Seems pretty simple, and yes, Tom Renney has discussed the above with the players.
"I'll bet you seven of the 10 goals on a nightly basis happen with big traffic at the net," Renney said before tonight's game.
"It just gives the goaltender something else to think about. I don't know what it is," he said. "Guys have a tendency to get off to the side. Just get in the goaltender's eyes, now it's something else he has to contend with. It's a hard one."
Renney also referenced a quote by Brett Hull when asked about shooting.
He said, 'I have an idea of where the goaltender's gonna be and where the net is and I just shoot it," Renney said, paraphrasing Hull.
"Sometimes they do overthink, especially guys who've had great careers finishing. I firmly believe it's all instinct, they have a general idea of where the goalie would be and just shoot. I think Shanny should just rip it and hit the net. The other night, three or four great shots, all of them wide, I'd aim right for here," he said, pointing at his stomach. "The worst case scenario is he's gonna have to make a save, 50-50 chance you get a rebound."
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Tonight's radio broadcast has been shifted to ESPN/1050 AM.
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Tampa's All-Star defenseman Dan Boyle will play his first game of the season after accidentally slicing tendons in his arm when a skate fell off a hook in the locker room during the exhibition season.
Comments (11)
I can't believe Greg Moore is getting screwed in favor of Orr and Strudwick of all people. It is mismanagements like this that go largely undetected, but hurt the most in the long run.
Gomez can't pass, what a waste of 52 million
BS call on Girardi
Nice Trap. Boooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrring!
Why ohhh why did we not trade Jagr for a bag of scotch tape?
Isn't he ?
Doesn't he?
Why do ask a question everytime I open my mouth eh?
Jagr breakaway - fan ..... Tampa breakaway = goal
Nylander doesn't miss Jagr--10 points in 10.5 games so far
send me down to Hartford for the rest of the season, maybe I will learn how to pass and shoot.
Nylander has been playing with this guy named Ovechkin, not sure if you guys have ever heard of him....
Grim Drury,
CHRIS Drury was outstanding last night, 2 assists and completely dominant on faceoffs.
Joe Micheletti is pathetic. When he did Isles games, we called him Joey two times, cause he'd say things twice, like "what a save, WHAT A SAVE"
why is everyone so critical of the team when they win ?