Burrowsaurus
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I think nostalgia is clouding some memories around here.
Gryba was expendable for a reason.
I think nostalgia is clouding some memories around here.
Gryba was expendable for a reason.
Boucher admitting on the radio that there are so few of guys like boro left. Yeah no kidding
One plays RD the other plays LD. When we let go of Gryba I seem to remember him making a really bad turnover during a playoff game. Wideman > Gryba.What does Boro do better than Gryba?
I think the only thing that can be argued is hitting and Imo the only thing he has in that aspect is quantity and not quality.
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One plays RD the other plays LD. When we let go of Gryba I seem to remember him making a really bad turnover during a playoff game. Wideman > Gryba.
If he does it he's worth the money. Let us see.The fact that Lou Lamourillo and Mario Lemieux worry at night about Crosby and Matthews being knocked out of a game by a Boro hit makes me happy about this signing.
The cowen boro gryba old Phillips quartet. Thing of nightmares.The mere thought of putting in any amount of appreciable effort to do research for a Gryba-Boro comparison is giving me a headache.
I figure next year's D looks something like:
Claesson - Karlsson
Chabot - Ceci
Phaneuf - Jaros
Harpur, Borowiecki
With Englund and Lajoie still in the AHL.
This is a solid, reasonable post. Good stuff. And I agree. You're obviously not an "arrogant scoffing" poster, because people like that are not capable of rational discussion. It's all "grrr grrr Boro bad! Boro worst of all time. Boro reason we lose! GRRR" in between severe bouts of drooling and foaming at the mouth for these people. You could ask these people anything and they'd say it's Boro's fault. Climate change? Grrr Boro's fault! ISIS? Damn Boro! McDonald's ice cream machines always broken? BOROOOOOI'm an "arrogant scoffing arm chair know it all corsi nerd", and I have no problem with this signing. Boro does well in a limited and sheltered role. Put him with another guy who has no ability to get the puck out of the zone (i.e. Ceci - the minutes they played together last season were a DISASTER), and there's a problem, but as long as he's playing sheltered minutes with a puck moving partner like Wideman he's fine. And if one of the Bingo players steps up and can take his spot, he's a perfect candidate to be a 7th D.
The team's real problem is the lack of a decent puck mover on the 2nd pairing. Phaneuf's too slow and Ceci doesn't have the defensive-zone hockey IQ.
Money is what it is. We knew this signing was coming.
I just hate we have a roster spot tied up in him for 3 more years with guys like:
Harpur
Jaros
Chabot
Lajoie
Englund
All in the wings looking like the can play in the NHL sooner than later. That part of an early extension doesn't make sense to me.