This team is a mess. Other than Saad, the rest don’t show up to play.
They lack team speed. The opposition reduces them to a dump and chase team, and the Hawks don’t have the players to play dump and retrieve.
They lose nearly every board battle or loose puck. They’re slow to loose pucks. They don’t back check, they don’t fore check.
Their power play is abysmal. Their PK not much better.
Stan didn’t move Gustafson last year after a 60point season, when his value was high–to “quarterback the PP”. How’s that workin out???
Their $10 million dollar captain has reverted to 2017 form….with one overtime goal, where the puck just hit him, and one other point, on an empty net goal.
I’d like to see Kubalik get more ice time….and Shaw LESS. (too many penalties) They might as well let Dach stay up with the Hawks–and learn–rather than be sent to the Rock.
How much longer will Rocky let this go on? The boo birds are getting restless.