GDT: G13: Wild at Ducks - 9pm (FSN)
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If I had anything to drink I would have been asleep in 5 mins with the way this game played out.
I think we are getting to the point where we can say that Kahkonen is a legit NHL goalie.
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Do you know why Fiala and his father, both has dual citizenship in Switzerland and The Czech Republic? According to Elitprospects, they haven't played in any Czech ice hockey leagues.
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Kevin's parents are Czech, but they moved to Switzerland where he was born and raised. He moved to Sweden in 2012 to play at a higher level and he signed a contract in the SHL. A smart move, made his way to the NHL easier.
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Wasn't his best game, but at some point all this line juggling can't hide the fact that this team just doesn't have any Centers to play with him. There is only one JEE, who's game is about defense anyway, but Bjugstad, Johansson, and Rask are terrible. Bonino is the epitome of a mediocre #3C.
They do have to get something figured out on the PP, though. It looks poorly coached. I don't think that Guerin expects to win this year, but he has to be closely watching Evason to see if he wants to commit to him in the future. If i was him, I wouldn't be impressed with our PP. We can throw Fiala/KK/Spurgeon/Suter/Dumba out there at any given time...that's enough talent to at least be middle of the pack. He is shifting around players and assignments so much that they don't know what they are doing.
They do have to get something figured out on the PP, though. It looks poorly coached. I don't think that Guerin expects to win this year, but he has to be closely watching Evason to see if he wants to commit to him in the future. If i was him, I wouldn't be impressed with our PP. We can throw Fiala/KK/Spurgeon/Suter/Dumba out there at any given time...that's enough talent to at least be middle of the pack. He is shifting around players and assignments so much that they don't know what they are doing.
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Well he was out of top 6, played with Parise who's usually whining when he gets demoted. Instead Parise should conduct himself as a leader, then perhaps Kaprizov can learn from him.
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Dickie Dunn
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I can't pretend to have taken comprehensive notes ( I didn't) but one thing that I *think* I noticed about Kaprizov's game last night was that he seemed to be skating into the traffic and not into open space. For instance I remember a power play where he helped get the puck into the zone, handed it off below the circle and then, instead of skating toward the open space for a give n' go he instead skated right into the muck in front of the net. If he is being told to do things like that, woof....not a fan. Again, small sample size but I found it really odd.
GuerinUp
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Thats where goal scorers go, high risk areas. This is a strength of his game and shouldnt be coached out of him. Defensemen give you space in low risk areas so you dont have high chance scoring opportunities.
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