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I wouldn't say that. AA will open up ice for linemates ..... we saw tonight what Bedard can do when he gets that extra space. And if teams concentrate on blanketing Bedard he has a knack for finding the open guy.
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If they win a bunch of games because Bedard is putting up 3+ a game, so be it. Only the usual suspects will complain.
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Athanasiou needs the puck on his stick. He's a really dumb hockey player. Terrible fit with a guy as smart as Bedard.
And you don't break up Foligno Bedard and Kurashev. Line scored thirteen points tonight.
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Watching Foligno interview right now. He’s a cool dude. He will definitely have a job at NHL Network as an analyst when he hangs em up. Huge charisma
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I'd rather lose a few spots in the standings if it means Bedard is exploding
Imagine not understanding why AA might be the worst linemate for Bedard that's on this roster....
The future of the franchise puts up 5 points in a dominant performance and some people are worried about drawing within 8 points of 30th place. Honestly.
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This year’s draft is different. Bedard is obviously a once in every 10 years talent, tanking was unbelievably important to try to get him.
Celebrini is obviously going to be good, but not that level. The next 5 or six guys after him are in the same tier, so if we don’t win first, it doesn’t matter nearly as much where we land this year.
Celebrini is obviously going to be good, but not that level. The next 5 or six guys after him are in the same tier, so if we don’t win first, it doesn’t matter nearly as much where we land this year.
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Agreed about keeping the 17-58-23 combo together for now....but remember who we played against recently. The speed of AA adds a new dynamic with his speed. He doesn't need to be smart just skate and go to the net. 98 will provide the smarts.
DisgruntledHawkFan
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Athanasiou is a nonfactor without the puck. AA is playing the same game with Reese Johnson as he is with McDavid. He's extremely dangerous in transition and that's about it.
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DisgruntledHawkFan
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I guess you missed the other several hundred games of his career?
AA can score playing with junk. He's a unicorn.
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People fall in love with guys with size and wheels. Stalberg. Skille. Hell people were advocating for Alex Fortin because he had a decent preseason and that guy sucked out loud.
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The concern is to not want to limit their lottery victory odds. The next year or 2 this still is probably a bottom 5 team. But if they can't win the lottery that could bite.
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He had 5 points while Bedard was out. Quick math would be 31 with Bedard and 5 without , but I also am only just counting Bedards injury and not like when they weren't on a line together or whatever.
After tonight would be 35 with Bedard, 5 without.
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It’s probably not great lol.
Speaking of which, he hit 40 points so great for him! I know some are saying it’s all Bedard and to a degree yeah sure, but it’s a talent within itself to play with talent like that. We saw Hall and Bedard have zero chemistry despite Hall being a more talented player than Kurashev.
I just think back to Crosby’s linemates for a long time. They weren’t superstars by any means, Chris Kunitz and Pascal Dupuis. It’s far more important to understand how that generational talent plays and complement them as opposed to keep up with them talent wise.
Kurashev stays with Bedard as long as those two continue to work well together.
TLEH
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Hall's sort of brain dead. I wasn't shocked that didn't work. I'm not sure what I think about Kurashev..I think he could be a good grinder and forechecker for Bedard after Foligno leaves/can't keep up but I'm not trying to pay him 5x6 or anything.
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Hall is a better version of Athanasiou. North South all wheels and hands. He's also hurt and a shell of what he was.
kurashev has 31 points with bedard and 10 without. bedard has 40 points with kurashev and 11 without.
they're pretty good together i think.
they're pretty good together i think.
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Hall is an individualistic player. Good player in his prime and such but not a super ideal second guy linemate.
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