Half-Assed GDT: Blues Nucks: Hockey After Dark

[TheDizee]

Is he from Vancouver?

Nice place, a few stupid fans

Vancouver fans are on par with Leaf fans IMO. That is why its amusing to watch them choke every spring (Well, like every 5 years or so for Vancouver as they stink usually).

 

[PerryTurnbullfan]

Size be damned, Catton is gonna be a player.

Think he tried to do too much. He tried to take on 3 guys and had options. I wouldn’t want the puck to die on his stick that much. He did look good out there. Scouts syndrome….not how he normally plays.

 

[Celtic Note]

This Neighbours coming out party has been really fun to watch. Beginning of the year he seemed to just be a body out there, but every game recently he finds the soft areas of the ice, makes plays, and gets the little details right. Neighbours has way more skill than Jaskin ever had so I don't believe he will regress hard, but I am curious to see Jake's progression next year.

Disagree about Neighbours having more skill, but he certainly has a bigger drive and much better skating. Jaskin had a lot of skill you couldn’t see because he was always behind the play.

 

[Tvoor33]

Leddy made a great escape move on that OT goal imho.

Yes he did! I think that was the first time he's been on the overtime line. I hope he gets a chance on a power play line. He's a good set-up man.

 

[ezcreepin]

Disagree about Neighbours having more skill, but he certainly has a bigger drive and much better skating. Jaskin had a lot of skill you couldn’t see because he was always behind the play.

Maybe the exaggeration of "way more skill" is the wrong statement to make, but I think it's clear in the way Jake plays that he is more skilled than Jaskin at the same age. I think his stickhandling is better, obviously speed, IQ is probably higher. Jaskin had the benefit of being a massive dude who was incredibly difficult to knock off the puck, but when given time to get off a shot it was always a muffin or right into the chest of the goalie. Jake seems to find the soft areas and rip pucks quickly which Jaskin never could do. It could be a consequence of team composition, but I personally believe Jake is the better player at the same age.

I guess I would say that in general, skill is having the ability to use your tools at the highest level and perform, to which Jake's motor, skating, IQ, and puck skills are being utilized much better and consistently than Jaskin's were. I hope that sentence made sense lmao

 

[BlueDream]

Also shoutout to the OG Drew Bannister for calling out the Canucks for falling down easy in this game.