Issues I saw tonight, I believe, are solely on the players. It's a mentality. Too many times have I seen them break too easily because of a mistake. A prime example of that is Borque. He has the skill but seems to be mentally checked out of most games. These players need to go to therapy or learn how to man up if they want to win.
P.S. the plus/minus isn't a huge deal but is laughable that over 80% of the roster is even or at negative
Robert, do you have any theories on why the PK is struggling so much atm?? I looked at the SH TOI stats from last year and there are some differences(this yr more Miro, a little more Bisch, a little less Lybushkin, no Ceci) but I’m not sure how much of a factor the deployment has been. Can’t imagine adding Miro to any situation is gonna make it worse? It does appear from the eye test that the forwards seem to be chasing a little more and I see a lot of shots at the point from the center of the ice? I don’t know… just musing.
Gulutzan said this afternoon (when I asked about this) that their analytics show the results are much worse than they should be. And of course, last night saw two goals on the PK in rush situations, which aren't really normal, structural breakdowns as much as transition ones.
So it soudns like the Stars believe the PK is going to normalize as more games cause some natural regression. But that probably does need to start happening before too long, given the rough results so far.
Seguin is playing like man possessed — hearing this in his head on every shift “must lead this team back to a Stanley Cup”
I like the Haim reference — but don’t the Stars need to “Tie (Anaheim offense) Down” so they stop making us sad.
I think that is pretty much how Seguin feels. He wants to win a Cup in Dallas about as badly as it is possible to want to win a Cup.
Issues I saw tonight, I believe, are solely on the players. It's a mentality. Too many times have I seen them break too easily because of a mistake. A prime example of that is Borque. He has the skill but seems to be mentally checked out of most games. These players need to go to therapy or learn how to man up if they want to win.
P.S. the plus/minus isn't a huge deal but is laughable that over 80% of the roster is even or at negative
Robert, do you have any theories on why the PK is struggling so much atm?? I looked at the SH TOI stats from last year and there are some differences(this yr more Miro, a little more Bisch, a little less Lybushkin, no Ceci) but I’m not sure how much of a factor the deployment has been. Can’t imagine adding Miro to any situation is gonna make it worse? It does appear from the eye test that the forwards seem to be chasing a little more and I see a lot of shots at the point from the center of the ice? I don’t know… just musing.
Gulutzan said this afternoon (when I asked about this) that their analytics show the results are much worse than they should be. And of course, last night saw two goals on the PK in rush situations, which aren't really normal, structural breakdowns as much as transition ones.
So it soudns like the Stars believe the PK is going to normalize as more games cause some natural regression. But that probably does need to start happening before too long, given the rough results so far.
Are we allowed to defy the law of big numbers and limit natural regression to just our PK and NOT to our PP? 😉
If you can crack that nut, you’re gonna be a rich man indeed.