M2Beezy
Objective and Neutral Hockey Commentator
- May 25, 2014
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Despite what everyone said, I knew this guy was a playoff beast. Him, horvat, Petey, and tofolli, they must be our core moving forward. These guys are winners and can carry the play.
Who has a young d-man that wants Brock? Seriously who?
Brock's claim to fame is a deadly wristshot that requires a half-hour windup. He isn't very fast and he can't consistently make a tape to tape pass. Somewhere in that head of his he knows how to play hockey extremely well and we see that 10% of the time. The rest of the time we see broken plays and desperation "passes" either to nobody or 2 feet away from the supposed target. This tells me the guy is running on adrenaline and cannot sustain anything now that his slow-release shot is recognized by the league.
Boeser has been working hard and trying to make an impact all series (maybe missing a game). I'm so happy that he finally got a goal.
This is what gives me hope for the future, all of our young skilled core is working extremely hard and making a positive impact in all kinds of ways when they’re not scoring. Ironically some of the veterans check out occasionally and are not bringing the intensity consistently. Boeser has a lot of positive intangibles in his game.
I’m a big Boeser fan but your take on Laine is inaccurate.I’d rather have a 25 goal with a solid all around game Boeser (Oshie) than a 35 goal one dimensional Boeser (Laine). Boeser was our MVP in the Minnesota series and has been one of the Canucks best forwards these playoffs. Does a lot of little things right; wins board battles, hustles hard, plays heavy, maintains possession, makes good passes, and scores the occasional goal. He doesn’t have the talent or stick handling of a Pettersson but makes a positive impact in different ways. Boeser has been solid.
I’d rather have a 25 goal with a solid all around game Boeser (Oshie) than a 35 goal one dimensional Boeser (Laine). Boeser was our MVP in the Minnesota series and has been one of the Canucks best forwards these playoffs. Does a lot of little things right; wins board battles, hustles hard, plays heavy, maintains possession, makes good passes, and scores the occasional goal. He doesn’t have the talent or stick handling of a Pettersson but makes a positive impact in different ways. Boeser has been solid.
Ya. I am not sure if it's the veterans checking out though. The thing is that the league is getting younger and faster. In normal life, a 30 year old simply can't match the energy of a 23 year old. Professional hockey players can't beat father time.
Agreed. So Benning shouldn't have kept giving them premium salaries with term and NTC's. Just idiotic. Now because of that we're having to consider trading a young top-end player in his prime because there's no room to keep our young starts together with a proper supporting cast.
Boesar needs to be gone. Had one good game in this series and none in St louis. You can't pay a guy 6 million to have one good game. His skating is meh, definitely not a two-way player, has no physicality whatsover and his shot no longer has the same zip and accuracy. Trade him for a Top 4 D or a more physical top six forward.