MBTendy
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Forgot how big he looks out there. Still seemed lazy lol
I get he's got some critics here but to suggest he looked lazy after that game boggles me.
Forgot how big he looks out there. Still seemed lazy lol
Also feel his style of skating leads to the "lazy" eye appeal. His stride is smooth and long he doesn't exude balls to the wall when he's keeping up with the tempo of the game.
absolutely but at the same time he is a guy who seems to glide alot and that aint skating hardAnd that can be very true. The lanky guys look like they aren't skating hard because their extra long strides don't result in the same kind of foot churning you get from normal people.
absolutely but at the same time he is a guy who seems to glide alot and that aint skating hard
http://www.tsn.ca/stars-scout-50-50-nichushkin-returns-to-nhl-1.768858
50/50 to have him back next season, this doesn't advance us much more !
Would you still continue to protect him in the Vegas Draft ? what about gamble him and protect Eakin instead of Val thinking that Vagas will bet on the fact that he will not be back in NHL ?
Dallas Stars
Forwards – Benn (NMC), Spezza (NMC), Seguin, Roussel, Faksa, Ritchie, Eakin
Defence – Klingberg, Lindell, Oleksiak
Goalie – B.Bishop
http://www.tsn.ca/stars-scout-50-50-nichushkin-returns-to-nhl-1.768858
50/50 to have him back next season, this doesn't advance us much more !
Would you still continue to protect him in the Vegas Draft ? what about gamble him and protect Eakin instead of Val thinking that Vagas will bet on the fact that he will not be back in NHL ?
Dallas Stars
Forwards – Benn (NMC), Spezza (NMC), Seguin, Roussel, Faksa, Ritchie, Eakin
Defence – Klingberg, Lindell, Oleksiak
Goalie – B.Bishop
It would seem protecting Nuke goes against the supposed "win now" mentality. If that is in place, they are either confident he is coming back and/or is seen as a great trade chip or willing to wait another year for his services.
Frankly, I just don't see it. Even in an impressive rookie year, the attitude problems, the interviews, etc. say he is a bit of a cry baby, and do you think he is going to like getting benched by Hitch any more than he liked getting benched by Ruff?
It's come out from other young Stars players that ruff wasn't exactly very clear about why he would bench guys, and that it was frustrating. That won't be a problem under hitch, he's going to let you know what you did wrong and probably watch video of it over and over again, but then he will also tell you what you should have done.
It's interesting that more and more you're seeing several players had an issue with Nuke. I do think it's an issue for them to take it to the media as Nuke chose to do, but it is interested to see that even Heika (or was it Shapiro) is saying that Ruff's handling of Nemeth has so irreconcilably damaged his relationship with the team he likely won't be back. Nemeth and Johns were the two I'd like to see most under a new coach mainly because both were excellent AHLers, and they got worse the more time they spent in Dallas with Ruff. Is that on them or is that on Ruff? Oleksiak, I thought he was OK, but it's not like he was ever great in the AHL like Nemeth and Johns were.
I really do want to see if Nichushkin, Nemeth, and Johns could blossom with better direction. It's really surprised me about how vocal the local media has been, specifically about the handling of the defense, about Ruff's lack of direction and leadership. Neither Heika or Shapiro has been shy to throw him under the bus. I personally don't remember it being this bad when anyone other than Crawford was let go. Sure, you are going to see a little negative anytime someone leaves, but for the most part, only Crawford and Ruff left with quite a bit coming out about their poor leadership and coaching in the room.
Players had an issue with Nuke or Ruff. Sorry, as an out of market fan i havent seen much of this.
I feel like Oleksiak was definitely better int he AHL than Nemeth was and its debatable between him and Johns. Yeah it was too soon but he got himself a call up during his rookie AHL season and had 33 points in only 59 games down there. It sure was a long time ago but I still think he has the most potential of the 3 and in fact I think he has been the most mishandled by Ruff as well.It's interesting that more and more you're seeing several players had an issue with Nuke. I do think it's an issue for them to take it to the media as Nuke chose to do, but it is interested to see that even Heika (or was it Shapiro) is saying that Ruff's handling of Nemeth has so irreconcilably damaged his relationship with the team he likely won't be back. Nemeth and Johns were the two I'd like to see most under a new coach mainly because both were excellent AHLers, and they got worse the more time they spent in Dallas with Ruff. Is that on them or is that on Ruff? Oleksiak, I thought he was OK, but it's not like he was ever great in the AHL like Nemeth and Johns were.
I really do want to see if Nichushkin, Nemeth, and Johns could blossom with better direction. It's really surprised me about how vocal the local media has been, specifically about the handling of the defense, about Ruff's lack of direction and leadership. Neither Heika or Shapiro has been shy to throw him under the bus. I personally don't remember it being this bad when anyone other than Crawford was let go. Sure, you are going to see a little negative anytime someone leaves, but for the most part, only Crawford and Ruff left with quite a bit coming out about their poor leadership and coaching in the room.
It's interesting that more and more you're seeing several players had an issue with Nuke. I do think it's an issue for them to take it to the media as Nuke chose to do, but it is interested to see that even Heika (or was it Shapiro) is saying that Ruff's handling of Nemeth has so irreconcilably damaged his relationship with the team he likely won't be back. Nemeth and Johns were the two I'd like to see most under a new coach mainly because both were excellent AHLers, and they got worse the more time they spent in Dallas with Ruff. Is that on them or is that on Ruff? Oleksiak, I thought he was OK, but it's not like he was ever great in the AHL like Nemeth and Johns were.
I really do want to see if Nichushkin, Nemeth, and Johns could blossom with better direction. It's really surprised me about how vocal the local media has been, specifically about the handling of the defense, about Ruff's lack of direction and leadership. Neither Heika or Shapiro has been shy to throw him under the bus.I personally don't remember it being this bad when anyone other than Crawford was let go. Sure, you are going to see a little negative anytime someone leaves, but for the most part, only Crawford and Ruff left with quite a bit coming out about their poor leadership and coaching in the room.
I feel like Oleksiak was definitely better int he AHL than Nemeth was and its debatable between him and Johns. Yeah it was too soon but he got himself a call up during his rookie AHL season and had 33 points in only 59 games down there. It sure was a long time ago but I still think he has the most potential of the 3 and in fact I think he has been the most mishandled by Ruff as well.
I also think Oleksiak is the only one of the three to make an AHL all star roster.
Players had an issue with Nuke or Ruff. Sorry, as an out of market fan i havent seen much of this.
I think he meant players had issue with Ruff.
I was always pulling for Oleksiak. I stopped watching the Texas games regularly last year, but when he was down there with Nemeth, he was always pretty lackadaisical. After he went down a few times after he had the NHL time, he seemed to stop trying and some reports indicated, I call, that he wasn't happy with going back down. If you're not happy about going down, you work harder to prove people wrong, you don't slack off. That's when I really started changing my tune on him.
Defensively though, I personally never though he could looked as good in his own zone as both Nemeth and Johns did down there. His points were nice sure, but Nemeth and Johns were better at their primary job.
It's not like I've written Oleksiak off now, and I'm not counting on any of the three to have major renaissance under Hitchcock. If someone does though, my money would be on Johns first and then Nemeth. I don't think all three will be back, but I'd love to see one or all of them do well with Hitch obviously.
Nichushkin it's just kind of wait and see. I was actually curious to see what some of the Russian fans were saying about him, and I stumbled onto a Russian article quoting McDonnell's recent comments. It's fan gossip, but they were pretty indignant about McDonnell saying Nichushkin could be like Malkin a few days ago. The gossip was that he was heavy into parting in Russia, and the most common complaint was that he bought into his own hype a little too much. They didn't seem to appreciate his attitude at CKSA.
It'll be interesting to see how this plays out. If the gossip on a Russian sports site, via translation, is true, Nuke may go full Glennie and destroy his own career. I hope that's not the case. I mean he's just now 22 years old. It'll be interesting to see what he looks like this season or the following should he come back.