitar to a worse shooting angle.
IMO Ceci made the right play and Nurse was a little late on his read. Not every goal has to have a player drawn and quartered and this is one of them. I thought Nurse had a decent game overall.
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