2023-06-06 03:39:00
Usually one of the most talkative NHL coaches at a press briefing, Paul Maurice was rather succinct on Monday following his Florida Panthers’ crushing 7-2 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 2 of the final series.
Certainly wishing to remain vague regarding his intentions, Maurice explained that his decision to remove Sergei Bobrovsky from the game following the Knights’ fourth goal, at 7:10 of the second period, was not related to the performance of his starter.
That said, he was not going to compromise himself so quickly to make “Bob” or reservist Alex Lyon his man of confidence for the third duel, Thursday, at Sunrise.
” I don’t know. I’m going to think regarding that for the next two days. We weren’t good in front of him, and he was sensational in the playoffs. I wanted to take him out to give him some rest,” he said.
Maurice later admitted that his defensive brigade had sometimes interfered with the work of the Russian goalkeeper on goals scored by Vegas since the start of this series.
“If our guys are positioned in front of our keeper, you have to sacrifice yourself and block those shots. We’ve often been three inches away from doing that, and that’s not enough. »
The veteran instructor didn’t want to get too cynical following such an uninspired performance, before admitting that some shortcomings need to be corrected right away.
“The phases of our game that need to be improved will have to be improved quickly. There is no doubt. We will have a simple game plan. But I don’t think scoring goals will be a problem. You have to make sure you defend well on the counter-attack, something we didn’t do well tonight,” concluded Maurice.
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