We're halfway through the season now, let's look at the team a bit.
8th in the conference, 2 points ahead of 9th.
-3 goal differential.
Losing record at home. That's bad!
Winning record on the road. That's good!
25th in the league in goals per game (2.34), That's bad!
7th in the league in goals allowed per game (2.44). That's good!
25th in the league in power play percentage. That's bad!
2nd in the league in penalty killing. That's good!
Rask is 4th in GAA and 7th in %, very good numbers.
Marchand leads the team with 32 points, which is good for only 29th in the league.
So I dunno. Just a whole lotta "meh" here. It's good that the likes of Rinaldo aren't in the lineup any longer but the team still struggles for consistency and scoring, and oddly can't win at home. No real jumps forward from last year in results. Backes' injuries don't help, and Bergeron hasn't had a good year. Improvements from both would go a long way to helping the team's scoring ills.
Where do they go from here? I don't have much more to add than this, I haven't been able to follow the team as closely as usual this season. I haven't read too much of the usual "Fire Clode!" stuff this year, and honestly I'm not sure what he can do save get guys healthy. The Globe (well, KPD, so ugh) floated a Landeskog-for-Carlo trade but that will never happen and I'm not sure it should even if possible.
8th in the conference, 2 points ahead of 9th.
-3 goal differential.
Losing record at home. That's bad!
Winning record on the road. That's good!
25th in the league in goals per game (2.34), That's bad!
7th in the league in goals allowed per game (2.44). That's good!
25th in the league in power play percentage. That's bad!
2nd in the league in penalty killing. That's good!
Rask is 4th in GAA and 7th in %, very good numbers.
Marchand leads the team with 32 points, which is good for only 29th in the league.
So I dunno. Just a whole lotta "meh" here. It's good that the likes of Rinaldo aren't in the lineup any longer but the team still struggles for consistency and scoring, and oddly can't win at home. No real jumps forward from last year in results. Backes' injuries don't help, and Bergeron hasn't had a good year. Improvements from both would go a long way to helping the team's scoring ills.
Where do they go from here? I don't have much more to add than this, I haven't been able to follow the team as closely as usual this season. I haven't read too much of the usual "Fire Clode!" stuff this year, and honestly I'm not sure what he can do save get guys healthy. The Globe (well, KPD, so ugh) floated a Landeskog-for-Carlo trade but that will never happen and I'm not sure it should even if possible.