Good to hear Leach discuss Senyshyn & Zboril and I wasn’t seeing what I wanted to on my February/March trips to Providence
On Zboril: "Very much like Senyshyn, the last 12 games or 15 games, became probably our best defenseman overall. His ability to move the puck cleanly is just, really there's not many who can do it at our level."
I’ve said he reminded me of Brad McCrimmon who went by Sarge. Brad controlled the front first and foremost and then smartly would make an excellent first pass. There was a way he did it / Zboril end of year looked like that. Now in his brief appearance in Boston he looked like he didn’t want to make a mistake. I’m rooting for him.Holy moly, that is some high praise.
You put this stuff on Twitter I’d love to see the Keyboard Warriors shoot Leach down.Watching Zboril in person during that 12-0-1 stretch was fantastic stuff. For the first time in a while he looked like his SJS days.
It's his third year pro and I think people tend to, and I get it, it's professional hockey and there's expectations there. But in our mind and in Seny's mind, he's exactly where he needs to be and that's that he's starting to really develop."
We like your overall game Zach, now if you could just go and do everything you're doing today, but differently. And one last thing, focus only on defense. Mmmkay?
Don sits down in 2017 to draw up the 4 year plan:
"Don, I noticed you didn't fill in a top 6 RW spot, is that because you're planning to use a player you picked 5 years prior in the 1st round for one of those spots?"
"Nah, I'm just really hoping Brett Ritchie becomes available to us"
Note: I'm not knocking his development, I don't doubt the accounts that he looked significantly better the last month...I'm laughing at the attempt here to piss on my head and call it rain because he's "right where they want him to be" and anything different just people's wild expectations
Like they try to do here?You put this stuff on Twitter I’d love to see the Keyboard Warriors shoot Leach down.
Nice write up by Russo. Enjoyed the footage, too, which highlight Stud's creativity. I see a Krejci slot for him in the near future.
they gave this chump exceptional status but not Jack Hughes