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I hate the "he needs to play defense" argument so bad when it comes to forwards. If the guy is good enough to have an impact offensively on the top 6, give me a break when it comes to his play in the defensive end.
I don't hate it and understand it since scoring is way down and we are a defense first team. With this management and coaching staff, Scherbak is going to have to show he can play decent in his own end (or light up the scoreboard night in and night out)
if DD can play THAT bad defense and be in the NHL 4 years now..
im not even WORRIED about nikita.
i agree with lebowski, people bring up this defense thing like a player will get scored on EVERYTIME he hops on the ice and thats just not the case. worry about how he's going to look like in the offensive zone first before worrying about how he will look inside a zone that has carey price.
There's a big difference between a rookie with zero pro experience and DD since he already had a couple seasons in the NHL under his belt and had a 60 point season in the NHL before Therrien was brought back. Coaches will give room to proven point producers but not to rookies unless they are really special.
I'm not worried about Scherbak's offensive game but knowing the organization, if he can't play solid defense then he's not going to have the trust of the coach and that is a problem.