Robert Brent Verified Member Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago View full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCheatachu Verified Member Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago The thing I don't get about Fabes this year, is that he's getting the majority of his minutes (152:15, 73.7%) skating with JoBro, with significant time with (23:23, 11%) with Midsy. Which means he's not being asked to cover-up for the defensive warts of Buium (14:05, 6.8%) or Jiricek (2:05, 1.2%). In my (probably misguided) observations, Faber has been really successful in prior seasons by being well positioned, and having one of the most active sticks. It seems like he's been a maestro in somehow breaking up plays by getting a pass to go ricocheting off his stick. It seems like he's struggling playing against these faster teams where even though he's in the right place, the team's structure has broken down that even if Fabes is in the perfect spot, it doesnt matter... That said, everyone knew this season was going to start out tough based on the schedule due to hosting the '26 WJC, so it's not super surprising they're sitting in the middle/back of the pack. Hynes/SillyG will need to manage these guys emotions to prevent this from getting out of control though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Verified Member Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago Listening to Lapanta jump down Russo s throat every time he criticizes Billy is ridiculous on latest podcast. Lapanta is a clueless mouth piece for Billy. They just don’t get it or see what’s really going on . Lapanta was saying we can’t compare ourselves to the talent laden Utah or San Jose because they went through pain to get there high end kids. What the f is 10 years of 1st round exits. I give that up for celebrini. He says we can’t have anything nice because it’s to paunful. Ridiculous excuse maker. He also said our kids will turn into superstars. What planet is he on. Billy’s right kids need to kick the door in and take jobs. Faber kicked the door in and took a job. We didn’t draft him. Our draft picks need someone to hold there hand while they ring the doorbell and wait for an answer . Our kids have no fight in them like celebrini or Cooley do. You can see in there faces they are here, want it and no one is going to deny them. They are alphas. We have betas . Maybe tgeee kids become good but you can see they don’t have the desire a young kappy had or this new generation of talent. Maybe it’s the coaching and development not giving them confidence. Or maybe it’s Judds misguided drafting. The reason these kids might be falling to us in draft is because they don’t have the it factor. I do know these kids aren’t going to be cup contenders on this team with these vets. . Lapanta is just going back to the old talking points of past 25 years. Next year will be better and even though they are losing they do care about winning. They need to wake the f up. Old excuses don’t work. It’s time for accountability. We rebuilt the wrong way and didn’t get they right talent so now Billy needs to pull some rabbits out of his arse or hand the reigns to a competent gm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredJohnson Verified Member Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 1 hour ago, MrCheatachu said: The thing I don't get about Fabes this year, is that he's getting the majority of his minutes (152:15, 73.7%) skating with JoBro, with significant time with (23:23, 11%) with Midsy. Which means he's not being asked to cover-up for the defensive warts of Buium (14:05, 6.8%) or Jiricek (2:05, 1.2%). In my (probably misguided) observations, Faber has been really successful in prior seasons by being well positioned, and having one of the most active sticks. It seems like he's been a maestro in somehow breaking up plays by getting a pass to go ricocheting off his stick. It seems like he's struggling playing against these faster teams where even though he's in the right place, the team's structure has broken down that even if Fabes is in the perfect spot, it doesnt matter... That said, everyone knew this season was going to start out tough based on the schedule due to hosting the '26 WJC, so it's not super surprising they're sitting in the middle/back of the pack. Hynes/SillyG will need to manage these guys emotions to prevent this from getting out of control though I don't think your thoughts are misguided. I see it the same way. (Or we're misguided together 😳) A good coach would shake things up. #getpete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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