Laughton goal coming up
Berube needs to put him on L3.
I'll get over it when they actually win something. Until then - nope.
I’m not spinning anything. I asked a question based on a comment and you spun it out of control.
Can we stop calling a line with David Kampf on it a shutdown line. He's a good defensive player but that line is not a shutdown line.
Disagree. You just don't like it when people challenge anything you say.
Please provide evidence to back this up.
Anyone reading this forum knows this to be true so no, I won't be providing evidence. It's all here.
Cool. So you can’t back it up.
They still have the problem of - what the hell are they trying to do with the bottom 6? It's a collection of spare parts with no identity. They've never solved the problem of what those lines are supposed to accomplish. They don't really have a shut-down line, they don't have a crash/bang line, they sort of have a scoring line with Domi and Robertson but they are too bad defensively to be trusted (plus who is the fit on LW). And I have a hard time believing that someone like Steeves with his 33 AHL goals couldn't provide more than Holmberg.
Yawn.
Yea the bottom 6 is really just a concoction of players that don't fit or accomplish anything. Domi keeps rotating roles, and is so horrible defensively that he needs at least 1 huge defensive anchor on the wing, but the 2 best defensive forwards both play on line 1. Kampf is in no man's territory between 3C and 4C, and doesn't specifically fit either, particularly in conjuction with the supporting bottom 6 wingers. Steeves is on pace for a 50+ goal season but can get nary a look on the roster. There just seems to be a whole lot of deck chair shuffling and not much of a plan, which, for a team that is desperate for a long playoff run, is a tad concerning.
This is the concerning part, and it has been an issue regardless of the caliber of their opponent; with the lead the team's philosophy changes and they stop any semblance of an offence and immediately attempt to protect their lead. I don't know how much of this is the group trying to adjust to the change in philosophy, an indictment of the system/philosophy itself, or just the simple inability to adhere to this scheme, but unless their goaltending stands on their head for however long is left in the game while they are in front, standing back and letting their opponent shoot endlessly isn't a recipe for success.
