GDT: [#59] Woo @ Howl ★ 8 PM CST ★ FSSW ★

[Satan]

Jesus christ Max Domi

 

[Troy McClure]

Guy we should have drafted scores a sweet goal on a shift not long after guy we did draft made back to back boneheaded soft backhand passes.

 

[mc3488]

That stung my heart

 

[Satan]

Guy we should have drafted scores a sweet goal on a shift not long after guy we did draft made back to back boneheaded soft backhand passes.

Imagine if Nichushkin spent a year or two adjusting to North America in the OHL

Just absolutely slaying kids

 

[Satan]

Maybe by now he'd be able to elevate the puck in tight like Domi did

 

[mc3488]

Demers replacing Garbutt's void

 

[Satan]

Demers is Garbino

 

[Troy McClure]

Maybe by now he'd be able to elevate the puck in tight like Domi did

Guys don't develop good hands. They either have them or they don't. Nichushkin doesn't have good hands. You can go back to his draft hype video where you can see him score every goal by pushing the puck around a goalie along the ice using his long reach. Pretty cool stuff, but it doesn't work at all in the NHL.

 

[Benneguin]

D play has been terrible all around, minus Jordie's play to save a goal.

 

[Benneguin]

Guys don't develop good hands. They either have them or they don't. Nichushkin doesn't have good hands. You can go back to his draft hype video where you can see him score every goal by pushing the puck around a goalie along the ice using his long reach. Pretty cool stuff, but it doesn't work at all in the NHL.

I'd settle for him just reaching the goalie. His decision making and hands seem really slow. A pylon would give him trouble.

 

[Satan]

The Architect

 

[Benneguin]

Did we trade Demers to Arizona?

 

[LT]

Demers is having an awful game.

 

[Satan]

Demers is having an awful game.

Guy has been brutal recently

 

[Troy McClure]

Guy has been brutal recently

Dirty, too. A lot of his penalties have been some ugly tripping attempts. He's developed a habit of trying to slew foot guys.

 

[Mr Misty]

Polak siren going off

 

[LT]

Polak siren going off

He's gonna return a first, apparently.

 

[Satan]

Guys don't develop good hands. They either have them or they don't. Nichushkin doesn't have good hands. You can go back to his draft hype video where you can see him score every goal by pushing the puck around a goalie along the ice using his long reach. Pretty cool stuff, but it doesn't work at all in the NHL.

I think it's more a knock on his hockey sense.

If you're exposed to the same situation enough, you'll learn to adapt. Yeah, Nichushkin has had a lot of close opportunities where he should elevate it but I don't think he's adapted his game.

If he played more non-NHL games, my hypothesis is that he'd have a ton of in game breakaway opportunities where he could round out his breakaway move(s).

You can develop any trait. It just takes time and in game experience.

 

[Satan]

If anything, the knock is on Nichuskin's hockey IQ. Which is totally understandable.

The kid has hands, I just don't think his frame has caught up to him.

 

[Satan]

Goose caught flat footed

 

[mc3488]

wow. domi and duclair OMG

 

[Benneguin]

Goligoski doing his best Demes impersonation.

 

[Satan]

3 pts each for Domi and Duclair

 

[Benneguin]

If anything, the knock is on Nichuskin's hockey IQ. Which is totally understandable.

The kid has hands, I just don't think his frame has caught up to him.

He has hands but too often they are fumbling the puck or shooing it into defenders skates. You're probably right about his frame. It's like he's trying to play hockey in someone else's body.

 

[Magic Mittens]

Since the allstar break, Demers is second behind Buff in pims lol