La défense commence à s’améliorer, raconte le jeu The Rangers. Le match des Panthers nous a montré que nos équipes spéciales = Défense PK se sont beaucoup améliorées. CE 5 SUR 3 TUÉ ÉTAIT DIEU !. Le PK de Tampa donnant le deuxième meilleur PP de la LNH, le Finger, était probablement la meilleure partie de ce match d’hier soir. Je ne vais pas mentir, Blashill a quelques points positifs, le PK s’est tellement amélioré. Little Nicky et Darren ont vraiment amélioré leurs cartes de statistiques ce mois-ci. Calvin Dehaan semble être un handicap, son bulletin [https://www.nhl.com/lightning/player/calvin-de-haan-8475177](https://www.nhl.com/lightning/player/calvin-de-haan-8475177) Ça n’a pas l’air très bien. :/ Cela étant dit. Je pense que les Stinkin Panthers n’ont réussi à surpasser les Bolts qu’hier soir, car Tampa était un peu fatigué par leur match contre les Rags. Les garçons ont juste besoin de repos. Ces chatons peuvent garder leurs sales 45 SOG. parce qu’ils ont été scolarisés par le Big Cat. S’il vous plaît laissez un commentaire, j’aimerais lire vos opinions. <3
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Fragrant_Parsnip_175
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The forechecking has definitely gotten better as well. I would honestly love to see some boring defensive hockey in the upcoming schedule where we legitimately shut down games after getting a score.
That does not mean leaving the goalie high and dry to just come up with saves for an entire period.
Outside of the first month or so, I think our defense has been decent in their own zone. They make some coverage mistakes which look to be mostly the result of communication issues, but a lot of the goals we’ve given up have been from low danger areas, which you live with from a defensive standpoint. The PK has also been pretty good all season.
Where they continue to struggle is in transition and in clearing the zone. The defending of odd man rushes is comically bad and because Hedman has lost a step, we aren’t as fast on the back end as we have been in years past. They also really struggle to break the puck out. We get hemmed in and that puts a lot of pressure on everyone to defend for decent chunks of time. That’s partly why we’ve struggled in second periods. We have trouble making the long change.
[xGA/60 5v5 5 game rolling average](https://imgur.com/a/2ouHCK5)
[League rankings xGA/60 5v5](https://imgur.com/a/xAa8yP0)
Edit: My point is the D has improved as the season has progressed. Our recent rolling average would be among tops in the league. This is with the current lack of talent or experience. Fire Blashill is just a meme by people looking for a scapegoat.
Better but not elite enough to handle 2 months of playoff games, imo. I of course want to make a long cup run but there are teams that are better defensively.
Our trades seemed to have sparked life into this team. I looove it