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It's what happens when you cross Dakota Mermis with Dawson Mercer.Whats a Merdawg?
Half fish half dog?
Weird Science.
It's what happens when you cross Dakota Mermis with Dawson Mercer.Whats a Merdawg?
Half fish half dog?
There might be a rational for giving Dougie the night off, but it aint happening.That was probably the best 60 minute effort of the season so far. One guy stuck out like a sore thumb though – Dougie was just horrific. I don't think I have ever seen a defenseman make as many horrendous mistakes in the first 10 minutes of a game causing odd men rushes again and again. He settled down somewhat, but the penalty was bad as well and there were a couple of turnovers later on as well, especially that one pass into the skates in the third. Just bad. Miller was good though, so why not give Hamilton a day off on Saturday?
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This made me sad
Put Dougie on the wing. All of a Sudden he's Tage Thompson!Dougie is far too important for what he can bring offensively to scratch him entirely. Cut back on his minutes like they did last night, and that should send enough of a message.
He certainly wasn’t great last night, but he made the smart and simple play to get the puck on net that lead to the 2-2 tying goal.
Never knew that when Fitz plucked him out of Vancouver he'd become this important later down the road. From last year's playoffs to present he has been.The Lazar Bazaar is in full force. That guy is such an easy player to root for. Works his ass off each game.
I did get a kick out of Palat soothing him like he was his son though. I know I, and others, often roll our eyes at the "good guy in the room" that always gets trotted out to justify bad or badly aging contracts, but I do think Palat is the perfect type of vet for this group. Hopefully he still has some Playoff Palat left in him too.
Yeah dude having a (visually) terrible game for us doesn't take away what he brings almost every other night.Dougie had some rough moments, but he started the 2nd goal with a solid pinch in the neutral zone to turn the puck over. He’s not perfect and he has his weaknesses, but he’s an important player for us.
Put Dougie on the wing. All of a Sudden he's Tage Thompson!
Never knew that when Fitz plucked him out of Vancouver he'd become this important later down the road. From last year's playoffs to present he has been.
I swear his ability to get shots through to the net QBing a power play was a thing of beauty.I’m slightly shocked it wasn’t Rafalski having the most rookie points for a defenseman. It felt like he scored a bunch his rookie season.
I know I must have heard that stat before and being Butcher, but I can never seem to believe it and always forget it.
Rookie Rafalski only had 32 points.
I haven’t seen anyone doing that. Just recognition that he had a horrific game in his own end and that his contract is likely to look really bad towards the end.lol Dougie has a bad game and people are ready to ship him off to the glue factory, ignoring that he's been arguably our most steady defenseman all season. When Marino, Siege, Bahl, and Smith were showing their asses the first 10 games of the season, Dougie and Luke were the only ones pulling their weight.
Dougie has 5 points in 5 games since Jack went down. He has 35 shot attempts in his last 5 games (!) and is #1 on the team in on-ice Corsi For, with 15 shots on goal. 6th of 19 in CF% (excluding Miller), 5th of 19 in SF%, 2nd of 19 in xGF, 2nd in HDCF, and has an xGF% of 58.11%.
Yes he has some obvious defensive warts that we will have to live with, but the vast majority of nights his positives will outweigh his negatives. It's a bad game, shit happens.
I haven’t seen anyone doing that. Just recognition that he had a horrific game in his own end and that his contract is likely to look really bad towards the end.
It’s manbearpigs cousin. Half fish, half dog, half late first round steal.Whats a Merdawg?
Half fish half dog?
Yeah I saw that about making him a healthy scratch and I agree that’s not gonna help, but that’s not the same as wanting him off the team completely.Someone suggested he sit for a game, which is a tad bit of a reach given some of the performances the rest of the defenders have put on at times this year.
Player decline can happen quite suddenly. It’s a fine line between being a valuable player and a liability, when you already have some very apparent deficiencies. If Dougie loses even just half a step on his already below par skating speed, that could be lights out right there on its own. It happens to guys in his age range all the time.He's already approaching the halfway mark of his contract, and he hasn't shown any signs of being a worse player yet. I'm not as worried about how him and his contract will age as many others are here.