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Message: [QUOTE="DoctahLexus, post: 5032075, member: 6798"] Maybe I eat crow for this, but I am firmly not in the concerned camp for the offense. People are basing that on a 12 goal performance against ND when we were burned at the X, a 10 goal performance against Duke where we we played stall ball for damn near the entire 4th quarter (and were burned at the X), a 13 goal performance against Hobart in the freezing cold with one of our starting attack deciding to sit last minute. It is true that we are struggling to draw slides out of the attack, but we are still getting quality looks on offense from the unit as a whole, with a lot of that generated from the attack's passing. ND had Pat Kav go 2-1, with Chris Kav not doing jack. Pat Kavs goals were a miscommunication on a pick, a lefty shot from up top, and an assist when mismatched against a short stick. They got nearly all their goals off of middie dodges. I am sure percentage wise our offenses were at similar efficiency Saturday, with ours probably having a slight edge that was canceled out by the lopsided faceoffs. Is the ND offense broken? Do you think they are concerned? Of course not. In these high level games, 9 times out of 10 it comes down to who can make the most out of exploiting short stick match ups. Similar story if you look at ND and Cuse's stats against MD. ND even with the saintly Kavanaughs is not so different from us. And we have a similar stable of dodging middie weapons to make those plays happen. Stevens burries that wide open shot at net and its a different narrative. Thomson cans that cross crease skip pass from Hiltz and it is a different narrative. We were close on saturday. If they struggle to get to 12-13 against this Cornell defense, which is much worse both on ball and off ball, then I will submit my letter of apology and resignation from the analysis staff here at Syracusefan.com. We SHOULD have an advantage at the faceoff x, but that area has been a true concern for me with the downturn they have been on. A better day there will help the O get into a rhythm they were denied against Duke and ND. [/QUOTE]

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