I think I am being trolled.
There are literally over 100 posts on this board saying how poorly Hall played. Smid was doubly dangerous in comparison to Hall. Hall was only dangerous to our own team with his turnovers.
And for people agreeing with me about Arco just go to page one of this thread.
The only complaint about Arco is that he didn't finish off his scoring chances that i've read. Which a lot of people are reading way too much into.
I watched every single Barons game during the lockout. And from what I've heard Arco only got better after Hall, Eberle, and Shultz left.
He looked very very good in the AHL. He looked good in training camp. Is he a NHLer? No one knows yet. But his play to this point clearly puts him in the play him until Gagner comes back category, barring a significant drop in his effectiveness.
And while we do not have a lot of options to replace Arco, I fully believe if Mac T or Eakins didn't 100% agree with what I am saying. He wouldn't be playing right now.
PS: And if you are getting hung up on the double dangerous than Hall thing I was main referring to the FACT that Arco had more than twice as many scoring chances as Hall had. As well as twice the number of shots on goal.
