InjuredChoker
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Well... Oullet is allowed a bad game, I think.
Sorry, not on hfboards.
Well... Oullet is allowed a bad game, I think.
Well... Oullet is allowed a bad game, I think. Let's just hope he keeps it up in the Q. Everyone sucked, so it's hard to blame XO alone anyways.
Looks like Canada's two defensive pairings look really lost today and guess what, Xavier Ouellet is not on those two pairs. Steady period with Reinhart again.
And man those United States defencemen are looking great, their are just a reincarnation of their head coach Housley. Just love to watch them.
Well... Oullet is allowed a bad game, I think. Let's just hope he keeps it up in the Q. Everyone sucked, so it's hard to blame XO alone anyways.
I had never heard of Trouba until the WJs started, obviously he's been pretty impressive so I Googled his name to find more about the kid. Come to find out, he was born in my home town!
I feel kinda stupid.
Great to see USA and Sweden in the gold medal game, my (and probably many other Wings fans) two favorite teams.
Great to see USA and Sweden in the gold medal game, my (and probably many other Wings fans) two favorite teams.
They have been by far the most entertaining teams to watch. Good final coming.
I never understood this line of thinking. Some of the best defenseman in the NHL are under 6'0. I don't get why people keep putting so much stock into player size.
harrington has looked better in all the games i have seen, which is just a few. he also was good last year. probably canada's best defensive d-man both years.Harrington got more minutes, got player of the game award, player of the tournament award (together with RNH and Schefiele). Got more praise etc. He also played at last years world junior tournament as an underaged player.
He was drafted 7 picks after Ouellet... Do you still think Ouellet will be the better player or should the wings have drafted Harrington instead?
Wings made a mistake drafting him then, pittsburgh scouts owned again
Wings made a mistake drafting him then, pittsburgh scouts owned again
It really seems to me that he's aggravated his ankle injury. He's been really slow since the second US game.Ouellet's play dropped as the tournament went on. Not that much to do with opponents getting tougher because he played US and Canada better the first time around.. though so did the whole team.
You're really selling Ouellet short here. Harrington has almost NO offensive upside. He has 10 points this year in 33 games. Ouellet has 25 in 26 games. Ouellet has nice offensive upside that you're ignoring. He's a very good passer, has a pretty solid shot, and makes very good decisions in the offensive zone.i doubt pittsburgh would trade harrington for ouellet, though. harrington seems to me a better NHLer. ouellet is good in most areas, but not great in anything, whereas harrington's D is very good and he is bigger.
There's nothing wrong with having some short/light players. But we got to start mixing in some bigger players.
You're really selling Ouellet short here. Harrington has almost NO offensive upside. He has 10 points this year in 33 games. Ouellet has 25 in 26 games. Ouellet has nice offensive upside that you're ignoring. He's a very good passer, has a pretty solid shot, and makes very good decisions in the offensive zone.
Ouellet nearly had more points last year than Harrington has had in his entire junior career, including this year. In their junior careers, Ouellet doubles him up points-wise, has a better +/-, and has more PIM.
edit: They're also the same height: 6'1. Harrington has 10 lbs on him.
You're really selling Ouellet short here. Harrington has almost NO offensive upside. He has 10 points this year in 33 games. Ouellet has 25 in 26 games. Ouellet has nice offensive upside that you're ignoring. He's a very good passer, has a pretty solid shot, and makes very good decisions in the offensive zone.
Ouellet nearly had more points last year than Harrington has had in his entire junior career, including this year. In their junior careers, Ouellet doubles him up points-wise, has a better +/-, and has more PIM.
edit: They're also the same height: 6'1. Harrington has 10 lbs on him.
Harrington has that mean streak that Ouellet misses. Harrington plays very, very tough minutes on London and doesn't get that much pp time, if I'm not mistaken.
Ouellet is good at everything, bad at nothing. Harrington is great defensively, and bad offensively. So it depends on what you're looking fori doubt pittsburgh would trade harrington for ouellet, though. harrington seems to me a better NHLer. ouellet is good in most areas, but not great in anything, whereas harrington's D is very good and he is bigger.