mattihp
Registered User
I remember I was hyped when Andy Roach got signed by the Blues, because I had seen quite a bit of him in international competition and the odd DEL game.
When he played with the blues he played composed and added some offense from the backend, which the Blues really didn't have.
Why was his stint limited to 5 games (in which he notched 3 points)? I can't understand why on a team where Wideman led defensemen with 24 points. A full season of Roach should have had him scoring at least 10-15 points more than that while being competent enough defensively to handle the job. I even saw two of his games and it looked like he got a fair shake and didn't do any mistakes while being a good add to the powerplay.
Did they see something in him that they remembered from Tom "I have no defense" Koivisto? They seemed to experiment a bit with experienced offensive defensemen from Europe but none seemed to fit what they wanted.
When he played with the blues he played composed and added some offense from the backend, which the Blues really didn't have.
Why was his stint limited to 5 games (in which he notched 3 points)? I can't understand why on a team where Wideman led defensemen with 24 points. A full season of Roach should have had him scoring at least 10-15 points more than that while being competent enough defensively to handle the job. I even saw two of his games and it looked like he got a fair shake and didn't do any mistakes while being a good add to the powerplay.
Did they see something in him that they remembered from Tom "I have no defense" Koivisto? They seemed to experiment a bit with experienced offensive defensemen from Europe but none seemed to fit what they wanted.