GDT: Game 14 | Anaheim Ducks @ Detroit Red Wings | 7:30 PM EST | FS-D
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Seems like he's giving Kronwall quite the get out of jail free card, as well. Flip has been bad this season, no doubt about it, but Kronwall has been brutal. Maybe Babs is saving his criticism for 55 for the locker room, but it's strange to me to call out a role player publicly and not mention the guy who is probably playing the worst on the team (neck and neck with Cleary in the ol' suck race).
Hilarious to blame Kronwall's pass to Flip that ended up being a turnover on Flip, and not acknowledge that it was a terrible effort by Nik. He rifles a pass from a short distance away directly into Flip's skates... I'll bet Pavel is the only guy on the team who wouldn't have coughed up the puck after receiving that pass.
Boy, why the **** is Kindl taking so much heat for Kronwall and Flip?
Babcock doesn't have the guts to criticize his assistant captain?
Babcock doesn't have the guts to criticize his assistant captain?
My impression of emmerton is that he's going to be a good depth center.
I see people questioning his skating, but it's fine, IMO. Strength and faceoffs are his big priorities.
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I don't get Babcock. He publicly ripped McCollum by saying he has 0 trust in him (though its true) and now he's finally coming out and criticizing specific players, but he picks and chooses who.
KasperTheGrittyGhost
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You guys are unbelievable. Kronwall gets blamed for every ****ing goal this team lets in. Nevermind he's baby sitting a rookie. Never mind the team is a MASH unit...
Half of you have probably never even played the game before. Cheers boys, I've had enough.
Half of you have probably never even played the game before. Cheers boys, I've had enough.
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Worst logic. "Unless you've done it, don't point out problems."
I guess no one but doctors should sue others for medical malpractice then, right?
What's with people and being completely unable to think through things objectively?
And yeah, he's going to get blamed for a lot of goals if he's ALWAYS ON THE ICE WHEN THE GOAL IS SCORED. Which he is. And when he's the last Red Wing to touch the puck before the goal is scored? THEN OF COURSE HE'S GOING TO GET BLAMED.
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My guess as to why he's not criticizing Fil is because he probably shouldn't be playing and wouldn't if not for the rash of injuries. It was also a brutal play by Kronwall. You can watch the games, you can look at the stats, everything indicates Kronwall has been terrible this season. Crying and threatening to leave the board doesn't change what's happened to this point.
Babs is one of the best coaches in the business. Kronwall is supposed to be our #1 d-man. So why is he playing the fewest mins in the past 5 years at EVS? With Lidstrom and Stuart gone? Seriously, he hasn't played a non-injury shortened season where he's averaged as few mins as he averages this season.
Wake up and smell the coffee.
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Wait, what? Those quotes from the article seemed to be blaming Flip and Kindl and pretty much excusing Kronwall.
Who's threatening to leave the board (granted, I can think of a few who, if they did choose to leave, I wouldn't miss too terribly)? Who needs to smell the coffee? What is going on here? How many questions can I string together here?
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OH, that makes more sense. You threw me a Verlander curveball by quoting my post, though- definitely a swing and miss for me
Anyway, it is hard to fathom anyone seeing the Wings play this year and have them NOT notice how bad Kronwall has been.
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Should've been taken care of this offseason after we lost both Lidstrom and Stuart. Every single defensemen out there is over their heads and Kronwall is being exposed since his game isn't suited for the type of role he's been given. The safest defensemen we can put out right now is Ericsson. I've said since last year that Kindl is going to get traded, while some like him, he's been a pretty big disappointment from the time he's gotten to play on the Wings. Blame it on poor development structure by the Wings or whatever, but he hasn't shown much more than a guy like Lashoff or Huskins.
Sadly, if Holland actually did his job and put some real top 4 defensemen on the team I don't think it would be as easy to see the glaring short comings that a lot of these guys have.
Oh, I'm not disagreeing with you. I just have a hard time with people finding new and exciting ways to cut Kronwall some slack. I guess the latest one is that he has to babysit rookies which apparently prevents him from gaining good defensive positioning and also forces him to screen his own goalie.
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I don't think this year is going to be an accurate representation of where these players are. If you put Kronwall out there with a bunch of #6 defensemen I don't think anyone is going to look good. That's not cutting Kronwall slack, it's just the way it is. The same way why you can put the best goalie in the league on the worst team and he won't be able tor reach his potential.
This team basically has Kronwall and Ericsson as guys who could play in the top 4 on other teams, everyone else are basically #6's at best.
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