Is Thomas Harley still a thing? | Update: he is THE thing
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I think Nill did want to get Harley some games this year after he went down and did what they wanted him to do. He concentrated on defense and seems to be better.
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What are you even talking about?Yep he's still a thing. Hate to tell you I told you so but I did
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His pass to Hintz shows he fits right into the scheme when they are being an offensive juggernaut. No doubt, we can always use more of that.
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His outlet passes from our zone to not only clear our area but potentially generate offense because he can put it on guys' sticks is such a difference maker too.
looks a lot like the classic, 'the game has slowed down for him.'
will be interesting to see if it holds in the playoffs.
will be interesting to see if it holds in the playoffs.
can't say i recorded a log, but we did put the puck out in front of the net to a wide open detroit player at least 3 times. not sure if that's on d men or what, can't recall who it was.
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Thought it would be worth discussing how Harley is being used to start the season. Relatedly, this also seems to be the solution PDB has come up with for the Suter problem.
So basically Harley is being featured as the team's #2 defenseman. But he's doing this while ostensibly being paired with Hakanpaa on the 3rd pairing.
If you look at the shift charts so far all of the games start off relatively normal with the rotation of Suter-Miro / Lindell-Nils / Harley-Hakanpaa
As things progress however, Harley starts taking shifts with Miro on the top pair. Initially it's maybe every 4th shift until you get to the 3rd period or other high leverage situation and then it becomes more like half and half. Suter-Hakanpaa is pretty horrific as we watch them get split down the middle with ease, and accordingly that appears in a limited capacity with Hakanpaa also being sprinkled in back with his normal partner Harley.
So basically Harley is being featured as the team's #2 defenseman. But he's doing this while ostensibly being paired with Hakanpaa on the 3rd pairing.
If you look at the shift charts so far all of the games start off relatively normal with the rotation of Suter-Miro / Lindell-Nils / Harley-Hakanpaa
As things progress however, Harley starts taking shifts with Miro on the top pair. Initially it's maybe every 4th shift until you get to the 3rd period or other high leverage situation and then it becomes more like half and half. Suter-Hakanpaa is pretty horrific as we watch them get split down the middle with ease, and accordingly that appears in a limited capacity with Hakanpaa also being sprinkled in back with his normal partner Harley.
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So beyond the stats how has he looked? I did see his goal the other night and loved his activation into the rush. Other than that I haven’t seen any of his play this season.
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He has had a phenomenal start to the season. Probably our second best defender through the first stretch of games.
Troy McClure
Suter will never be scratched
whats ur fantasy teams name
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Leads all defenseman in goals while getting nowhere near the amount of icetime as the others.
You could see his transition instincts burgeoning into a bonafide threat last year with Cedar Park where he became a menace either carrying the puck or trailing late. Now he's finding out he can do the same thing at the NHL level.
You could see his transition instincts burgeoning into a bonafide threat last year with Cedar Park where he became a menace either carrying the puck or trailing late. Now he's finding out he can do the same thing at the NHL level.
Malaka
you know, **** it, let’s just not think so much
Dynamite Time
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Troy McClure
Suter will never be scratched
Mods, please update the thread title to "Thomas Harley is the thing"
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