Half-Assed GDT: Blues vs. Avs @ 6pm
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AjaxManifesto
Pro sports is becoming predictable and boring
Who the hell is Santini???
IceNeophyte
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Looking at those D pairings and I have a few immediate thoughts:
1 - Thank goodness for Walman stepping forward in a big way this season.
2 - Should I remember who Santini is? Good luck to the dude. Busting your ass on the taxi squad all year probably sucks, so I hope he plays his best in his moment.
3 - Sure would be nice if Mikkola decides he wants to grab an NHL job. This is a good game for him to distinguish himself.
I'm sure some will be celebrating Krug's absence, if he can't go, while ignoring that he's played the most difficult competition of any D-man on the Blues. Now someone else will be exposed to that role.
1 - Thank goodness for Walman stepping forward in a big way this season.
2 - Should I remember who Santini is? Good luck to the dude. Busting your ass on the taxi squad all year probably sucks, so I hope he plays his best in his moment.
3 - Sure would be nice if Mikkola decides he wants to grab an NHL job. This is a good game for him to distinguish himself.
I'm sure some will be celebrating Krug's absence, if he can't go, while ignoring that he's played the most difficult competition of any D-man on the Blues. Now someone else will be exposed to that role.
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Happy to see Mikkola in. Also interesting to see physical Santini.
Hopefully Chief and Otter gives Walman PP icetime what I have screamed when he got opportunity to play in team. Easily upgrade over Dunn and Krug. Walman's edge work and lateral skating is top notch. What I most love his game he can carry the puck alone in the o-zone vs Krug, Faul or Dunn who lack of top speed for able to do that.
Hopefully Chief and Otter gives Walman PP icetime what I have screamed when he got opportunity to play in team. Easily upgrade over Dunn and Krug. Walman's edge work and lateral skating is top notch. What I most love his game he can carry the puck alone in the o-zone vs Krug, Faul or Dunn who lack of top speed for able to do that.
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For those asking who Santini is....Steve Santini is a borderline-NHL right handed defenseman who the Blues signed to a 1-year two-way contract this off season. He was drafted by NJ in the mid/early 2nd round. He played 30+ games a year with them over 3 years until Nashville got him as a small piece of the Subban deal. They didn't bother to qualify him. He probably signed with the Blues due to the decent AHL money he is getting despite being a 2-way deal. In 116 games, all but 2 with NJ, he has 21 points and is a -9.
Santini is a big b0dy (6+, 200+) and a decent defensive D. He does have a bit 2-way skill, with decent mobility and a good shot, but don't expect much. He didn't even produce much in college offensively either. He plays physical so some old-school posters might like him. He seems like a player with a bunch of 3-4 star tools who never really found his niche without any 5-star tool to lean on. Think Bortuzzo with the intangibles
*Take all this with a grain of salt as it is based on my memory of a borderline NHL player playing most his games in the Eastern conference and a quick look at his stat sheet.
Santini is a big b0dy (6+, 200+) and a decent defensive D. He does have a bit 2-way skill, with decent mobility and a good shot, but don't expect much. He didn't even produce much in college offensively either. He plays physical so some old-school posters might like him. He seems like a player with a bunch of 3-4 star tools who never really found his niche without any 5-star tool to lean on. Think Bortuzzo with the intangibles
*Take all this with a grain of salt as it is based on my memory of a borderline NHL player playing most his games in the Eastern conference and a quick look at his stat sheet.
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Thomas in all alone, and just slides the puck into the goalie's stick. He needs to work on his deking and different scoring moves!!
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I see that Mikkola is so trusted by Chief that, when he is allowed to play, he has to platoon his TOI with Santini.
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