Bravid Nonahan
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Ok, so I was watching this video of Grabovski's goals last year, and was amazed at how many of them were filthy snipes.
Grabo has a great shot.
Grabo has a great shot.
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I would love to see a second line of
JVR - Grabo - MacA
move Kule to 3rd line
try Bozak, Kadri at top C and see who works. Other one plays wing on 3rd line with Kulemin.
I would love to see a second line of
JVR - Grabo - MacA
move Kule to 3rd line
try Bozak, Kadri at top C and see who works. Other one plays wing on 3rd line with Kulemin.
I'd argue that our problem is not having Grabo as 2c, it's not having a legit 1c
Heck, is there any posssible way to disagree with that?
Only the odd hockey Pejorative Slur would disagree with you. Grabo is clearly one of the best players on the team, and definitely a good #2 C. There are a tonne of problems with our team (no #1 C, no #1 goalie, no dman with high end skill who is also reliable in his own end, a general lack of defensive ability and toughness, etc.), but Grabo as the #2 C is definitely NOT one of those problems, he's one of our strengths. Looking at playoff teams last year, Grabo would easily have been the #2 C on Chicago, Washington, Ottawa, Nashville (arguably #1), Phoenix (arguably #1) and Florida (arguably #1), and would arguably have been the #2 C on NYR, St. Louis, NJ and Philly. He's clearly a good #2 C, and good enough to be a #2 C on a contender, even if he isn't one of the absolutely elite #2 Cs (like Malkin, Zetterberg, Mike Richards, Kesler or Bergeron). I have him as a top 10 2nd line centre in the league last year, and was better than a handful of 1st line centres as well.I'd argue that our problem is not having Grabo as 2c, it's not having a legit 1c
Heck, is there any posssible way to disagree with that?
Only the odd hockey Pejorative Slur would disagree with you. Grabo is clearly one of the best players on the team, and definitely a good #2 C. There are a tonne of problems with our team (#1 C, #1 goalie, a dman with high end skill who is also reliable in his own end, general defensive ability and toughness throughout the lineup, etc.), but Grabo as the #2 C is definitely NOT one of those problems, he's one of our strengths. Looking at playoff teams last year, Grabo was way better than many of their #2 Cs (way better than the #2 Cs on Chicago, Nashville, Phoenix, Washington and Ottawa, and arguably better than the #2 Cs on NYR, St. Louis, NJ and Philly). He's clearly a good #2 C, and good enough to be a #2 C on a contender, even if he isn't one of the absolutely elite #2 Cs (like Malkin, Zetterberg, Mike Richards, Kesler or Bergeron).
If we could replace Bozak and Connolly with 2 more Grabos, I honestly think we'd be a solid playoff team, even without a legit starting goalie:
Lupul - Grabo - Kessel
JVR - Grabo - Mac
Kulemin - Grabo - Frattin
Kadri - McClement - Brown
Gunnarsson - Phaneuf
Gardiner - Franson
Liles - Komi
Reimer
Scrivens
I'd argue that our problem is not having Grabo as 2c, it's not having a legit 1c
Heck, is there any posssible way to disagree with that?