This is actually insane. You have no clue what you are talking about and this entire witch hunt makes me want to block you entirely. How do you know about the leadership situation are you in the room? He is fantastic at getting the puck out of the zone and even better at pinching on the left hand side keeping it in the Offensive zone. Good grief what a bunch of balony.
Flawless move getting rid of Mehot. Worth 3 million max and a good but not great #4 at most.
Witch hunt? No. Witches were made up. Facts, adcanced statistics and clear eye test shown how poor he was and moving the puck, shooting the puck and creating any sort of offense or possession.
I dont disagree that he was steady in his own zone and that he stayed back but its clear that he wasnt a good fit moving forward as our #2D.
As much as I loved that run last year we where outshot and hemmed in way too much in our own zone. It was like survive and get lucky in a close 1 goal game and hope to win in overtime or wait for a clutch play from Erik ot Bobby. Thats not sustainable.
Dont get me wrong. Methot, if the puck was in the corner was steady enough to make a pass out of the zone by giving it to Karlsson or a forward close by but he had very little mobility with the puck and was a massive hinderance in our ability to keep constant pressure in our attack.
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What are you talking about? I clearly said there are things that he brought to the table but he was never a guy that galvonized the guys on the ice or that you looked to be the difference maker.
If he was that important or crucial they would have let Claesson go.
There was a reason they gave Phaneuf and turris and ryan the A ahead of him.
All i said was that Karlsson, Ryan, Phaneuf and Stone could handle the leadership roles..