Whoshattenkirkshoes
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- Aug 11, 2014
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Our D is astronomically bad. Last year I think only NJ had a worse D than us. We are 31 out of 31 right now. Ottawa has bad D, but they still have Karlsson.
Green: At this point he would be a perfect 2nd pair, PP specialist. I like Green, never had many complaints. He is a good player on a terrible team. Bring on a 1st rounder at the deadline and go win a Cup.
Dekeyser: Being paid like a #1-2, in reality he's a good #4. One of the worst contracts in the NHL. I like him, but Kenny is forcing me to hate him based on the amount he is paying him.
Daley: Underwhelming. He looked good on good teams, and now looks bad on a bad team. He must be regretting his choice already. I wonder is he is tradeable? His contract isn't awful, but 2 more years and his rough play will probably scare teams away. (Holland!)
Ericsson: Has actually been better this year than in previous years, however he is still prone to boneahead turnovers that directly results in goals for the opposition. At least Big E tries hard and competes most nights, he is just lacking skills and footspeed. Would be a good 3rd pair guy right now, but 4.25 is a terrible contract. (Holland!)
Kronwall: Please retire after this year. I appreciate your services, you were a great player in your day and were a big part of the 2008 Stanley Cup win. Please retire though, you don't have it anymore.
Jensen & Ouellet: They are your average 3rd pair/ 7th Defencemen. If you could somehow combine these 2 guys into 1 player, we'd have a pretty good Defenceman, but overall at the individual level they are nothing special.
1. Agree with you, though if Green wants to come back I don't think we hesitate. Our Defence next year without Green? Oh God
2. Agree 250 percent with you... One of my favorite Holland/Blash quotes it goes something like this. " Danny is one of the best d men in the league at the centre ice back to the d zone. We think he has one of the best sticks in the league"
3. Agree, although I don't mind the addition. What did we expect? Duncan Keith?
4. Agree completely. He's starting to remind me of Dan Cleary the way he's loosing his foot speed. He's always reminding me of Brendan Smith in the sense of turnovers. How many years does this clown have left??
5. Have to disagree completely. Kronwall is still a serviceable player in the right role. Watching him live you can tell he still has it. He also has it in the locker room. We need guys like that. Who are we going to replace him with? Hicketts? Who cares. Shiny new toys are nice. Kronwall should stay.
6. Jensen is a decent NHL defensemen, what took the guy so long to get here? Ouellet is just another player destined to finish his career over seas.
Does anyone else remember when Blash was the coach of GR and said he believes we have a few top 4 solid NHL D men in Oullete, Marchenko, Backman ???