Preds Going Nowhere Fast

It’s one thing to lose a game to a bad team and play competitively. Monday night’s game was not that way.

37 shots is a step in the right direction. 5 shots on 5 power plays against the worst penalty kill is not. And the defense……..

In regard to ownership/management, hooray for keeping the team here. If that’s enough to satisfy you, good for you. But for me, with plenty of cap room, they need to do more than give lip service to winning the cup. And by the way, the game was a reminder that the club has jettisoned three fairly promising forwards in recent years because they didn’t fit the “system”. We’ve all seen in the last few months what happened to the other pro team in town when a coach was too rigidly stubborn in his ways. That falls under the oversight of management too.

I think one man from each line should be designated to be at the net—works for the Wings. If what you suggest works I’m all for it. But talent is not just physical, it’s knowing what to do and when to do it. Hockey 101= shoot the puck and go to the net. Really, with a few exceptions, does it appear to you that we have a group that adheres to that school of thought, rather than running the four corners? Or figure skating? Or passing up shots to make the pass to no one? Someone’s not coaching these guys up, or they came to us with a pass first mentality, or they’re just too indecisive. Erat is a perfect example of what I’m talking about. Against Detroit he was in the slot, got the puck, and bam! it was in the net. Hooray!! What does he usually do? Skates in circles with the puck until he loses it. Remember Game 5? Indecision. Boo! The point I’m making is that we have seen flashes of NHL scoring talent from some of these guys, but not enough. We need some forwards who know what to do with the puck in the offensive zone and are not afraid to fail. Whether it takes money for new players, or a coaching change, or a shift in philosophy from the current staff, or anything else I haven’t thought of, I just don’t know. But I’m a firm believer that good defense doesn’t win games or titles, it only give you a chance to win. Most playoff teams have good defenses, but they can score too. Are we one of those teams? Not yet. Who effects change? Management.

we would play the Sharks. Ugh!

All of this is strictly conjecture anyway.