DDRhockey
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his wife is american.The coach of the Sweden team speak English much better than Bergevin.
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his wife is american.The coach of the Sweden team speak English much better than Bergevin.
ivIn a re-draft, Galchenyuk and Forsberg would be 1st and 2nd overall.
I also believe Galchenyuk will only get better. You already saw the difference Julien has made from December and on. Galchenyuk looked a lot more like the Galchenyuk from before his knee injury plus the added defensive improvement. He's on the right path and I sincerely hope Habs don't deal him now that his value has surely gone up from a year ago. However, it's not always who you give up but what you get in return.
The Swiss have patterned their hockey program after Canada, I believe that Finland has done this also.
Can both new coaching additions revitalise both of these players or are they both as good as gone?
Canada's goaltending and defense didn't help them but their offensive strategies didn't either. None of the lines seemed to click and there seemed to be no offensive system. Our forwards looked like a pickup road hockey team who just got put together. The last powerplay for instance had no set players asides from passing it to the low man near the net who would then proceed to cut in front of the net for a shot.
All that forward talent and yet Canada couldn't get consistent offense from their forwards when they needed it.
I don't think much changed in DLR's game from when he was in and out of the lineup vs after Plekanec was traded...I still have hope for DLR. After Pleks got traded and DLR was given the 3rd center role his game picked up across the board compared to where it was before. He was finally using his size to create offensive chances and was more aggressive. I think DLR will thrive under Julien as he is the type of player he likes. I see DLR being able to meet his ceiling as a solid 3C/good 4C.
That should be worrying for the Flames given the coach.
Somewhere, McCagg made a mess in his pants.
Glad to see DLR still got to play even after the addition of Forsberg and Arvidsson. (I know they're not centers).