it went on for about five minutes. One goal, then we took that penalty. The PK shut the door – great momentum-killing PK, and then the boys locked it down, smartened up, and went back to their game. They did let up, but they caught it and didn’t let it go anywhere, which I thought was promising.

I think the style of play in the 3rd might have had something to do with being down 2 Dmen. Kind of hard to keep it pedal to the metal when you’re missing bodies.

So true. Why doesn’t this comment have 1,000 rec’s?

this may sound stupid, but is it possible that fehr is more effective playing only 10 minutes per game vs. 17-18 minutes?

also, fehr is one of the few forwards who gets very little pp time and no PK time (bmo and chimmera are others). that impacts TOI. there were 18 minutes of either PP or PK time in last nights game. if you dont play on one of those units, your time is going to suffer…

WTF, I did not read this post before I wrote my “Fehr slept with BBs sister” post. That is hilarious. A rec for you.

Post fail.

Who says BB hates Fehr?

I’ve never seen any evidence to support this other than lower TOI than other players.

ow, reply fail. danggggit.

the fact that Bruce runs out his energy and shutdown guys more often than the third scoring line is not really a surprise, but it doesn’t explain Fehr’s ice time over the long haul.

brooks played over 5:30 on the pp and 3:17 on the PK. bmo had over a minute of pp time. maybe that’s it. with brooks out there playing the PP and PK, that line get split up. need to let brooksie rest before the regular line shift goes out.

for example, i think the caps started the third on the PP. brooks was out ther for that shift over a minute. so by the time their regular line comes out its over 3 minutes into the game.

eh, its a mystery for sure but i’m guessing a lot has to do with his lack of special teams time and the impact that has on his regular line.

Two righties, but your point is taken. I’m not sure Fehr would disappear necessarily, however the idea that BB does it to fire him up is a valid one. No matter what the case may be inside of BB’s head, Fehr has produced tremendously in his limited role, and there will be absolutely no excuse not to play him more next year.

I think this is completely valid. Playing somebody more doesn’t necessarily increase their productivity. It’s certainly possible that it would plummet (or rise… but not at a linear rate), although disappear is perhaps a bit strong.

Did you see where Fehr was when he scored? Attacking the crease.
Did you see where Fehr was when Laich scored? Crease.
Do you realize that Fehr is very adept at drawing penalties? You don’t do that by avoiding contact.

Of E.Fehr’s 21 goals this year more than half are within 10ft of the net, high traffic areas. I’ve just looked at all of his goals on NHL.com.

Source?

source, please?

Off topic and unsubstantiated! Awesome!

I do not believe you.

1) This is off-topic. Please take it to the Clips, or perhaps the recap.

2) You need to back up claims like this with either a credible source or some killer analysis. You’re not contributing anything at all with a one-liner that’s completely unverifiable.

3) You’re not doing anything for your own credibility by posting this, give some thought to it for the future, hey?

i think it was discussed in Clip today