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Why are you singling out Eller for being soft? .
You mean to say singling out Eller for NOT being soft. Right? That is after all what I was saying. That he is NOT SOFT. Ok?
Why are you singling out Eller for being soft? .
Is Eller soft or not?! I need to know.
Eller is big and plays big. Like Backstrom he is a load and takes the punishment to hold the puck. protect the puck. Battle for the puck. Yea, he goes missing from scoring but what he does is get and hold the puck. You cant beat him off the possession. Being willing to take the punishment is the opposite of soft.
Meanwhile, RH will school you on the NHL stats definition of a hit.
Connolly and Burakovsky are soft. No question. Eller was listed with them and I disagree with that. That's all
Exactly. When the playoffs start, the leashes are off those guys more than any other type of player. With a flip of the proverbial playoff switch, charging, cross checking, boarding, are overlooked far more than in the regular season. If your 4th line is soft, they remain soft all playoff long.
Heck Reaves grossly crosschecked Carlson before scoring and refs were just doing what they were told to do, let them play. Sure it was a bad non call but refs DO know, they need to back off and let the players decide games. I always catch grief but still say Vegas was stupid to bench the only player on their team with a sack enough to stand up to Willy and friends, who is able to exploit the dynamic rules. With Reaves in the box, Willy then took out Karlson, Oshie took out Carrot Top Eakin and others, and the rest is history.
Buttercup... beautiful. I hate that short dirty players like him get away with kicking motions to make themselves get higher during hits. His little mule kick irritates me to no end. The other that comes to mind, Pat "Calf Cutter" Verbeek.
Love Koken's passion
Yeah our bottom 6 was soft as melted butter last year.
While Conno and Eller provided offense, the rest were lame. When you are playing soft, you gotta be even steven or better on the ledger; play kick ass defense and score occasional timely goals. You just cannot play soft, never score, be a -13 and expect to have a job. If I were a 4LW and realized I had no goals and no PIMs halfway through the year, I would go out and take a charge or boarding penalty to start the game after I wake up from "la la we won a cup" land. Go the box slam the door rip the helmet off shake the head "no" and act all pissed off.
That video makes my blood still boil. I hate Verbeek!
Killer will always be my favorite Capital. In the era of WWF forehead-slices to make blood for show, Kaminsky’s out-bled them all. The guy would fight a bulldozer if he thought it would help his team.
John Kordic might have bled and made someone bleed every game as a CapKiller will always be my favorite Capital. In the era of WWF forehead-slices to make blood for show, Kaminsky’s out-bled them all. The guy would fight a bulldozer if he thought it would help his team.
John Kordic might have bled and made someone bleed every game as a Cap
I loved Kordic. I wished he had stuck around longer.
I don’t know, I watched that Toronto-Chicago game last year, with this wave of Americans I was hoping we could enter a golden age of celliesYep, one of the colorful characters of the yesteryear game...
The characters of the game have largely vanished. I am still pissed that it seems like Don Cherry neutered goal celly's,
I don’t know, I watched that Toronto-Chicago game last year, with this wave of Americans I was hoping we could enter a golden age of cellies
Kings fan coming in peace:
I think you guys are going to love Brendan Leipsic.
The Kings GM said he wants to change the mindset of his team, and is looking for players who never give up, play a 200 foot game, are not afraid to dig pucks out of corners or go to net, have a lot of speed, and always give 100%
And what does he do? He lets Leipsic go—who is the very description of what they are supposed to be looking for.
I admit I wasn't impressed when he was first picked up by the Kings. The HF board comments from Vancouver were anything but impressive. But what I, and others, saw quickly changed our mind.
You got a steal. He's a wonderful depth player. I would never describe him as gritty, but he worked his butt off all the time and made everyone around him better. The Kings were a crap team last year, and if just 25% of the team showed half the desire that Leipsic did EVERY NIGHT (!) then the last season would have been a better story.
My son and I have agreed, we're going to watch the odd Washington game to see how he's doing. He quickly became one of our favorite players and impressed us, day in, day out, with his performance.
Well done, Caps! Congrats.