Devils vs Clan - 21 Sept 19 - League
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sorry but have to disagree with one point the refs had an absolutely abysmal game, that was the worst game of officiating i've ever seen Hogarth and the other ref (number 6 think its Thompson??) are completely out of their depth plus the linos weren't great either. called us for tripping several times plus other infractions but it seems its ok for clan players to grab Marjamaki and drag him to the ice, then call a penalty on Masi , blind side and injure Riley, grab a Devils player by the throat, cross check a devils player into the net and then punch Dixon in the face, lay a hit on a devils players against the boards while he's on his knees, the common denominator is that no calls were made against the Clan. Not sour grapes at the lost just fed up of watching inept, incompetent officials
That's never been our style,
and trust me, there aren't thousands of Stay at home D men out there that are of the right calibre, and of the right fit. Just look at last season when we were trying to replace Blood, we couldn't find that stay at home guy, so we had to adapt with Schistel, who was a very good player, but wasn't the strachan/Jardine type we needed for Balance.
and trust me, there aren't thousands of Stay at home D men out there that are of the right calibre, and of the right fit. Just look at last season when we were trying to replace Blood, we couldn't find that stay at home guy, so we had to adapt with Schistel, who was a very good player, but wasn't the strachan/Jardine type we needed for Balance.
I personally would have preferred keeping schiestel over the 2 new dmen (so far).
- Great outlet pass / skated well out of the zone, (missing this tremendously).
- Knew how to run the fine line of hassling opp forwards without giving away many pens.
- Threw some hits when needed.
- Scored some goals.
But anyways bit late for that. Maybe the new d will blossom more with time.
- Great outlet pass / skated well out of the zone, (missing this tremendously).
- Knew how to run the fine line of hassling opp forwards without giving away many pens.
- Threw some hits when needed.
- Scored some goals.
But anyways bit late for that. Maybe the new d will blossom more with time.
Can’t agree with you when you think Jardine is the same type of player as Strachan ( quote: Strachan/Jardine type ) unlike others, I’m not that impressed with our D set up at this time. Simply put, do I think Jardine and McMonagle Have improved our D, my answer is definitely no, but would love to be proven wrong in the long run. Jardine isn’t giving us any ‘balance’ as you put it, maybe needs to change his D partner ? Who knows.
I'm not particularly talking about this weekend, but the for the role he was brought in for, and the role I think he will adapt to going forward. I think he will bring good balance, and I do think he has the potential to play a Similar role to Strachan, although personally don't think he will be as good as Strachan was (but i don't think many in the EIHL will be)
This weekend we defended abysmally as a unit, Missed Assignments, puck chasing, no composure. It was terrible. But i believe in the ability of those players and the coach to adjust and get it right.
Absolute nonsense. Going off this you would think we haven't won a single game this year, when in reality we're a point away from qualifying for the knockout stages of the CHL, top of our Cup group and have barely had a sniff at the league yet.
There is more than enough ability in this team to win every bit of silverware on offer, but more importantly bounce back from what has merely been a terrible weekend at the office.
There is more than enough ability in this team to win every bit of silverware on offer, but more importantly bounce back from what has merely been a terrible weekend at the office.
Yes we do love a meltdown on the inferno. I believe we have the right players. They have shown how good they are in the CHL. Something went very wrong this weekend. It was dire and I don't blame anyone for being negative after watching that. However I certainly don't think we need to be calling for changes after one bad weekend.
I also don't think McMonagle can be blamed any more than others. In the Blaze game 2 goals were from the blue line, 1 was scored when Richie left his man in front of net, one was Jardine caught too far forward and one was an empty net. Im not sure if McMonagle was even on the ice for any goals conceeded. He did however give an awful pass that led to the ENG in the Clan game but again I dont think he can be blamed for the others.
Regarding Schiestel. He was a good player but I expected him to be better. He was nowhere near as good as Weller Strachan or Blood. There wasn't much noise when he left so I suspect many others felt the same.
I also don't think McMonagle can be blamed any more than others. In the Blaze game 2 goals were from the blue line, 1 was scored when Richie left his man in front of net, one was Jardine caught too far forward and one was an empty net. Im not sure if McMonagle was even on the ice for any goals conceeded. He did however give an awful pass that led to the ENG in the Clan game but again I dont think he can be blamed for the others.
Regarding Schiestel. He was a good player but I expected him to be better. He was nowhere near as good as Weller Strachan or Blood. There wasn't much noise when he left so I suspect many others felt the same.
He might not have been as good as Weller or Strachan but I agree, Schiestel was a great pick up for us last season and very underrated. This is a guy that played 240 AHL games, you don’t do that unless you have some real talent and I was disappointed not to see him return for us this year. I didn’t see the game against Coventry but he’s running the power play in the highlights and every good thing seemed to go through him. A great pick up for Coventry and he’ll continue to do very well for them, I’m sure of that.