Habs Halifax
Loyal Habs Fan
First of all. Defence in hockey is about a WHOLE lot more than playing down low in your own zone. I agree that Girard is small and does struggle there against larger opponents but he still plays well positionally and relies on his teammates to play their position as well (which there is nothing wrong with). Girard is great at forcing the other team to make sloppy plays in the neutral zone, pushing guys to skate wide (where they will never be able to cut back to the middle on Girard), forcing dump ins (which becomes a toss up on who gets the puck, and if its him it gets back out), and being positionally sound defensively against the other teams rush. That is why people are saying he is the best defensively, not because he dominates other teams players on the boards in our own zone. Secondly. You narcing on people to the mod's and threatening to report them is a lame move. You have argued with absolutely everyone and spouted off a lot of complete nonsense that you continue to defend just to be annoying. So if anyone on this thread needs to take a breather it would be you.
Playing down low and ability to neutralize in your own end is very important. So is puck moving when you have the puck. But you got to have the puck to move it. Did this quick so let me know if you see any errors
Girard:
- 225 NHL games
- 114 giveaways (0.51/game)
- 76 takeaways (0.34/game
- 251 blocks (1.12/game)
- 157 hits (0.70/game)
- Starts in defensive zone 45%
Zadorov:
- 356 NHL games
- 182 giveaways (0.51/game)
- 87 takeaways (0.24/game)
- 400 blocks (1.12/game)
- 1046 hits (2.94/game)
- Starts in defensive zone 55%
Makar:
- 57 NHL games
- 40 giveaways (0.70/game)
- 34 takeaways (0.60/game)
- 47 blocks (0.82/game)
- 45 hits (0.79/game)
- Starts in defensive zone 38%
Johnson:
- 776 NHL games
- 452 giveaways (0.58/game)
- 380 takeaways (0.49/game)
- 1351 blocks (1.74/game)
- 1200 hits (1.55/game)
- Starts in defensive zone 59%
Graves:
- 95 NHL games
- 52 giveaways (0.55/game)
- 24 takeaways (0.25/game)
- 201 blocks (2.12/game)
- 144 hits (1.52/game)
- Starts in defensive zone 58%