AndreRoy
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- Jan 3, 2018
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I just want to see him get a chance. We still havent done this with Koekkoek but its a little harder to trust an inexperienced D than a forward. Even then we put Sustr out there over him. Then again we gave Point and Cirelli a solid chance. I think with a stacked team like Tampa you have to make your case early and often. Those guys did. Erne and Koekkoek have left us with more to desire.
I think Erne’s had more of a chance than Koekkoek. Erne was at least getting regular playing time and if not for his injury probably would have continued to get it. We’ve never given Koekkoek a chance to play consistently and given the developmental curve of defensemen compared to forwards he really needed that to have any chance of showing us anything. He was clearly outplaying Garrison and Sustr two seasons ago and should have gotten his shot then.
The other guy who should have gotten more of a chance (besides Marchessault, of course) was Peca. If nothing else he offered us a hell of a lot more than Conacher did/does.