tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post907440003984100576..comments2023-06-01T21:15:57.354-11:00Comments on The H Does NOT Stand For Habs: Aftermath: A Tale of Two CentresJ.T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00012075493503316318noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-78979836852656622462011-02-05T04:30:09.951-11:002011-02-05T04:30:09.951-11:00Maybe Gomez should spend his free time studying Pl...Maybe Gomez should spend his free time studying Plekanec's videos. However it's amazing how he just cuts through an entire team to bring the puck over the line only to do absolutely nothing once he's there. Or perhaps the rest of the forwards on the ice need to get it slammed into their brains that when Gomez has the puck, SKATE SKATE SKATE. Perhaps if he went deeper into the offensive zone with the puck, it might help instead of stopping just by the blueline (seems to work on the PP). That spontaneous back-pass to the D pisses me off though. Either way, guys need to keep their sticks on the ice more.Number31https://www.blogger.com/profile/04754429306690847476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-63348734845571864402011-02-05T01:58:25.122-11:002011-02-05T01:58:25.122-11:00I wonder if giving Gomez more money than he ever i...I wonder if giving Gomez more money than he ever imagined making has perhaps taken the edge off? Kidding, of course it has. What is there for him to work for? He needs inspiration. Sometimes it isn't a coach that does that, or peers. Your inspiration comes from one source, and she might do us all a favor and kick Scotty's butt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-84606167620998696172011-02-03T09:42:40.354-11:002011-02-03T09:42:40.354-11:00JT... you and others say that Martin is not creati...JT... you and others say that Martin is not creative. I think his system is very creative, just not flashy or even beautiful. <br /><br />Some of our best architects and painters have subsribed to the dictum, 'less is more'. Their creative genuius was in stripping things down to their basic elements. The beauty was in their simplicity.<br /><br />We keep hearing Martin talking about keeping things simple... defence, special teams (and something else). Could he just be hockey's version of a minimilist.Vnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-68370263283430592432011-02-03T08:14:29.628-11:002011-02-03T08:14:29.628-11:00Can just picture the Habs with Gomez in Hamilton a...Can just picture the Habs with Gomez in Hamilton and Fisher and Neil in bleu, blanc et rouge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-36362832567712374662011-02-03T08:00:31.916-11:002011-02-03T08:00:31.916-11:00Gomez reminds of Kovalev. Both are least effective...Gomez reminds of Kovalev. Both are least effective when they try and do it all by themselves. <br /><br />I don't know how many times I've seen Gomez pick-up the puck in his own zone, start carrying it up the ice while his wingers start heading for the other teams zone anticipating that Gomez will pass them the puck. Instead Gomez continues to carry the puck, forcing his wingers to stop at the other team's blueline. <br /><br />Gomez then carries the puck across the other teams blueline and is immediately met by 4 opposition players. Since his wingers are still at the blueline Gomez has no one to pass to so he just dumps the puck towards the boards. Invariably the other team gets the puck and moves it easily out of their zone.<br /><br />Last night you complemented Pacioretty-we-could-have-had-Perron on his play. If he keeps it up he'll soon lose the we-could-have-had-Perron tag.<br /><br />Now if we only could get Kostitsyn-we-could-have-had-Carter-Seabrook-Parise-Getzlaf-Richards-Kesler-Perry-Bergeron-Weber(Shea not Yannick)to consistently play to his potential.DBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08774116563390591423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-51246989236909139322011-02-03T05:59:32.162-11:002011-02-03T05:59:32.162-11:00@V: I'm not sure Martin is behind Plekanec'...@V: I'm not sure Martin is behind Plekanec's success. Pleks had a pretty darn good season under Carbo as well, before the year he got dragged down with an underperforming Kovalev. Even in that 39-point season, he still worked hard and played very well defensively. <br /><br />That said, I think Martin deserves credit for managing a depleted roster pretty well. The situation right now...loss of talent to injury...is actually saved by his defence-first system. Because he doesn't rely on offence or creativity to win, like, say, Guy Boucher does, Martin can get a team to function with much less available talent. Basically, all you need is a team of good, disciplined skaters to play a Martin game. The Habs would be suffering now if they had a more creative coach.J.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00012075493503316318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-38155340484287097792011-02-03T04:54:15.504-11:002011-02-03T04:54:15.504-11:00Lots of Gomez bashing. Can't say he does not d...Lots of Gomez bashing. Can't say he does not deserve some but like you will hold out for the upside in the playoffs. <br /><br />On the subject of performance assessment, isn't it about time we recognized the job Jacques Martin is doing with the team this year. Pleks for one is a guy that probably owes some of his success to Martin - wasn't it just before Martin arrived when Pleks signed a one-year deal because there were big questions about his performance. Under Martin he has blossomed.Vnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435571560723564995.post-53048593687523003842011-02-03T02:48:44.542-11:002011-02-03T02:48:44.542-11:00Gomez can't play like Pleky because he doesn&#...Gomez can't play like Pleky because he doesn't think like Pleky. <br /><br />Viva Plekanec!<br /><br />Plek-nation<br />Plekylization<br />The Pleky touch<br />Pleky powerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com