I'm sure Sir LITY has a dapper answer. And I'd love to hear it.
2007-12-16 14:06:58 · 9 answers · asked by green 4 in Sports ➔ Hockey
Well........
I wouldn't say the goaltending is getting porous, they are staying around the 2.70 mark, and tonight was only 3 goals, none of which were truly soft. The goalies have given up 24 goals in the last 10 games (and 3 empty net goals).
Scoring is a problem but the scoring problem is easy to solve.....let the forwards shoot. 45 shots this evening, 17 of which were taken by the defense. Kane, Lang, Toews, and Havlat at times had their chances, but Vokoun played well. They seem to be running into a lot of hot goalies lately (Luongo, Kiprusoff, Vokoun). I'm confident that if they cut down on the shots the defense takes, and let the forwards do their job, an extra puck or 2 will find the mesh.
They could use a power-play too. Since Dustin Byfuglien scored his 3rd goal against Phoenix, they are 3/35 on the powerplay.
The only bad games they played in the last 7 were the Anaheim game, and the Buffalo game (which I sadly sat through).
They are winning face-offs
They are getting chances
The goalyending is a lot better than last year
The penalty killing is a LOT better
They just aren't burying the chances they get. The team is still building chemistry. Denis and Dale are happy with the way things are progressing, so, we will need to be patient.
Unlike others, I have not heralded this team to make the playoffs. Last year they were 25 points out...........I will guarantee that this year they will be closer.
2007-12-16 14:30:40 · answer #1 · answered by Like I'm Telling You Who I A 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The team is really a season or two away from being a factor... but they're moving in the right direction for sure. It's a growing process with ups and downs... this year I'd just pull for the team to make the playoffs and then it's all gravy after that.
2007-12-16 19:54:50 · answer #2 · answered by [z]ther 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The team is doing a lot better than it has done in the past. Sure Khavibulan isn't as good as he was when he was on the Lighting, but we have awesome young guys that can fly up and down the ice and score plenty of goals.
2007-12-16 15:00:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
decrease back interior the days of the unique six, while communities basically carried one goaltender, this handed off extra many times. An emergency goalie substitute into continuously handy, yet he ought to play for the two team. This got here approximately decrease back in 1956 and 1957, while Lefty Wilson, coach for the Detroit crimson Wings, substitute into summoned to interchange injured goalies for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins. Wilson's basically goalie journey substitute into interior the minor leagues earlier than transforming into the Wings' coach. As a Leaf, Wilson performed 13 minutes and did not enable a objective. A twelve months later he donned the pads for the Bruins and performed against the crimson Wings for fifty two minutes, allowing one objective. the sport resulted in a 2-2 tie. Wilson additionally performed for the crimson Wings on one celebration. He substitute into interior the internet for sixteen minutes against the Montreal Canadiens and held them scoreless. "there substitute into no way i wanted those adult adult males to attain on me," pronounced Wilson. He did not % to stand them interior the dressing room and be teased approximately how ordinary he substitute into to attain on. unusual? constructive is. fortuitously, circumstances like that not take place, considering the fact that each and each team consists of 2 goaltenders. could they the two substitute into incapacitated, the league has different provisions, already lined interior the previous solutions.
2016-12-11 07:11:33 · answer #4 · answered by tenuta 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An awful lot of youngsters makes for inconsistant play. The situation will be very up and down there for some time and it will sometimes seem like it gets worse before it gets better. They are still a few years away from contending.
2007-12-16 15:06:28 · answer #5 · answered by Bob Loblaw 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Just wait till jason williams gets back.In fact him and havlat on the same power play will create a lot of scores.For whatever reason williams makes that team click.
2007-12-16 22:51:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like its time for the Red Wings to play them so they can finally get a win vs them.
2007-12-17 06:10:14 · answer #7 · answered by McMoose--RIPYAHS 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
unfortunatly Khabibulin and Lalime dont cut it.
especially when Kabby is becoming Hasek.
but dont worry, if they manage to still have a team, they might win the cup in the next 50 years.
2007-12-16 18:28:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
All would be well if they just played the Red Wings every other game.
2007-12-16 15:42:39 · answer #9 · answered by PuckDat 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋