How often are you going to push this narrative before you start to feel silly doing it? I get that Ovechkin's "controller disconnect" meme has broken your psyche, but stop projecting.
Defensive liability?Eh maybe. He's fringe top 10 I suppose. 14th in points over the past 3 seasons, 32nd in goals.
He's got a nice offensive upside but he's a defensive liability (not that it matters because he really isn't asked to play much defense).
Do you have him in your top 10?
Barkov is.Damn.
None of "Kane, Marner, Stone, Rantanen, Huberdeu, Barkov, Oreilly, Bergeron, Pastrnak" are above Crosby in any fashion.
A lot of defensive liability last night 2:25
Sid was a disaster when he was watching a double-teamed Evgeny Kuznetsov set up a late 3rd period game-tying goal.
Stopping that play would have been easy for any player was decent at defense.
Sid was a disaster when he was watching a double-teamed Evgeny Kuznetsov set up a late 3rd period game-tying goal.
Stopping that play would have been easy for any player was decent at defense.
Why look at the whole picture to see the truth when cherry picking backs up a poor take?Imagine using one play (and I don't even know what play you're talking about) to define a player.
Imagine using one play (and I don't even know what play you're talking about) to define a player.
Crosby has an entire career full of crappy defense to go on.
His career GA / 60 at ES is far from the players who are actually good at defense.
Barkov has better PPG this season playing with worse linemates?? Take off your rose colored glasses and see things how they are.LOL. No. He's not.
What about his save percentage though?