Nah... it's the games where he clearly isn't skating hard and and gets out muscled by even the smallest player on the other team after trying to stick handle thru 3 guys before committing a game altering turn over that he should have learned to avoid in Peewees...
GDT: Game 14: Flyers at Sharks, 7:30pm
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Nah... it's the games where he clearly isn't skating hard and and gets out muscled by even the smallest player on the other team after trying to stick handle thru 3 guys before committing a game altering turn over that he should have learned to avoid in Peewees...
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Umm... 6 of those 10 points are in 2 (of 14) games... against the Flyers.
For future reference , points scored against which teams count and does this apply only to LaBlanc? I see Flyers don't count but are there any others?
Yes, they can be ignored because Burns and EK65 have been together mostly at the end of games when the team was losing and taking risky chances to try and get a goal. Defense frankly is secondary in those situations. How many empty netters has the team given up with EK65 and Burns on the ice at the end of a game? Seems like a bunch but maybe the recent one skews my memory. Also I think they were out there together during a short handed goal or 2 against. All those numbers will balance out by the end of the season IMO. If the team is trailing at the end of a game or period, pretty much every coach in the NHL will put out Burns and EK65 if they had that luxury. It'll take a lot more than some bad luck in the first 14 games to change their mind.
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Not what I said. Saying he has 10 points in 14 games isn't proof that he's been good and shouldn't have been scratched. So far he's only had multi point games against one team and the Sharks don't face them again this season. As always with him, he needs more consistency in his game. Kinda like Timo, Hertl, Burns etc... Not saying he has to match their totals, just needs to be a more consistent contributor instead of showing up big in a blow out and then disappearing for numerous games. To be honest I thought this was maybe his best, most impactful game. He was a major factor why the team won.
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Don’t say eye test when you mean points
Umm... 6 of those 10 points are in 2 (of 14) games... against the Flyers.
Okay, so that’s at least 1 game where we definitely don’t win with a replacement player in the lineup instead of LaBanc. That’s 2 (team) points we don’t have without those 6 and that would bump us from 3rd in the division to 5th (in points percentage).
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Missed the game. Read some of the comments in the thread.
Can someone sum up the teams performance please. Both individuals and team as a whole.
Can someone sum up the teams performance please. Both individuals and team as a whole.
Hertl is f***ed up because of Folin.
your letting him off easy, im going straight to the resurrection of Chris Simon.
The Nemesis
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slocal
Dude...what?
Ok..? I pointed out that he was great last night in a following post. Probably the only game where he was a true difference maker. That jump from 3rd to 5th means very little when they've only played 14 games. C'mon man you know that.
I went ahead and prepared a contract for him:
that looks good! I'm imagining it huge enough to actually catch Link...
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Was it ... IRWIN HIMSELF?
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slocal
Dude...what?
Unless Irwin has aged about 25 years since he was a Shark, I don’t think so.
Ever try listening to country music?
