Higgy4 said:Somebody with the level of talent that Zherdev has shouldnt have to worry about which defensive pair he goes up against.
This is a lame, lame excuse.
MephistoIV said:One of the things I was thinking-
Perhaps Z not playing in the AHL and playing in the RSL didn't get him the development Staal, Horton, Brown, Spezza and others got. Staal leads the league in points, Spezza isn't far behind. Brown, Horton, Michalek are all producing very well and I think Michalek is close to a PPG. Now, I know the RSL is a very respectable league, but, the AHL remences the NHL moreso than the RSL does.
Just a thought I had doing some stat whoring the other day...
zetterberg40 said:i think this definitely could be some of the answer atleast a little. Zherdev i hear has communication problems since he doesnt speak the language too well, so i think that doesnt help the fact either
Caniacforever said:Why didn't this influence him as much during his rookie campaign? Zherdev came into the league like a star and has fizzled out, much like Stanislav Chistov did. You would think that more time learning the language would directly result in better play on the ice if communication was his issue.
zetterberg40 said:no its really not. Look at who theyve played.
Calgary hes gone against guys like Hamrlik, Phaneuf, Regehr
Detroit he went against Lidstrom, Schneider, Chelios
San Jose im sure he went against McLaren, Stuart, Hannan
The jackets faced a ton of hot teams or teams in the conference that arent completely struggling or werent at the time persay. Its not a lame excuse at all because if im a team like detroit, san jose, calgary im putting 2/3 of those guys against him, which i know detroit did, and he didnt do ****. The kid is 20-21 yrs old, hasent played a full nhl year, doesnt matter how much talent a kid might have, you get those type of defensemen when ur team as a whole cant do anything and your not gonna be able to do a thing
zetterberg40 said:no its really not. Look at who theyve played.
Calgary hes gone against guys like Hamrlik, Phaneuf, Regehr
Detroit he went against Lidstrom, Schneider, Chelios
San Jose im sure he went against McLaren, Stuart, Hannan
The jackets faced a ton of hot teams or teams in the conference that arent completely struggling or werent at the time persay. Its not a lame excuse at all because if im a team like detroit, san jose, calgary im putting 2/3 of those guys against him, which i know detroit did, and he didnt do ****. The kid is 20-21 yrs old, hasent played a full nhl year, doesnt matter how much talent a kid might have, you get those type of defensemen when ur team as a whole cant do anything and your not gonna be able to do a thing
nomorekids said:Wait til Zherdev gets top-notch playmaker Rick Nash back in the fold!
Burgh32 said:Um, no Zherdev in the lineup tonight. Was he hurt or scratched?
Kardi said:so much for zhedrev waiting for nash to come back, nash is already hurt