Hamilton on trade rumblings: 'You can’t think too much into that stuff'
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Crazy. He looked awful last 2 seasons.
Right about what? That he'd be struggling to start his career with a new team 1 year after scoring 30 goals playing with a center who was hurt the last 30 games?
See, I think unlike you, I have watched many of the Canucks' games and thus have watched Loui play.
He's been just above Hayes-level bad.
I just read the Vancouver Loui thread. Anyone saying he'd fall off a cliff after a 30 goal season and being handed to the Sedins is a liar or worse.
I really don't know what you're getting at here.
My argument against resigning him was he is a slow, "non-energy" player now. He can put up a decent stat sheet, but he's a complimentary piece to an already good team (this is exactly what many Canucks fans are saying, and their main criticism of the signing). He isn't one of those players...to me...that makes his teammates better. Rather, he plants himself in front of the net (something certainly not every player is willing to do) and has decent hands to finish some plays.
I'd rather give the same money to a guy like Backes who is going to provide an energy level through a physical game, even if God forbid, it means a lower goal total for him individually than Loui. People were talking about how huge of a risk signing Backes was long term...and saying we should have just resigned Loui. LOL pass. Said it from day one. This crazy concept of evaluating players through more than just a stat sheet and HFBoards actually provides you a lot of insight. And more often than not, you get things right. I thought we had all learned our lesson that "replacing goals" is far from a straight science when Kessel left, but apparently not.
The Ballad of Jimmy Hayes?
Backes is playing better than Eriksson right now. Backes is not a better player than Eriksson. Backes' style means dirt to me. Goals and the prevention of goals wins games. There's only about 10 forwards in the league that are not complementary. Almost everyone that is not truly elite is a complementary player. Not everyone makes everyone else better,some players just complement each other better.Backes is also a complementary player. Geesh
Dubbing it down to the elementary level of goals for and goals against is exactly what creates this illusion that actual team building doesn't matter and you just need to assemble the team like you would in a video game.
So him playing poorly for the Nucks is indicative of poor team building on their behalf? Why then would you move on from someone who's gelling on your team in favour of an older player who might not? I didn't want either contract, and I'm glad Backes is fitting in fine on the team for now, but aren't you contradicting yourself somewhat?
I do play banjo..maybe I'll work out a folk song...Ballad of Jimmy Hayes sounds nice and old timey
may need some help with the lyrics though
Backes is playing better than Eriksson right now. Backes is not a better player than Eriksson. Backes' style means dirt to me. Goals and the prevention of goals wins games. There's only about 10 forwards in the league that are not complementary. Almost everyone that is not truly elite is a complementary player. Not everyone makes everyone else better,some players just complement each other better.Backes is also a complementary player. Geesh
I used to applaud your defending of Eriksson, now i can see there's more bias than originally thought
I'd say both players are about on par with eachother but for different reasons, and Backes is a better fit for this team, especially given the context of the youth and what this team needed.
Who really cares who's the better player in a vaccuum when it doesn't ever play out that way team to team
He's doing absolutely nothing that he was brought in to do. Talked a big game all summer though.
He's the opposite of everything he talked about....a ****ing fraud.
I was obviously not a Loui fan and was glad when we didn't sign him and now even more happy.
However, many of us have been saying for a while that Lucic didn't deserve a big contract from the Bruins and I couldn't be happier with that trade.
Edmonton fans are really pissed right now with his play.
Currently on the 3rd line with a $6m cap hit because he couldn't hack it with McDavid.
I pray for the Loui over Backes crowd to find peace
I didn't know that. Lucic has unique talent but his ability to play a 100% energy game is not there,and I don't think he liked fighting much. Give me Lucic with a Chris Neil personality and you might have Terry O'Reilly junior. Right now you just have Milan Lucic and he is what he is.
I pray for the Loui over Backes crowd to find peace
I agree. They're complaining that he takes 2 out of every 3 shifts off. Which is what I remember from his last few seasons on the Bruins.
If you can't produce with McDavid, you probably don't deserve $6m for 7 years. I can only imagine what he's going to look like in a few seasons.
It was Sweeney's best trade by far in my opinion.
I pray for the Hamilton trade crowd to find peace whether it's for or against it.
I agree. They're complaining that he takes 2 out of every 3 shifts off. Which is what I remember from his last few seasons on the Bruins.
If you can't produce with McDavid, you probably don't deserve $6m for 7 years. I can only imagine what he's going to look like in a few seasons.
It was Sweeney's best trade by far in my opinion.