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Watched 2 minutes and i have not seen 1 nice 1 on 1 move around players like a few of the Malkin ones but it wasn't like alot of Datsyuk reels or anything.
Watch the last goal in the montage. It's by far the best. Against Sweden at worlds last spring.Watched 2 minutes and i have not seen 1 nice 1 on 1 move around players like a few of the Malkin ones but it wasn't like alot of Datsyuk reels or anything.
Like I said, until he shows up on a nightly basis- I wouldn't mention him in the same sentence as Malkin. I have watched Semin play before and sometimes he looks great and sometimes he has looked downright lost out there.I'm not sure where you pulled the "lacks mental tenacity" from; He has a 7 game point streak going- longest in the league.
but i've just got semin on my mind 24/7.
Watched 2 minutes and i have not seen 1 nice 1 on 1 move around players like a few of the Malkin ones but it wasn't like alot of Datsyuk reels or anything.
Like I said, until he shows up on a nightly basis- I wouldn't mention him in the same sentence as Malkin. I have watched Semin play before and sometimes he looks great and sometimes he has looked downright lost out there.
A 7 game point streak isn't going to exactly sway me, but if he keeps this strong play then I will.
Jeez...and I thought I was bad...
Yeah I know, Semin puns are a sickness.
Like I said, until he shows up on a nightly basis- I wouldn't mention him in the same sentence as Malkin. I have watched Semin play before and sometimes he looks great and sometimes he has looked downright lost out there.
A 7 game point streak isn't going to exactly sway me, but if he keeps this strong play then I will.
Semin would have been drafted a lot higher if teams knew what he would eventually end up as. At the time of the draft he had a lot of question marks. Size and commitment to the NHL being the big ones. Well, he came over to the NHL and he bulked up during the offseason. I doubt he falls as far as he did if GMs didn't have those question marks on him, but thats how it goes.
Semin will probably not be better then Malkin, but thats not the question. It's "Is Malkin that much better?" I don't know enough about Malkin to answer that fairly.
Are you suggesting Semin can't deke? You should have finished the video before saying something like that. The person that made the video saved some of the cooler goals till the end of the reel. The goal at like the 3:20 markish vs the Panthers is definately something special
There is some videos of his rookie year goals floating around in which he absolutely undressed some NHL defenseman (2 years ago!). If he wasn't on the atrociously coached Caps that season he would have gotten more notice, he was contained by his own caoch by only getting 10 minutes a game and in limited roles even though he was producing and many fans wanted him to get zubrus/millers minutes.
I know hes bigger, hes younger and hes a center, but is Evgeni Malkin really on a different level than Semin as a prospect?
Yeah I know, Semin puns are a sickness.
Has anyone used the "Malkin will be exponentially better than Semin is now by the time he reaches the same age" argument yet?
Has anyone used the "Malkin will be exponentially better than Semin is now by the time he reaches the same age" argument yet?
Seriously, I see Malkin as the next step in the evolution of hockey- the first truly generational Russian player. While there have been numerous other Russians who were superstar level, Malkin seems to be a step beyond in terms of ability, presence, etc. Almost Lemieux-like. Granted it's still very early but it's not hard to see how advanced his game is at such an early stage. So I guess you can tell where I stand on this debate.