Cali512
04-13-2023, 11:46 PM
He has excellent chemistry with skinner and tuck. Yes midlestadt played very good throughout his injury, but skinner and tuck knew how to get Thompson open for his left corner shot. They both have excellent on ice awareness and could create plays to get thompson his best opportunities. We had one of the best first line units in the nhl and we sort of ruined it for depth. It definitely impacted Thompsons performance, and caused us to not have consistent pressure with our first line
Imo, that was one of the dumbest things we've ever done. Putting our best player who had amazing chemistry with our first line to the second line just for depth, was ****ing idiotic. Just because midlestadt did well replacing him doesnt mean changing up our whole lineup. We had one of the best first lines in hockey and we ruined it, which is ****ing stupid. Thompson, skinner, tuck were exceptional together, to expect Thompson to be a powerhouse with another line just to keep some "chemistry" during a week absence makes no sense at all imo. Regardless of our depth issues, if you have a great first line, keep that **** together. Thompson never seemed to get the groove going again and had major issues finding his left snapshot, mostly because we didnt have the players to set him up for it. We honestly wouldve probably made the playoffs if we just allowed them to be together, skinner had a knacked for driving or tightening up the D to get Thompson opportunities. Thompsons stats massively dropped off after this change and no one was able to pick up the slack
If you have a top 10-5 player in the nhl with an extremely consistent line who allows that guy to flourish, dont ****ing change it because his replacement does "pretty good" when he's injured.
Imo, that was one of the dumbest things we've ever done. Putting our best player who had amazing chemistry with our first line to the second line just for depth, was ****ing idiotic. Just because midlestadt did well replacing him doesnt mean changing up our whole lineup. We had one of the best first lines in hockey and we ruined it, which is ****ing stupid. Thompson, skinner, tuck were exceptional together, to expect Thompson to be a powerhouse with another line just to keep some "chemistry" during a week absence makes no sense at all imo. Regardless of our depth issues, if you have a great first line, keep that **** together. Thompson never seemed to get the groove going again and had major issues finding his left snapshot, mostly because we didnt have the players to set him up for it. We honestly wouldve probably made the playoffs if we just allowed them to be together, skinner had a knacked for driving or tightening up the D to get Thompson opportunities. Thompsons stats massively dropped off after this change and no one was able to pick up the slack
If you have a top 10-5 player in the nhl with an extremely consistent line who allows that guy to flourish, dont ****ing change it because his replacement does "pretty good" when he's injured.