Alec Regula!!!....you meam we actually have a dman prospect who can beat goalies with his booming shot?
The criticism of Regula supposedly his skating ... but given his very goidvplus minus numbers over tge past 3 seasons and the trust and ice time he got from the Lo don coaches ,it does notcserm like he is a defensivevkiability out there.
He is now the featired London PP qb at tge point this season...remember he was the #2 dman operatingbon the 2nd pair during the Evan Bouchard years for Londan and he also was oairedxwith Boqvistxablit last season to provde the experienced steady partner Biqvist needed to develop with...So they could be aboaircagin in Chicago
The thing is...even if he is notvthecqui kes dman in the uni verse,if he can mitigate that issue with good decision -making,shot blocks,good clears, physical strength to shove guysofff pucks Nd or plaster them to the boards to bust up attacks ....PLUS beat goalies with that booming shot from the point that seems to get through often...THEN he will ge a valuable contributor.
What I do not see him so is the weak stick check which all Hawks dmen on the current team seem to practice.... that is destestablevto me..I hatevit...way too soft of a defensive approach...Regujs has bug size..so Use the body...heaven knows the Hawks need more of that type of dmanthan the weak waive the stick and fail to stop a rush to our netcaporoach..Got a big body?Then Road lock rushers and shove then off pucks or make them shot through tou harmlessly..The stick check o ly defenders if they are good at it (as Jeith ONCE WAS ..are a model forvtge modern dmen so co opted by many..except that the current Hawks practitionersbof thecstick check only method of defending sonehowxare not very good at it ..so we gotta get more of the other type..So if Teguka can provide that other type of use the body dman plus shoit pucks past gillies from the point (which our currentvdmen also seem to have problems doing) then he could be a greatcadfituon to the blueluine..unless if course ruined by Hawks coaching which still promotes the waivectge stick at a guy and hipe he won't make a play on you philosophy.
