Watching that video it's amusing to see so many unsuspecting inexperienced fighters try to take on Bieksa after a hard hit or scrum and then realize that they probably shouldn't have when Bieksa surprisingly pummels them.
We should have a Henrik Sedin appreciation thread. He hasn't been getting enough credit-- Acting/playing like a damn great captain so far this season-- In fact, he's pretty much single-handedly driving our offense right now while playing great defensively.Henrik = A+
Bieksa, Edler, Garrison,Tanev,Richardson and Santorelli = A
Kesler Higgins Stanton, Luongo= B+
Daniel,Hansen,Welsh, Kassian, Lack = B
Hamhuis, Sestito, Schroeder = C
Booth= D
We should have a Henrik Sedin appreciation thread. He hasn't been getting enough credit-- Acting/playing like a damn great captain so far this season-- In fact, he's pretty much single-handedly driving our offense right now while playing great defensively.
I think out of all the Canucks, Beiksa is going to benefit from the coach Tortarella's arrival the most. He's the kinda d-man who can skate, and loves to jump up in the play, and that is Torts system for defence. Offence is a good defence. Kevin is thrilled that Tortarella is here, I can assure you guys of that.
This doesn't really make sense, but he always seems slow in the defensive zone and fast in the offensive zone to me, whether he's playing well or not. Maybe it has to do with his agility and forwards/backwards skating?That's the underrated part of Bieksa's game. He sometimes gives the wrong impression that he isn't a quick skater because of his "Kasual Kev" tendencies where he thinks like he's Super Mario and likes to slow the game down to his pace. But when he wants to motor, he has shown on many occassions he has pace.
This doesn't really make sense, but he always seems slow in the defensive zone and fast in the offensive zone to me, whether he's playing well or not. Maybe it has to do with his agility and forwards/backwards skating?
This doesn't really make sense, but he always seems slow in the defensive zone and fast in the offensive zone to me, whether he's playing well or not. Maybe it has to do with his agility and forwards/backwards skating?
CASUAL kevin can be a nightmare in his defensive zone. offensively he's very good. he has poor mobility maybe because of his ankle being sliced a couple of years ago? iunno. but i think he should be tried on forward.
Whats funny to me is when other teams fans think about the Canucks is they think about Bieksa in the top 5 or so.
We under rate the dude. He is ****ing awesome.
I am actually astounded Bieksa is top in the NHL in +/-... so weird.