joe89
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- Apr 30, 2009
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He's not good at anything, not bad at anything = Medicore.
This team has precious few of the know-what-you-get-types, uselessness aside.
He's not good at anything, not bad at anything = Medicore.
Does not really fit with what Hjalmarsson and some of the other defensive D-man stalwarts are getting. It really shouldn't go higher than 4.25 million given the market.
Hjalmarsson 4.1 (Just extended)
Emelin 4.1 (just extended)
Gorges 3.9
Seidenberg 4.0 (Just extended)
Vlasic 4.25
Stuart 3.6
Hamhuis 4.5
Beauchemin 3.5
Don't see how in the world he gets to 5 million.
The problem for the Wings, and I guess for any team is that agents use comparables in a way to reflect actual assignment and ice time. If you have to use E as your #2 because you don't have a better #2, well the agent is going to want a salary reflective of league-wide #2s. There's actually quite a range of ability/talent in that group.
I'm sure they will want to lock him up for 4-5 yrs, and knowing KH, he may want an even longer deal....
Ericsson, among other valued traits, has hands-down the best stretch pass on the team. Me being a forward with speed, he's my favorite type of d-man to play with. A guy who is reliable defensively and who can hit me at the far half of neutral ice from his own zone.
What do you mean? Like not flashy in any one area?
Whys that even matter? Lidstrom didn't have any stand out ability. Not very fast, not the strongest, not a big shot. But that didn't matter.
Ericsson can play a lot of minutes and play sound defensively, while transitioning the puck efficiently. If he's mediocre id hate to hear what the other 3/4 of our d is.
He and Kronwall both make me really nervous whenever there's action right around the net. It's like they forget everything they ever learned about positioning. He's been good in the other areas.
But while Ericsson being re-signed is great, Holland needs to dump Quincey and find another true top 4 defensemen.
Quincey is a prime example of what's wrong with this team. They need more puck possession and Quincey is the antithesis of that. Head down too much, too many dumps that go straight to the other team instead of finding the open man, and can't pass for **** when he does manage to look. Almost feels like he gets worse every game, but that might just be mounting frustration.
I defended Quincey for awhile (and the trade), but I think you may be right, he is getting worse. The guy just doesn't play a smart game at all. He's done in Detroit after this year.
His passing is terrible.
Lidstrom was the best pp-quarterback ever, his shot had the highest accuracy that I can remember, his positioning in the D-zone was 2nd to NONE, he had LOTS he was VERY GOOD at.
Ericsson, among other valued traits, has hands-down the best stretch pass on the team. Me being a forward with speed, he's my favorite type of d-man to play with. A guy who is reliable defensively and who can hit me at the far half of neutral ice from his own zone.
I love that you snuck in a scouting report on you as a player
Had you pegged as a 2-way forward, dependable but not too flashy... but now I'm totally buying you as the guy who never backchecks and instead spends your shifts cruising in the neutral zone, looking for that stretch pass to send you in on a breakaway
Quincey is a prime example of what's wrong with this team. They need more puck possession and Quincey is the antithesis of that. Head down too much, too many dumps that go straight to the other team instead of finding the open man, and can't pass for **** when he does manage to look. Almost feels like he gets worse every game, but that might just be mounting frustration.
preferable someone who is able to move the puck, because that's what this team is missing.
He's not good at anything, not bad at anything = Medicore.
What is this back checking you speak of??
I saw the defensive zone once. Everything was backwards. It was weird.