Minnesnota
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Get him Dawn Braid (Tavares' skating coach) to help him out.He's a good skater but not elite, he's got an NHL ready elite shot arsenal, he's THICCCCC, and he seems like a good kid.
Get him Dawn Braid (Tavares' skating coach) to help him out.He's a good skater but not elite, he's got an NHL ready elite shot arsenal, he's THICCCCC, and he seems like a good kid.
Fenton needs to turn him into something.
Disagree. Team's get player individualized help all the time. We do not have many guys in the org that can score like him. Private skating, nutrition coach, trainer, film room, etc.All Fenton can do is hire the new AHL coach and fill out the roster. It's not like he's Crosby and moves in with Lemieux...
Disagree. Team's get player individualized help all the time. We do not have many guys in the org that can score like him. Private skating, nutrition coach, trainer, film room, etc.
No not normal treatment. Make this guy a mission for development.So the same thing they do or at least offer for every other player? All of that is pretty standard stuff even at the NAHL level (obviously not as good as what NHL/AHL can offer for trainers). But it's the coaches who do most of the determining on what players need to succeed, not the GM.
If this is something that needs to be handled by the organization's GM then he's a really bad GM. Assistant GM, AHL GM, AHL head coach, AHL bench coach, AHL positional coach (probably some VPs along the way too) are all the people that should be taking care of these things well before GMPF has to concern himself with a single prospect who's already been signed.
Get him Dawn Braid (Tavares' skating coach) to help him out.
He looks like he has decent speed once he gets going. I have not seen him in person though.
Does have good top end speed. His first few steps are not pretty. That, however, is 95% of the time due to a lack of strength and conditioning. If he commits himself to training, the only thing that will hold him back will be defense.
Props to him on the finish, but he'd never get away with that in the nhl... that was some crappy defense lol
I seem to recall Granlund doing a goal something like that last year...was it a shortie?
Defense was a bit further apart, and Granlund caught them flat footed in OT. So it was 3 on 3.I seem to recall Granlund doing a goal something like that last year...was it a shortie?
Defense was a bit further apart, and Granlund caught them flat footed in OT. So it was 3 on 3.
That was crap defense by the Kings too, but 3 on 3 is barely hockey.
It was crap defense, but against Kopitar and Doughty, who are/were definitely two of the best defensive players at their positions. Just goes to show that sometimes even great defenders make mistakes, and sometimes very skilled players can make them make mistakes.Defense was a bit further apart, and Granlund caught them flat footed in OT. So it was 3 on 3.
That was crap defense by the Kings too, but 3 on 3 is barely hockey.
vanek had a successful career and he was no speed swede. im excited to see a wild 3rd line kaprizov / xxxx / sokolov. could be very interesting to watch.
vanek had a successful career and he was no speed swede. im excited to see a wild 3rd line kaprizov / xxxx / sokolov. could be very interesting to watch.
And that in itself is a Red flag. There is a ton of players who will do ANYTHING to make the NHL. Most coaches are looking to win. If Sokolov gave them a better chance to win by him playing, then he'd be in there.could be coach was trying to motivate him?