Not absolving JJ for anything, but in this board he catches blame for everything. I saw bigger flaws elsewhere. I am not blindly defending, but here he is blindly blamed.
- Doogs

I feel that's what you did with Murray.

This might be true guys, and Kessel was a "pure sniper"....but, c\mon.

7 pp....a 90 second 5 on 3....and you guys can send out Crosby, Malkin, Letang, Guentzel and Hornqvist.

My God man!!!

That SHOULD be a Top 3 PP in the entire league.

I just don't get it. That 5 on 3 was infuriating....pass, pass, pass....shoot wide....pass, pass.....Geez....
- hawk35

The problems lie with Sullivan and recchi. Won’t change till they change or are changed.

I can agree with all this. I would like to bump Sheary to the 3rd line, play Jarry for Murray, and bench JJ. But I wouldn't pin the loss on any of them. But not getting anything off that early dominance or even threatening from the top PP is what cost them.
- Tojo.

Yup

Our top PP unit looked like our old problem PP. Where we gave up Short Handed Goals more than we scored Power play goals. By the final power play you could see even the unit as a whole were frustrated. I love Zucker and know he is amazing at redirecting pucks, but put Hornqvist back on the top unit. I agree Tojo. Sheary needs to be bumped down. I think he should get scratched. If he isn't going to score, I would rather someone out there who can play a better defensive game while bringing the same speed. Also someone who is harder to knock off the puck.

I feel that's what you did with Murray.
- Tojo.

Of the 3 goals, the first one is the only one that there was traffic for. Second one was another Bad glove goal, third one got through him.

The team needs to figure out shooting around Price and not right at him.

And I don’t get changing the PP. In a restart you should go with what you know.

Not absolving JJ for anything, but in this board he catches blame for everything. I saw bigger flaws elsewhere. I am not blindly defending, but here he is blindly blamed.
- Doogs

Who blamed him for everything? I went over the mistake he made in OT that cost them the game.

I Also said that the reason they lost was because of their PP.

Malkin has to be better.

I think everyone on this board has agreed that his shot is our best PP weapon. He can’t miss like that repeatedly. Letang stopped it from leaving the zone twice otherwise it would have been worse.

His line should trounce the Habs 2nd line. Their first shift looked great, then they played down.

Demote Sheary, or give Erod a look.
Promote horny
Play Jarry
Fire Recchi(not sure what he does other than ref scrimmages)

Of the 3 goals, the first one is the only one that there was traffic for. Second one was another Bad glove goal, third one got through him.

The team needs to figure out shooting around Price and not right at him.

And I don’t get changing the PP. In a restart you should go with what you know.
- Doogs

When you say bad goal, you mean sniped by a good shooter in Nick Suzuki right? That was a wicked wrist shot. Murray probably wants it back but that was an absolutely snipe show.

That 3rd goal... there were 3 bodies in front of Murray. Likely he didn’t even see the shot lol

Of the 3 goals, the first one is the only one that there was traffic for. Second one was another Bad glove goal, third one got through him.

The team needs to figure out shooting around Price and not right at him.

And I don’t get changing the PP. In a restart you should go with what you know.
- Doogs

I don't think the 1st or 3rd goals were bad.

The first if I'm assigning blame goes to JJ first. We whiffed on a check that let the eventual goal scorer get position. Then took out ZAR in his scramble to get back in position and finally a late in advised hit that helped the goal go in. But don't blame him.

On the flipside, Murray let a lot of juicy rebounds that weren't goals but don't inspire confidence. So I'm with you for a change in net, I just think you're as guilty of nitpicking Murray's game as you say everyone is doing with JJ.