Heck of a time for you sharks fans! I'm here for it too. I consider them my west coast team. I'm a life long New Jersey Devils fan and want to see players like Fabian Zetterland and Vitek and MacKenzie Blackwood succeed
My feeling is that Adam Lowry is never mentioned as captain of strong Jets team, he is doing all the hard work captain needs to be and he is doing it perfectly. Defensively stable, fights for teammates, strong in PKs. Most underrated captain in the NHL right now.
As a Devils fan I really like Adam, hard working captains and being an underdog in conversations is dangerously good combination. Good luck to the Jets for the rest of the season, It's been really entertaining to watch this team play
Naming him over Schiefele after Wheeler left and the locker room-problems thing surprised me, but certainly convinced me they took the problems seriously and found their best solution.
@@kjells3578 good point. Scheifele was number one option and expected to have “C” by public also. Lowry option surprised me, as I didn’t have any knowledge about his qualities. I wonder how would Jets look like if Scheifele was the captain.
Great analysis. Keep it up. Probably the most accurate diagnosis of struggles and success on UA-cam. Takes on systems for players and coaches who want to better learn the game. I’d like a breakdown on late 90s Red Wings and Scotty Bowman’s courage to step outside orthodoxy with Russian 5.
Glad to see Zuccarello getting some love he’s such a criminally underrated part of Wild offense and Kaprizovs success they had instant chemistry from the start. Amazing player especially with how undersized he is aswell. Insane to think he’s 37
@@SpaceYourFace Me too. They had a great team, and a great run in 2014. Then they tossed it to the Kings. Friggin Marty St Louis was still on that team, and Hank, McDonagh, Miller (though I've since heard he's a real asshole), Nash, Marc Staal, Stepan, Brassard, Fast, Girardi, Hagelin, Boyle (whom I came to really dislike), Talbot, and two of my favs, Zucc and Kreider. Kreider's the only one left. 😯😥
The real winner so far is me for three things. 1) Going to my first NHL game, which the Stars won! 2) Being able to actually keep up with the season, thank you, Victory+! 3) Finding this UA-cam channel that's helping me keep up with the league as a whole beyond just the stadinga table. Also, anybody I've bumped into in my online circles that enjoys hockey has been super welcoming and excided that I started watching. I'm super excited for the Stanley Cup playoffs. I always heard it was the hardest trophy to get of the Big 4 sports leagues.
Welcome to the Hockey Community, Congrats on going ot your first game, always a good memory. Victory+ is single Handly the best broadcast you can have for a single team and Stars fans are so fucking lucky, Nhl Needs to Fix the whole Broadcasting disaster they have. This Channel is great but some others I'd check out are The Hockey Guy, dude covers everything from news, standings, waivers for every team and more. Johnny Hawkey, short 2-5 minute videos of various subjects for every team. I'd agree the stanley cup playoffs is the hardest, every series is best of 7 with only 1 day off between games including travel and It's easily the most Physically demanding of the big 4 sports. Also Dallas looks to be in very good spot for years to come i fully expect them to contend for atleast the next 5 years.
Flames record is due in large part to Wolf and Vladar playing so well. The PP is absolutely anemic and they’re lacking real scoring threats at 5v5. But its been a fun team to watch so far!
I mean the Habs simply need progression, which showed when they suffocated the Oilers last game, meanwhile Detroit, Pittsburgh, Boston and Nashville etc. all need points desperately to avoid jerseys thrown on the ice. We will see
My condolences it is a shame , you are a great fan base and have great ownership. WTH is going on there ? Coaching ? Team turmoil? Tough luck for you guys and gals.
Nice work. It would be awesome to see this as a series. Bi-weekly might be too small a sample size. I trust your judgement. As usual I'm looking forward to your next post.
I just want to say I really enjoy your channel/content and you make following the hockey season so easy. I tell people I know that like hockey about your channel. Just have perseverence/resolve and patience, eventually you'll have over 1 million subscribers.
I’d expect Devils to be a bit lower (still on the list) since they’re doing what was expected of them whereas teams like Carolina and Washington are doing even better when it wasn’t expected But regardless incredible video as always dude, thanks so much for your hard work and great analysis
Yup as a Devils fan I see exactly what I expected from them. Learning to be consistent with the new system and improving defense as a unit comes with some disappointing losses but they seem to be consistently improving. No one expected Canes or Caps to be steam rolling like that
As a B’s fan I can assure you, we won’t be in that wild card spot much longer i’m afraid And I wanna see them turn it around, but upper management really threw Monty under the bus with the offseason signings. Monty coaches a fast game, how the hell was having MORE big guys gonna help the team??
I agree. The team is just not producing and that isn't Monty's fault. The real change needs to happen in the front office with Neely and Sweeny. Our "stars" aren't worth what they are being paid. This isn't the 80's or 90's were bigger D strive. The game is much faster and they are too slow. Not only that but they aren't even all that tough. They get pushed around and out battled along the boards in the D-zone.
@@LeBix_ Agreed the last 2 games have been great but I think those are just flukes. Our D is getting toyed with by almost every team. I hope they get better with the hybrid system.
Monthly or even bi monthly would be nice for this series because there's always going to be at least 10 teams to talk about, up and downs wise. And if not the winners and losers, you could try a risers and sinkers series as the season goes along. Great video, rip my pens
How in the hell have you not been scooped up by an espn-type group. Best hockey info, and I’m pretty sure you’re about to rip my Habs apart. At the Detroit part now, Habs are coming 😅
Excellent content! A read on the current state of the Philadelphia Flyers, the choices made by Briere and what he inherited from Chuck Fletcher would be much appreciated!
i like this video format a lot! i feel like bi weekly would be great! i don't think a week is enough time to witness any major changes to the top 5 and bottom 5 teams
We need a half season check-up on where teams are and who's surprising and who's tanking . Are the Rangers where they should be ? Are Vancouver and Calgary doing anything notable ? Are the Kings for real or just hot right now ? I enjoy these random hockey topic videos !!!!
When I saw the news about Sacco leading the Bruins, I dry-wheezed and lit a candle for your franchise. But maybe you'll get a sick #1 draft pick out of it a few years from now. Stay strong, an Avs fan
Main difference for the Devils has also been goaltending. I think last season they had the worse goalies in the League. This year, it's one of the best duos so far.
Jake Allen has been absolutely phenomenal, Markstrom has been slightly below average, and I'm feeling a bit of buyers remorse considering we gave up a 1st round pick for him. I hope he gets hot and stays consistent, because he has cost us some games, where as Allen has stolen us some games. We're only 21 games in though.
Last week was pretty positive for the Habs following the crazy win against the sabers. They seem to be on the up and up. The Slafkovsky-Suzuki-Dach line seems to be working very well. Something clicked in the Guhle-Matheson D pairing and depth players (Dvorak, Evans, Gallagher, Anderson) are coming out of their slump. It may be a flash in the pan but Saint Louis seems to be paying close attention making clever adjustments (see Arpon Basu's recent blog on his decision to bench Slafkovsky for a period).
It's sad to see the regression in my Wings. I know there are a lot of good kids coming but its sad to see the playoff barrier move away from us. Biggest problem to me isnt Yzerman, he's betting on the future and is giving average players shorter term, cap friendly contracts untill the kids step in and can get paid longterm. I have no issue with a Raymond and Seider getting locked but they need to step it up now. This would be the first year our team stats go down, so I'm not going to be too hard on him for that. The biggest problem to me is the lackluster coaching. Blashill and Lalonde aren't high quality strategists that can devise a system like Paul Maurice or Rick Tocchet and play to your teams strenghts. They keep getting outplayed on the PK and do not create any relevant offense. The fact that Lalonde and co don't seem to change this, indicates that he has no idea how to fix this.
I can see the lighting doing good after beating the jets and seeing how good vasy has been I think if are defense really steps up we can be a playoff contender.
as a habs fan, their defense looked terrible until the last 2 games. They look like they are evolving pretty quickly. Ik beating the jackets 5 to 1 isn't the greatest accomplishment because they suck but still. We got a shutout against Edmonton 3-0. Monty is looking great and the defense is starting to make sense haha. Laine should be back soon so yeah looking forwards to that we like what we are seeing. Hopefully they will do as good next game on saturday night against the golden knights. Great video as usual man kee^it up love watching your analysis.
"oh ****" haha. Also, of course the U2 joke was hilarious. Your vids are full of amazing jokes but with good insights that are also summarized nicely without wasting time, keep it up!
Been a fun start to the season for us Wild fans! Even more impressive that you remember that we're still paying Parise and Suter over $10mm. That money comes off the books after this season and we will finally not be playing with one hand tied behind our backs.
Really enjoy your work. I am learning current hockey systems from you no one else talks about, I'm 61 and a lifelong player and fan. I had no idea how Bones was coaching the Jets last year until I saw your video on my team a few weeks ago. I always wondered why Appleton (no offense Jason ) seemed to getting more TOI than Nick Ehlers...he had a career year last year despite playing a paltry 13 mintutes on average. That is a crime ! I know Nick can be a liability at times defensively but he more than makes up for it. He's dangerous every time he touches the puck and he makes other players better. I heard a Dallas fan say in the comments that that was why Bones was fired there, he was too stubborn in his ways and was getting out-coached. Love the guy, but today's game requires constant adaption and flexibility, and the Jets have the depth to alter their style as needed. We shall see. It's a long season, and I think our D needs a top 4 upgrade before we can be considered a real threat to win Lord Stanley's Mug. Cheers
The Cats essentially had a playoff schedule with back to back games against DAL, WPG, NJ and still maintaining first place in the Atlantic is definitely a winner they haven’t been as dominant and haven’t played near their best hockey but they don’t play their best hockey in November
As a Habs fan I loved the game against Minnesota. They are everything we aren't, everything we need. Their defense was incredible, we had almost no time in the offense. I hope we figure it out 😅
great video!! i like all the picks. i'm gonna be honest though, i'm not as high on the devils as everyone else. don't get me wrong, they're a very good team, and they can be very fun to watch, but at this point in the season i'm not convinced they belong in the conversation of the nhl's elite just yet. they've cleaned up a lot from last year, but i feel like their numbers so far have been inflated by playing like 4 more games than everyone else. that's just a quirk of the schedule and will get ironed out, but their .619 points percentage through 21 games is good for 10th in the league. good?? yes. elite?? not yet. once the games played even out later into the season we'll see how they really stack up with everyone else, but at this point there are at least 5 teams in the east who i would consider better than the devils right now.
Went to Vegas and got to see Ovi do a hat trick this weekend 😭Don't break now Russian machine, only 27 to go!!!! and I can't give up on my Penguins. They were looking so good against the Lightning yesterday, it gave me a spark of hope. 🙏
Those teams have been tied at the hip for so long, the Pens look like they’re finally falling into the pit that it looked like the Caps were a couple years ago of being too old and slow to play their brand of hockey. Caps avoided that fate for now, and might have what it takes to win one more Cup with Ovi, but man what a storybook ending to that rivalry would be if they both made the yoffs and played each other one last go for all the marbles.
Great video as always, but respectfully I'm not sure I agree about the Wild's success coming out of nowhere, which is a line I've heard a lot this season so far. The team had two seasons of 100+ points in a row, still largely have the main core with some positive additions, and had a lot of injuries/issues last year that made it a down year for the team. Add a dash of bias, but I'm not surprised. If anything, last season was the anomaly
Necas and Hellebuyck were heavily criticized for underperforming last playoffs, I think they took it personally and are now taking it out on the league this season.
This is great, I love hockey but wasn’t able to play as a kid, so systems are a little over my head. I can see it and feel it, but having it explained more technically helps a lot. I’m bummed the Bs fired Monty, it won’t be the same without him but hopefully it sparks something. The biggest disappointment this season is them being buffed up, but NOT using their size 🤦 Not sure what they can do with it cause the game is so fast, but they gotta step up and lay people out. Maybe have a forward hang back with them to to beef up the D line and allow them to squash people into the corners from a chip
i’m glad to see that besides the shut outs and some not so great periods, the devils made the list. makes me think the devils do look okay this season and we can make the playoffs. i don’t think we’re going all the way to the cup but would love to see play off experience
As a Caps fan, I thought our team defense of last year would carry over to this season. At times, they do miss assignments leading to chances/goals scored. Overall, not bad. We have 2 capable goalies to stop pucks.
Great vid. As a bruins fan, i totally agree they are the biggest losers right now. Our defense is half alive, the offense is pathetic at best, and the 66 million dollar man had been playing with his eyes closed. Hopefully firing Mongomery gives them the kick to wake up
I’m a Lightning fan, and I more or less agree with their exclusion from either list. They’ve had consistency issues that have caused them to be very mid up to this point in the season. When they play well, they do things like beat the Jets. When they play poorly, they do things like lose to the Flyers. Once they figure out how they want to play, I expect them to turn up on one of these lists. Go big or go home.
As a Bruins fan, we shouldn't have done as well as we did last year. This year is more realistic to what last year should have been. Our stupidly high expectations have gotten us in a deep hole, thinking that a team who gave up all of their cornerstone players would go on a playoff run. Sadly for us Bostonians, we are in need of a rebuild era before we'll be Cup contenders again.
As a diehard sharks fan, I'm ecstatic, we have double the wins I thought we would have!!!
Heck of a time for you sharks fans! I'm here for it too. I consider them my west coast team. I'm a life long New Jersey Devils fan and want to see players like Fabian Zetterland and Vitek and MacKenzie Blackwood succeed
Haha congrats! 🍾
I feel and for them every season.
Lol
2025 Stanley cup winners trust
My liver has definitely had an easier year compared to last year
The Nashville Predators sponsored by U2 at 15:14 was crazy 💀 Keep up the humor, man, it's killer.
Came to the comments for this exact comment. "Sponsored by U2" got me good!! 🤣
great catch. awesome comment! 💯
Would be cool to do this format as a "quarterly" check. Great video! The U2 shit killed me lol
My feeling is that Adam Lowry is never mentioned as captain of strong Jets team, he is doing all the hard work captain needs to be and he is doing it perfectly. Defensively stable, fights for teammates, strong in PKs. Most underrated captain in the NHL right now.
As a Devils fan I really like Adam, hard working captains and being an underdog in conversations is dangerously good combination. Good luck to the Jets for the rest of the season, It's been really entertaining to watch this team play
Naming him over Schiefele after Wheeler left and the locker room-problems thing surprised me, but certainly convinced me they took the problems seriously and found their best solution.
He gets the same treatment as Jordan stall almost zero recognition but the teams would suffer without them
@@kjells3578 good point. Scheifele was number one option and expected to have “C” by public also. Lowry option surprised me, as I didn’t have any knowledge about his qualities. I wonder how would Jets look like if Scheifele was the captain.
Great analysis. Keep it up. Probably the most accurate diagnosis of struggles and success on UA-cam. Takes on systems for players and coaches who want to better learn the game. I’d like a breakdown on late 90s Red Wings and Scotty Bowman’s courage to step outside orthodoxy with Russian 5.
The sharks are currently doing better than the predators😂😂😂.
I’m a predators fan
Been watching hockey for over 65 years and really didn't understand the concept of the hybrid defense system until you explained it. Thanks
Glad to see Zuccarello getting some love he’s such a criminally underrated part of Wild offense and Kaprizovs success they had instant chemistry from the start. Amazing player especially with how undersized he is aswell. Insane to think he’s 37
Agreed. Love Zuc when he was with the Rangers and ever since.
We miss him being a NYR😔
@@SpaceYourFace Me too. They had a great team, and a great run in 2014. Then they tossed it to the Kings. Friggin Marty St Louis was still on that team, and Hank, McDonagh, Miller (though I've since heard he's a real asshole), Nash, Marc Staal, Stepan, Brassard, Fast, Girardi, Hagelin, Boyle (whom I came to really dislike), Talbot, and two of my favs, Zucc and Kreider. Kreider's the only one left. 😯😥
@@nopenopenope131 they were an awesome team, no doubt! Which is why it was even more painful that they gave LAK the cup.
Glad I subscribed recently. Quality content and well delivered. Gratz
Yeaaaah you arent allowed to stop making this series, see ya next week fam
Please keep making this series. And the whole week breakdown one lmao
The real winner so far is me for three things. 1) Going to my first NHL game, which the Stars won! 2) Being able to actually keep up with the season, thank you, Victory+! 3) Finding this UA-cam channel that's helping me keep up with the league as a whole beyond just the stadinga table.
Also, anybody I've bumped into in my online circles that enjoys hockey has been super welcoming and excided that I started watching. I'm super excited for the Stanley Cup playoffs. I always heard it was the hardest trophy to get of the Big 4 sports leagues.
Welcome to the Hockey Community, Congrats on going ot your first game, always a good memory. Victory+ is single Handly the best broadcast you can have for a single team and Stars fans are so fucking lucky, Nhl Needs to Fix the whole Broadcasting disaster they have. This Channel is great but some others I'd check out are The Hockey Guy, dude covers everything from news, standings, waivers for every team and more. Johnny Hawkey, short 2-5 minute videos of various subjects for every team. I'd agree the stanley cup playoffs is the hardest, every series is best of 7 with only 1 day off between games including travel and It's easily the most Physically demanding of the big 4 sports. Also Dallas looks to be in very good spot for years to come i fully expect them to contend for atleast the next 5 years.
Flames got slept on in this vid
Flames record is due in large part to Wolf and Vladar playing so well. The PP is absolutely anemic and they’re lacking real scoring threats at 5v5. But its been a fun team to watch so far!
Being in 11th place ain't that great bud.
@ better than the oilers
I mean the Habs simply need progression, which showed when they suffocated the Oilers last game, meanwhile Detroit, Pittsburgh, Boston and Nashville etc. all need points desperately to avoid jerseys thrown on the ice. We will see
...the Jets, Stars, and Canes look awesome! I'd sure love to see Ove take the reins --wait, I'm suddenly watching Devils games???
As a life long devils fans this made me laugh 😂
I love this new format, I'm having a laugh
Awesome work brother! Love the in-depth breakdowns and rankings.
These videos are so damn good. Keep up The great work man!
Good shit! Im keen for you to do these quarterly throughhout the season! So yah like every 20 games ish. Keep up the good fight brew
Fire Lalonde already ffs
As a Preds fan, I feel like I'm never gonna live this season down.....
My condolences it is a shame , you are a great fan base and have great ownership. WTH is going on there ? Coaching ? Team turmoil? Tough luck for you guys and gals.
Sens fan here thinking "first time eh?" Lol
@@Pedro.dh10 They followed the Penguin's plan of getting older in the off season.
I was really surprised that NSH went all in on the older guys..i hate it for them.
As a Bruins fan, I feel your pain.
Love this channel and this video! Keep up the amazing work
Nice work. It would be awesome to see this as a series. Bi-weekly might be too small a sample size. I trust your judgement. As usual I'm looking forward to your next post.
Great vid 👍keep it up
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love your content man. keep up the great work
I just want to say I really enjoy your channel/content and you make following the hockey season so easy. I tell people I know that like hockey about your channel. Just have perseverence/resolve and patience, eventually you'll have over 1 million subscribers.
You should do a full Necas breakdown :)
He was a first round pick so maybe he is this good.
I’d expect Devils to be a bit lower (still on the list) since they’re doing what was expected of them whereas teams like Carolina and Washington are doing even better when it wasn’t expected
But regardless incredible video as always dude, thanks so much for your hard work and great analysis
Yeah, I feel like top 3 should be Jets, Carolina, and Washington. In any order
Yup as a Devils fan I see exactly what I expected from them. Learning to be consistent with the new system and improving defense as a unit comes with some disappointing losses but they seem to be consistently improving.
No one expected Canes or Caps to be steam rolling like that
“Sponsored by U2” is hilarious. Another great video, thank you for making such great content!
As a B’s fan I can assure you, we won’t be in that wild card spot much longer i’m afraid
And I wanna see them turn it around, but upper management really threw Monty under the bus with the offseason signings. Monty coaches a fast game, how the hell was having MORE big guys gonna help the team??
I agree. The team is just not producing and that isn't Monty's fault. The real change needs to happen in the front office with Neely and Sweeny. Our "stars" aren't worth what they are being paid. This isn't the 80's or 90's were bigger D strive. The game is much faster and they are too slow. Not only that but they aren't even all that tough. They get pushed around and out battled along the boards in the D-zone.
Neely and Sweens have absolutely butchered this club. The stupid trades/signings..winning coaches fired..they are sole blame, next to the players.
Loved this. Monthly, biweekly doesn’t matter just keep making them!
a monthly recap like this would be dope!
These videos are always excellent
I really hope the Nashville Predators can turn themselves around. Especially with Steven Stamkos on the team.
Love this series, bi-weekly updates would be amazing
HABS fan here : it’s okay it’s not that bad we get another good pick in the draft. (Btw I’m high on copium)
3 win streak baby ! Watch out Florida we're coming for you ! :P
hey, we were pretty solid in the last two game, we just need to keep that consistency and we could maybe be in the mix. (Btw. I'm also high on copium)
@@LeBix_ Agreed the last 2 games have been great but I think those are just flukes. Our D is getting toyed with by almost every team. I hope they get better with the hybrid system.
Monthly or even bi monthly would be nice for this series because there's always going to be at least 10 teams to talk about, up and downs wise. And if not the winners and losers, you could try a risers and sinkers series as the season goes along. Great video, rip my pens
great coverage! more please!
Let's keep this channel going!!!!!!
Make a video everyday haha great work. i watc your videos every day best hockey youtuber
Great video as always! Hopefully my Mtl Canadiens won't be in the next video hahaha
All I want for Christmas is the Sabres to get a playoff birth
Continue this monthly!!
When hockey psychology bro uploads, I get my notepad and pen ready
Best breakdowns & it ain’t close.
I would’ve had the panthers on the list
Great job as always.. ! Yes.....let do a winner/losers video every twenty games🏒♥️
3:20 i like how u tried to hide the TOR on the scoreboard there.. well done. bettman would be proud
How in the hell have you not been scooped up by an espn-type group. Best hockey info, and I’m pretty sure you’re about to rip my Habs apart. At the Detroit part now, Habs are coming 😅
Because ESPN is cringe when it comes to hockey… I have to watch the games on mute
This was such a great & easily digestible primer on these teams' systems
Excellent content!
A read on the current state of the Philadelphia Flyers, the choices made by Briere and what he inherited from Chuck Fletcher would be much appreciated!
Awesome list man. Sad TBL wasn't mentioned however seeing as they just beat the Jets and New Jersey Devils.
i like this video format a lot! i feel like bi weekly would be great! i don't think a week is enough time to witness any major changes to the top 5 and bottom 5 teams
We need a half season check-up on where teams are and who's surprising and who's tanking . Are the Rangers where they should be ? Are Vancouver and Calgary doing anything notable ? Are the Kings for real or just hot right now ? I enjoy these random hockey topic videos !!!!
hopefully joe sacco can do something good for the bruins. maybe like an oilers situation from last year
When I saw the news about Sacco leading the Bruins, I dry-wheezed and lit a candle for your franchise. But maybe you'll get a sick #1 draft pick out of it a few years from now. Stay strong,
an Avs fan
Nah Sacco is just another Sweeney/Neely yes man nothing's gonna change until both those jokers are gone.
Wasn’t Sacco the special teams coach? That gives me little confidence that anything will change, though I hope I’m wrong.
Main difference for the Devils has also been goaltending. I think last season they had the worse goalies in the League. This year, it's one of the best duos so far.
Jake Allen has been absolutely phenomenal, Markstrom has been slightly below average, and I'm feeling a bit of buyers remorse considering we gave up a 1st round pick for him. I hope he gets hot and stays consistent, because he has cost us some games, where as Allen has stolen us some games. We're only 21 games in though.
Calm down it's far from the best duos in the league Lol
@@tomblade I said one of the best, which is statistically right at this point in time.
@@tombladeclearly you cant read
@@missstar219 that's why you should always read a comment twice before replying: "duoS" 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
I smell some Brandon Perna influence and im all over it
I love those videos and I don't even watch nfl anymore 🤤
I like this style video! Def cool to have once a month or so
Great vid keep it up
Last week was pretty positive for the Habs following the crazy win against the sabers. They seem to be on the up and up. The Slafkovsky-Suzuki-Dach line seems to be working very well. Something clicked in the Guhle-Matheson D pairing and depth players (Dvorak, Evans, Gallagher, Anderson) are coming out of their slump.
It may be a flash in the pan but Saint Louis seems to be paying close attention making clever adjustments (see Arpon Basu's recent blog on his decision to bench Slafkovsky for a period).
It's sad to see the regression in my Wings. I know there are a lot of good kids coming but its sad to see the playoff barrier move away from us.
Biggest problem to me isnt Yzerman, he's betting on the future and is giving average players shorter term, cap friendly contracts untill the kids step in and can get paid longterm.
I have no issue with a Raymond and Seider getting locked but they need to step it up now.
This would be the first year our team stats go down, so I'm not going to be too hard on him for that.
The biggest problem to me is the lackluster coaching. Blashill and Lalonde aren't high quality strategists that can devise a system like Paul Maurice or Rick Tocchet and play to your teams strenghts. They keep getting outplayed on the PK and do not create any relevant offense. The fact that Lalonde and co don't seem to change this, indicates that he has no idea how to fix this.
Talking about the defensive of the habs, that oilers shutout makes me think it has a lot of potential
I can see the lighting doing good after beating the jets and seeing how good vasy has been I think if are defense really steps up we can be a playoff contender.
Please do these every week
as a habs fan, their defense looked terrible until the last 2 games. They look like they are evolving pretty quickly. Ik beating the jackets 5 to 1 isn't the greatest accomplishment because they suck but still. We got a shutout against Edmonton 3-0. Monty is looking great and the defense is starting to make sense haha. Laine should be back soon so yeah looking forwards to that we like what we are seeing. Hopefully they will do as good next game on saturday night against the golden knights. Great video as usual man kee^it up love watching your analysis.
"oh ****" haha. Also, of course the U2 joke was hilarious. Your vids are full of amazing jokes but with good insights that are also summarized nicely without wasting time, keep it up!
Awesome video
Been a fun start to the season for us Wild fans! Even more impressive that you remember that we're still paying Parise and Suter over $10mm. That money comes off the books after this season and we will finally not be playing with one hand tied behind our backs.
Really enjoy your work. I am learning current hockey systems from you no one else talks about, I'm 61 and a lifelong player and fan. I had no idea how Bones was coaching the Jets last year until I saw your video on my team a few weeks ago. I always wondered why Appleton (no offense Jason ) seemed to getting more TOI than Nick Ehlers...he had a career year last year despite playing a paltry 13 mintutes on average. That is a crime ! I know Nick can be a liability at times defensively but he more than makes up for it. He's dangerous every time he touches the puck and he makes other players better. I heard a Dallas fan say in the comments that that was why Bones was fired there, he was too stubborn in his ways and was getting out-coached. Love the guy, but today's game requires constant adaption and flexibility, and the Jets have the depth to alter their style as needed. We shall see. It's a long season, and I think our D needs a top 4 upgrade before we can be considered a real threat to win Lord Stanley's Mug. Cheers
The Cats essentially had a playoff schedule with back to back games against DAL, WPG, NJ and still maintaining first place in the Atlantic is definitely a winner they haven’t been as dominant and haven’t played near their best hockey but they don’t play their best hockey in November
theyve also played almost half their games without barkov
the video starting with two goals against the B's was perfect
Th for the vids
Thank you for not using someone on the Pens as a thumbnail.
Great vid. The more hockeypsych content the betyer
Great video
As a Habs fan I loved the game against Minnesota. They are everything we aren't, everything we need. Their defense was incredible, we had almost no time in the offense.
I hope we figure it out 😅
Great video!
great video!! i like all the picks. i'm gonna be honest though, i'm not as high on the devils as everyone else. don't get me wrong, they're a very good team, and they can be very fun to watch, but at this point in the season i'm not convinced they belong in the conversation of the nhl's elite just yet. they've cleaned up a lot from last year, but i feel like their numbers so far have been inflated by playing like 4 more games than everyone else. that's just a quirk of the schedule and will get ironed out, but their .619 points percentage through 21 games is good for 10th in the league. good?? yes. elite?? not yet. once the games played even out later into the season we'll see how they really stack up with everyone else, but at this point there are at least 5 teams in the east who i would consider better than the devils right now.
as a kraken fan i am riding my annual rollercoaster of emotions, puking bc im sad its never ending, and praying that it evens out at some point😭
Went to Vegas and got to see Ovi do a hat trick this weekend 😭Don't break now Russian machine, only 27 to go!!!! and I can't give up on my Penguins. They were looking so good against the Lightning yesterday, it gave me a spark of hope. 🙏
Those teams have been tied at the hip for so long, the Pens look like they’re finally falling into the pit that it looked like the Caps were a couple years ago of being too old and slow to play their brand of hockey. Caps avoided that fate for now, and might have what it takes to win one more Cup with Ovi, but man what a storybook ending to that rivalry would be if they both made the yoffs and played each other one last go for all the marbles.
Great video as always, but respectfully I'm not sure I agree about the Wild's success coming out of nowhere, which is a line I've heard a lot this season so far. The team had two seasons of 100+ points in a row, still largely have the main core with some positive additions, and had a lot of injuries/issues last year that made it a down year for the team. Add a dash of bias, but I'm not surprised. If anything, last season was the anomaly
Necas and Hellebuyck were heavily criticized for underperforming last playoffs, I think they took it personally and are now taking it out on the league this season.
Concise and accurate run down.
This is great, I love hockey but wasn’t able to play as a kid, so systems are a little over my head. I can see it and feel it, but having it explained more technically helps a lot. I’m bummed the Bs fired Monty, it won’t be the same without him but hopefully it sparks something.
The biggest disappointment this season is them being buffed up, but NOT using their size 🤦
Not sure what they can do with it cause the game is so fast, but they gotta step up and lay people out. Maybe have a forward hang back with them to to beef up the D line and allow them to squash people into the corners from a chip
i’m glad to see that besides the shut outs and some not so great periods, the devils made the list. makes me think the devils do look okay this season and we can make the playoffs. i don’t think we’re going all the way to the cup but would love to see play off experience
As a Caps fan, I thought our team defense of last year would carry over to this season.
At times, they do miss assignments leading to chances/goals scored.
Overall, not bad.
We have 2 capable goalies to stop pucks.
Great vid. As a bruins fan, i totally agree they are the biggest losers right now. Our defense is half alive, the offense is pathetic at best, and the 66 million dollar man had been playing with his eyes closed. Hopefully firing Mongomery gives them the kick to wake up
Should’ve given Marco Rossi some love. Wild have been missing a #1 center for years and the kid is stepping up big time to help that line
This kind of analysis would be great after every 20 games or so.
Bravo to this content, boyo!
Boston’s roster would have rocked the league in the 1900s just cuz of their defense. Good thing it ain’t the 1900s.
as a flames fan, it's a shock to see them this good right now, but where do you think they stack up as a winner or loser right now
I’m a Lightning fan, and I more or less agree with their exclusion from either list. They’ve had consistency issues that have caused them to be very mid up to this point in the season. When they play well, they do things like beat the Jets. When they play poorly, they do things like lose to the Flyers. Once they figure out how they want to play, I expect them to turn up on one of these lists. Go big or go home.
Sid the middle aged man had me laughing
As a Bruins fan, we shouldn't have done as well as we did last year. This year is more realistic to what last year should have been. Our stupidly high expectations have gotten us in a deep hole, thinking that a team who gave up all of their cornerstone players would go on a playoff run. Sadly for us Bostonians, we are in need of a rebuild era before we'll be Cup contenders again.
bro its criminal you didnt mention Gally also lighting it the fuck up. Dude straight up on fire atm.
Thanks for showing mercy on the Blues. Though no mention is almost worse.
i would love a deep dive into how the red wings fell off from last year.
Can you make a video on what the Blues are doing wrong and then send it to Drew Bannister? k thx luv u
I've never heard someone say so many nice things about Minnesota, and I gotta say, it feels so great lol