But I can totally imagine scenarios where it would have become a focal point of fan and messageboard dissension. We're lucky/Poile is good so yay, we don't have to think about it. Yet.
The nice thing with this team is that we don't really NEED to do that. In fact, having 4 guys who could be #1 in some cities takes the burden off everybody. Now personally, I believe Subban can indeed be a 28-min-per-night #1 guy, and I also believe (won't be popular) that even in his recent diminished state he's still (slightly) the best D on this team (better O than Ekholm, better D than Josi). But it's all close enough that it's win-win-win-win for us. And if he slots in on 2nd unit PP or just logs 23 minutes in a night, well, he's going to have more energy when it matters most, and so will the other big guys on D, and it will net benefit the team more than if he was getting that "9M d-man chance".i still beleive that you cant look like a no1 d-man if they dont play you like a true no1 D-man. since hes in nashville subban have never been used like a real no1. im talking about his ice time and his pp ice time (playing mostly on the second wave). i dont know what happened but the last few games he was used little more (more than josi) and got good results. i hope they will finaly give him a real chance. a 9M d-man chance.
Subban won the vote for the Central division captain for the All-Star game.
The All Star game jerseys are fairly meh though.
they all are pretty bad.Do not like the Central jerseys AT ALL.
they all are pretty bad.
i can see it. these jerseys seem to get worse and worse every year. happy for PK though!They remind me of roller hockey jerseys- lol
I love the guy, but we aren't criticizing him just because he makes $9 mil, we're criticizing him because he leads the team in giveaways, averaging more than 1 per game, and isn't playing like a $9mil player.
All puck moving dmen are leading in giveaways. Doughty is too. That's the nature of the game. And imo ultimately it's a problem with the stats and the way people see hockey. A dman trying to get the puck out of zone while creating offense with a pass down the middle and his pass is intercepted. Statistically the result is a giveaway. A skill less dman like Josh Gorges tries to get the puck out of the zone using the board and the play is intercepted at the blue line. Statistically most of the nights the result is no giveaway. The reason? Because it's seen as a solid hockey play made by a defensive player.
The giveaway stats is the most ridiculous stats in the game. Travis Moen was turning the puck over 2-3 times a game and would not get a single giveaway because of his reputation as a solid defensive player and because he was using the board all the time.
It's about context though, look at the last night's game for legitimate criticism. He turned the puck over trying to pass through the crease instead of safely getting it out by playing it off the boards, that's incredibly frustrating for such a good player. I think his play over the rest of the game made up for it though.
True but he also made an awesome pass on Watson's first goal. I think you kind of got spoiled by Josi and Subban. That kind of passes there might be 20 dmen in the league able to do it on a regular basis at ES. You got two of them. We got none in Montreal.
Exactly, I'm not hating on him it's just saying that's why we can be frustrated by him some times, he'll make a killer play followed by a dud. I know everyone can't play great all the time, but his errors seem so easy to fix.
Last night a few minutes before that he flat out got walked on our power play. They almost had a shorthanded goal as a result.People criticize him for risky plays but the Kempe goal was a pure accident. He probably makes that pass 99/100 times.
Last night a few minutes before that he flat out got walked on our power play. They almost had a shorthanded goal as a result.
Last night a few minutes before that he flat out got walked on our power play. They almost had a shorthanded goal as a result.
Congrats to PK! That's awesome.
I think he's been much better in the last 4-6 weeks or so though, right? We don't see as many "frustrating" mistakes now, compared to earlier in the season. I think this has to do with his summer training. He said he couldn't train like he used to last summer because of his lingering injury, but he said he felt 100% now (that was back in November). So it probably took him a little while to get his cardio and fitness up to where they should be, and find his groove. Now that he found his game, he seems much more solid in every aspect of the game.
Last night's turnover looked really bad, but it was mostly bad luck, Kempe didn't even touch the puck, Subban just fanned on it.