How has he been a non-factor? He has been great on the penalty kill and on the forecheck. More offense is expected than what he has contributed during that stretch, but he has been far from a "non-factor".
Koivu has average speed and Heatley with below-average at best. Parise can only do so much when he is the only guy in the offensive zone for a good 2-3 seconds when trying to maintain control of the puck. He is going to lose it every once in a while.
99% of the team has not been scoring from prime scoring chances. This team averages 1-2 pipes or crossbars a game. There have been a lot of unlucky bounces in the last week or two, and you cannot fault that on specific players.
Stop being so damn negative. It's just embarrassing.
I take it the 1% who is scoring in your mind is Parise. I don't know who else it would be. Okay, I admit. I am wrong. Parise never, ever, has a bad game. Or games. How can anyone have a bad game if they are fast?
For the life of me, I cannot understand how Koivu has as many points right now as Parise. Thank goodness when Parise scored his last goal, no one paid any attention to Mikko doing all the work in order for it to happen. Even though he didn't get an assist.
Losing pucks, not scoring from prime scoring chances and being a non-factor on the 1st line = not being good.
For the life of me, I cannot understand how Koivu has as many points right now as Parise. Thank goodness when Parise scored his last goal, no one paid any attention to Mikko doing all the work in order for it to happen. Even though he didn't get an assist.
Gee, will Mikko get an I'm sorry from Russo, since apparently he was sick during the game in which Russo called him out? Somehow I doubt it.
Keep up with your weird vendetta against Russo.
Gee, will Mikko get an I'm sorry from Russo, since apparently he was sick during the game in which Russo called him out? Somehow I doubt it.
GASP! how dare you call out the all knowing?! may you be struck down from his day one chair of season ticket holderdom!
Not sure Koivu would care all that much.
Thank you, Koivu doesn't give a crap about what Russo thinks.