GDT: GM 2 | Vancouver Canucks @ Philadelphia Flyers | 4:00PM PST | Sportsnet
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strattonius
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We won exactly how everyone predicted we would win games this year - excellent goaltending, lots of opportunistic goals, and giving up leads with bad defense.
This is our team this is our product and if we make the playoffs playing like this I don't know why anyone would be surprised.
This is our team this is our product and if we make the playoffs playing like this I don't know why anyone would be surprised.
Melvin
21/12/05
Marek Malik scoring a between-the-legs goal in the shootout was the absolute peak and it's been lame ever since.
I actually can see where you are coming from. He is a special player and can do much much more if he can get back to the level of compete he had for that first two months. He isn't doing that- I agree.
I also remember commenting on him being so static on the PP when he played for Sweden WJC team. I was talking about how I have seen him create angles and find soft spots, but he wasn't doing that for the games I had watched. He completely turned that around for the start of his NHL career, so I thought it was another case of him just adapting to be successful. But I agree there is an element of that that crept back in last year. Let's see if he can break out of that this year and if he is willing to step forward and pull the team with him to the fight, or if he is elite enough to allow the game to come to him and still dominate.
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Are there any players that don't fit that description under Green other than Tyler Motte?
I can't think of any.
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Pettersson has been a concern for me since last year; he’s definitely been static and then showing frustration for the game not coming to him.
I agree with some posters here, he needs to command the game, not allow it to develop in his favour. He will figure it out though, he’s a very smart player and why there’s so much hype behind him.
I agree with some posters here, he needs to command the game, not allow it to develop in his favour. He will figure it out though, he’s a very smart player and why there’s so much hype behind him.
Melvin
21/12/05
I am having a hard time thinking of any young player debuting in the benning era who didn’t look at his absolute best in his rookie season.
On the PP, he's hilariously static. He just stands in one spot waiting for the one-timer he's in love with.
At ES ... I mean everything is relative. He isn't late-career Brett Hull. But he's playing a cerebral game waiting for the game to come to him. When you compare the gear he's playing in and the distance he's skating to push the play and make things happen to the likes of a MacKinnon or a McDavid or a younger Crosby ... they aren't in the same league.
He can play like this and he'll have a very nice career. He'll consistently finish top-20 in NHL scoring, make a ton of money, play in some All-Star games. If he wants to make the step above that into the upper echelon of the sport, he needs to rediscover the motor he arrived in the NHL with at the start of his career.
logan5
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I don't think it opens passing lanes. I think it makes them easier to defend.
The good PPs I'm seeing in the NHL right now don't have a guy just standing there waiting for a shot like that.
logan5
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[QUOTE="MS, post: 180550973, member: 1706"]I don't think it opens passing lanes. I think it makes them easier to defend.
The good PPs I'm seeing in the NHL right now don't have a guy just standing there waiting for a shot like that.[/QUOTE]
It absolutely does
The good PPs I'm seeing in the NHL right now don't have a guy just standing there waiting for a shot like that.[/QUOTE]
It absolutely does
It absolutely does[/QUOTE]
I mean, Washington's does with Ovechkin, obviously. But he's Ovechkin.
Edmonton's 30% PP has guys moving everywhere. Pittsburgh's PP always has tons of movement and quick short passes. TB has shooters but the don't wait for it in the same way.
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That's a HUGE win for the boys, 3 out of 4 points so far this road trip is a solid start, Especially considering both were home openers.
The Philly Point meant nothing, They are east who cares, refs almost screwed us, Nice finish.
The Philly Point meant nothing, They are east who cares, refs almost screwed us, Nice finish.
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I heard the score on the radio. Ended up giving in and watching the highlights.
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