Aarex
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Jay Thompson said:See, this is where I disagree. All facets? Sorry, but I saw him take a step backwards this past season. He showed little jump on his skates, tentative to join the rush (not a terrible thing, common for young defenseman, but it is worrisome in that he's supposed to have offensive upside, or so the Habs hope), a slow, mistake-prone decision-making process, and his overall puck skills leave a lot to be desired, except for the fact he has a nice shot when he gets it off.
I am reminded a lot of Vitali Vishnevsky when I look at Mike. Vitali was supposed to be so skilled when he came to the NHL, but over time it just looked more and more like he didn't have much more than he showed when he first arrived in North America.
That said, I could be wrong - I have been before. Before this season, I thoght Scott Hannan had topped out as a #3/4 defenseman, and boy do I look wrong now. While I like to think I do have a pretty good mark on watching youngsters, I'm hardly flawless. Komisarek might play really well next year (I'm guessing he'll play in the American league?), and come into the NHL like a house on fire. However, just saying from what I see, I don't really see that happening (in the NHL at least).
I've done my best to stay out of this thread, but it appears most of the "habs bashers" have stopped posting
My question is exactly how much of Komosarek this past season have you seen? More Specifically the end of the season?
I ask this because it seems we were watching a different player, we are all aware about his mistakes playing defense coughting up the puck ect. However when you say that you did not see any of the "offensive upside" is what i'm pondering on. While yes he did not score any goals nore did he rack up alot of assists he did show definite signs of offensive flare that you don't normally see in defensive defensemen more specifically YOUNG defensive defensemen. One instance that sticks in my mind is when he pinched into the top of the ring recieved a pass, pulled a deke that looked alot like the dekes pavel bure uses (left to right shoulder deke) dodged a player moved to the right side of the goal tender shot a nice shot but was robbed (can't remember who he played) instead of standing deep in the zone he RUSHED back to his point position. The kid definatly has hockey sense and offensive upside.