@M_Meyer3@BleedinBlueFS Overall, the defensive prospects behind Jiricek leave something to be desired. Any ideas on how the Blues can raise the level of their projected team defense?
@PassingDrill@ZWatson65536 And he is 8th in the list and his goal scoring was still trending down that season. Bet he didn’t make the list the year before or the year before that. It was just a player manipulating statistics to get what he wanted. Not interested in two way or selfless play. He’s not Ovi.
@PassingDrill@ZWatson65536 Yeah that was the year Kyrou shifted to playing defense. It drove his offense down and he couldn’t seem to figure out how to play some semblance of defense and still drive offensive play. He should have made the defensive shift a couple of seasons sooner.
@JustinScottx89 The main difference is not trading. The main difference is that Montreal spent years tanking to build a roster and farm system that is several steps ahead of the Blues.
@JustinScottx89 Well the complaints about forechecking and actually skating back for D and not cherry-picking were legit. They kept coming up because he kept doing them (until last season).
@JustinScottx89 His defensive game did improve, but that seemed to make his offense tank. I’d say he swung too far to defense last season. He basically just needed to get back sooner and forecheck more.