Well , there's a lot you can point at right now. The Isles are on a three game losing streak on their current road trip. During this trip, they've been shut out by both Nashville and Vegas, while managing to score just one goal against Arizona on Monday. Sure, Lou Lamarillo went out and got Andy Greene from the Devils to help out the banged up blueline. Good start but more has to be done to help this team out. I'm sorry but there's no scoring depth on this hockey team. Here's why this could be huge. The scoring differntial for this team is a plus 8. Not bad, but it looks bad when you see the two teams ahead of you are at a plus 39 and a plus 28. The goaltending at times has been fantastic, but the defense has been slipping as of late. They were outshot 43-19 in the shutout loss to Vegas on Saturday night.
That us a staggering number to think about. That shot total number from the Vegas game show what's going on with this hockey team. Adding Greene on the back end helps out because the goaltending has looked human this year. Then there the scoring. One guy, Brock Nelson, has hit twenty goals, he's sitting at twenty one. I'm sorry, as much as I'm a fan of Brock's I don't feel comfortable with one twenty goal man on this team. I know there's still plenty of season left to go, but there needs to be more.
There's no real depth on this team. No sense of urgency when it comes to offensive push. This is coming from a frustrated fan, but I need to see more fire from the forwards, there's nothing the last three games. Sure, they had a few more chances hitting the post on multiple occasions against the Coyotes on Monday but, that's not the puck hitting the back of the net. It hasn't happened that often this year where I fell that this team can roll with anybody. They've showed flashes that they could be a major threat in the East for a shot at the Cup, and there's times that they've come out with no heart and laid an egg.
Barzal is the team's best player anybody and everybody knows that fact. I've argued this for a long time now, how little scoring depth on this team. It's been hit or miss with getting anything consistently. It's driving me crazy wondering most nights which team is going to show up its very Jekyll and Hyde as to what offense will come to play every night. All I ask of my team is that they show up and give me effort from an offensive standpoint every night. No more flat performances and no more getting out worked. It might also help if, between now and Monday's trade deadline, our general manager goes out and adds an offensive weapon to help out with this team and attempt to make it stronger. The forwards are almost as banged up as the blueline which isn't helping things much.
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