if you don't like him talking about soccer a good idea is to not listen
Seems Nilan's constant crapping on Galchenyuk for his defensive play as rubbed off on his good buddy Sean Campbell as well now. Melnick pretty much said Galchenyuk looked like the best Habs forward last night and Campbell piped up that he was a disaster in his own end.
What I don't get is why does Nilan and now Campbell and others like crapping on Galchenyuk for his poor defensive play but never seem to bring up Drouin's poor defensive play in his own end. Why is it always Galchenyuk that gets singled out for an entire team that looks terrible defensively. I'm really gonna have to stop listening to everything on TSN690 other than Melnicks show.
Galchenyuk was not the best player forward last night, by far the best one was Gallagher and probably Hudon after
However that being said, he was far from terrible and to be honest I noticed Galchenyuk a lot more than Drouin in the offensive zone last night, and had seats in the offensive zone 2 of the 3 periods.
Galchenyuk is really NOT the problem on this team the way the media makes it out to be. This teams lacks talent, 2-3 players at leats
Tony is gonna completely meltdown before this show ends.
Best part was Marinaro veering off into an analogy involving shaving pubes and armpits.
Best part was Marinaro veering off into an analogy involving shaving pubes and armpits.
I think Melnick meant one of the better Habs forwards last night. I agree with the rest of your post. Galchenyuk is just the scapegoat for everything wrong it seems and gets singled out way too much when others are just as bad or even worse. Operation lets get another good young player in Galchenyuk driven out of town by the media is well on it's way. Dumb-asses.
As a visual learner.....i didn't appreciate that....
Seems Nilan's constant crapping on Galchenyuk for his defensive play as rubbed off on his good buddy Sean Campbell as well now. Melnick pretty much said Galchenyuk looked like the best Habs forward last night and Campbell piped up that he was a disaster in his own end.
What I don't get is why does Nilan and now Campbell and others like crapping on Galchenyuk for his poor defensive play but never seem to bring up Drouin's poor defensive play in his own end. Why is it always Galchenyuk that gets singled out for an entire team that looks terrible defensively. I'm really gonna have to stop listening to everything on TSN690 other than Melnicks show.
We have a long tradition of love/hate relationships with players of Russian decent.
And a propensity for easy branding. This market probably coined the term "enigmatic Russian" and then liberally applied it to every Russian player until proven otherwise. Vladimir Malakhov and Andrei Kostitsyn are the two that come to mind as setting and reinforcing the perception. I don't know that local media has done enough to help eradicate the label.
Don't forget the "lazy" Alex Kovalev, that only showed up 1 every 5 games .
Except that the fans forgave Kovalev cause he had style, charm and looks. Cause you know, fans can't be fooled, nor can they be shallow.
Fans ultimately get the players they deserve.
And the media types they inherit.
Demand more if you want more than your bland Campbell, Nilan, Gallo types.
And a propensity for easy branding. This market probably coined the term "enigmatic Russian" and then liberally applied it to every Russian player until proven otherwise. Vladimir Malakhov and Andrei Kostitsyn are the two that come to mind as setting and reinforcing the perception. I don't know that local media has done enough to help eradicate the label.
Makes sense, if only Radulov got those dental implants he'd be a Hab today.
Which is hilarious, because Markov was probably the hardest working Hab on the roster for over a decade.