When he got hired and he said he was just going to let them play.


Which means he never had one.
- mr.peanut

I think you may be misinterpreting what he said and drawing false conclusions lol...

I've noticed him making some nice defensive plays at times and not shying away from backchecking, but yeah he needs to be more consistent about it. Suzuki is a pretty smart player, I'm sure he can help him out with this, they'll figure things out together, I'm not too worried.
- Pat1993

Yep he will improve every season. Will put on some muscle as he ages.

I think you may be misinterpreting what he said and drawing false conclusions lol...
- Pat1993

He said it himself.

I also don't think it's unfathomable to believe that cc won't learn to be good in his own enfd under msl

oh boy.

Jesus

Yay, Matheson finally get on the ice!

He said it himself.

I also don't think it's unfathomable to believe that cc won't learn to be good in his own enfd under msl
- mr.peanut

well his coaching style is definitely more focused on offense, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have any defensive concepts... what he said was that he wanted to let players rely on their instincts and on how they read plays, rather than a pre-established positioning system.

you better be watching this (frank)ing game, kick.

oh boy.
- Pat1993

X2

Yay, Matheson finally get on the ice!




- Mashadar

Oh hey, Matheson back on the ice!

Oh hey, Matheson back on the ice!





- Mashadar

Beauty of a shot though..

Oh hey, Matheson back on the ice!





- Mashadar

already the new scapegoat, to replace Petry from last year lol

thank god they can score goals lol...

D-Vo

Nice!!

Nice!!
- AGalchenyuk27

now's the time to trade him and get that 1st pick back lol

10-9 game....

now's the time to trade him and get that 1st pick back lol
- Pat1993

End up 7-6? Lol

End up 7-6? Lol
- AGalchenyuk27

D-Vo could definitely use 6 more goals to boost his value a bit.

10-9 game....
- Mashadar

is it the Grey cup? no, it's a habs-flyers game..!!

At least the 2nd and 3rd lines starting to show some life, offensively...

Anderson, Matheson, Edmundson.


My Three Sons..

well his coaching style is definitely more focused on offense, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have any defensive concepts... what he said was that he wanted to let players rely on their instincts and on how they read plays, rather than a pre-established positioning system.
- Pat1993

Well.. that's not a system. Systems provide structure and if everyone has different instincts.


Anyway, Therrien can fix all that

Well.. that's not a system. Systems provide structure and if everyone has different instincts.


Anyway, Therrien can fix all that
- mr.peanut

His turn already??

God damn..

Nope..

Well.. that's not a system. Systems provide structure and if everyone has different instincts.


Anyway, Therrien can fix all that
- mr.peanut

tabarnak, talk about some unoriginal and desperate recycling..


anyway I get what you're saying, but my point was that they don't rely solely on instincts either, it might not always be coming from St-Louis but the coaching staff is clearly trying to establish a certain structure defensively, all these young dmen wouldn't have had the same kind of success so far without any structure at all.