tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288943341331559902.post3084034653751097337..comments2024-01-16T15:42:52.718-05:00Comments on The Boston College Hockey Blog: Back To The Basicseaglehockeybloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03367567178711403274noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288943341331559902.post-61103824353752198002014-11-12T14:29:51.197-05:002014-11-12T14:29:51.197-05:00BC is missing Johnny big time. Milano leaving was ...BC is missing Johnny big time. Milano leaving was a real killer looking at the last few games. Not having that true speedster that could open it up shows. Even the heart you mention isn't helping. Guys like Smith, Sit, Spiro, Jeke, and Straight. I'd say all except Straight have tons of heart (Straight was just playing like a goon last night), but regardless, in general they are all pretty subpar. Those cannot be the guys that we can expect to be the heavy icetime guys on this team. Sure they have heart, but they are not very good. They were ok 3rd and 4th liners when we had a big 3 that were scoring 4 goals a night but they can't be depended on to score. It was repeatedly missed passes, turnovers, and shots into traffic that didn't even come close to net. They were in completely over their head. Those guys need to be defensive and possession guys that grind it out in the corners and tire out other teams' top lines. I don't think we can expect more of them. Where last year Johnny was speeding around the edge and getting past guys, last night predominantly, it was the defenders. Matheson and Hanifin and Doherty driving down the edges, making passes that either were on the tape and mishandled by those guys, or missed entirely because of pressure and led to counterattacks and odd-man rushes. Overall the whole game just had a feel of the defenders trying to pick up the slack of the attack and getting caught. What we need is the younger forwards (Fitz, Calnan, Gilmour, Cangelosi, Tuch and Sanford) to play to their potential, because at times they have shown a LOT of potential. If they were to step up and take some of the load off of the defenders, who were playing insane shifts by the end of the game and were dogged, I think that's our only chance to get things straight this season. Also, let's hope Demko gets well soon because Barone was not very impressive. If I were Billett and he took my spot I'd take a leave of absence too. <br />Let's hope they turn things around. Adidaspetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06080567123299552291noreply@blogger.com