He probably means that Husso looks like a robot because of his stare...or it looks like he’s possessed.
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He probably means that Husso looks like a robot because of his stare...or it looks like he’s possessed.
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In most European countries, most television networks are government owned (like the BBC) with little or no ads to pay for content; that's where the tv tax goes. The upside is that you get to watch the programs all the way thru without a break every seven minutes to endure ads for douches, hair implants, etc. And no political attack ads! I remember when Lehtera first came over he said one of the things that amazed him most about America was the sheer number of ads on tv.
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That's why we've been seeing the rise in stuff like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, etc. People are willing to pay for tv without ads, but it should be their choice. I prefer how it is in the States when these options are available. I watch minimal tv now anyway.
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For a few years now, I’ve been purposely starting to watch the recording of Blues games about 45 min after the game starts. That way I can fast forward through the commercials and intermissions and be caught up to live by late in the 3rd.
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I'd do this for football back when the Rams were in St. Louis. I'd waste less of my Sunday this way, but was still left wondering why I even bothered watching them.
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I do the exact same thing in gamecenter. Helps that I live in the mountain time zone...basically get to start the game at the "regular" time and still skip intermissions/commercials. For example, if a game starts at 7:10 in St. Louis, I can start it at 7:10 local time and already have an hours worth of junk to skip.
For big games tho (playoffs, rivals, important for standings, etc) sometimes I just have to watch live.
That’s what I do also, or even a couple hours later. Where I live it’s easy to avoid finding out the result.
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Yeah, the main drawback is I have to stay off of these boards, FB etc to not spoil the score but I’ve never been big on posting in the GDTs during the game so that’s fine for me.
But as someone else said, if it’s a big game or I really have nothing else to do and the game starts, I’ll just watch it live.
But with 2 little ones now, there’s probably going to be plenty of nights I either don’t see the game at all or just see parts of it.
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I think he’s going to surprise a lot of people in his first season in NA. Pronman seemed pretty down on his offense but reports from Europe suggest he has a big shot and both times I saw him at prospect camp he seemed more like a forward than a defender. I expect him to come closer to a left handed Parayko than topping out as an AHL player.Where Pronman ranked all Blues prospects?
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Interesting Mikkola wasn't that high on Pronman's list when noting how good he's.
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Shut down dman wont have a high "ceiling"Where Pronman ranked all Blues prospects?
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Interesting Mikkola wasn't that high on Pronman's list when noting how good he's.
Whenever I see him I always just think "New Roman Polak". Which isn't an insult as I thought Roman was a solid 4-5 defensemen when he wore the Note.
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Yeah, but does he have a door other teams should be worried about opening?
Mikkola had a down year relative to his past performances. I’m not worried about it, I still think he can be a good player and I think in our system his offense will flourish (kinda like Edmundson), but it’s not surprising that Pronman would be not as high on him as this forum is.
As I posted in another thread, I really respect Pronman and I appreciate his insight and knowledge, but he is not without bias. His emphasis is mostly on offensive skill, (which explains his popularity!), but there are other ways that a player can contribute. Mikkola may not have as high a ceiling, as say, a Pronman favourite like Perunovich, but that does not mean that the "skill set" that Niko brings is not without value. Shut down defenseman still play a vital role, even in today's' NHL, as long as they have the adequate skating and puck handling skills to keep up with the play. Mikkola undoubtedly has both. His value is increased even more, IMO, because he possesses that nasty disposition that keeps opposing players on their toes, a la Chris Pronger. I am very confident that Mikkola will have a successful NHL career as a #4-6 defenseman with the Blues.
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That's not a high ceiling though, especially when you factor in the increasing need for defenseman to contribute to offense. He feels like a complimentary defender.
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True, but I don’t recall anyone really ever projecting Mikkola as having potential beyond being a complementary d-man. But a solid 2nd to 3rd pairing guy is still good to have. And if you can get one with a 5th round pick? Score!
All that said, I’m not quite ready to drink the Mikkola kool-aid just yet. I’d like to see how he looks in the AHL before I truly start thinking about where he might slot into the Blues lineup at some point in the future. I’ve liked what I’ve seen of him so far but I’d like to see him prove it in the AHL before I really start to get excited about possibly NHL potential.
Bolded: is very true. He's by far most physical dmen what we had in Blues since Pronger. Jax played tough and 'fatherish' style, but Mikkola's has same heart, but he can literally throw man out of crease and hit them on boards so next time they will hesitate to go there if Mikkola is on ice.
Mikkola don't have offensive tools like Dunn, Pietro, but I'll take dmen who can play every game TOI/GP ~25:00 with 2:30-4:30 at PK icetime without any powerplay icetime.
Mikkola would benefit if he had d-pair who is offensive dynamo.
Extremely interesting to see how good camp Mikko will give us.
Justin Selman, former college signee out of Michigan who spent the last 3 years battling injuries in the pros and was ultimately buried in Tulsa last year, has retired according to the Oilers’ website. Doesn’t make a ton of difference in the grand scheme of things, but that was pretty clearly a poor use of a contract spot from the get-go.
He joins Francois Tremblay and Tyrel Seaman as the third Blues prospect to retire from the game since 2011 when the Armstrong’s took over.
He joins Francois Tremblay and Tyrel Seaman as the third Blues prospect to retire from the game since 2011 when the Armstrong’s took over.
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2009, in general, was a pretty rough year for Blues scouting.
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I looked at the Blues '09 draft and man it's absolutely brutal. Good thing we got Schwartz and Tarasenko in 2010.
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