Doggy
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- Oct 11, 2011
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I have been watching hockey as a fan for forty years but I would never consider myself a student of the game. Many here know way more than me. So I have questions!
RHD vs LHD: I have always assumed that naturally RHD would be right handed shooters and LHD would be left handed shooters. Seems to me you want your defensemen to naturally have their stick blade pointed towards the wall when playing in the offensive zone (helps keep the puck in). On the other hand, that also means a defensemen can never one time a pass and is always shooting across their body.
So which is right? The majority of our d-men do follow the right handed shot RHD (Peeke, Blankenburg, Boqvist) and left handed shot LHD (Z, Gavrikov). But I thought Bean was playing RHD to start the season alongside Z and he's a left handed shot.
Also, why are RHD so hard to find? While I don't play hockey, as a right handed person I know my natural shot is right handed (hold stick high in left hand and low in right hand). The vast majority of people in the world are right handed. So why are RHD in higher demand?
RW vs LW: This seems all over the place, some of the right handed shot forwards on our roster are listed as RW and others LW and vice versa for LW. Bjorky and Chinny are both listed as RWs but Bjorky is a right handed shot and Chinny a left handed shot. Clearly there needs to be other criteria deciding where a player fits.
Center: I have noticed the majority of our Cs are left handed: Kurls, Boone, Silly, Gaunce (and Tex and KJ13 if you consider them Cs). The only right handed C was Rosy. Is this common? How does that work when a righty comes up against a lefty in the face-off dot? Both wanna take the draw from the same side.
RHD vs LHD: I have always assumed that naturally RHD would be right handed shooters and LHD would be left handed shooters. Seems to me you want your defensemen to naturally have their stick blade pointed towards the wall when playing in the offensive zone (helps keep the puck in). On the other hand, that also means a defensemen can never one time a pass and is always shooting across their body.
So which is right? The majority of our d-men do follow the right handed shot RHD (Peeke, Blankenburg, Boqvist) and left handed shot LHD (Z, Gavrikov). But I thought Bean was playing RHD to start the season alongside Z and he's a left handed shot.
Also, why are RHD so hard to find? While I don't play hockey, as a right handed person I know my natural shot is right handed (hold stick high in left hand and low in right hand). The vast majority of people in the world are right handed. So why are RHD in higher demand?
RW vs LW: This seems all over the place, some of the right handed shot forwards on our roster are listed as RW and others LW and vice versa for LW. Bjorky and Chinny are both listed as RWs but Bjorky is a right handed shot and Chinny a left handed shot. Clearly there needs to be other criteria deciding where a player fits.
Center: I have noticed the majority of our Cs are left handed: Kurls, Boone, Silly, Gaunce (and Tex and KJ13 if you consider them Cs). The only right handed C was Rosy. Is this common? How does that work when a righty comes up against a lefty in the face-off dot? Both wanna take the draw from the same side.