That is 100% what he did.
But that isn't what he said that he would do. "More competitive" to me would be in the 75 point range. Not another year of being a bottom feeder. Though at least they got enough to help Bedard produce a bit more.
- fattybeef
Well, still 73 games left to go and yeah we are more competitive so far. Not saying there haven't been some bad stretches, but there are less passengers and honestly a bit better play in our own end. At 5v5 we are giving up nearly 5 shots/60 against less per game so far. 2.39 Goals against per 60 right now vs over 3 last year. Those are defensive improvements at 5 on 5 that we need to see to start to move the needle in the W/L column.
One thing is that we've gotten nearly the worst goaltending when it comes to high danger chances, some of that is coverage and some of it is goalie reads so far IMO.
We are putting more rubber on the opposition goalie on average at 5v5 too this season, I think just need to improve a bit more with where the shots are coming from and maybe try to get a bit more traffic in front of the opposing goalie. I know we have guys like Foligno and Bertuzzi going to the front of the net, but I don't think they are making hard for the goalie to see. I wish we had a really good big body in front of the net.
