sws
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Post by sws on Sept 29, 2016 7:48:11 GMT
Blistering (for the Blaze) pre-season to 5 losses on the bounce.
Granted the team are trying - which is more than can be said when compared to previous seasonsr - but we don't seem to finding the net.
Bombis / Bergman doing were doing the business pre-season, but in my eyes have failed to do much since - why ?
Klotz hasn't really done much at all - surely use him more or release him and give someone else chance?
(BTW do we really need an out and out enforcer, as there appear to be plenty of guys in the team who can look after themselves & others)
Looks like Robbo is a slow starter....again.
Am I alone in thinking that Stewart(#41) is suffering a loss of form - when compared to his stellar debut season?
Is it due to a lack of practice time ?
Do we get significantly less than other teams?
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Post by blazaeboy on Sept 29, 2016 12:21:07 GMT
I agree with your regarding Brian Stewart, I feel this may have been one season to many for him in a Blaze shirt.
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Post by villadave on Sept 29, 2016 17:06:28 GMT
all the teams in the league have the same coaches as last few seasons. Brian has been worked out now. teams know how to score on him. No matter how good we know he is when teams know to pull him about they will work their game plan to do so. similar can be said of Mustukovs at squeelers. High glove side and he stuggles every time. Pre-season may have been misleading as teams try out combinations and also many sides were missing players through pre-season. That makes it hard to guage how good anyone actually is.
I have been impressed with our lack of quitting but we need to stop shooting ourselves in the foot. 3 giveaways lost us the panthers game. similar cost us the chance to get back into it against devils. we always struggle against storm and we ran steelers damn close before a defensive error cost us again ( not to mention clements being caught flat footed and puck watching for their first). If we struggle this weekend then it may be time to have a long look at the roster. Flyers are in a slump but stars look very dangerous and pretty damn quick.
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IX2T311
Third Line Grinder
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Post by IX2T311 on Sept 29, 2016 20:07:19 GMT
My worries lie with Zajac more than any other individual, though he wins most of the faceoffs he takes and he does put in a lot of effort, he just doesn't get anywhere with it, he's often out of position or causing a giveaway, at least we know Robinson can be good if we just give him a bit of time, and Bombis proved himself capable in the preseason, hopefully just need to find him a pairing to bring back the goals Brian is as good as he ever was, it's fair to say he's let in some soft goals but so has every other netminder out there, we just haven't scored any to even it up, give him a few weeks to learn his defensemen properly and I'm sure he'll pick up where he left off
I think as a team we look better than we have in years, we're not giving up, we're landing checks all game, applying pressure when we're in their zone and withstanding pressure when they're in ours, the only thing we're really missing is someone to string onto the end of plays to get the puck in the net, this has the potential to be one of the best Blaze teams in a long time, we just need to find a few more goals and I think we'll be able to manage a season that doesn't leave us scrounging in the final games
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chunk
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Post by chunk on Sept 30, 2016 10:33:40 GMT
I think we've had a longer pre-season than ever before, so lack of practice shouldn't really be an excuse.
Stats don't tell everything I know, particularly the limited ones we have available, but Bombis, Robbo and Zajac have all scored two goals in the 6 (5 for Robbo) games so far, which is as many as anyone other than Godfrey (who's in some incredible form).
Bergman with 1 assist in 6 is a cause for concern. Hopefully the change of line will help and he'll come into his own sooner rather than later - otherwise I fear he'll be the first scapegoat.
In fact, scoring isn't really the issue as far as I can see - we're averaging 2.5 goals a game. What we need to do is stop conceding so many, which means cutting out the turnovers. Stewie's 'struggles' are an indication of the types of chances we're letting through to him. As Chuck used to say it's all about grade 'A' chances and at the minute we're giving the opposition far too many.
I'd also like to see Klotz (and Selby and Liam Stewart) get more ice time. This weekend against supposedly inferior opposition is a perfect chance to let the 4th line show what they can do.
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Post by Stuart Coles on Oct 3, 2016 8:46:02 GMT
In fact, scoring isn't really the issue as far as I can see - we're averaging 2.5 goals a game. What we need to do is stop conceding so many, which means cutting out the turnovers. Stewie's 'struggles' are an indication of the types of chances we're letting through to him. As Chuck used to say it's all about grade 'A' chances and at the minute we're giving the opposition far too many. I agree with you on the defence - that has been our main issue. However IMO the offence is not up to scratch either - 2.5 goals per game is too low. I think to be competitive in the EIHL consistently you need to be averaging at or above 3 per game.
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chunk
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Post by chunk on Oct 3, 2016 9:21:35 GMT
In fact, scoring isn't really the issue as far as I can see - we're averaging 2.5 goals a game. What we need to do is stop conceding so many, which means cutting out the turnovers. Stewie's 'struggles' are an indication of the types of chances we're letting through to him. As Chuck used to say it's all about grade 'A' chances and at the minute we're giving the opposition far too many. I agree with you on the defence - that has been our main issue. However IMO the offence is not up to scratch either - 2.5 goals per game is too low. I think to be competitive in the EIHL consistently you need to be averaging at or above 3 per game. Agreed - 3 or above should be the target. I guess my point was that we aren't that far off offensively (we're up to 2.75 goals a game now in any case).
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chunk
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Post by chunk on Oct 3, 2016 13:35:19 GMT
I agree with you on the defence - that has been our main issue. However IMO the offence is not up to scratch either - 2.5 goals per game is too low. I think to be competitive in the EIHL consistently you need to be averaging at or above 3 per game. Agreed - 3 or above should be the target. I guess my point was that we aren't that far off offensively (we're up to 2.75 goals a game now in any case). Too late to edit, but we're still at 2.5 goals per game. God knows what I was looking at this morning
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