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Kr55 wrote on Tue, 21 May 2024 13:00

Knob talking about McLeod's error

zach @zjlaing
knoblauch on mcleod's turnover, how to make sure it doesn't leave too big of a dent: "you have to be careful with that. one, you don't know how he's going to handle that the next play, the next time the puck is on his stick, what's he going to do. part of being a good defensive player is being able to make the play with the puck, but i'll tell you, that last seven, eight minutes of the game, i missed him. i wanted him out there. but you also have to be careful with how he's going to handle that. he probably would've handled it fine. i think he would've made the play, but you are not sure. i know there's a very strong, supportive team, group of players that are giving him a lot of support, and i'm sure he's going to put it behind him and he might be starting game one, opening draw against dallas, because i don't know how far we're going to get without him playing well, and playing some key situations."



Pretty good coach talk there. Hope McLeod is encouraged to keep pushing forward.

Rough playoffs for him for sure. 1.64% SH% when he's on the ice 5v5. Might be surprising to see he has 55.37% xGF 5v5, 5th highest on the team. No luck at all in the playoffs, zero bounces to be had. Also, not getting to the high scoring areas as much as he could, we can all see that. He hasn't seen a goal against on the PK yet in the 2nd unit.


Looks like a young guy that, while playing defensively pretty well (minus a huge mistake of course), can't quite figure out how to contribute in the offensive zone. He still does useful things though, we need him.


Also a funny post-game thing with Drai. He was asked about lack of depth scoring, and Drai responded that those players are doing lots of things the media sometimes doesn't appreciate. While saying that his eyes move away from the media guy asking the question and widen to stare directly at 1 particular guy in the crowd on the other side of the seats, and has an awkward pause while he glares. I'm guessing it was Spector.


We've seen that a couple times now with Knoblauch - he benched Foegele after an ugly turnover earlier in the playoffs too. I'm not sure I 100% agree with it - I mean, if you take one of our third liners out, then you have more fourth liner time which I don't think makes us better, but at the same time, it's not like it is Connor McDavid. Hopefully it doesn't happen again.

Just from the eye test, I don't think the third line has created a lot of great chances. I think they've played decently enough, but they aren't exactly threatening with a lot of slot shots or tips or anything - too much perimeter stuff. Perry seemed consistently dangerous in the regular season, I've been surprised that he hasn't got more done in the playoffs.

Also, still not sure why Gagner isn't getting any love above the collection of grinders...



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