Injury Report: Alec Martinez IN; Drewiske OUT vs. Nashville

etherialone

dialed in your mom
Mar 6, 2008
12,987
0
The Ether
Salute to DD for doing his best to hold the fort. He did a very good job but was the odd man out.

Welcome back A Mart.
 

MsMeow

Registered User
Nov 4, 2005
16,443
1,100
Awesome, now hopefully people won't crap all over A-Mart if he isn't up to speed in his first few games.
 

etherialone

dialed in your mom
Mar 6, 2008
12,987
0
The Ether
Here is a breakdown of our replacement players.

gp g a pts +/- toi
Muzzin 16 2 2 4 +3 15:40

DavisD 19 1 3 4 +4 14:32

Ellerby 19 0 1 1 +1 15:20 (including Fla)

Over the past 5 games Muzzin has averaged 20:07 mins per game with a career high of 22:43 last game. (Muzzin has played 3 fewer games than either DavisD or KE)

Over the past 5 games DavisD has averaged 15:52 mins per game with a season high of 18:12 last game.

Over the past 5 games Ellerby has averaged 12:17 mins per game with a high of 14:45 last game.

Muzzin has seen a steady increase of his ice time and has improved as a result (he had a ways to go and still does). With the additional ice time Muzzin not only chipped in on offence but also improved on his positional play.

He is a rookie and has his ups and downs but I think he has come a long way so far. Statistically speaking Muzzin has been our best replacement player to date.

DavisD was inconsistent over the past 8 games especially and that is why he is the player that was scratched tonight. DavisD is one of those guys who works very hard and is a solid asset to a team but is just outside of being good enough to earn a full time roster spot. Excellent depth D but not an everyday player.

Ellerby is clearly behind Muzzin in so far as their development is concerned. Both have a ways to go but Ellerby is out of position more often than Muzzin and more importantly Ellerby is still learning how to use his size/reach in relation to his gap control leaving him exposed more often than not.

There is enough there to work with to where I can see Ellerby developing into a solid bottom pairing Dman but he is a bit behind Muzzin in my opinion.
 

no name

Registered User
Nov 28, 2002
12,004
1
Tornado Alley
Visit site
Muzzin has not been as bad as people make him out to be lately. He's made a couple mistakes a game but he's made less than both Scuderi and DD. He's hitting and getting his shot on goal. Why would anyone want to take him out of the lineup?
 

MsMeow

Registered User
Nov 4, 2005
16,443
1,100
Muzzin has not been as bad as people make him out to be lately. He's made a couple mistakes a game but he's made less than both Scuderi and DD. He's hitting and getting his shot on goal. Why would anyone want to take him out of the lineup?

I am glad you said this because I also thought Muzzin looked better the last couple of games.

Yes. Also, this from Sutter:

Wow! No really, Darryl, tell us how you feel!

I love the honesty and bluntness from Sutter, but man he can be brutal.

I hope it isn't the kind of thing that the players eventually tune out. At the same time, I really wish someone was keeping all his quotes and would put them in a book because they are gold!
 

Ad

Upcoming events

Ad

Ad