Thats nice considering you just finished last in league without karlsson.This was exactly how he looked last year and three years ago. Dis interested in D, disengaged on D, clueless. As an Ottawa fan I felt he was far and away the worst defensive D man in the league. He was injured then and it showed of course. I was actually glad he did not take Ottawa's offer (if it was 11M as advertised).
Clearly injured and overused. Anyone who says anything else just has an agenda.
Thats nice considering you just finished last in league without karlsson.
You still got worse. Ottawa is a garbage organisation no one wants to play for.We finished 2nd last with Karlsson tho.
I haven't watched the series but I see he also leads the Sharks in points, so he can't have been all bad.
If he's playing injured they should rest him though, better to increase your chances if you do get past this series than to win this one and then lose him for the rest of the playoffs.
Classic hf. Crosbys 0 points thread was locked as troll thread but this one is open. NA bias at its finest.
Thats nice considering you just finished last in league without karlsson.
Just bad luck with on ice save percentage for the 6th year in the last 7, I'm sure. So weird that goalies are just magically worse with him on the ice.
But snark aside he's also obviously injured, fluidity of his skating is noticably screwed when he has to turn like, at all. That's not good when arguably the best forechecking team in the league turns the pressure up.
The guy needs health in the worst way, it's admirable to soldier up like he has over the last couple of years, but someone's gotta shut him down when it gets bad.
You still got worse. Ottawa is a garbage organisation no one wants to play for.
posted this in the other thread but look at him cross over the wrong way and drift outside the dotline on Stones first goal last night...what on Earth. As soon as the puck goes back to the other side of the ice, he needs to sag and protect the middle.
he must be struggling with injury and quick twitch movements.
How many were Burns in on?It's a crazy statistic, but Erik Karlsson has been on the ice for 11 out of the 13 goals that Vegas has scored, many of them when he has a direct involvement in the play. He looks completely disinterested, floating around and unwilling to sell out to block a shot. Many replays show him getting lost in no man's land and just completely oblivious to any plays that he can anticipate.
Karlsson and Burns have been the worst defensive duo this first round so far, but at least Burns is actively trying to defend whilst Karlsson is literally playing pylon in his own zone.