74 should’ve just glided straight to the bench after that
After what Carlson didnt cost us. No matter what happens you guys blame Carlson.
Those of that have been watching him for almost 10 years do blame him when he screws up, yes. Have we singled him out? No.
I think the real issue is he’s being played and marketed as an “elite” Dman. The result is a large amount of minutes (which is highly impressive and deservant of praise), that results in hes weakness being exposed, bad tendencies developed etc., more often that causes most of the distrust, disappointment and even dislike towards him.
While certainly and upper tier Dman, it is unreasonable and inaccurate to put him on the class of Burns, Dougherty, Keith, Gairdi, Webber, etc.
This ultimately comes down to management and the orginization asking fat to much of him. Both to belong in that class and in the system. Any criticism of him, should not that, and the lack of attention to the DCorps in general (note that most elite dman, have good DCorps around then too)
That being said, he is still young for a Dman. Mike Green (who got it way worse than Carlson), played some of his best all around hockey this year significantly under the radar. He (finally) became a very good all around Dman and his typical PP threat.
So there is still time for Carlson to come around. The issue is what cap space hit will he ask for and will they able to afford him and help for him.
