Sean Avery is also an ex-NHLer...sometimes even their hot takes are not so hot...
Player Discussion Josh Anderson - Power Forward 101 Edition
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Sean Avery is also an ex-NHLer...sometimes even their hot takes are not so hot...
River Meadow
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Please remove Anderson from KKs wing if he is not better after the break, I believe Tatar would be more implicated and would allow this line to keep the puck more.
Anderson is great for rushes but he is quite bad defensively. Every time he went to a center's wing, the +/- of that line dropped.
Anderson is great for rushes but he is quite bad defensively. Every time he went to a center's wing, the +/- of that line dropped.
but maybe he can cover the player he is assigned to on the wing. Not saying he sould not start vs VGK, but there is clearly something wrong with him right now and it has been for the past 3 months.
There’s chemistry now on 73-14-22, so it’s a shame we can’t move Toffoli to KK’s wing as he could benefit from a skilled shooter. Anderson and Byron are the same type of player, albeit one is half the size, where they dig corners, bump players and shoot off the rush.
Anyhow, as funny as this sounds, I hope Anderson was hurt last round because he was not good at all.
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The coaches should try to work on Anderson's defensive game; maybe next year. There's a saying, you can't teach offense but you can teach defense, is that saying true? You can't teach a player to rush at the net like Anderson, he's special in that regard, but he should really focus on improving his defensive game. Is it because Colombus didn't develop him properly? Offensive players that suck at defense usually do because they make risky plays, which is not Anderson's case. Maybe he's playing injuried, that would be a good excuse too. I bet a more rested Anderson will make an impact against the Knights, trench war seems like his type of game, where he can standout cutting through Dmen and such.
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You can teach a player to just go to the net and hope for something.
You can't tell a player to backcheck, keep their head on a swivel and pick up the dangerous player.
Best you can do woth Anderson is further cement that he needs to play defense like 99% of the league and just skate back to a position and hope his presence is a deterrent, or the puck just hits him
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Anderson regardless of a poor series vs Peg will be needed for this team to get to the finals. He us unique in this lineup. Has the ability on any shift to change momentum with a big hit or great rush.
I think he is hobbled with a nagging injury.
Tatar over Anderson as some want????? Not even worth discussing unless Andersons (injury) or whatever issue gets worse. The guy is laying it all out there on the ice and guys in the room look up to that.
If he is not banged up.limiting his play I'd be shocked and will eat crow. Guy has never been a whiner and won't make excuses now. He has busted his azz since he was 14 to make this a career.
Provides leadership in that room as well is my guess. Would Tatar??????
I think he is hobbled with a nagging injury.
Tatar over Anderson as some want????? Not even worth discussing unless Andersons (injury) or whatever issue gets worse. The guy is laying it all out there on the ice and guys in the room look up to that.
If he is not banged up.limiting his play I'd be shocked and will eat crow. Guy has never been a whiner and won't make excuses now. He has busted his azz since he was 14 to make this a career.
Provides leadership in that room as well is my guess. Would Tatar??????
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We expected a good performance against the Leafs, then against the Jets and now against Vegas... What we can do at this point ? We can only hope for the best...
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Maybe hes banged up and needed rest, who knows. We didnt get any breaks after we beat the Leafs but now we got a lot of time off.
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Id consider swapping in Tatar for him at this point. Hes not only useless, hes detrimental.
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Tatar-Kotkaniemi-Evans MAY be our best option for that 3rd line.
But I would guess we'll need JA's big body. Hopefully he can provide a certain level of physicality without costing us defensively.
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Anderson has been a factor in the playoffs even without the points. As long as he keeps hitting and backing defenders off with his speed I'm ok with him playing.... on the other hand Tatar is a very nice option to have if we want to play more of a puck control game. Personally I would give Josh game one and hope he can help establish a forecheck.
CristianoRonaldo
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Just looked at the stats and if we include the playoffs and his last 19 games of the regular season, Anderson has 5 points in his last 30 games... People are speculating about an injury that happened during the first game against the Leafs, but how about before ? It's fatigue ?
Injury or not, he’d better do something offensively against Vegas. Players who can hit and not produce offensively are a dime dozens around the league, we need more than that from a guy who's paid 5.5M and is apparently a warrior.
Injury or not, he’d better do something offensively against Vegas. Players who can hit and not produce offensively are a dime dozens around the league, we need more than that from a guy who's paid 5.5M and is apparently a warrior.
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