The most impressive with Stralman are his possession numbers. Simply a.m.a.z.i.n.g.
This. I'm also really impressed with the way he have been leading the defense with all the injuries we've had and especially with all the young and inexpereinced guys that we've called up, it can't have been easy for him but he took it on and did a great job, I dread how our team would have done without him.
Yeah, maybe we're not looking in the right direction to find our MVP between The Drej & TyJo, I mean I really don't know, our best player so far could be Anton in the end... Defense is sooo hard to evaluate though, particularly that kind of "quiet", smart, mistake free defense Stralman plays. Anyway I'm so glad he's part of this team.
The only thing I didn't like about him, and it's not even his fault but the coaching staff, is that I'm not sure he's the best suited to quarterback our PP unit.
Stralman is fantastic.
You see him play and wonder how all 30 teams weren't in on a major bidding war for this guy last off season.
Best player on the team in that series only after Johnson and we barely speak of him. Solid is not enough to describe his reliability on shift basis, man was born for playoffs hockey.
I actually disagree... I mean, I think all of our D was great (hell, even Sustr was good), but Hedman was a ****ing monster. There was no room when he was on the ice. Looked a little mediocre on the offensive side, but still made some nice plays. But Hedman looked like a true, dominant shutdown defenseman this series.
The fact that he's now paired with Stralman has something to do with it IMO, it's a nice pairing indeed. Victor was extremely focused on the defensive side of the game and as as soon as the opposition gives him a bit of space he's an amazing puck mover but to me Stralman stands out by his exceptional poise and effectiveness in traffic. Maybe it's just a matter of taste.
Best player on the team in that series only after Johnson and we barely speak of him. Solid is not enough to describe his reliability on shift basis, man was born for playoffs hockey.
Stralman's has stepped up every playoff he's been in. Same this year. Thought he was great in game 4 and outstanding in game 7. IMO he was the best player on the ice in that game. Losing very few, if any, battles along the board, delivered great passes and chip outs from TBL zone. He had most icetime on TBL and had 6 hits. Twice as many as anyone else and almost 1/3 of the teams total. Through the whole series he's played top minutes on the team and been one of the TBL players with most hits in every game.
I might not be very popular around here be saying this, but I'm not impressed at all with Hedmans game. Sure he's big, skates well, have great puckhandeling and a hard shot. But he plays soft on d and he takes a lot of bad descisions that causes turnovers or leaves he's teamates in a bad position. He always tend to hold on to the puck for just a moment to long. By dumping the puck a bit to late forcing the forwards to slow down on the blueline with a turnover as a result, passing the puck a little late, so the reciving player has less room to do something with the puck, shooting the puck on a defender causing a turnover at the offensive blueline.
IMO he brings nothing to the team that we can't get from someone else. I think we should trade him while he's still concidered a Norris candidate and get a good return. Stamkos clearly needs someone better then Killorn to play with. So why not try to make a trade with the Oilers. They're loaded with talent up front and need a top D.
How about something like this lineup for next season?
Drouin-Stamkos-Yakupov
Tripplets
Killorn-Filppula-Callahan
Brown-Boyle-Paquette
Nesterov-Stralman
Coburn-Garrison
Carle-Sustr
Bishop
Vasi
With TBL being "little Sovjet" Yakupov might get a break out here.
Stralman's has stepped up every playoff he's been in. Same this year. Thought he was great in game 4 and outstanding in game 7. IMO he was the best player on the ice in that game. Losing very few, if any, battles along the board, delivered great passes and chip outs from TBL zone. He had most icetime on TBL and had 6 hits. Twice as many as anyone else and almost 1/3 of the teams total. Through the whole series he's played top minutes on the team and been one of the TBL players with most hits in every game.
I might not be very popular around here be saying this, but I'm not impressed at all with Hedmans game. Sure he's big, skates well, have great puckhandeling and a hard shot. But he plays soft on d and he takes a lot of bad descisions that causes turnovers or leaves he's teamates in a bad position. He always tend to hold on to the puck for just a moment to long. By dumping the puck a bit to late forcing the forwards to slow down on the blueline with a turnover as a result, passing the puck a little late, so the reciving player has less room to do something with the puck, shooting the puck on a defender causing a turnover at the offensive blueline.
IMO he brings nothing to the team that we can't get from someone else. I think we should trade him while he's still concidered a Norris candidate and get a good return. Stamkos clearly needs someone better then Killorn to play with. So why not try to make a trade with the Oilers. They're loaded with talent up front and need a top D.
How about something like this lineup for next season?
Drouin-Stamkos-Yakupov
Tripplets
Killorn-Filppula-Callahan
Brown-Boyle-Paquette
Nesterov-Stralman
Coburn-Garrison
Carle-Sustr
Bishop
Vasi
With TBL being "little Sovjet" Yakupov might get a break out here.