Raffl House
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Get used to seeing JVR not use his size for a month, have a great game where he's dominant and you think he's finally realized what he can do...and then he reverts back to the norm.
My understanding of Schenn based on what Leafs fans were saying is that we should get used to him taking out of position penalties because of his stone feet.
Look at the penalty he took today tripping the Sabres player: two Sabres enter the zone 2v2; Schenn, for an unexplainable reason, takes a stride TOWARD the same player Timonen is defending against instead of remaining square. He realizes this is incorrect after his man picks up the pass...
He clearly isn't a fast player, gets beaten to the outside, makes up for it with a diving stick play which misses the puck. Sabres go on PP, they score.
Out of position...stone feet...
You can teach positioning. If he moved inside to give the player the outside lane, then fine. But if he would do that against a Crosby, Stamkos, etc...he wouldn't even have time to dive. The puck would have been behind Bryz faster than you can say "Schenner!"