guymez
The Seldom Seen Kid
- Mar 3, 2004
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WTF goes thru his head at times like that. Just frightening that he’s supposedly one of our key vet leaders.
Thanks for posting this.
How refreshing to hear an actual realistic breakdown of a play instead of the mindless drivel and endless tire pumping heaped upon us by Jack Micheals and Louie DeBrusk.
The arrival of Ekholm has accomplished a few things IMO.
First it solidified the defence with a legit top pairing Dman....something that was badly needed.
Second...it allowed Bouchard a very stable, very reliable and very smart D partner so that he could grow his game. Bouchard owes Ekholm a debt of gratitude because (before Ekholms arrival) there wasnt a single Dman on the team that would have been able to provide that for Bouchard.
Third...it highlights the reality of Darnell Nurse.
Nurse has all the physical tools but because he cant think the game at a consistently effective level he will never fulfill the potential of his physical ability.
I am not even sure he is tradable but if he is the team has to consider that this off season.
$9.25M of cap space for a player that is expected to be a solid top pairing dman but in reality cant think his way out of an obvious situation is not a recipe for success.
Something has to change.