Klingberg is a healthy scratch tonight

[PeterForsberg]

Although it seems like he's scratched for not attending a morning meeting, but his recent form cannot be too ideal.

Does Klingberg shape up and perform as a great offensive defender again?

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[NickLidstrom]

Of course he will.

 

[FlaPanthers11]

Was at his last game against the Oilers. Way too many defensive mistakes (beyond the own goal) but showed a ton of flashes in the offensive zone.

He'll be fine.

 

[izzy]

I can't believe this is already his 3rd year

time flies

 

[serp]

 

[WhatWhat]

Although it seems like he's scratched for not attending a morning meeting, but his recent form cannot be too ideal.

Does Klingberg shape up and perform as a great offensive defender again?

I mean despite his abysmal start he still has 10 points in 19 games. He will likely always be the solid offensive D. He just needs to calm down and try to go back to last year were he was more rounded than he is right now

 

[RoyalCitySlicker]

From what I have seen - which is limited - this guy plays D the way half of hfboards think Karlsson plays D.

Which is, not well.

 

[Dog]

Should be a good kick in the ass for him

 

[Foppa]

Klingberg for Desharnais and a 2nd!

 

[Klockis]

From what I have seen - which is limited - this guy plays D the way half of hfboards think Karlsson plays D.

Which is, not well.

He's been really bad this season. Last season he was pretty solid on D. This season has been abysmal.

 

[Foppa]

He's been really bad this season. Last season he was pretty solid on D. This season has been abysmal.

He's caught the TB..."Tyson Barrie" disease.

 

[KaseMeOutside]

hf rates him as a top 10ish dman purely because of his offense

 

[Bandit Keith]

Klingberg for Desharnais and a 2nd!

Sorry bud, the best that scrub Klingberg is getting is Eller, Tinordi, and a 5th. MAYBE a 4th but that's probably too much.

 

[Lehkonen4Calder]

Sorry bud, the best that scrub Klingberg is getting is Eller, Tinordi, and a 5th. MAYBE a 4th but that's probably too much.

Plekanec for Klingberg+ 1st round pick 2017?

 

[The Beyonder]

I'm sure we've all had times where we've been late to work. It happens. How he responds says more about his character then just missing 1 team meeting. But who knows, it could have been a multitude of things. He's still young and maturing. Nothing to worry about at all.

 

[KevinRedkey]

hf rates him as a top 10ish dman purely because of his offense

I dont think that's true unless they were talking about fantasy hockey.

 

[frankthetank91]

Hockey is weird, why does he have to apologize to his team mates for missing a meeting? Not saying it's right but **** does happen. If a co-worker didn't show up to a meeting at my work I wouldn't really give a **** or expect an apology.

 

[hototogisu]

From what I have seen - which is limited - this guy plays D the way half of hfboards think Karlsson plays D.

Which is, not well.

But...Karlsson doesn't play D well...

 

[Hockeygod66]

hf rates him as a top 10ish dman purely because of his offense

You're kidding right?

 

[dechire]

If you're going to play like crap the least you can do is show up at the meeting to talk about your crap play. After his performance on Saturday he should have been the 1st person there on Sunday.

 

[The Beyonder]

Hockey is weird, why does he have to apologize to his team mates for missing a meeting? Not saying it's right but **** does happen. If a co-worker didn't show up to a meeting at my work I wouldn't really give a **** or expect an apology.

A team is a much more tight nit group than you're typical work environment. It's like a army platoon, though I'm in no way trying to belittle soldiers by comparing them to athletes. As a team, you win together and lose together; so when one guy makes a mistake on the ice or off, a good teammate would want to own up to that responsibility to the rest of the team. He certainly doesn't have to apologize but it definitely shows that he's a good teammate.

 

[Nordic*]

Confidence is 50% of pro sports.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

lol at trade offers coming in... he is signed for a complete steal of a contract long term and he is one of the best offensive dmen in the league... he is going NOWHERE... he was late, coach had to deal with this and they are healthy scratching.. its happened in the past with unreal players and itll keep happening

I love watching the Stars play and think Klingberg is a great player, but I am really happy to see Ruff do this

 

[Magic Mittens]

Not to worried about Klinger. Majority of the team is struggling

Excited to see Honka take his spot tonight though

 

[Crocoduck]

Confidence is 50% of pro sports.

I agree with this and he hasn't been playing with much of it this season. I really wanted him scratched tonight to hopefully light a fire under him so this works out. Honka and Lindell are in tonight, which will be interesting. personally, I've found Lindell to be one of the stars most consistent and solid defenders, I have no idea why he was sent down to begin with. He's easily better than the rotating 7th D's the Stars keep giving a shot. Hell, he'd been playing mostly top pairing minutes.