Brad Boyes, Best Shootout Specialist In NHL?

I don’t know, it all seems to be in his head — which of course makes it all so much more weird. Why the hell can’t he score during the regular time if it comes so easy for him on the penalty shot? Dude has issues.

I don’t know if I’d call him my least favorite (Winchester), but he’s up there. Oh, don’t even mention his patented up-and-over shot. Get the fucking puck on net, Boyes!

that seems to be the common response.
I was slightly optimistic before the season after hearing a few interviews.
He changed his stick
He talked to a sports psychologist
He got married.

I still haven’t given up on him, maybe because no one is scoring much on this team.
But he may soon start getting the Brewer treatment if he doesn’t earn that 4mil

I know Slava Kozlov used to lead the league in the SO because he was so cool and collected, and was like a freaking robot.

Of course, that explains Captain Serious and Marty Fieldman being up there so far this season in shootout goals. You want no emotion, well there you go.

His first full season here, he scored 43 goals, but only had 22 assists. He was sixth in goals, but 46th in total points.

So the next year, he tried to become more of a playmaker. His goal total dropped to 33 (not all that bad) and his assists jumped to 39 for 72 points (35th in the league). However, he was -20 and that’s when the wheels fell off.

The Blues hammered him for being a one-way player. Andy Murray called him out and said things like we all to be plus players. Boyes began to play defense last season and his points plummeted (14-28-42).

I guess the point is, Brad needs to stop playing D. Stop worry about the +/- and score some fucking goals. He need to do what he did in 2007-08. Don’t worry about assists, don’t worry about +/-, just fucking score.

I’m calling it right here, 2 goals for the mentally crippled one who cannot seem to score.

And no, I did not slip and hit my head in the tub this morning.

…but as Brad said, four million is a lot of cheese for a few penalty shot gimmick goals.

I tend to agree with Joe (which is unusual in itself) and #93; Andy Murray’s emphasis on the defensive side of the game, and his disparagement of Boyes for not being good at it, really seems to have gotten into Boyes’ head.

At this point, Hildy’s suggestion of a sports psychiatrist seems to be the best way to go… but the team needs to keep it completely on the QT, because if it doesn’t work out, they need to trade him while they can still get something for him, and no one’s going to give up more than a bag of pucks for a guy with the “headcase” label.

B.

Play Boyes on the point on the PK. Have him go for a breakaway any time we regain the puck. Justin Bourne wrote about how shorties are fairly easy to come by if you are aggressive enough. I think that having Boyes, a surefire breakaway scorer, on the point would increase our SH totals greatly while lowering our PK percentage very slightly. See Claude Giroux in Philly for how this could work.

as of right now, “Boyesie” is the Frank Thomas of shootouts.

that boys should be told he’s not allowed to pass the puck when in past the blueline with it. GOTTA SHOOT, brad. no more playmaking.

you have a wicked, wicked snapshot. just use it, man. we dont CARE if you play defense. we NEVER cared if you played defense. get that goblin outta your head.

i live in erie, so i’ve been watching this guy play (erie otters) for a long time. he was always so smart with the puck, dangerous with it as well.

i was happy to see him get one in the opener, even if it went in off his a$$ or whatever, thought that would help his confidence. i don’t know what’s happened, but he does look soooo tentative, thinking way too much.

you may remember when he struggled in boston, it got to the point where he fought (lydman maybe?) just to help the team in some way.

i mean, at least he’s not some overpriced cancer in the locker room, however, he is an overpriced 14 goal scorer….don’t know what the deal is….

Sadly, this is becoming part of the game. I guess I would like to know SO Goals Scored vs SO Attempts. I feel dirty for even thinking that I want to know that.