Is our defence good enough?
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I have some concerns that Avs will "Samuel Girard" him like Nashville did with Samuel Girard.
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That would be amazing. I do think he’s being slept on a little bit, hope your right!
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What was I thinking? Who cares how they play in our zone. The puck will be in the other teams zone 99.9% of the time. Why would I care how a rookie dman and a young d man play in our own zone when we just lost our best defender?? I’m insane.
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Tralfamadore
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Meaning playing him once every two weeks to extend his nine games before ultimately making a decision to send him back down. That's what the Predators were going to do with Samwise before they traded him to us.
I hate statements like this. "This one area isn't good enough to win a cup"
Every year we see teams win with a major weakness or two. One year it's a goalie who was in the AHL a few months ago, a few years before it's Pens with Ian Cole as their best defenseman who wins two straight cups.
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Did you see the defense Pitt ran with to win their second cup? Justin Schultz was their 1D in the playoffs. Anything can happen, and with our top two centers finally settled I think we can go deep.
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MacKinnon and Kadri are not Crosby and Malkin though.
But yes, anything is possible and I wouldn't rule it out entirely.
Not sure if either any of them were amazing during their Cups runs IMHO.
First Cup, which the Blues pretty much copied. They hired a coach who fit their style and that culture change sparked a hot streak which entered the postseason with one line that feasted upon the bottom-pairing defenders of other teams.
Second Cup, probably going to be a bit more negative here, but I still think Predators win if Johnasen wasn't injured and Rinne didn't look like a tyre fire on the road.
I think out of all the (recent) years, I thought Crosby looked the most dominant when Capitals finally beat them two years ago. He had like 21 points or something in 12 games, far exceeded the two previous years. Another factor is the fluke goaltending they had, Fleury was there to beat the tough teams which he obviously wasn't able to replicate all playoffs long so Murray was able to come in and keep the momentum on Penguins side which lead to wins.
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Yeah but how much of that was Nashville trying to draw things out so they didn’t have to send him back to junior before they finalized the Duchene trade? Having Girard potentially be NHL ready that year was a part of the Avs wanting him.
I don’t think we have to worry about the Avs drawing things out anyway. They’ll give him his tryout if he earns it and make their decision.
Nashville could afford to keep Girard as a scratch with their stacked veteran blue line. If Byram is with the Avs, he’s playing over guys like Connauton and Rosen.
Not sure. We are gambling. Makar needs to become top-2 defenseman over night. I hope he does.
Let's hope it works out.
Let's hope it works out.
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I think so too. He's never going to be a top pair guy again, but as a limited #3/4 I think he's going to do well enough.
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If you had written that several months ago before Makar arrived and then suggested trading Barrie then people would have been apoplectic and there's a good bet you'd have been hunted down and drawn and quartered for your post. Not suggesting it mind you. Just saying.
It depends on how they deploy EJ. If they try to use him as a shutdown guy again I think he'll struggle. I don't care what people say, he's a puckmover. His defensive acumen has always been a bit wonky, his true value lies in his ability to jump into the play and create offense. Without that he is average at best defensively...and I'm not convinced he's even average anymore That's why I hope they don't try him with Makar or Girard. I would rather he be with Z or Cole.
EJ is that one very rare bird though, a guy who doesn't put up good fancy stats whom the fancy stats community actually likes.
EJ is that one very rare bird though, a guy who doesn't put up good fancy stats whom the fancy stats community actually likes.
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