I know I'll be roundly vilified by all of you students of the game, but I'll just throw this out there. The leading scorer among defencemen on the Texas Stars is Derek Meech. In his lone pre-season game with Dallas he scored a goal. The coaches often play him with young prospects in order to show them the ropes. Yet he is completely ignored by Dallas even while fans complain about your other defencemen.
No need to tell me yet again how much you hate him though I don't think he deserves it.
I don't think anyone hates him, he's just kind of ignored.
I obviously haven't seen him play outside of a game or two, but I'd expect that he's the opposite of Klingberg. His game is very well suited for the AHL, and he knows the league well, so it's natural that he would play that role for the CP Stars. Whereas Klingberg didn't have as much success in the AHL as we would've expected, he exploded in the NHL simply because his play style fits in this league that much better.
I can't be 100% sure about that, but that's what I'd guess is the case.
12 pts in 10 games this year and 13 in 14 total isn't as much success as you expected?
Swap out Oleksiak for Backman.
All Scandinavian defense. Can't go wrong with that.
You're a lucky boy that there aren't Swedes and Finns left to correct you.
What are you talking about?
Swedes are Scandinavians, Finns are Nordics (Scandanavians + Finns)
Bah. Oleksiak getting passed up for Jokipakk and Nemeth is frustrating me.
I like him a lot, so given our great d depth, i am kinda hoping he gets traded so he can have a real shot somewhere else.
Too many young d on our team:
John Klingberg
Esa Lindell
Patrik Nemeth
Jyrki Jokipakka
Julius Honka
Matthias Backman
Bah. Oleksiak getting passed up for Jokipakk and Nemeth is frustrating me.
I like him a lot, so given our great d depth, i am kinda hoping he gets traded so he can have a real shot somewhere else.
Too many young d on our team:
John Klingberg
Esa Lindell
Patrik Nemeth
Jyrki Jokipakka
Julius Honka
Matthias Backman
How would Stars fans feel bout including Oleksiak as part of a package to acquire Phaneuf from Leafs?
Would a fair description of what Oleksiak's upside might become, is that of a big 'D' man whose positionally sound but doesn't play physically or have much of a nasty streak & has limited offense? Poor man's Tyler Myers?
Thanks
How would Stars fans feel bout including Oleksiak as part of a package to acquire Phaneuf from Leafs?
Would a fair description of what Oleksiak's upside might become, is that of a big 'D' man whose positionally sound but doesn't play physically or have much of a nasty streak & has limited offense? Poor man's Tyler Myers?
Thanks
How would Stars fans feel bout including Oleksiak as part of a package to acquire Phaneuf from Leafs?
Would a fair description of what Oleksiak's upside might become, is that of a big 'D' man whose positionally sound but doesn't play physically or have much of a nasty streak & has limited offense? Poor man's Tyler Myers?
Thanks
I've always taken a "pay absolutely no more than what we paid for Spezza" type of a approach, and even then I would prefer cheaper options. It's odd that such an approach gives me a pro-Dion stance in comparison to the majority of fans Maybe it's me that should re evaluate my stance on him, as it looks like the biggest losers of the off-season might be the fan base of the team that acquires Dion.
I'm not sure how I feel about him. I guess I wouldn't be that upset if we traded for him and didn't give up that much. Living in Calgary and watching him when he began his career he looked like a future #1 D, but playing in Toronto he looks like a 3-4 D man. I wonder if that has something to do with the pressure of playing in Toronto and so on. If he returned to his old form he'd be worth it.
His contract isn't really worth the gamble though
So what does this mean for us trade wise?
So what does this mean for us trade wise?