Kariyadog wrote: ↑16 Dec 2025 00:46 am
(drat) that was painful. ROR making the blues look like beer leaguers. You’d never think the preds were bottom of the barrel team. They look good. Good position, breakouts, swarm the puck, win most of the puck battles, know how to shoot instead of 10 passes,…
In fairness, most teams know how to shoot the puck. It's only the Blues who have a policy of every player on the ice touching the puck twice before maybe shooting. It's like those stories about junior teams beating their opponent so bad that the coach makes them pass so many times before shooting. Except the Blues are usually the ones getting their (bleep) kicked.
At least five times, last night. I saw the player with the puck. Hold on to it through the shooting lanes, just to past back.
Then that guy has to shoot through ten arms, ten legs, five bodies, five sticks, hoping it somehow ping pongs in.
I think it's our plan.
I gave up in the 2nd- did not miss much. ROR is still so hardworking and effective. Hard to imagine we could not have found the money to keep him. The way Preds are playing now they could hop over the Kraken, Blues, Hawks, and Jets this week.
With all of the injuries this is the time for our leaders like Thomas, Buch, Parayko to put the team on their backs. Oh well. The kids are the only reason to watch.
Kariyadog wrote: ↑16 Dec 2025 00:46 am
(drat) that was painful. ROR making the blues look like beer leaguers. You’d never think the preds were bottom of the barrel team. They look good. Good position, breakouts, swarm the puck, win most of the puck battles, know how to shoot instead of 10 passes,…
In fairness, most teams know how to shoot the puck. It's only the Blues who have a policy of every player on the ice touching the puck twice before maybe shooting. It's like those stories about junior teams beating their opponent so bad that the coach makes them pass so many times before shooting. Except the Blues are usually the ones getting their (bleep) kicked.
At least five times, last night. I saw the player with the puck. Hold on to it through the shooting lanes, just to past back.
Then that guy has to shoot through ten arms, ten legs, five bodies, five sticks, hoping it somehow ping pongs in.
I think it's our plan.
Im really starting to question the coaching. It's ridiculous that they routinely have periods with 4 shots on goal. Our PP is completely discombobulated while every other team looks like an all star team on the PP. Our defense is consistently backing into our ozone against the rush, never taking the man, always chasing in our own zone, can't clear, etc.
