Ooo fair enough. I hadn't actually considered that. My bad.
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Jan 8th, 2015 12:42 pm
Jan 9th, 2015 10:57 am
Jan 9th, 2015 12:22 pm
Jan 9th, 2015 2:04 pm
Improved. Where? They had the same number of points after 41 games last year. There defense has given up more goals than at this point a year ago. They are still giving up loads of shots.BenK wrote: ↑Carlyle didn't really do a great job. I get the you can only do so much with this roster (there's a lot to critique when it comes to Nonis, maybe more than Carlyle).
I would say things have definitely improved this year, though I believe it has a lot more to do with Shanahan/Dubas forcing Carlyle not to dress Orr/McClaren than Carlyle's coaching.
My biggest complaint is how much Carlyle uses Bozak. Bozak doesn't deserve anywhere near the amount of ice team he gets, let alone being 1st line center. He used to be praised for his faceoff abilities (55%+) which helped the possession numbers somewhat but (I think) he's under 50% this season. He's not a great passer. His goals this year have all been pretty much from sitting in the slot and waiting for the perfect pass or a rebound. He's honestly just a slightly better Jay McClement. Kadri, Holland and even Santorelli are all more deserving of this ice time.
Regarding the defense, I honestly don't think there's much Carlyle can do. Besides Polak (and Holzer to some extent), no one has an above average defensive game. Sure, Phaneuf is decent at punishing people with crosschecks and holding someone against the boards but he is rarely positionally sound, and horrible at deflecting passes or lifting sticks.
Jan 9th, 2015 2:19 pm
as the post said, nothing you can do about defense.
Jan 9th, 2015 8:21 pm
Jan 9th, 2015 11:47 pm
Jan 10th, 2015 9:36 am
Jan 10th, 2015 12:39 pm
Leafs got a couple of lucky ones and I don't think Bobrovsky could be faulted on any of the goals. Instead of crediting the team on a good game you say the other teams goalie took a night off.
Jan 10th, 2015 1:13 pm
Jan 10th, 2015 1:52 pm
They believed too much in Bryz, lol.
Jan 10th, 2015 4:15 pm
Jan 10th, 2015 9:45 pm
Yup. Would be just like saying Bernier had an awful game on Wednesday, when he let in 5. Most of the goals for the Caps were of the perfect shot variety and one went of Franson.
Jan 12th, 2015 8:34 pm
Jan 13th, 2015 3:00 am
Jan 13th, 2015 9:38 am
Jan 13th, 2015 1:46 pm
It's a drastic amount too, i'm amazed. Now we need to learn how to score goals again haha.
Jan 13th, 2015 2:35 pm
That's the tradeoff. Bring everybody down for coverage and there is nobody available for the rush, which is the style of game the Leafs are accustomed to. It would be nice for them to get used to the d zone coverage and work out from there.
Jan 13th, 2015 4:32 pm
I rather they lose games without scoring any goals, than losing by blow out. Look at the L.A Kings they frequently play tight checking games that end up in a 1 goal differential. Thats how you sustain winning in this league.
Jan 14th, 2015 10:33 pm
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