DickieDunn 2,571 Report post Posted February 8, 2017 Player A is an offensive player with defensive issues. He is responsible for 50 goals for, either scoring them, setting up the goal, or an indirect action like screening the goalie. His defensive lapses give up 30 goals against. Player B is a defensive specialist but limited offensively. He is responsible for 10 goals scored and 10 against.Both players get the same toi/gm and play in similar situations.Player A, despite his shortcomings, gives his team 20 more goals over the course of a season than player B. Which player would you be using more over the coarse of a game on a team that struggles to score, especially on the PP? Because Blashill uses player B and wonders why his offense doesn't work.Sent from my LGLS676 using Tapatalk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChristopherReevesLegs 7,022 Report post Posted February 8, 2017 Some pretty official numbers there Dick Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HadThomasVokounOnFortSt 878 Report post Posted February 8, 2017 Fire blashill that's all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DickieDunn 2,571 Report post Posted February 8, 2017 31 minutes ago, HadThomasVokounOnFortSt said: Fire blashill that's all. yup, as long as he things playing Sheahan and Helm on a struggling PP is a good idea. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Echolalia 2,961 Report post Posted February 8, 2017 Which one is Toews cuz that's who I pick 6 Jacksoni, kickazz, Dabura and 3 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greenrebellion 415 Report post Posted February 9, 2017 Babcock loved guys like Glendening too 1 krsmith17 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacksoni 418 Report post Posted February 9, 2017 23 hours ago, Echolalia said: Which one is Toews cuz that's who I pick This thread was overripe for that comment^^ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dabura 12,207 Report post Posted February 9, 2017 http://www.defendingbigd.com/2012/4/13/2941077/dave-tippett-defense-mark-fistric-matt-niskanen Quote "We had a player that was supposed to be a great, shut-down defenseman. He was supposedly the be-all, end-all of defensemen. But when you did a 10-game analysis of him, you found out he was defending all the time because he can’t move the puck. "Then we had another guy, who supposedly couldn’t defend a lick. Well, he was defending only 20 percent of the time because he’s making good plays out of our end. He may not be the strongest defender, but he’s only doing it 20 percent of the time. So the equation works out better the other way. I ended up trading the other defenseman." I will never get sick of this quote. 1 krsmith17 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
krsmith17 7,191 Report post Posted February 9, 2017 5 minutes ago, Dabura said: http://www.defendingbigd.com/2012/4/13/2941077/dave-tippett-defense-mark-fistric-matt-niskanen I will never get sick of this quote. You've posted it 20+ times, and I've liked it every time... I wish more coaches (Blashill) had the same thought process... 1 Dabura reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LeftWinger 4,958 Report post Posted February 9, 2017 1 hour ago, krsmith17 said: You've posted it 20+ times, and I've liked it every time... I wish more coaches (Blashill) had the same thought process... He kind of does: "If player A,B,C,D cannot score, I'll put them in the top 6 and on the top PP, that way when players E&F score from the bottom 6, it won't matter much because they are only playing 5 mins a game with no PP time, so no one will even notice I'm a Moron....wait.....what? " Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
